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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 7:12:56 AM

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First, with just a bit of good-natured crumudgeonliness

(is that a word? If not, I hereby claim credit for coining it), I would like to say that I am proud of my culture's/nation's stiff necked, stubbornness in refusing to adopt the metric system. Ye old English system works just fine... it weren't broke so we didn't fix it.

I mean, cripes man, I go to Canada on a hot summer day, sweating my ass off, and the temp on the damn clock thingy says 31 degrees... what the fuck is the matter with you people???!!!!

So anyway, all temps listed here are in Fahrenheit... you'll just have to do the conversions yourself.

I live in Western New York, Near Niagara Falls. In January that means:

Winter.

Snow.

Cold.

Well, we did just have our January Thaw... A regular occurrence in mid January when (for a few days to a week) temps can climb into the 40's, the 50's and, sometimes, even the 60's. It is always a nice break from winter when you can open up your windows and air the place out a little. But, alas, the January Thaw is over and were back in the 20's and 30's (daytime highs... nighttime lows are teens to 20's). That's the norm for winter around here though lower temps are possible (we're told to expect a high of 13 degrees on Tuesday) when that cold arctic air comes blasting down from Canada and doesn't even have the decency to stop at the border.

Lastly, I would to note that while I have known about the opposite seasons between the northern and southern hemispheres since first or second grade... I have never been able to wrap my mind around the concept of thinking of January as a summer month or July as a winter month. That's just too weird. It would be like watching the sun rise in the west. I've never been to Australia but if I ever do travel there I think the opposite seasons would feel surreal... like going to England and trying to drive on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road!

Ya know, now that I think of it, I've never inquired into how Australians drive. Do you drive like normal (left side of the car, right side of the road) people like us Americans... or do you drive like crazy people like the Brits? Just curious.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 7:23:49 AM

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In Idaho, near Boise, here. For the last couple of weeks the nights have been in the single digits F, and the days have been in the mid teens to low 20s. Not unusual temperatures for here, but for it to hang around this long is a bit on the unusual side. Here in the Boise valley we are prone to inversions (warm upper air trapping cold air in the valleys). Boise sets at a little under 3000 ft elevation, but the Bogus Basin ski area, only 17 miles out of Boise, is at about 7000 ft at the upper lodge. Because of the inversion it has been considerably warmer at Bogus than in Boise.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 7:42:38 AM

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Clear Cold, but supposed to get to 64 today....

In fact this winter has been kinda warm, except for a few days last month. Have no clue what Shahar is complain about in the Dallas area.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:00:31 AM

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cold. it has warmed up to about 13. it was below zero this morning when i woke up. only going to get colder... this time of year is the worst

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:02:49 AM

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Germany, Leverkusen.

Winter has finally arrived for us. Over the course of the week we had approximately 15cm of snow, which did stick.
Temperatures today are around -3°C and should be rising to 5°C over the weekend before dropping down to about -15°C, which is really fucking cold for our region.

5deg C is pretty much a *cold* Winter's night here. And I can't begin to get my head around -15C. Yikes!

Gotta ask.... You got some sorta special keyboard that lets you do the degree symbol?

Anyhoo, time for bed....

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-15 is really cold in our perception as well. The temperatures in the Rhineland normally don't go so far down.

I don't know if the ° is a special feature of my German keyboard. But I have ä,ö,ü, and ß, too. :-)

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:07:19 AM

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So you can say GroBe Genug correctly, I must say Ganz Genug. Aber I was in Reinau area Schwetzingen und Heidelberg and then Gra (..)fenwo(..)hr. Yes 15-C is schlecht, oder?

(oder schlimm?)

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:15:25 AM

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Just east of the city of San Diego, the forecast is mid 80s and sunny. We all it a "tourist bureau" day.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:43:23 AM

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In the great white north here in Ontario. Overcast skies and cold, just checked the temp outside and it's -10°C or approx 14°F.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:45:03 AM

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We were expecting 4 - 8 feet of snow yesterday. Outside it looks like only 16 to 18 inches, so we got off lightly. I live on a steep hill and the city hasn't cleared the road with a snow plow yet. (There are more important roads to attend to, mine will be one of the last ones scraped and possibly salted.)

It's a wet snow, so I was worried about it piling up so thick and heavy that trees would break and fall, electricity would go out, and about getting some off my roof so the weight of it wouldn't cause damage. So far it's okay though. Power only flickered a little last night, but the internet was mostly offline. It's 27 outside at 11:43 noontime.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 8:47:19 AM

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south yorkshire, uk here. it's about -8 and we have snow. only about an inch so far but it's still coming down. i want it to go away. snow should only be allowed when i have nothing to do, and i've always got something to do.

having said that; it's not very often that we get snow even when it has been forecast as we are on the side of a valley and protected by the pennines. it usually all ends up on there and misses us. but of course it all depends on what direction it's coming from.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 9:34:56 AM

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its about 30 degrees here just outside of nyc, with a nasty cold wind that cuts right thru you..

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 10:58:01 AM

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(There are more important roads to attend to, mine will be one of the last ones scraped and possibly salted.)

In my town the side roads are often completely ignored unless we get a foot of snow in one blow or something and even then they will be last on the list. This has led to an old joke: Contrary to popular belief the town does have a Snow Removal Plan... it's called Spring! (ba dum bum!)

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 10:59:46 AM

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4 to 8 feet of snow ???

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 11:02:26 AM

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there have been winters here that have produced that much snow. not in a few years... we got 3 feet in december but the january thaw took care of that.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 11:03:42 AM

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Jealous Oside!! i wish it was an even 75-80 year round for us here... never going to be the case though. maybe i should move.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 12:50:14 PM

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So you can say GroBe Genug correctly, I must say Ganz Genug. Aber I was in Reinau area Schwetzingen und Heidelberg and then Gra (..)fenwo(..)hr. Yes 15-C is schlecht, oder?

(oder schlimm?)

I am always impress by how much of the language you still remember.

Yes, - 15°C is quite schlecht, as well as schlimm :-)

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 1:20:47 PM

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Ya know, now that I think of it, I've never inquired into how Australians drive. Do you drive like normal (left side of the car, right side of the road) people like us Americans... or do you drive like crazy people like the Brits? Just curious.

lol, we drive from the right side of the car, on the left side of the road. i always have great difficulty transitioning back when i visit the states, myself.

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 1:25:57 PM

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First, with just a bit of good-natured crumudgeonliness (is that a word? If not, I hereby claim credit for coining it), I would like to say that I am proud of my culture's/nation's stiff necked, stubbornness in refusing to adopt the metric system. Ye old English system works just fine... it weren't broke so we didn't fix it. I mean, cripes man, I go to Canada on a hot summer day, sweating my ass off, and the temp on the damn clock thingy says 31 degrees... what the fuck is the matter with you people???!!!!

Lol, I think the reason Americans mostly don't embrace the metric system is because Americans didn't think of it first - simple as that. I understand anything in a context of it being what you're brought up on but still, wtf is hard to understand about a system where zero is actually called zero - rather than 32?

That said, I notice in American movies etc that more and more they're talking in kilometres rather than miles. LadyPact said 7.5 cms of snow rather than 3 inches. Lol, in Oz we'd say 75mm and that cms rarely gets used at all other than a person's height. I work in a metal engineering industry and, for example, a pump base might need 2 X 52mm holes drilled at 1860mm centre distance. That the decimal point that cms often require just becomes a pain in the arse and is thus dropped.

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Lastly, I would to note that while I have known about the opposite seasons between the northern and southern hemispheres since first or second grade... I have never been able to wrap my mind around the concept of thinking of January as a summer month or July as a winter month. That's just too weird. It would be like watching the sun rise in the west. I've never been to Australia but if I ever do travel there I think the opposite seasons would feel surreal... like going to England and trying to drive on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road!

Ya know, now that I think of it, I've never inquired into how Australians drive. Do you drive like normal (left side of the car, right side of the road) people like us Americans... or do you drive like crazy people like the Brits? Just curious.

We do it correctly and drive on the right side of the road - which is the left side. Just like the Brits.... They didn't just give us their convicts, yanno! Or feral rabbits.... And speaking of feral, foxes too. And starlings - and sparrows - and lantana.... So far we've managed to mostly eradicate the imperial measuring system - that's it. lol

And at 8.30 Saturday morning here, it's 24C, cool southerly blowing (thankyou Lord) and overcast. Rain is forecast so you can bet the house and car keys against it, as usual - dammit...!

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 1:35:21 PM

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Mid United States Northern Edge, Minnesota West and Central portion. Richville:

around 20 right now, but we are headed for the rhubarb, and into the 20-30 below zero range for the week after today. (Fahrenheit)

Whoa, this post is disturbingly bland and matter-of-fact. 'Cept maybe that "rhubarb" thingy....

Still, you ok Ron - or whoever this is impersonating you (poorly)?

Anyway, later - time to hit the shops....

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RE: What's *Your* Weather Like? - 1/18/2013 1:36:25 PM

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LadyPact said 7.5 cms of snow rather than 3 inches.

Hey, dammit! Be happy that I converted at all. I'm one of those stuck in My ways Americans.

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