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Good ol' Canada F**king cold here. Full Stop.

#41 MTS

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 01:16 PM

I think my brain just evaporated.

Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.

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#42 Sinisdar Toste

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 04:34 PM

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#43 rhulad

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 06:46 PM

It is currently a depressing 3 degrees C. Depressing because all of my lovely snow is melting, and tomorrow when it -5 it is going to be icy as all frozen hell.

#44 RodeoRanch

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 06:48 PM

It's 8 degrees today! Bloody marvelous.

Alas it's dropping to -6 and snow tomorrow. Drats.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:01 PM

I had planned to go to the mountains this weekend, but now with all the ice I'm not sure if I want to make the 3 hour drive.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:06 PM

RodeoRanch, on 27 January 2011 - 06:48 PM, said:

It's 8 degrees today! Bloody marvelous.

Alas it's dropping to -6 and snow tomorrow. Drats.

rhulad, on 27 January 2011 - 06:46 PM, said:

It is currently a depressing 3 degrees C. Depressing because all of my lovely snow is melting, and tomorrow when it -5 it is going to be icy as all frozen hell.

You see Rodeo, Rhulad has the right of it. It should NEVER go above zero in winter since it will only produce ice while destroying snow. And ice is very dangerous.
Heat only always makes things worse, except when cooking.

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#47 cerveza_fiesta

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:08 PM

I think somebody threw a big cup of boiling water into the air outside.

Strangely snowy around here. I suspect government involvement and 747 sized air tankers dropping mind-control crystals on us.

wait a dang minute............

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#48 RodeoRanch

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:13 PM

Chinooks are the only things that keep me sane during the winter. Relatively speaking.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:16 PM

Beer, Hockey, parties and nice attractive ladies don't keep you sane?

Hum...

On second thought that doesn't make sense to me either. Since they don't even leave me sane.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:20 PM

Pretty women keep me far far far from sane.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:40 PM

huh. false alarm. it's still -8, feelong like minus 14 here.

not that i'll feel any of that, since i confined myself at home until that term paper is finished.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 07:11 PM

Ah shit. 15 to 25 cm of snow is predicted for the next few days and back down to -20 C. Wharglebargle!

#53 Sinisdar Toste

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 07:35 PM

15-20 cm just plopped down on us here in Man., next stop, Alberta! (forget saskatchewan, it doesn't count)

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 12:01 AM

I though it was going to TO? don't these things usually travel eastwadrs?

the good thing is, when it snows, air temperature tends to be warmer. which is good, since my warm jacket is out of comission until Monday.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#55 Kallyfudge

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 12:42 PM

D, on 27 January 2011 - 02:58 AM, said:

Kallyfudge, on 27 January 2011 - 01:17 AM, said:

I would like to see and explanation of why it isn't because of evaporation, mainly because part of the freezing is because of evaporation.

Evaporation = liquid becoming gas

This liquid is becoming solid, ergo it is not evaporation.

On a related note, if you visit Canada in mid-winter, don't drink a lot of hot water before stepping outside. We've all seen the horrors...

Also, along with what the other guy said, although the water has an average temperature below 100 C, the kinetic energy of the individual water molecules is spread out in a Gaussian distribution. This means a small part will be above 100C and if they are near the surface they can get out. Try leaving a cup of water in your room and notice that it slowly goes down over a week. Also the boiling point of water is not a constant, IIRC on top of mount Everest it boils at about 60C. It decreases with decreasing pressure because you need less kinetic energy to escape from the body of water. If you take your helmet off in space your saliva will boil out of your mouth (amongst other things).

Lake vostok has just been in the news_{http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-12275979 , http://www.bbc.co.uk.../world-12302953 . I didn't know its the place that the lowest temperature (natural temperature anyway) has been measured -89C!!}

_{Can I just ask, is it true that trees explode when it gets cold enough? It was in one of the Steven Erikson short stories.}

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 12:50 PM

It's true, but not for the reason you'd think - trees actually sweat nitroglycerine when below a certain temperature. True story.

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:16 PM

It's been colder here in Toronto this winter overall, but we've actually had more mild days than FREEZING ass cold ones.

that said, last weekend we went to Niagara Falls (Great Wolf Lodge for indoor waterpark fun) and it was FRIGID out man, like -30 at least.

Still, I love living in Canada, and I love snow and winter....but I have my breaking point. I think it is probably somewhere in the -30-ish area...LOL

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 07:21 PM

pfft, welcome to my everyday.

it's just past noon. I'm about to go to work.
it's minus 28 outside, feeling like minus 38.

talk about your deadly white silence.....

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 30 January 2011 - 07:22 PM

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#59 MTS

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 11:49 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again - y'all are crazy. My breaking point is probably just below 0. :w00t:

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Posted 31 January 2011 - 12:08 AM

Mentalist, on 30 January 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

pfft, welcome to my everyday.

it's just past noon. I'm about to go to work.
it's minus 28 outside, feeling like minus 38.

talk about your deadly white silence.....

Winterpeg...it'll do that to ya every time. :w00t:

If it's any consolation Mississauga hasn't been much better these last few weeks (I work there), so your home turf is hardly better. LOL

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