Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
Jan 17th 2012, 5:45 pm
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Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
I thought this morning was bad. We are on a wind chill warning now with temps going down to minus 40 to 50 overnight. 
Interesting walk to the school bus stop at 7.30am......It didn't feel too bad to start with but after a couple of minutes with those little bits of your face exposed to the air and eyelashes starting to freeze, it was feeling slightly freaky.
The school buses were running here this morning even though it was almost minus 40. I guess tomorrow morning could be a whole different story.
Gotta love this crazy Albertan weather though, on Saturday afternoon you could walk around in just a sweater in the sun! I think we have a chinook coming in over the weekend so could well be BBQing again next week!
Interesting walk to the school bus stop at 7.30am......It didn't feel too bad to start with but after a couple of minutes with those little bits of your face exposed to the air and eyelashes starting to freeze, it was feeling slightly freaky.
The school buses were running here this morning even though it was almost minus 40. I guess tomorrow morning could be a whole different story.
Gotta love this crazy Albertan weather though, on Saturday afternoon you could walk around in just a sweater in the sun! I think we have a chinook coming in over the weekend so could well be BBQing again next week!
Jan 17th 2012, 6:19 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
We can now find out from the newbies
if they really aren't that botherd by the cold...
Or if my assumptions are correct.. the thought of the day is......
F*** me that F***ing cold, I'm staying indoors F*** that for a lark
F*** = fool honest
if they really aren't that botherd by the cold...
Or if my assumptions are correct.. the thought of the day is......
F*** me that F***ing cold, I'm staying indoors F*** that for a lark
F*** = fool honest
Jan 17th 2012, 6:20 pm
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Jan 17th 2012, 6:24 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
Its jolly chilly in Vancouver this morning.
Jan 17th 2012, 6:26 pm
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Jan 17th 2012, 6:49 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
It was -20 with windchill here this morning and -26 yesterday. That's about as cold as it ever gets here. And, I'm cool with that.
Jan 17th 2012, 8:38 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
Jan 17th 2012, 8:45 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
My husband (from BC originally) is visiting his mum in Calgary, and rang me today to tell me it was 'a bit chilly' , meanwhile we have been minus 5 all week, and our realtor rang me to tell me it was 'freezing' in Fredericton at minus 2!
Jan 17th 2012, 8:56 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
I am now about to get dressed up in all my gear to meet the school bus...not really wanting to leave my lovely toastie spot on the sofa. Hopefully youngest has remembered to put on all his warm clothing before leaving school today.
I usually collect mail on the afternoon school bus meet, don't think I can be bothered to faff with the key in mittens today
I usually collect mail on the afternoon school bus meet, don't think I can be bothered to faff with the key in mittens today
Jan 17th 2012, 10:27 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
-49 windchill here in Saskatoon today and our buses were cancelled (I drive bus) who's wants or even needs to stand and wait for a bus in those temps?? Parents please take your kids to school in a nice warm car lol there's a limit to what they should brave!!
Jan 17th 2012, 11:33 pm
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I have to say that it is just a wee bit parky here....
The dogs are refusing to go outside - I had to forcibly eject both of them earlier so that they could go and pee...
The dogs are refusing to go outside - I had to forcibly eject both of them earlier so that they could go and pee...
Jan 17th 2012, 11:38 pm
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
This morning -45C with the wind chill, warming up to a daytime high -25C. Overnight -49C and tomorrow a high -27C.
We had temperatures above 0 last week
We had temperatures above 0 last week
Jan 17th 2012, 11:48 pm
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Jan 18th 2012, 12:35 am
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
It was a tad chilly walking the dog this morning, I've got to remember to put his boots on him tomorrow as it was a bit cold for his feet today.
Jan 18th 2012, 1:11 am
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Re: Hope you have your thermal knickers ready in Alberta!
Its bloody freezing out there and I had on gloves and one of them furry trapper hats and I was still frozen all day. I don't know how you people do it in the rest of the country. I wish I was in Dubai or Antigua watching the cricket.