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I just had mental images flash of a dude at the range wearing those rubber pants you put over kids underwear during potty training! "Mr. Crunchy Pants!"

G26ster wrote:Went down to about 9 degrees this AM in parts of the DFW area. When I worked on the North Slope in Alaska, that was considered T-Shirt Weather.

I totally wore a t-shirt today... underneath some other stuff.

Did you happen to have breakfast at Denny's really early this morning (4-5am ish)? I think I overheard someone there saying something about Alaska and this not being so cold.

Dave2 wrote:

G26ster wrote:Went down to about 9 degrees this AM in parts of the DFW area. When I worked on the North Slope in Alaska, that was considered T-Shirt Weather.

I totally wore a t-shirt today... underneath some other stuff.

Did you happen to have breakfast at Denny's really early this morning (4-5am ish)? I think I overheard someone there saying something about Alaska and this not being so cold.

Nope, not me. The thing that confuses me most is that when we moved back to Texas after 11 years up there, I still can't decide which I despise more, the Texas Summers or the Alaskan Winters.

Teehee...

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=QhHr7LCVQRw[/youtube]

I love it! Sent to my son, who lives in Houston.

AndyC wrote:The federal government has issued a travel warning due to the cold weather. They suggest that anyone traveling in the current blizzard conditions should make sure they carry the following:

- Shovel
- Blankets or sleeping bag
- Extra clothing including hat and gloves
- 24 hours worth of food
- De-icer
- Rock salt
- Flashlight with spare batteries
- Road flares or reflective triangles
- Full spare gas can
- First aid kit
- Booster cables


I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning.

OMG!

I had a cat BEGGING to go out, I opened the door and she ran towards it and it was like there was a wall there. She hit the threshold and spun in the air and headed back for a blanket. I almost choked I was laughing so hard. What's even funnier is she had been out before, looking confused about the crunchy footsteps. Her brother loves it.

It's about 28 here in the beautiful Rio Grande Valley, with windchill making feel like 18. So, of course, all the schools closed yesterday and won't open until Monday.

If there were a hurricane in the gulf, the schools wouldn't close until landfall was imminent the next day.

Go figure.

Dragonfighter wrote:I had a cat BEGGING to go out, I opened the door and she ran towards it and it was like there was a wall there. She hit the threshold and spun in the air and headed back for a blanket. I almost choked I was laughing so hard. What's even funnier is she had been out before, looking confused about the crunchy footsteps. Her brother loves it.

The last couple of cats I had were completely declawed and trained to jump up and use a toilet (padded seat to warm the feet) instead of litter box ("Kitty Whiz" training system).

I didn't want them going outdoors and ending up sail cats (sail animals are those flat dried road critters you can throw/sail like a Frisbee like a "sail rabbit" or "sail squirrel") so I would toss them out in snow or rain when they were young.

Even when they were older, they'd sit in front of the door looking out, but if you tried to shove them outside, they'd climb over you. They just knew outside was "gonna get them" if they went out.

G26ster wrote:The thing that confuses me most is that when we moved back to Texas after 11 years up there, I still can't decide which I despise more, the Texas Summers or the Alaskan Winters.

Last night it took me an 1:45 to get home vs the normal 0:35, a full three-fold increase in travel time. But all else being equal, I'll take this over the oppressive TX summers any & every day.

A thicker jacket can always be put on, but you can only take off so much before people start staring.

I have icicles on my palm tree!

WildBill wrote:I have icicles on my palm tree!

Better than having icicles on your palm!

sjfcontrol wrote:

WildBill wrote:I have icicles on my palm tree!

Better than having icicles on your palm!

Always the optimist.

To put this into perceptive, it has been warmer in parts of Alaska recently than it has been in Dallas.