>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...
>
Then, of course, there's BC where the first flowers of spring have opened
(it's not even February yet!) and the days are consistently over 5, some up
to 10. It has been down to freezing at night a few times this winter, but
the frost always melts by lunch time.
>>
Laurie leaf buds are starting on the roses Phoenix
>>
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
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