# It's f\*\*\*\*\*\* stupid cold out there! (Location Maryland) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075 "2013-01-23T05:22:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/41 "2013-01-23T17:50:52Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > Because it is fairly quiet at work today, a few of us decided to try out the “cupful of boiling water tossed into the freezing air” trick out behind the office. Absent immediate access to boiling water, a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee was offered up. It worked! Coffee-scented vapour and "snowflakes’ everywhere! Unfortunately, my iPhone didn’t catch it, but we are going to try it again later today. > > Gotta make your own fun in this weather! Hmm, maybe I’ll try that. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/42 "2013-01-23T17:53:31Z")
… ergo, global warming doesn’t exist. (Kidding! Kidding!) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/43 "2013-01-23T19:09:08Z")
It’s about 13 degrees in Albany and it says it “feels like 4”. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/44 "2013-01-23T19:12:22Z")
It’s -24 C (-11 F) here right now. This morning it was -37 C (-35 F). Quityerbitchin. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/45 "2013-01-23T19:12:34Z")
I just took a shower. When I tried to get the shampoo out of the bottle, it wouldn’t come out. I finally figured out the problem - the shampoo had been in its usual place against the window between the bathroom and outside, and it was so cold outside that the shampoo had actually _frozen in the bottle_. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/46 "2013-01-23T19:13:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s -24 C (-11 F) here right now. This morning it was -37 C (-35 F). > > Quityerbitchin. I’m not, really. 🙂 I am not a big fan of the cold but I’d rather have cold than snow, any day. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/47 "2013-01-23T19:18:25Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I just took a shower. When I tried to get the shampoo out of the bottle, it wouldn’t come out. I finally figured out the problem - the shampoo had been in its usual place against the window between the bathroom and outside, and it was so cold outside that the shampoo had actually _frozen in the bottle_. Well, not “frozen” exactly, but it was sure stuck! I ran the shampoo bottle under the hot water for a while and the problem was fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Chilliwack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chilliwack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilliwack)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/48 "2013-01-23T19:41:57Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > -31 F here in Ottawa today. It’s 10 degrees warmer in Iqualuit! I dug out my long underwear, the Arctic Program parka and James Bay mitts and my military surplus mukluks just so I could wait for the bus without freezing important bits of anatomy. Now the office is too hot :smack:. The man on the radio said that if it doesn’t get above -22C this afternoon, it will be the coldest day in the last 10 years. Two anecdotes about Jan 23, 2003: 1. A car had spun out on a patch of black ice on the highway, and was stopped in my lane, facing me. I had plenty of room, and attempted to change lanes to avoid him, losing control myself, and ended up hitting a concrete barricade at roughly 90 km/h. 2. The tow-truck dropped me off at my then-girlfriend’s place, who had an Australian staying with her for a little. She told us that when one of her friends who had been to Canada was telling her what to expect, she was told that there would be times when it was so could, she would want to cry. As the mercury dipped below -31C that night, walking home from work, she said “I finally understood what she was talking about.” ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/49 "2013-01-23T19:46:51Z")
I do remember the year is was so cold that the bay froze over. That was cold! Poor little ducks swimming in circles trying to keep their little spot from freezing over. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/50 "2013-01-23T20:04:23Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > One of the Montreal people I follow on Twitter pointed out that it’s also warmer in Iqualuit than Montreal. > > (Iqualuit is a town in Canada’s north - the capital of Nunavut.) > > **Das Glasperlenspiel** , let’s get a plane to the Arctic, where it’s warmer. I am not laughing at you. I swear, but here in Winnipeg we are glad to see this weather start to move East because thank GOD it will finally get out of here - we have had that -40ish for over a week now. Enough is enough. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/51 "2013-01-23T20:29:43Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > It’s 63 right now at 6:17 in the morning. I just looked, it’s not snowing, but it’s too dark to see for sure. _Blows raspberries at **Morgenstern** _ We’re having a heat wave, it’s 18 right now according to my Weather Bug. I don’t think it got out of the single digits yesterday. What really sucks is that about a week and a half ago it was in the 60s. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/52 "2013-01-23T21:12:34Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Now, now, don’t tease the southerners! > > (excuse me while I go rake my roof some more 😃 ) The problem (for me) is not simply that it’s 12 degrees towards the end of January. What’s making it so challenging is that it was 50 degrees on Saturday. I’m happy for winter to be wintery, but I like my seasons to change a little more gradually. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/53 "2013-01-23T21:13:21Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I am not laughing at you. I swear, but here in Winnipeg we are glad to see this weather start to move East because thank GOD it will finally get out of here - we have had that -40ish for over a week now. Enough is enough. I have an uncle who lives in Winnipeg and he calls it “Winterpeg.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/54 "2013-01-24T00:27:54Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m not, really. 🙂 I am not a big fan of the cold but I’d rather have cold than snow, any day. How can you have cold without snow? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/55 "2013-01-24T00:37:03Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > How can you have cold without snow? 😕 You mean the other way around, right? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/56 "2013-01-24T00:49:14Z")
I’ve had the heat turned up to full all day, and I’m wearing a hoodie, and it’s still fricking cold. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/57 "2013-01-24T01:43:45Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve had the heat turned up to full all day, and I’m wearing a hoodie, and it’s still fricking cold. Hell I’ve got the wood stove burning and I’m _still_ wearing wool socks. Stupid cold and mumble mumble grumble… ---
**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/58 "2013-01-24T03:55:30Z")
#_%(!^\*\*&_#####(&$@&){_\>^(\>#^_#### Send some of that cold down here. We had rain for a freakin month, now it’s sunny and 70’ in the day and low 50s at night. Global warming can kiss my patoot. I grew up with winters in the single digits and wind chill in the negatives. I would like to see some winter now, not just a few light frosts. We usually get several good frosts and a couple periods of freezing weather. I put up with the summer heat because my skin needs the humidity. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/59 "2013-01-24T07:54:38Z")
19 degrees f is -7c. Screw that, you can have it. 36 degrees c here today (96 f) with a forecast overnight low of 26c (78 f) Might need to leave the air con on tonight.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075/60 "2013-01-24T10:40:00Z")
It’s warming up; It’s only -28 C (-18 F) this morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075.md?page=4)