F#$%in COLD!

It's really cold in here.

just thought I'd share.

Little cool where you are Drix? It was ~35 outside when i got up this morning. ~57 in the house.

57? Holy Crap! My wife would divorce me if I let it get that cold inside....

goal is to not turn the heat on until after Halloween. We'll see if we make it 😒

Remind me not to visit until after Halloween....

Hahah I think it's a New England thing. We always aim for no Heat on until Nov. so far so good.

Yah, I'm with Sarge. Its hard as hell to hold them back. I stand in front of the thermostat with a whip 🙂

outside temps reached no higher than 63 here in Norman Today. I too was trying to wait on the heater. but I must admit I wimped out. still shutting it off overnight, though. after all, that's what blankets are for.

it got to the upper 50's here today and all the ppl here are bundled up like the arctic... it's really quite comical. 😄

sindy wrote:
it got to the upper 50's here today and all the ppl here are bundled up like the arctic... it's really quite comical. 😄

Wth? I thought it was hot there, or at least during the day?

63 Drix, my God, that is WARM. I lock my thermostat at 62 until it hits zero, then I up it to 68.

Almost seems like it would be cheaper to vacation in FL than to shell out another 3K in gas bills!

I was out shopping with my wife in a t shirt on Sat and I am not sure it was 50 out. :-) Always thought one of those polar bear swims would be fun though

But you guys need to remember in Oklahoma and West Texas, it may be 50 or 60, but there is almost always a 15+ mph wind with that.

Yea, it's been in the 50's here in Virginia, but 50 here with little to no wind is not the same as 50's in Oklahoma with a constant cold blowing in your face at 15+ mph.

That is one thing I love about the weather here. The lack of wind makes a huge difference on how cold it "feels".

Good point about the "wind chill factor". Never a day in the winter down here without it, because we have no trees to block it... 🙁 Mesquite bushes just aren't quite the same...

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That is freakin funny!!! where did you get that??? hahahahhahahahahaha!!

Actually, I didn't mean to sound like I was sad about it. Personally I don't even own a coat... The closest thing I have is just a jacket. I like to laugh at all the other ppl that are bundled up like it's really cold. 😄 The only thing I was sad about is that we don't have trees...

It's in the full list of smilies down near the bottom some where. It was directed at Atomm's post as well.

When I was a boy I remember walking to school in the snow(uphill of course - both ways) with it being -20 not including the windchill. We didn't have any of these fancy snow hats, mittens, and parkas. We had burlap sacks that we cut holes in for our head and arms AND WE LIKED IT!

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On a truer note when I was a little girl we didn't have such fancy thangs as awto-mo-beels. My maw would make me up git up at 3 am so that i could get start gittin ready fer skool. We lived a fer piece out in the county and it sure would take them goats we was ridin a long time to cover that much ground....


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sindy wrote:
Good point about the "wind chill factor". Never a day in the winter down here without it, because we have no trees to block it... 🙁 Mesquite bushes just aren't quite the same...

How come in the summer you never hear of that nasty wind heat factor. 🙂

Heh.... Trust me, when it's 100+ and the wind is blowing, it feels like a convection oven.

The only time I liked the wind when it was that hot was when I was in the pool.....

Yup I'll take New England, even with the cold. I used to have a husky who would lay down in snowstorms and the snow would just pile over him. He would have 2-3" of snow on him and you'd just see his blinking eyes. You'd feel bad for him thinking he must be freezing so you'd bring him inside and he'd whine until you let him back out. I sometimes feel like him as I get older.

Atomm wrote:
Heh.... Trust me, when it's 100+ and the wind is blowing, it feels like a convection oven.

The only time I liked the wind when it was that hot was when I was in the pool.....

It is illegal for me to go swimming. My big white belly blinds commercial aircraft. 🙂

consider my perspective, though... not just the wind chill. consider the day before was in the 80's. I adjust, but I don't adjust that fast. And for the record I lvoe the winter, but when it snapps like that. Just hits me fairly solid. especially when I'm in my house. outside I expect it to be chilli.

Drix wrote:
consider my perspective, though... not just the wind chill. consider the day before was in the 80's. I adjust, but I don't adjust that fast. And for the record I lvoe the winter, but when it snapps like that. Just hits me fairly solid. especially when I'm in my house. outside I expect it to be chilli.

Why don't you buy a small heater for your room man? I have had my furnace on for about a month now. It has not run too much but there have been a few very cold nights, especially this past week, that it has turned on.

I HATE being cold and do not take it very well. I get colder than most people do it seems. it is weird, a lot of times I am cold and others are not. This is more common. Sometimes I am fine and others are cold, this is always weird....

BTW I HATE winter and all that it stands for. 🙂

I hate winter as well.....

Mark this date, we agree on something..... 😛

weenees... (i know that's not how that's spelled. 😛 )


Winter is the BEST!!! I love it!


Anyway, I do know this: If you are on blood pressure medication it has a tendency to make you cold. My mother has never been one to be cold until she started taking BP medication. Now if it's under 70 outside she's freeeeeeeeeeeezing. I have to laugh at her, it wouldn't be right not too. 😄

Paladin wrote:
How come in the summer you never hear of that nasty wind heat factor. 🙂

I hear about it all the time actually. I had a contact almost melt to my eye once going to work in Havasu with the window down. 120+ degrees and wind = bad 🙁

on a side note, my wussy AZ self had the heater on 2 weeks ago 😕

sindy wrote:
weenees... (i know that's not how that's spelled. 😛 )
Winter is the BEST!!! I love it!
Anyway, I do know this: If you are on blood pressure medication it has a tendency to make you cold. My mother has never been one to be cold until she started taking BP medication. Now if it's under 70 outside she's freeeeeeeeeeeezing. I have to laugh at her, it wouldn't be right not too. 😄

I agree.

Rather than start a new topic, I decided to resurrect one!!


IT'S SNOWING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! Of course, I'm sure it will all be melted by this afternoon.... But it's pretty right now!!!

K, just wanted to share! 😀 🎉

tease, you know some of us are not as priviledged as to be able to even see snow and then you come and flaunt.. then again you are in the desert... -blink-

sindy wrote:
Rather than start a new topic, I decided to resurrect one!!
IT'S SNOWING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! Of course, I'm sure it will all be melted by this afternoon.... But it's pretty right now!!!

K, just wanted to share! 😀 🎉

Holy Poop... we haven't even had snow yet. HOW CAN THIS BE????

Not only haven't we had any snow, but it's supposed to be over 60 degrees today 😳

(not that I'm complaining)

It was 72 when I got up this morning here.. its now 43, its just not cold enough yet.

and no that is not dislexia... an arctic front came through, in Texas

It was 20 on my way to work this morning, it got down to 9 last night....9! now thats |=|_|(|<!|\|6 cold!

As I figured... it's all gone now. We had beautiful big fat flakes and now they're all melted.. 🙁 In true Texas fashion, I will probably have the AC on in the car on the way home!