Can't hide your bald spot when it's -11 f outside

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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It’s been a while since i’ve been somewhere cold. It was a balmy 12f (-11c) with an anemic sun as the high, and a scrotum shrinking -11f (-23 c) low. Needless to say, although this is my first time in the ancient capital of Manchuria (Shenyang), I’m firmly ensconced in the hotel and not planning on doing any sightseeing. I’ve got to make a foray out in a BMW 5-series to another hotel and back again. I only mention the BMW because I was at the BMW factory here today - damn impressive with a completely robotic production line for the 3 series.

At this latitude, it was dark by 5:00 and I’m sure it’s going to be dark when I leave the hotel for a 8:00 am flight to Beijing tomorrow. Joy of international travel as one kills time on line in the hotel. :slight_smile:

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If it’s that cold, you should have a hat on, which would conceal the bald spot. I don’t understand the title. Is it a pop culture reference?

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-23C!??!?!?!?! Holy shit.

A friend of mine used to live in Shenyang. While he was there it gained the distinction of being “most polluted place on earth”. He said the air outside was orange.

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Can’t find youself a fetching beret? A little something from the Elmer Fudd collection?

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Glancing down the page, I initially read the thread title as China Can’t hide your bald spot when it’s -11 f outside, and I thought, Damn! That’s a big bald spot!

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So that’s where our winter went this year. It’s in China.

For those who don’t know, it’s been really, really warm in Minneapolis this winter. We’ve hit 40 a number of times.

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yes i wore a hat & would gladly have put on an elmer fudd hat.

the forecast was ‘smoky’ and yes it’s pretty polluted.

had really good korean bbq. there are half a million ethnic koreans here and the border is a two hour drive.

passed on going to the north korean government restaurant. would be interesting but told the food is not so good. next time when it’s warmer.

i don’t know how you people that live in a long & truely cold winter cope.