tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7287978630999057517..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Nine degrees fondly Fahrenheit...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17862987454383102872010-01-30T04:38:09.305-05:002010-01-30T04:38:09.305-05:00Dang, LL beat me to the Al Bester reference, and a...Dang, LL beat me to the Al Bester reference, and a more subtle one that I'd have used. Oh it's no feat to beat the heat...Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1739730487326428732010-01-29T21:39:01.499-05:002010-01-29T21:39:01.499-05:00Wimp! (ducking) Just kidding. :-) I used to run b...Wimp! (ducking) Just kidding. :-) I used to run barefoot across the snow covered front yard to get the mail from the mailbox because it was too much trouble to go to the other end of the house to put my boots on for such a short trip.Hat Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789313677285831256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27287672135070390202010-01-29T20:29:38.390-05:002010-01-29T20:29:38.390-05:00Just as I always suspected. Tam's one of those...Just as I always suspected. Tam's one of those women who take out the trash in their pajamas.<br /><br />To go out for any length of time, however, requires dressing warmly.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40319942545880541712010-01-29T19:13:36.712-05:002010-01-29T19:13:36.712-05:00You forgot to mention that you'd be doing a rh...You forgot to mention that you'd be doing a rhumba. Or were you not intending to reference that classic short sf tale?Davidwhitewolfhttp://www.softgreenglow.com/wpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31290684267650575182010-01-29T15:43:06.508-05:002010-01-29T15:43:06.508-05:00Since a former employer blessedly transferred me h...Since a former employer blessedly transferred me here, and I have grown to truly love this state, I can't imaging living any further north than the Red River (the border between Texas and Oklahoma, for you furriners). <br /><br />And that includes my semi-native Kansas. <br /><br />cap'n chumbucketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53201134418103305332010-01-29T14:58:03.509-05:002010-01-29T14:58:03.509-05:00Reminds me of when the wife was still the girlfrie...Reminds me of when the wife was still the girlfriend, and she invited me over for a drink. <br />It was 5 below zero.<br />The car wouldn't start.<br />It was a mile walk to the subway.<br />It was 5 below zero.<br />So I put on:<br />Herman's Survivors, heavy wool socks, polypropylene long johns, Danish ski patrol wool pants, Pendleton shirt, wool sweater, my old N3-B parka with the wool pile lining, a wool balaclava over a silk balaclava, and silk glove liners under down mittens. The final layer, I had to put on in the vestibule.<br />Did I mention it was 5 below?Lergnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718650151254462639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18259930197440171132010-01-29T14:35:54.952-05:002010-01-29T14:35:54.952-05:00Brought some boxes wrongly delivered to me down to...Brought some boxes wrongly delivered to me down to the neighbors place 80-90 yards away last night.<br /><br /> Single digits, 40 mile an hour wind, dry snow being whipped up into rolling clouds. <br /><br /> Sweater, no coat or hat, no gloves or boots. If it's only a few minutes, it just makes the inside of your house all the more cozy when you get back.<br /><br /> Really, after the first few decades, especially if you've spent a lot of time out working in it, it becomes just part of the cycle. We'll turn you into a Yankee yet.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61002533738270355202010-01-29T14:26:31.383-05:002010-01-29T14:26:31.383-05:00Yeah, it's kind of cold here in Phoenix today,...Yeah, it's kind of cold here in Phoenix today, it hasn't passed 60 yet. Won't be comfortable to roll down the windows.Greggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67471823625620306612010-01-29T14:16:15.808-05:002010-01-29T14:16:15.808-05:00I have strong opinions on global warming. I'm ...I have strong opinions on global warming. I'm for it.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6331207256201654552010-01-29T14:06:58.813-05:002010-01-29T14:06:58.813-05:00I said "pants" and "coat". Gun...I said "pants" and "coat". Gun(s) and ammo may therefore be taken as read. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48639430559411452462010-01-29T12:32:10.447-05:002010-01-29T12:32:10.447-05:00No 'Guns? Checked. Ammo? Plenty.' ??No 'Guns? Checked. Ammo? Plenty.' ??T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47212023677424803582010-01-29T11:37:13.452-05:002010-01-29T11:37:13.452-05:00What, Sidcot suit at the cleaners?What, Sidcot suit at the cleaners?staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62430794856666271792010-01-29T11:22:10.197-05:002010-01-29T11:22:10.197-05:00Main reason I quit riding scooters in the winter (...Main reason I quit riding scooters in the winter (scooter as an affection term for full dress rides). At 9 degress you have a couple of minutes before the skin freezes. <br /><br />Or maybe you want to keep your youthful complexion? <br /><br />South is looking better all the time.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2226018910118154482010-01-29T10:46:26.060-05:002010-01-29T10:46:26.060-05:00I don't bother putting on pants to take the tr...I don't bother putting on pants to take the trash to the dumpster at the corner, unless the temperature is below -10 F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17522673350651044562010-01-29T10:37:14.039-05:002010-01-29T10:37:14.039-05:00Me, 2 years ago, North Dakota, 0 degrees, snowing,...Me, 2 years ago, North Dakota, 0 degrees, snowing, winds ca. 25 knots, outside running the snow blower, uttering these words for the first time in my life - I gotta move someplace warm, like New Mexico!<br /><br />Still here . . . < FFFFF >Pathfindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22316539735438839932010-01-29T09:32:32.674-05:002010-01-29T09:32:32.674-05:00Jim,
I don't bitch too much because, after al...Jim,<br /><br />I don't bitch too much because, after all, I do know where the nearest on-ramp to I-65 South is located. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56264607683833101602010-01-29T09:30:44.216-05:002010-01-29T09:30:44.216-05:00I know Duneland Beach is snowier than Hell. The w...I know Duneland Beach is snowier than Hell. The winter roads from Evansville to Louisville are basic training for "Ice Road Trucker." However:<br /><br />As my local temperature sits at 11 below, heading for a high of 12, it occurs to me that watching Hoosiers cope with winter is like an MEU watching kids shoot paintballs. :)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68580509357569585992010-01-29T09:24:08.001-05:002010-01-29T09:24:08.001-05:00Peppermint Schnapps? Check.
Daydreams of Barbados?...Peppermint Schnapps? Check.<br />Daydreams of Barbados? Check.Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47079179576453147552010-01-29T09:08:48.384-05:002010-01-29T09:08:48.384-05:00Try describing this kind of cold, or colder, to fo...Try describing this kind of cold, or colder, to folks who've never seen the puddles in their yard freeze. Best I've come up with is, "Stick your head in your freezer, turn on a fan, stay there for 15 minutes. Now imagine having to do that to warm up." Larry WeeksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20054116824708848352010-01-29T09:00:35.776-05:002010-01-29T09:00:35.776-05:00Cool and discreet, honey, in the dancing frost whi...Cool and discreet, honey, in the dancing frost while the thermometer registers 10 degrees fondly Fahrenheit.LLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20650774952146077922010-01-29T09:00:29.888-05:002010-01-29T09:00:29.888-05:00Heh. Sounds like what I woke up to this morning: ...Heh. Sounds like what I woke up to this morning: "I wanna move to Florida!"<br /><br />Which would be OK, I guess; no income tax and "shall issue". Just that beachfront is so damn expensive, even in this economy...Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82770499389116873492010-01-29T08:48:52.695-05:002010-01-29T08:48:52.695-05:00OK, that one made me spit coffee on the keyboard.OK, that one made me spit coffee on the keyboard.Scooterhttp://www.scooteroi.comnoreply@blogger.com