and it's -15 without the wind chill factor (-22 I think with it?) here in
Toronto, with the next few days supposed to be even colder.  
who ordered this cold stuff anyways?

IceBear, dreaming of Caribbean warmth...


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com
> [mailto:owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com]On
> Behalf Of lezlielioness{at}bytewright.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:13 PM
> To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
> Subject: Re: [BR-2] Temperature conversion -- addendum from Califia
>
>
>
> 'an back at ya from Califia. BTW: It is 55F in the Peoples'
> Republic of Berkeley this morning; a light wind is blowing
> off the Bay, and the sun is shining brightly. The birds are
> twittering, the daffodils are blooming, the Pagan Pride
> festival planning is going well, the Telegraph Av merchants
> have been set up and doing buisness for an hour or two, the
> library is planning it's annual book sale for this weekend,
> the BBQs are being pulled out of the garages, and the
> Revolution Continues. Lezlie
>
> For you Murcan cousins who are still having a hard time converting
> >Foreignheat to Centigrade:
> >
> >--- Darlene & Larry wrote:
> >
> >> Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart
> >>
> >> 50 degrees  Fahrenheit (10 C):
> >> Californians shiver uncontrollably.
> >> Canadians plant gardens.
> In So.Cal, they make sacrifice to the gods in order to
> appease Those Who Have
> Taken Away the Sun and Kept Us From the Surf and Poolside
> Event. This involves
> Virgins (From Somewhere Else), Soft Things and Lotus Leaves.
> In No. Cal, they notice the FOG and carry on with hot
> tubbing, fomenting
> revolution, wandering the redwoods,harvesting, fishing the
> Humbolt Lagoons,
> planning music festivals, and Driving About Terrifying
> Persons From Somewhere
> Else.
>
> >> 35 Fahrenheit (1.6 C):
> >> Italian cars won't start.
> So. Califorinans wander about aimlessly wondering what to do
> without their sun
> visors ... they Find More Virgins and make due sacrifice.
> Surfers sit morosly
> on the beaches and in cafes in Laguna and Venice staring
> blankly at their
> boards.
> No. Californians put on a jacket and the former Canadians and
> Mid-westerners
> among them tell nostalgic stories about that stuff they call
> "snow": The Reason
> Why They Now Live in California.
>
> >> Canadians drive with the windows down.
> >>
> >> 32 Fahrenheit (0 C):
> >> American water freezes.
> >> Canadian water gets thicker.
> The FOG has frozen to the Golden Gate Bridge and trapped
> several thousand
> commuters and Canadians wearing Burmuda shorts in tour buses
> in their vehicles.
> The Natinal Guard has been called, but they are lost in the
> FOG somewhere in
> the Golden Gate Park.
> The redwoods put on jackets.  Californians from both No and
> So go to the
> Sierras for ski vacations or Hawaii for the Duration. Except
> in Berkeley and
> Santa Cruz where Revolution Must Continue. Santa Cruzan
> Surfer Dudes and
> Dudettes head south.
> >>
> >> 0 Fahrenheit (-17.9 C):
> >> New York City landlords finally turn  on the heat.
> >> Canadians have the last cookout of the season.
> There are No Longer Any Virgins in So. Cal. From Anywhere.
> Even Berkeleyites and Santa Cruzans have Gone Indoors to
> continue their
> revolution.  Garbervillans put smoke pots in their fields to
> protect next
> year's harvest.
> >>
> >> -60 Fahrenheit (-51 C):
> >> Mt. St. Helens freezes.
> >> Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.
> Los Angeles applies for Federal Disaster $$. Surfers have
> frozen to their
> places on the beaches and in the cafes.
> The SF Giants might decide to learn to play football. Or, not.
> >>
> >> -100 Fahrenheit (-73 C):
> >> Santa Claus abandons the North  Pole.
> >> Canadians pull down their ear flaps.
> There is no one in So. California, they are all in Hawaii,
> virgin or not.
> >>
> >> -173 Fahrenheit (-114 C)
> >> Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
> >> Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.
> There is no one in No. California, they have gone to the
> Bahamas to avoid the
> Los Angeleans.
> >>
> >> -460 Fahrenheit (-273 C)
> >> Absolute zero; all atomic motion  stops.
> >> Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"
> >>
> >> -500 Fahrenheit (-295 C):
> >> Hell freezes over.
> >> The Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
>
> And, The SF Giants have learned to play football.
> The Cubs have won the World Series and have been traded by
> Oakland for the A's.
> The aliens that have been living disguised as street hustlers
> on Telelgraph AV
> reveal themselves and announce the the Great Invasion of
> Berkeley Has Succeded.
> >
> >=====
> >Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is
> >the loftiest of cowardice. --Holbrook Jackson
> >
> >From the Lair of Fang-Face DreamWeaver
> >and The Encyclopedia Michael Nellis
> >http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/dreamweaver/index.html
> >
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