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Combating the sub-zero...

MacTuxLinMacTuxLin Posts: 821
edited 2014-01-09 20:44 in General Discussion
I would recommend drinking a warm ginger tea to warm you from the inside out...

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  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2014-01-08 18:14
    sub-zero-wallpaper-mortal-kombat-deception.jpg
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-01-08 20:42
    Disney's "Frozen" movie was number one at the box office last weekend. Coincidence? Just "let it go"...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2014-01-08 21:29
    Give it up! Move to the warmer-but-not-so-tropical Gray Pacific Northwet!

    -Phil
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-01-09 02:00
    How much subzero are we talking about exactly?
  • JordanCClarkJordanCClark Posts: 198
    edited 2014-01-09 02:20
    Woke up to -12 deg. F this morning. Tuesday, the high was -4, low -18. Wind chills were down to -50 at times.

    For Celsius fans, those numbers come out to -24, -20, -27, and -45.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-01-09 02:30
    Not so bad then.

    I've seen Scottish guys in Finland walking around in their kilts when it's -20C !

    Be careful, a friend of mine lost the ability to play guitar due to frost bite after walking home without gloves on one night.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2014-01-09 08:06
    Heater. wrote: »
    ...
    I've seen Scottish guys in Finland walking around in their kilts when it's -20C !

    ...a friend of mine lost the ability to play guitar due to frost bite after walking home without gloves on one night.

    Makes you wonder what sort of functionality those Scottish doods probably lost strutting around like that.
  • MacTuxLinMacTuxLin Posts: 821
    edited 2014-01-09 08:07
    xanadu wrote: »
    ....

    LOL, wasn't aware there's such a character ... anyway, be safe. Living in a land with temperate between 25C~34C (77F~93.2F) 24x7 day-in-day-out, its hard for me to comprehend daring through the nitrogen-like winds ...
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2014-01-09 08:09
    MacTuxLin wrote: »
    I would recommend drinking a warm ginger tea to warm you from the inside out...

    That's a good start, but thermal underwear, insulated boots, winter pants and coat, gloves, hat, and face protection are needed when out in low temperatures for more than a few minutes. That is unless you want to freeze off some appendages.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-01-09 08:53
    Makes you wonder what sort of functionality those Scottish doods probably lost strutting around like that.

    Give the Scottish "wee laddie" a whole new meaning!
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2014-01-09 09:45
    xanadu wrote: »
    sub-zero-wallpaper-mortal-kombat-deception.jpg
    Yall know what you need ,,,,, My Hot pants and the ACES Heat suit ....
    Iam more baked the a loaf of bread in that thing . 8581029901_416aa51bc0.jpg

    Give it up! Move to the warmer-but-not-so-tropical Gray Pacific Northwet!

    -Phil
    * high five ! *

    Wilsonville is a tad wet but it's not to bad ! normal pants and a good jacket you are Set !

    I find it funny its warmer here then it was in TX ..
  • MacTuxLinMacTuxLin Posts: 821
    edited 2014-01-09 10:14
    kwinn wrote: »
    That's a good start, but thermal underwear, insulated boots, winter pants and coat, gloves, hat, and face protection are needed when out in low temperatures for more than a few minutes. That is unless you want to freeze off some appendages.

    You are absolute right. Please pardon this tropical guy. The only way I could even feel what it's like is to stick my head into my freezer .... but it won't even come close.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-01-09 10:28
    mindrobots,
    Give the Scottish "wee laddie" a whole new meaning!
    If you happen to meet a big burly Scottish guy walking from one village to the next in the Finnish forest in his kilt in the middle of the winter darkness when it's -20C I dare you to make such a joke. There is a reason why the Romans never occupied Scotland you know.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-01-09 10:42
    I never joke with Scottsmen, *we're* a serious bunch! :smile:

    Anybody that can toss caber is "OK" in my book!!

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  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2014-01-09 11:37
    Woke up to -12 deg. F this morning. Tuesday, the high was -4, low -18. Wind chills were down to -50 at times.

    For Celsius fans, those numbers come out to -24, -20, -27, and -45.

    Streuth, that's no joke. I am reminded of http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-term-brass-monkey
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2014-01-09 13:45
    Mark_T wrote: »

    OMG. I'm now envisioning a line-up of brass monkeys, each of which drops its junk depending on what temperature it is.

    Oops, they got transformed into a line-up of Scottsmen standing in Finland.

    Lost my lunch on that last one.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-01-09 14:17
    ElectricAye.

    .they got transformed into a line-up of Scottsmen standing in Finland.

    You are hallucinating. Did hypothermia get to you already? :)
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2014-01-09 20:44
    LOL,......It's amazing what a simple comment on keeping warm can lead to on this forum.
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