I forgot how -35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT feels

[ViviTheMage]

It was 40 and raining earlier yesterday...now it's -35 (with windchill) and snowing!

Good old Minnesota, how I missed the cold weather ^_^

 

[oiprocs]

35? Your best years are wayyy behind you.

Maybe you should change your name to ViviTheElderlyMage.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: oiprocs
35? Your best years are wayyy behind you.

Maybe you should change your name to ViviTheElderlyMage.

luckily I am only 22 .... -35DEGREES F

You read the thread way too quickly..or not at all!

 

[xanis]

-35F? Psh, that's balmy.

EDIT: No but really, it's balmy here... 65F. I thought December was supposed to be cold?

 

[Chryso]

It is 73 here. Come on down.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Xanis
-35F? Psh, that's balmy.

give me -70!

 

[Aikouka]

It's 53 degrees here in NY.

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: oiprocs
35? Your best years are wayyy behind you.

Maybe you should change your name to ViviTheElderlyMage.

luckily I am only 22 .... -35DEGREES F

You read the thread way too quickly..or not at all!

Reading comprehension FTL. :sad;

 

[miketheidiot]

yay its warm today

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot
yay its warm today

:thumbsup:

 

[Nik]

miketheidiot and vivithemage in one thread? Now we just need danthemanwiththemasterplan to complete the trio

 

[illusion88]

It's +10 at the ski resort right now.

 

[PepePeru]

it was 75F degrees at 2:53pm yesterday.
its 16F right now.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Nik
miketheidiot and vivithemage in one thread? Now we just need danthemanwiththemasterplan to complete the trio

Hmm?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
it was 75F degrees at 2:53pm yesterday.
its 16F right now.

Crazy, huh? I remember this happening a few times...years ago.

Nice to see the weather dipping to normal coldness.

 

[nakedfrog]

Every winter I get to wondering what could possibly convince someone this was an acceptable place to settle.

 

[RedRooster]

Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

 

[funkymatt]

Originally posted by: Xanis
-35F? Psh, that's balmy.

EDIT: No but really, it's balmy here... 65F. I thought December was supposed to be cold?

it may be 65, but you're still in Philthy

 

[AMDZen]

It was -12 here last night, -4 or so this morning on the way into work. Its now a warm 4 degrees

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

F > C in USA...everywhere else is the opposite....we know. not sure why we do not switch, but we have not...we learn to deal with it!

In school I was taught F to C conversions, so most high school kids should know the difference between the two either way.

someday metric will replace our weird system!

 

[theMan]

YAY!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooo looking to going back to Minnesota for school in January. All my friends think i'm nuts for going to school up there, but I love it! BRING IT ON! One day I want to do a winter trek through the boundary waters... that would be so fucking cool.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

Fahrenheit is much more expressive for weather use. In Celsius you've got what, from -40 to 50 to cover most weather? In Fahrenheit, you've got from -40 to 120 to more accurately convey just how damn cold or hot it is.

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

Fahrenheit is much more expressive for weather use. In Celsius you've got what, from -40 to 50 to cover most weather? In Fahrenheit, you've got from -40 to 120 to more accurately convey just how damn cold or hot it is.

That is true.
You guys should post the C in brackets when you talk temperature at least, then us wierdos up north in the -40C have a frame of reference.

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

Fahrenheit is much more expressive for weather use. In Celsius you've got what, from -40 to 50 to cover most weather? In Fahrenheit, you've got from -40 to 120 to more accurately convey just how damn cold or hot it is.

yeah but -35F and -35C are almost exactly the same temperature...

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Frick is Fahrenheit balls. Why don't you guys talk normal, we won the war.

Water doesn't freeze at a plus number, its 0, dead on. All this talk about +20F makes it sounds so warm there.

Who cares about water? It isnt' like 0°C is the true freezing point of water either (it is slightly wrong and NOT dead on it is more like 0.003°C). The best you can say is at standard pressure with pure water and with nucleation points the freezing point is ALMOST 0°C. Vary any of those things and water won't freeze anywhere close to 0°C. For example, PURE water at 1 atmosphere of pressure actually freezes at -42°C in a clean and smooth container. If you wanted to choose a logical base, you might as well use Kelvin or Rankine or another scale with an absolute zero.

Fahrenheit is perfect for most humans because it is a human scale:

Below 0°F = fricking freezing outside.
Above 100°F = fricking hot outside.

Anything between those limits it is safe to be outside for quite some time in most conditions.