Dumb things that make you happy.

[puzzld]

I have lived in almost every extreme climate you can imagine, and out of them all I like southeastern humid hell the most. We were in North Dakota before we moved here and I wanted to die. -40s and -50s suck... winter 3/4s of the year sucks. Before that we were in Florida and we wore shorts and tank tops during the winter holidays. North Carolina is a happy medium. We have mild winters and hot as hell summers.

This one is for you McMama.

[McMama]

Yes, negative 40s and 50s with an even lower wind chill. That is not an exaggeration. I have pictures of snow touching the second floor gutters of our home, and of my husband shoveling a tunnel for us to walk out of our front door. Forget that noise. I cried every day.

This one is for you McMama.

Jesus

[Ron_NYC]

Umm I believe she was saying -40 to -50... Weather that would freeze the butt off a brass polar bear.

She said negative 40s and 50s haha

Shut up. That doesn't happen on Earth.

[McMama]

North Dakota is not of this Earth, Ron. I wish I could say it was false but I lived it. I almost died out there one night. The first time it snowed a ton, I got really excited and slipped my husband's huge work boots on to go outside and take pictures of the drifts that were taller than me. I lost a boot and cried running back to the house with one bare foot and it took over a half hour to get the feeling back in my foot. I would have cried that night, too, but I'm pretty sure my ducts were frozen.

[Ron_NYC]

North Dakota is not of this Earth, Ron. I wish I could say it was false but I lived it. I almost died out there one night. The first time it snowed a ton, I got really excited and slipped my husband's huge work boots on to go outside and take pictures of the drifts that were taller than me. I lost a boot and cried running back to the house with one bare foot and it took over a half hour to get the feeling back in my foot. I would have cried that night, too, but I'm pretty sure my ducts were frozen.

Wait...wait....wait....what!?!? You\re kidding me. It can't get that cold. Wouldn't human skin freeze instantly in those conditions??

I think I'm so used to people bitching about how "cold" it is when it's well above freezing that I don't expect people to complain about actual cold.

But THAT fucking cold? No fucking way.

[McMama]

[McMama]

These are some of the records over the years, and the regular temps that aren't considered records aren't much different:

49 Below Sets All Time Record Here”
“Sinking to unprecedented depths the mercury in North Dakota early this morning ran down the tube to its deepest recesses, and when Minoters got up they found a new all-time record had been established locally, 49 below zero. The coldest previous mark registered in the official records was 47 below on January 13, 1916.
“And at Denbigh Dunes, the federal forestry station 34 miles east of Minot, a reading of 56 below was registered, to lead the state and evidently the nation for low temperatures.
“Both Willow City and McClusky reported 53 degrees below zero during the night.
“A bitter duty confronts news gathering agencies this afternoon in informing the public the weather man sees not much evidence of early relief from the Mackenzie valley blasts which have swept much of the United States. In fact, he forecasts ‘continued cold,’ a refrain which has become more tiresome than the ‘Music Goes Round and Round.’ For the coming week, he believes it will be cold most of the time with local snows.”

[puzzld]

Yeah. When you pull into a motel in North Dakota, there will probably be a place to plug your car's tank heater in. It's unreal.

[McMama]

I'll stop after this, but this was shot while we lived there. Utter bullshit. Humans should not have to live in a place like this.

[Ron_NYC]

Yeah. When you pull into a motel in North Dakota, there will probably be a place to plug your car's tank heater in. It's unreal.

Who shot who in the what now?

I'll stop after this, but this was shot while we lived there. Utter bullshit. Humans should not have to live in a place like this.

Well not many do.

How come you guys never tell people to STFU when they bitch about how "cold" 50 degrees is?

[McMama]

Yeah. When you pull into a motel in North Dakota, there will probably be a place to plug your car's tank heater in. It's unreal.

There are. Walmart (the only store within 200 miles) has car plug-ins, every where on base had plug-ins, our garages had plug-ins, ect.

[puzzld]

How come you guys never tell people to STFU when they bitch about how "cold" 50 degrees is?

North Dakotan's are generally nice people. To polite by half.

You know the summers in North Dakota aren't all that nice either, not to mention floods if you live anywhere on the Red River... damn thing flows north... What sense does that make?

[McMama]

How come you guys never tell people to STFU when they bitch about how "cold" 50 degrees is?

Because I will NEVER go there again. Just thinking about it makes me want to go suck my thumb and rock on the floor in a corner some where. It was traumatizing. And, like Puzz said, the locals there are very polite and act like it's no thing. You should see them driving 70 mph down the two lane "highway" there in whiteout conditions. Let it rain a slight drizzle and they wreck all over the place. It's seriously something you'd have to see to believe.

[McMama]

DTTMMH:
cold, cold iced water

[bowieluva]

Who shot who in the what now?



Well not many do.

How come you guys never tell people to STFU when they bitch about how "cold" 50 degrees is?

Because to some people, 50 degrees is cold and uncomfortable. I have circulation problems and pretty much anything below 65 makes my hands and feet freeze up. Likewise, I don't get upset when someone thinks 80 degrees is hotter than hell. It's not to me, but it is for some people.

[kevansvault]

Note to self: No North Dakota in winter! Wow.

[Ron_NYC]

Because to some people, 50 degrees is cold and uncomfortable. I have circulation problems and pretty much anything below 65 makes my hands and feet freeze up. Likewise, I don't get upset when someone thinks 80 degrees is hotter than hell. It's not to me, but it is for some people.

See why I couldn't believe you were talking about actual cold weather, McMama?

Note to self: No North Dakota in winter! Wow.

I want a summer home there.

[g r ee n ey e s]

Owls make me happy.

[g r ee n ey e s]

[debk589]

HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Omg that literally just made me tear up from laughing.

[g r ee n ey e s]

Such a graceful fall.

A pro is supposed to just stand the fuck back up and rock it like it never happened but if that were me, I would be feeling so fucked.

[emmieslost]

fist day of class is complete.

[Nancy Drew]

fist day of class is complete.

Gearing up for kick day? JKJKJK congrats. How did it go?

[emmieslost]

Gearing up for kick day? JKJKJK congrats. How did it go?

it went well, lots of reading and daily tests for the next week and a half. i learned to wash my hands. tomorrow i get to learn to make a bed WITH SOMEONE IN IT.

[morbidT]

fist day of class is complete.

Yay!!!!! Tell us all about it!