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[wolfie]

I grew up in CrapIt'sCold North ontario,

"What the hell are you doing, Kid? It's -10 below! It's too cold to wear that! Go back inside and put some proper clothes on or I'll give you a thumping!"

Frankly, if it's minus ten, I, too, would not wear shorts and a t-shirt outside. But while I might wonder about somebody that did, I would never say anything to them. They wanna risk frostbite, their business.

MoonCat, your location tag reads "Eastern U.S.", so I'm assuming you're talking about Farenheit. Since ackmeow says they grew up in North Ontario, I assume they're talking about Celcius.

Since 40 below is the same on both scales, and 0 C is the same as 32 F, 10 below C would be roughly 14 above F. Still not weather I'd wear shorts and a T-shirt in, but not as bad as you're assuming.

[Food Lady]

I grew up in southern California. If it dipped below 70F, that was cold. The rare times it hit 40 or 45, it was "arctic winter". I had, in my 20s, a full-length wool coat that I wore in the mornings, though by afternoon, it was warm and I carried it. Now I've been in WI for 10 years. 50s to 70 is T-shirt weather (long- or short-sleeved, depending). 35 to 50: add a sweatshirt. 20 to 35: add light wool coat. Anything below 20 warrants the puffer coat. If it's in the single digits, you wear the puffer, but run from the house to the car and from the car to the store.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Had an amusing conversation with two coworkers today. One of the women is always cold (and I am too, but only in our office - she implies she's cold in most places). So it goes like this...

B: I grew up up north so I know it's not really cold here, but still...
Me: I grew up up north too...where are you from?
B: Virginia.
C: Virginia!??! That's not up north! I'm from BUFFALO! Snow capital of the US!
Me: *not saying anything since C has me beat (New Jersey) but I can't believe B thinks Virginia is "up north"*

And I agree, if you're down here long enough your blood does thin out, if not literally then figuratively. You are so used to the heat and humidity so much of the year that when the temperature dips even 10 or 20 degrees it can seem like an apocalypse. I'm usually OK if there is little to no wind, but wind plus anything "chilly" means it's time for me to get indoors. By 2015 I'll have lived in FL as long as I lived in NJ.

[Racket_Man]

I told him "this isn't cold, this is fall, come back in February when it's 10 degrees and blowing snow"

He looked positively shocked that it could get COLDER than 50 degrees outside of a laboratory setting

LOL Here in the GREAT state of Wisconsin I used that line many many times in the month of Nov. and Dec. when the daily high temps were only getting into the upper 40's. Now NOTE that these were NATIVES complaining about how cold it was.

My line was "Wait until it is the middle of Jan, with 18 inches of snow, the air temp is -10 and the wind CHILL is -25. THEN tel me how cold it is."

[AmethystSquirrel]

C: Virginia!??! That's not up north! I'm from BUFFALO! Snow capital of the US!

yeah but this year in Buffalo we hardly have snow!

[CaptainThrifty]

A what? Do you know that "Dork" is slang for Penis?

Really? When did that come about? (no puns intended) Last I knew Dork was a synonym for Geek or Nerd. Hence the comic Dork Tower.

[EricKei]

Since 40 below is the same on both scales...

Eh? *digs out calculator* o_O By gum, he's right.

but I can't believe B thinks Virginia is "up north"*

It's "up north" to me ^_^ But then again, so is Atlanta....for reasons entirely unrelated to weather or physical location

[Jay 2K Winger]

It's "up north" to me ^_^ But then again, so is Atlanta....for reasons entirely unrelated to weather or physical location

Heh, Virginia = "up north." Yeah, I guess so.

I've always considered myself a "northerner" despite living my entire live south of the Mason-Dixon line. (Grew up in Columbia, MD -> three years in Plano, TX -> currently living in Fairfax County, VA)

And for some reason that reminds me of Jester joking about some Texan from El Paso being an "Easterner" or something, and justifying it by saying he's from Arizona.

[Bright_Star]

In 1985 I went to Air Force Tech School at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado. It was during the winter when it got as low as 50 BELOW zero!! We had to run from place to place cause if we didn't, we'd face the real possibility of getting serious frostbite in a matter of minutes!
In 2002, I was stationed in Saudi Arabia & many times the temps easily went OVER 120 degrees during the day!! There was bottled water all over the place & youy had to chug it like it was going out of style.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Well yeah, Virginia is up north compared to Florida too...but hello, Richmond = capital of the Confederate States of America for a few years?? LOL...

[Nemesis44UK]

My wife is Mexican and I am from the UK - when she came over, she insisted on having an extra heater in our room in August!

I was melting! She soon acclimatised though and when we went back to Mexico, she couldn't handle the heat any more!

[dragon_wings]

This whole thread makes me laugh. I lived in Tennessee for 14 years and am approaching the 2 year mark here in Baltimore. Roomie grew up in Wisconsin.
Every conversation she has with family the weather/temp comes up.
'Yeah it snowed the other day by it's all ready gone. It's currently 55 degrees here.'
Though the wind off the harbor makes the colder temps harder to tolerate. Even 50's and 60's are a bit too chilly for me cause of the wind. Otherwise 50's and 60's would be ideal for me. Jeans and a light zip up hoodie weather.

[simplyanother]

I have an online acquaintance who contends that Virginia isn't really part of the south, because it's on the coast, or something. Her logic made a bit of sense, if I thought very deeply about it, but I tried not to.


Huge population of people from elsewhere live around here (my part of the state). In the winter, people tell me how it's not as cold as some god forsaken snowy place where they only get like 2 hours of daylight in all winter. In the summer, people tell me how it's not as hot as some little town that's on the surface of the sun. It's fun!

I have found that temperature doesn't make any sense when it bothers me. In the middle of summer, I'd probably put on a coat if it were 60 out. In the middle of the winter, well, I'd probably still put on a jacket, but I'd "Feel" warmer.

[kibbles]

I don't know what tickles me more sugarduff or crunchy goat nipples LOLOLOL! Did you ever figure out what was with the lose/swear/twitch man?

[Bright_Star]

I have an online acquaintance who contends that Virginia isn't really part of the south, because it's on the coast, or something. Her logic made a bit of sense, if I thought very deeply about it, but I tried not to.


Huge population of people from elsewhere live around here (Hampton Roads). In the winter, people tell me how it's not as cold as some god forsaken snowy place where they only get like 2 hours of daylight in all winter. In the summer, people tell me how it's not as hot as some little town that's on the surface of the sun. It's fun!

I have found that temperature doesn't make any sense when it bothers me. In the middle of summer, I'd probably put on a coat if it were 60 out. In the middle of the winter, well, I'd probably still put on a jacket, but I'd "Feel" warmer.

Virginia IS a part of the south. It has nothing to do ith the fact that it has a coastline. Every southern state has a coastline. Tell your friend that little nugget...lol.