What Do You Love About Winter?

[Ronald Zeeman]

@JayLapointe

Windchill of -35......
C?
Or F?

Snow mobiling when well dressed is great lots of wind chill are speed,

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My birthday in few days great time fo parties and socializing. middle of winter.

 

[Mary Terry]

From the age of 5 to around 35 it was skiing. Cross-country and downhill. Some of the best memories I have is skiing down mountains in perfect weather, clear blue sky and sun and perfect snow conditions. That's as good as it gets, just thinking about it makes me happy. It's almost a religious experience, the view and the nature and everything.

Now I'm a little older and I have had my share of cold weather. Still love skiing but things change with age. Now my favorite thing about winter is when I don't have to shovel snow. I have shoveled so much snow in my life, you get tired of it. The other day it was -18° F here, you get tired of that too. Scandinavian winter grinds you down. When you're 20 it's no problem, when you're 40 you just want to spend the cold days in Costa del Sol.


One of my favorite places it's wonderful:

Spoiler

Back in my hardcore skiing youth, sometimes I'd get so hot while cross-country skiing that I wore a bikini top underneath my clothes and strip down to just that on top. Never break a sweat while skiing because it can lower body temperature to dangerous levels.

 

[JayLapointe]

My birthday in few days great time fo parties and socializing. middle of winter.

I'd like to wish you a Merry Birthmas in advance. Hope you have yourself a great day.

 

[Shevek]

-35C. I'll try to remember to note the unit's in the future. Fun fact -42C and -42F are where the two scales converge and it is the same temperature.

Actually, that's -40 C or F.

 

[JayLapointe]

Actually, that's -40 C or F.

You are absolutely correct. Thank you. I think the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and it's use of the # 42 was seeping through. I appreciate your input @Shevek

 

[Judge]

This particular morning? NOTHING!

Had to go outside and move my car to a parking space very early in the morning that wasn't around any trees, as the landscapers were doing some major tree pruning.

Equally having no desire to see limbs fall onto my car, or have it towed away as a nuisance. Ugh. Next time to remember to wear gloves, even if outside for a few minutes.

 

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-35C. I'll try to remember to note the unit's in the future. Fun fact -42C and -42F are where the two scales converge and it is the same temperature.

There's only one country in the world (of consequence) that still uses the imperial system. So if anyone's posting measurements online from outside the US then you can always assume they're talking in Metric. These days many of our younger generations have no idea what a mile is, or a pint.

 

[Judge]

These days many of our younger generations have no idea what a mile is, or a pint.

Does the word "pint" still exist in Australian bars? Just wondering...

 

[Shevek]

I like that the temperature fluctuations are greater in winter. After months of moving powder snow, some of which drifted in for a second clearing, today I'm moving snow by packing it into big snowballs to throw. 30 degree swings would amaze us in the summer. Also, sometimes the windows look like this:

 

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Does the word "pint" still exist in Australian bars? Just wondering...

It does, but not across the board as you might expect. Adelaide always poured a measure that they call a "pint" but it's actually less than an imperial pint at only 425 ml. That's still the case today, but that's only in Adelaide, the rest of the country calls that measure a Schooner.

Other than that there's a few boutique breweries that will serve an imperial pint.

 

[JayLapointe]

There's only one country in the world (of consequence) that still uses the imperial system. So if anyone's posting measurements online from outside the US then you can always assume they're talking in Metric. These days many of our younger generations have no idea what a mile is, or a pint.

I may be corrected on this, but I believe at the moment there are only 3 countries in the world that haven't gone metric. The USA of course, Myanmar, and Liberia. The two non-USA countries #1 trading partner is the USA.

 

[Judge]

I may be corrected on this, but I believe at the moment there are only 3 countries in the world that haven't gone metric. The USA of course, Myanmar, and Liberia. The two non-USA countries #1 trading partner is the USA.

Oddly enough, in as much as the American public is up to their eyeballs in the Imperial system, our military is strictly metric. Too bad the rest of us can't follow accordingly.

 

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Oddly enough, in as much as the American public is up to their eyeballs in the Imperial system, our military is strictly metric. Too bad the rest of us can't follow accordingly.

So too now is NASA, and many other industries as well.

 

[Judge]

So too now is NASA, and many other industries as well.

It's so much more efficient and logical. Wish everything would go metric. I hate having to use software constantly to convert the numbers...especially measuring fluids.