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Alwayzmovin
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:48 am
10 degrees and feels like 0 here and snowing lots!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 8:03 pm
My mother called me at 7am my time (8am her time, just outside of Colorado Springs). She called to tell me it was MINUS FIVE DEGREES (F)!!! And that their high would be in the single digits today. She called me tonight at about 5pm my time. It was -12 degrees. That is without windchill, mind you. One word: BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! And she wants to know why I won't move to Colorado! LOL...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:30 pm
Jagger, my parents were always "finding" the dogs and cats I'd smuggled into the house when it got really cold and that was in FL! LOL I guess there is at least one advantage to living in the city of Buffalo and not out in the country where I'd really like to live. We only got a few inches of snow and outside the city they got over 2 feet.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:53 pm
I shoveled for the first time this year. At least the snow was light, and not very deep. But still, I hate it! Currently -12 here! C'mon Costa! Sure ya don't wanna come to Colorado?
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 5:51 am
Gosh, I was going to come here and complain about how cold it is, but you guys almost make me feel warm! Almost It's 13 above here. No negatives yet. But I'm in a "heavy snow warning" area for tonight and tomorrow am. I just hope I can make it to my doctor's appt tomorrow at 11 am.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:23 am
Who, when California has the big one and Colorado Springs becomes oceanfront property... AND y'all lose the snow and cold... THEN I'll consider it! I heard that parts of Wyoming hit a record low of -45 yesterday. Somewhere just outside of Yellowstone. It's all relative, I know... but it's currently 46 degrees here and I'm seriously whining! 
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:40 am
Ah.....snow for the first time in the season! And cold enough that it won't melt.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:48 am
31 and I'm whining with Costa. I'm a desert girl, I don't like cold temps.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 1:50 pm
31 in California!? Yikes! And what scares me is, when CA gets a storm, we get it a couple of days later! Please redirect that cold front, and don't let it come here! My outside thermometer read 32 an hour ago! Yay! Of course, in just less than an hour its dropped to 27. But at least its warmer than its been in a few days! Costa, just make sure when the Big One hits you aren't in the middle of it! Make sure to be visiting your Mom at the time!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 4:27 pm
Okay, south central Texas here and we had winter mix yesterday afternoon that turned into an ice storm. The trees were bowed over in some places. The wind was worse than the ice. It was 29º at 10:00 am this morning when I went out to scrape the igloo that formed over my car > don't know how cold it got overnight > and it's supposed to stay cold like this all week! Did Juju drive through and not tell us?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 5:10 pm
<whistles Dixie>

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, December 09, 2005 - 7:59 am
Sorry to brag a little, folks, but we are seasonally cold with lots of sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Just too lovely for words.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, December 09, 2005 - 9:21 am
HEY! We had temperature today.....1º! LOL! Unseasonably cold for this part of the country. You bet I wish I had kept my tundra resistance from up north. This is only the second time I've worn my big heavy coat since moving here. I'm more concerned about the temp in my office. The air conditioner is leaking like a sieve even though the vent is closed. My radiator is not putting out enough heat either. Dang, I forgot to bring the space heater....visit my office BYOH!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 8:13 am
My office has the coldest temps I've ever had to work in. I finally broke down and brought my space heater (remember, I commute via train to OC, so schlepping stuff north is a pain!). I've lived in SoCal too long. I could never survive in Schoolmarm's 1 degree "temperature." I'd simply stop moving, and wait for the Spring thaw. (Or find me a warm bear with which to hibernate!)
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:16 am
LOL Costacat, I've been going through the same thing at work with it being too cold. The other morning it was down to 32 degrees in my office so I basically told my boss I wasn't going to do any work until they got me some proper heat. I had a new wall mounted heater installed within the day, now I have to deal with the dry air, but it is better than having frozen feet all day.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 8:36 am
LOL Jagger!!! Once, years and years ago, I worked in a very small office. I was the "admin" and the only female. And first in. There was NO HEAT in the office overnight, and I had to come in to turn the heat on. I complained and whined and threatened to no avail. What finally worked? I came to work fully dressed, but wearing my bathrobe and big giant fuzzy slippers. I brought a big fuzzy blanket, and I sat at my desk without working for the first hour till it warmed up. Since the office had a storefront (nice big giant windows on a busy street), they finally got the hint. They installed a timer so the heater would come on about an hour before opening. Hehehe... small battles won!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 8:57 am
Jagger, I was just complaining to someone the other day about dry air at night in the back part of the house because of the heater. She suggested setting a bowl of water in front of the wall heater at night to add some moisture. For years, we've set a pot of water on the fire place once the kids go to bed to do the same thing but I never thought of doing it in front of the heater. It's been working pretty well. No ones getting up in the morning complaining about the dry throats that are so sore. Not sure it'd work for you but if it would, it might be worth trying.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 12:04 pm
War, I think it depends on the kind of heater. A wall heater is usually gas, yes? I have forced air, and there's not much I can do other than running a humidifier. Then again, our humidity is usually pretty high here (in the 60's) so I'm not that bad off! 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 12:26 pm
In the wintertime I couldn't live without saline nasal spray to counteract the house's dry air.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 2:02 pm
Yep, Costa, our wall heaters are gas. And living in the desert we usually don't have a whole lot of humidity most of the time. For awhile it was miserable. Morning routine was Darren and Dakota rolling out of bed and running to the bathroom for their nasal sprays while Caleb came and complained about his dry, scratchy sore throat. I wasn't too sure about running the humidifier all night long, so the water in the bowl seems to work for us. At least no more running and complaining every morning, lol.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 2:25 pm
When I was a kid my mom always had a bucket of water in front of all the heat registers to add a little humidity to the house. At home we have 3 humidifiers running, one non stop and two in the bedrooms for during the night. It wouldn't work for at work, the heater sticks out from the wall with no where to put a bucket of water, I could always try sitting it on a table about 10 feet from the heater to see if it does any good. We are suppose to get some pretty nasty weather tonight, starting out with a freezing rain and about 6 inch of snow to follow over the next 24 hours, it'll make for some real "FUN" driving tomorrow morning.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6:09 pm
Ah. The desert. Yeah, y'all are screwed for humidity, or lack thereof, there! 
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 7:32 am
We got a bunch of snow, OK about 3 or 4" of the white stuff last night and it is still snowing, the highways are moving really slow, luckily I am not on them. It is suppose to continue to snow on and off for the next few days.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 7:35 am
Snowing here too! 4-6" coming on top of the 6-8" already on the ground. I don't think we'll have a green Christmas this year. lol
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 5:46 am
We're getting some sleet here this morning. I didn't think it was going to start so early. Supposed to have snow and ice all day and night until tomorrow am. Yuck. Now that I'm at work, I'll probably have a hard time getting home later. And I have a dentist appt at 2:00!
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