Winter Sucks

[PedalUma]

 

[sc00ter]

I just had a heart attack moment! It's been a few years since I used my Milwaukee heated gloves. I pulled them out and took them into work for the ride home after work. The batteries charged correctly and are holding their charge but I couldn't get the gloves to power on! My thumbs started crying in pain! I tapped the switch side on the desk and the switches started working! I'll report back how the gloves do at the end of the work week.

 

[Gionnirocket]

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That was my reason for taking that photo

 

[kevinmccune]

It's not all bad. . .



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after I slammed into the 3 inches of ice with an armload of firewood on my back and the knee that was starting to give me problems the elbow recovered quickly the knee developed a "goose egg" on the 9 o'clock posistion with the single digit temps its not going to melt fast enough to suit me maybe a couple more of colder nights maybe this white "pita" will start to leave its kinda "telegraphed to my right foot which was beginning to hurt(hearing from the splintered tarsal again I suppose) a little background-my heat pump died during the heatwave and I have heated with wood this winter( nother pita") wife refused to go halfsies on the heat pump repair,finally got her SUV were she could go to town( she almost invariably drags me along) being single has a quality all its own,happy "polar vortex" you all,cant wait for spring!

 

[kevinmccune]

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for petes sake don't dive!

 

[PedalUma]

In six weeks at 10:46 AM eastern daylight time the Spring equinox occurs. At that moment, time and longitude, night and day are in balance between the Northern and Southern hemispheres. And Winter ends in the north. Persephone says, 'Hold On, I'm Coming'.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Frosty, frosty... -12 C at the moment.

 

[gromike]

Await the winter here at 48+ latitude. We had a late fall cooldown last week, now it's on to mid-spring!

 

[stompandgo]

It's been in the single digits F here for days now, no warming above freezing, and we have another storm coming tomorrow.

 

[McApple]

-26C this morning, it goes well with the 60cm of snow on the ground.

 

[kevinmccune]

Frosty, frosty... -12 C at the moment.

-13C here this morning,this ice pack has me on my ass more than upright,next week it might get above freezing. I think the NWO has the "HAARP" facility in full swing( what's next the EMP our govt stubbornly refuses to address?( no wonder there is an active dissing of people being energy independent!)

 

[Gionnirocket]

It's been in the single digits F here for days now, no warming above freezing, and we have another storm coming tomorrow.

Same here but being a little further SW it looks like this next storm will just miss us.
The air is ridiculously dry as well with Dew Points below 0°

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Just back from a ride at -11 C

 

[Chazmo]

In the immortal words of Tim Allen: Arr, arr… More power!

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Guess I won't mention that it was 75°F and sunny at the coast yesterday, and today they're talking 78°.

That's not just unseasonably warm for coastal San Diego County. It's warmer than most summer days. And neighborhood old-timers say that they don't recall too many winters with as many unseasonably warm days as this one.

Plus, this winter's already way past average annual rainfall, and we still have 2 months of Pacific storm season to go. Whereas last winter, we got way behind on rain.

Days are still pretty short, but that's not stopping local flowering plants from going nuts way ahead of schedule. This is nothing compared to what's going on in the neighborhood greenbelt right now.

 

[Chazmo]

Very nice, Jeremy!

 

[PedalUma]

I have a friend in the LA/Hollywood hills. Only heated by a solar cover, his pool will top 70 today.

 

[fooferdoggie]

its noon and 54 today and sunny

 

[Stefan Mikes]

-16 C and a strong wind. Not riding.
Fortunately, my fridge is full Made a giga shopping at -11 C on Saturday.

 

[Underdog]

It's been in the single digits ℉ here for the past 2 weeks, long term forecast remains the same with no end in sight. I can only hope that someday soon the jet stream changes bringing back the warmth.