tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post7092722415884030032..comments2023-11-02T09:34:05.941-04:00Comments on The Seated View: In Which I Sound like an Old FartLene Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-18098000544848351062014-01-09T22:06:13.699-05:002014-01-09T22:06:13.699-05:00"Sit outside naked!" LOL!
Glad you said..."Sit outside naked!" LOL!<br /><br />Glad you said it - you and I, along with Rick Mercer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQdXyKiFY4) will be "old farts" together.<br /><br />I grew up in Thunder Bay, when we would have a cold snap of 20 - 30 below (before the windchill was added in) for several weeks. <br /><br />My stint in Thompson, Manitoba was also very cold.<br /><br />As you've said, it was winter. You dressed appropriately (or not -says the 12/13/14 year old Marianna who was fashionable, but freezing, in her leather boots as she waited for the school bus.) Yes, it ran in those cold days - indoor recess.<br /><br />Weather drama = jobs, advertising and stirs people up (as if they need more of that!)<br /><br />I've been somewhat spoiled living out here on the coast. When it's minus 5 and bright and sunny I think it's a balmy day since I remember what a Canadian winter feels like, without the hype!Marianna Paulsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259256239406236100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-14589460069434475592014-01-09T21:54:52.739-05:002014-01-09T21:54:52.739-05:00In North Dakota yesterday, it was 88F degrees cold...In North Dakota yesterday, it was 88F degrees colder than where my daughter is in Alaska. That rates a mention. Three inches of snow in Toronto? Maybe not so much.AlisonHhttp://spindyeknit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-36454337921471728392014-01-09T15:12:37.796-05:002014-01-09T15:12:37.796-05:00Up here in Minnesota, we call the purveyors of thi...Up here in Minnesota, we call the purveyors of this kind of hysteria "weather terrorists." I don't know why the weather people hype it all up so much. Maybe they all grew up in Florida or something. In any event, it's ridiculous!Rebeccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-69468446797739551342014-01-09T06:16:17.700-05:002014-01-09T06:16:17.700-05:00No, Wren - I don't think there is an excuse fo...No, Wren - I don't think there is an excuse for a media wonk pay rise! It's a real meteorology term. <br /><br />I'm so pleased someone who knows (as she lives there) has confirmed my suspicions about this chilly weather (i.e. it's relatively normal for the time of year). I had a really good laugh yesterday afternoon at an Austrian weather website which had a link to a report telling us it was -8C in HAWAII! On consulting various weather reports I discovered that, no, no one on the islands had noticed if it is. I came to the conclusion that whoever had written it should have failed geography at school. They mentioned Florida, Hawaii and Mexico as if that was the order in a line across the southern states.<br /><br />Or is there a town called Hawaii down there somewhere?<br /><br />Bizarre isn't it though - our winter is being a bit low on cold and snow here in central Europe, sort of hovering around freezing. The southern UK has been drowning since just before Christmas. Yesterday it was in the upper 50s (F)in the middle of Germany and bees were out collecting pollen from catkins.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684985554953836607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-61016211860598850662014-01-08T12:29:32.377-05:002014-01-08T12:29:32.377-05:00I was wondering how the "Polar Vortex" (...I was wondering how the "Polar Vortex" (some media wonk got a raise for that one)was affecting you, Lene. I'm glad to hear it's not, other than irritating you. It IS nice to work from home.<br /><br />The other big news that no one is paying any attention to is that out here on the Left Coast, we are officially having a drought. No rain in months and months, no snow in the Sierras, and a landscape so tinder-dry I'm a bit scared of the oncoming spring and summer months. Water rationing has started. And last night, our local weather guy said there's no rain in the forecast for at least a month, and even then, it's anyone's guess.<br /><br />This, apparently, is not news. But I'd gladly take 15 feet of that Eastern snow for our mountains and a couple of weeks of rain for everywhere else. We're thirsty.<br /><br />Oh, and bored. The temp has been in the mid-60s for months now. And except for a little overcast once in a great while, it's sunny. I know that SOUNDS great, but jeez, is it DULL.<br /><br />I guess we can always find something to complain about, eh?L."Wren" Vandeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03587456557210335403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-27634675662053441272014-01-08T11:12:28.434-05:002014-01-08T11:12:28.434-05:00I'll admit it: we let our kids stay home from ...I'll admit it: we let our kids stay home from school yesterday. My excuse was that Diane and I were out of town, and feeling slightly guilty. Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-35489073361252135462014-01-08T10:55:18.498-05:002014-01-08T10:55:18.498-05:00There were no "snow days" when I attende...There were no "snow days" when I attended school in Toronto or the surrounding area & I survived.Helennoreply@blogger.com