Canadian Winters

Love those hugs and happy puppies

 

Woof Woof

 

Not bad, not bad. Here in Québec it was around -5 and 0... So it's almost hot!

 

be sure to put on the sun screen. With a heat wave like that we wouldn;t want you to burn.

 

Uguel, I've got every electric fan I own pointed to the NE, blowing on high. Trying to get you some of this warm air. I figured that if bigc and Detox were kind enough to send it north, I'd at least try to keep it going.

 

BJ,

Well thank you! That's funny for I thought about stg similar recently. I thought of starting a campaign to raise funds for a jumbo fresnel lens that will enhance the sunbeams effects just over Québec!!!

 

That's a good idea but be really careful. You know what happens when you focus the sun's rays through a magnifying glass. Don't focus the beam too tight. I think +500F would be just a little too much.

 

I will try my best to keep the warm air flowing

 

try this for cold:

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart:
+10 C: Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant gardens.

+1.6 C: Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

0 C: American water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker.

-18 C: New York City landlords finally turn on the heat. Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-42 C: Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-73 C: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-114 C: Ethyl alcohol Freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-273 C: Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "cold eh?"

-295 C: Hell freezes over. The Leafs win theStanley Cup!

 

Actually, we have 6 foot snowdrifts just in front of every house and the snow is getting dirty...Not your ideal landscape... So I might be safe to use strong magnification on them.....
Don't you think so

 

-273 C: Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "cold eh?"


I believe that statement . The canadians are a hardy bunch

 

Will the winter be cold?
In October, the Indians asked their Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing the answer, the chief replied that the winter will be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to a phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "This winter is indeed going to be very cold."

So the Chief went back to encourage his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, and asked again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes," the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief went back to his people and ordered them to go out and bring back every scrap of wood they could find.

Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that this winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely" the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!"

 

Borrow a protective suit from a local fireman, stand back, and you'll be OK. Oh a boat might come in handy too when all of that snow suddenly melts.

 

Hey Pfofit!

That's quite true-to-life for us here! Very good!

 

bigc, you win

Now that is a cut and paste for my junk drawer for sure.

 

Pfofit you actually win. I deleted the canadian jokes because on closer inspection I realized that some of them did not show our canadian neighbors in a good light . I would not intentionaly do that so I took the loss, so you win this time but watch out in the future

 

Hey! You know what?(grrr...) Just to make a change our meteorologists forcasted a snowstorm for tomorrow...
They couldn't be wrong for it is already started in the Maritimes: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick...it is now coming our way....

A new way of locomotion for us!

 

That makes me wonder. Would I want to be at the top of the hill rolling down, or at the bottom of the hill waiting to be rolled over?

 

No offense Uguel but i hope it doesn't come any further west! (I've had enough)

EDIT-Doh! got my directions wrong

 

Ah, the joys of retirement (even if about 15 years earlier than expected) ...

Just find a nice comfy hollow tree and sleep till spring.

 

Come on down to southwest oklahoma it was 83 degrees today I actually broke a sweat waxing the car

 

I'm green with envy bigc.




snowbound

 

It's a real bummer though it is only supposed to get 76 tomorow

 

Yes, I agree "we had enough"!
Moreover. this week I heard kids complaining about it!

(normally, they do like like snow) I understand why. Most of the days were spent indoors for it was bitter cold. And all the time lost to shovel : everybody must get up sometimes 1 hour earlier ....