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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:17 PM
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It is so bloody cold in Minneapolis.
Wind Chill: -17°F. I went out to fetch some lunch and felt like I was a protagonist in a Jack London novel. It is a bad idea to take a nap on a snow bank. Brrrrr.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:23 PM
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1. cool
Do you have eskimoes and ice bears and everything?
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:29 PM
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5. No, but we have an Ice Palace...
http://www.wintercarnival.com/

I guess we Minnesotans love being outside on bitterly cold days. Ya know, for fun!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:24 PM
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2. Run Fang, Run!
That is getting a might nippy.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 03:36 PM
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10. Hey...were you trying to kill my thread?
;-)
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:25 PM
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3. Worse here in Fargo. -2 with a -24 wind chill.
NYAH NYAH!!!! :P:P:P:P:P:P

(just kidding)
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:29 PM
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4. Heck, that's nothing.
Here's the conditions right now, here in Sheboygan, Wisconsin:

Current Conditions for Sheboygan, Wisconsin:
Updated: 1200 PM CST THU JAN 22 2004
Sunny
Temp: -7°F (-22°C)
Wind Speed: NW 21 MPH
Barometer: 30.16F in. (1021 mb)
Wind Chill: -50°F (-46°C)

:scared:

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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 02:31 PM
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6. Wow...
I guess I shall quit my whining. ;-) Stay warm Archae.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 03:22 PM
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7. It is so bloody beautiful in the Atlanta area.
Temperature in the 50s, sunny, blue sky with not a cloud to be seen.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 03:23 PM
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8. Oh, Yah?
Actually not bad in Boston, today.

No wind, mid 20s.
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Lizz612 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 03:33 PM
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9. Oh, damn it all!
I keep missing all the cold weather! It was warm when I left St. Paul to come back to college and now its warmed up here to (30 windchill 22). AND I miss the Ice Palace!! I barely remember the one from '92, 'cause I was only 7 at the time. Bah-humbug!!
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NicoleM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 03:39 PM
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11. It's much nicer here today
than it has been lately-- only 3 below with no wind.
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