BRRR

We're having a bitter cold wave down here in Miami. When we took our daughter to school this morning, it was, like, SIXTY. The lizards are moving really slow. I seriously considered not wearing shorts today. But don't worry about us; we'll get through this somehow.

Comments

[LadyBug]

Should we Express Mail you some batteries and snow tires? Canned goods, maybe?

[Sarcasmo]

Bummer. I haven't seen 60 in a while and I'm in Tennessee.

[Sarcasmo]

Don't forget the bread milk and eggs in case it snows.

[Nancie]

I don't think your going to get any sympathy from the residents in Vermont.

Stupid global warming...

[Cheesewiz]

Dave:

It's not a hurricane.

Any questions?

[Bumble in northern Indiana]

Dave~ Go make a snow angel in the nearest ant hill.

[random thunking]

Some "warm" advice for those unfamiliar with staying warm:
-You may want to consider wearing socks with your sandals, preferably black as black absorbs solar heat.
-Try putting on a blue sweater to match your blue shirt and blue lips.
-The climate control in your car has this little dial thingy where one side is blue and the other is red, turn it toward the red and your car will make its own heat.
-Some folks in Chicago regularly burn down their homes in the winter to stay warm, I suggest you keep a book of matches handy at all times.
-Try drinking cognac instead of margaritas.
-If all else fails, eat some Mexican food.

[Eleanor]

I feel your pain Dave. Here in sunny SoCal, our temp right now is 57F - how can this be?

And now you tell me that moving to FL is not a viable alternative!!!!!

[jon]

You know, Sorry Rat Bastard is a fantastic name for a Rock Band... .

[insomniac]

you know it's a cold wave, some people are even considering turning off their a.c.!

[mudstuffin]

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe,
Help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow,
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.

They know that Santa's on his way;
He's got lots of toys and goodies in his lunchbox.
And every mother's child is going to spy,
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

And so I'm offering this simple phrase,
To kids from one to ninety-two,
Although its been said many times, many ways,
Stick it in your ear you got-dang, orange growin' sunburn-peelin' flip-flop wearin', oosik-totin', girdin' n' hunkerin' Jimmy Buffet wannabe smartass.

[Mr. Completely]

Hmmm... Mud has issues.

[it's freakin' freezin' here!]

El! break out the furs! light the fireplace!
*loves El some of my mocha*

LOL Mud!

[Kilmeny, in NH, where its a balmy 12 degrees]

I'll be thinking of you with real sympathy Dave, as I put on my extra socks, thermal undies, and 40 lb parka to go out to my car in hopes that I might convince it to start, if I can open the door. Climbers on MT Everest don't have it as tough as you.

[crossgirl]

feel better, mud?

it's okay dave, I feel for you. i had to crank up the heat and set some logs ablaze in the fireplace last night. we all huddled under blankets drinking hot cocoa wishing that this cold snap would hurry and end. it was all the way down in the low 60's here in central florida!

[Lori in Hurricane]

Here in Hurricane, WV (seriously) it's a balmy 8 degrees. My dog won't even go outside, my car won't start and my driveway is covered in ice. But I feel for you Dave, I really, really, don't..I mean do.

[southerngirl]

The temp. range here today is 54 - 64. Anybody wanna come visit? You'll probably need shoes.

*stays the heck away from Mud*

[ncc1701]

Yes, we in the North are frozen popsicles, and by golly, we are proud of our popsicleness!!

[Addicted to 24]

Wow Dave I hope you can make it man.

[Bucket]

Mud -

*SNORK*

[random thunking]

Hi Lori, I'm just down the road in Huntington. It's 60 and sunny here, I'm thinking about washing the car this afternoon.

[Somewhere North]

You are making fun of all of us up north who mocked you incessantly during Wilma, Katrina, Ernest, Dick Cheney and whoever else blew through there during the summer.

For the record, we are having an extreme cold weather alert. The kind where they tell us flesh freezes in 5 minutes and the temp is hovering around -10F. Yes, that is Farenheit. I googled a celsius converter just for my blog pals.

[Eleanor]

Well, I feel really sorry for everyone who lives in the Northern climes.

But hey - you chose to live there, and I'm still cold -

Neener!

[Christobol]

"Mr. Barry, why aren't you wearing any shorts?"
"Um, it's sixty?"
"I see. Well, nice thong."
"Thanks!"

[Lori in Hurricane]

Random,
It's a heat wave here, it's now 23. I was thinking about going out and working on my tan. By the way, what are you doing for it to be so warm there?

[crossgirl]

this is what i'll be displaying on my front lawn this holiday season! with icicle lights of course.

[monkeyshines]

Dear Dave

Obviously you need to move North where we are having a HEAT WAVE. I'll make some iced tea.

[crossgirl]

oops, wrong thread. please don't make fun of me.

[Jammin]

I would feel sorry for you, Dave, but this morning it was 15 degrees with wind chills of, like 5 degrees here in New York. We don't have lizards, thongs, or tiki bars, either.

[Bumble]

El~ Actually, I don't choose to live here. If I had my way, I'd be in Portland. :-) And if I have my way (please, Delta! Please!) I'll be there by Christmas. *does the please-Lord-let-there-be-seats dance of the standby Delta employee's dependent*

[kibby F5™]

For a moment I thought Dave was saying the salamanders were thinking of not wearing their (not they're) shorts.

*puts longjohns on and pulls up his shorts*

Neener!

[MzVette]

Well, its a nice "feels like 2" here... and with the whole, "you choose to live there" chose to live here (MI) cause my only other choice was MN! Stupid military.

[Guin]

I prefer my polarfleece long underwear and toasty mittens to hurricanes knocking my power out for weeks at a time, thank you.

*checks thermometer: 21* - up from 14*!

[Teri]

You better hunker down and make some hot cocoa. Be sure you have enough firewood. Wouldn't want to get "Shut in." Wait! Do they even have fireplaces in "chilly" Florida?

TGF

www.herestohappywomen.blogspot.com

[Jeff Meyerson]

Yes, Jammin, you tell him. A bear froze on the corner last night.

Bumble: Maine or Oregon?

Christobol: ROTFL.

[Karlota]

Shoooooooot. Here in southern Minnesota, it's around thirty degrees. It's downright tropical.

How come we throw on coats when it hits fifty degrees during the summer, but take them off when it's fifty degrees in the winter?

[queensbee]

THANK YOU MUD! and dear dave: take your 'sixty' and .....well, bite me.

[ncc1701]

Guin...amen to that.

[frozen in omaha]

You're hilarious, Dave.

[judi]

how cold is it?

it's so cold that when i went to my swim class this morning, the water (which is generally on the cool side of comfy) actually felt warm on my poor chilled toes.

[mudstuffin]

Frozen Crank Update: I just "went to lunch" or tried to, anyway. On the way I hit a piece of debris, (probably a shard of frozen motorist)and got a flat tire. So, I spent my lunch hour changing a tire in the howling wind, wearing a suit, with no gloves on. I just got back to the office and Mr. Scrooge has not put any more coal in the stove either. I leave you with this thought: OSU 31, Miami 24.

[MOTW]

Bravo, mudstuffin, as usual.
C-bol, excellent (said like Mr. Burns)
Guin - preach it!
judi - Do you need him to rub your toesies to get you warmed up?

[nama]

shove it dave.
up here in utah, i haven't seen 60 since august, it's 35 right now, and i hate you. so suck it up.

p.s. sea world called. shamu died and they need your mom to fill in so the children won't cry.

[Brainy Jello]

I'd like to point out that jon, just before mud's excellent post, deserves a *snork*

Florida weather sounds great to those with short memories.

[Noob]

Sarcasmo, I'm in Memphis and been tryin' to reach 60 for days, though we had a nice weekend here. :)

To all you crazy commenters (you know who you are), if I laugh any harder, I'll need hernia surgery.

[John]

Hey mud, it seems all that cold froze something else...The OSU plays ND. Your score sounds right.

;-)

Here, I'm just hoping we'll get above freezing for a few days so all the snow packed into my car's wheel wells will melt out.

[orangemike]

When I was a youth in Miami, if the temperature plummeted to 55 degrees or lower, girls were allowed to wear pants to school!!!! (But only because of the shockingly nasty conditions, of course.)

This wasn't in the 1950s, people, this was as late as 1970 or '71! Reality was slow in coming to the Miami-Dade School System.

[Mr. Completely]

Please notice that Mr. Completely is refraining from mentioning that it's going to be about 66 degrees in his and U.O's neck-of-the-woods today and is dressed in a short-sleeved shirt. (No shorts; I'm at work.)

Thank you.

[mudstuffin]

John: I was harkening (not hunkering) back to the 2002 Fiesta Bowl.

[Ross]

> I seriously considered not wearing shorts today.

Don't you people have laws about that sort of thing?

[Annie Where-but-here]

I, too, am keepin quiet about the temp in SoCal. Although today my sandals are fur-trimmed.

[Eric Ewanco]

Yeah, it's cold up here. But the last time I saw a hurricane here that did major damage was — oh yeah, I never saw one in the 14 years I've been here. And our summers are actually nice and enjoyable, you can do things outside.

[MOTW]

I'll have a blue-shirted Christmas without you
I'll be so blue whining about you
Insulations of red on a green heart of envy
Won't mean a thing if you're not cold with me

I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain;
And then that blue oosik starts hurting,
'Least no hurricane storm's
there with your Christmas so warm,
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.

[MOTW]

thank yew, thankyew very musch

[Annie Where-but-here]

For MOTW's front porch - elvis

[MOTW]

Annie - AAAAAAUUUUUURRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Suzy Q]

Wow - it's up to 71 here now. We can all take off our parkas!

orangeman: yes, I remember that, even tho I was in private school. No pants on girls unless....well, you already said it.

[Bumble]

Jeff M.~ Oregon.

[Annie Where-but-here]

MOTW - I knew you would like it!

[Eleanor]

Announcement

I sincerely apologize to all of you that live in Northern climes that I obviously insulted by my "choose to live there" remark.

I had no idea you were all so sensitive and, might I add, defensive about this. Really. So please accept my heartfelt apology.

AND

Bumble sweetie, if you were in Portland, you'd still be cold! Good luck on getting there!

Annie - fur on sandals for this cold snap we're having - good idea! :)

[mtvcdm]

I kicked dirty sooty snowy slush off the bottom of my car for the millionth time this week. We're projected to get 4-7 inches of snow tonight.

Dave, you are in one of the three cities nationwide that has not seen snow yet, the others being San Diego and Los Angeles. (Honolulu's in a freak state. Doesn't count.)

[Bumble]

El- Actually it's warmer there than it is where I am. The mountains protect them from the worst winter weather. *I hope I get there I hope I get there I hope I get there*

[Jacki]

I will be leaving the "heat wave" of the high 20's in KY next week to begin a trek involving a talkative sister, her smelly large dog, a 2.5 year old child and a very, very small black car, in the hopes of making it to sunny Florida.

You may feel free to blame any winter storms, last minute hurricanes, tornados or global ice ages occuring on or arround Dec. 21st, on me.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Jacki - sounds like an episode from Survivor.

[U.O]

Yeah, well, I could start in about all the "advantages" claimed by places like LA LA LAND and Miami, Hurricane Capital of the World, but I think I'll just say that -- despite finding moi ownself in SoCal (it got up to 72 where I was today, Mr. C ...) I still prefer to be a Nodak ...

It's the job, not the climate (or the earthquakes, or the constant lullaby of police sirens, or ... well, whatever) that brings me here ...

Nodaks don't even plug the engine heater of their car in until it gets to 15 below zero Fahrenheit ... a light jacket is usually plenty for any sort of trip shorter than 50 miles [Which, BTW, in Nodak, is about 42 minutes long] and I know plenty of folks back home who are lamenting the fact that the snow is just about gone, and it won't be a (very) White Christmas ...

Enjoy your "rigorous" weather, y'all ... even tho I'll prolly be a little chilly when I go home for Christmas (since I'm more used to this 70-ish ambiance here) ... I won't be digging out the parka or the pacs ... unless, of course, we get a blizzard ...

Even those are enjoyable ... no skul, no work, no chores to do ... just hang around the house ... and snuggle with someone, if you're a snuggling type ...

[monsoon]

Okay, it got up to a blistering 45 degrees up here in Latte Land, but at least it didn't rain (much).

[Cheryl Howard]

Dear Dave,

Bite Me. It was 4 degrees here this morning.

Blogging In Beautiful Bend Oregon.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Dear Dave,
Before you bite Cheryl, you might want to put her in the toaster first so you don't break a tooth. She sounds kinda frosty to me.

[queensbee]

this morning, 2 below. i thought tupelo was in mississsssiiippi. i must be too cold.

[ceeg22]

oh, boy! I was running out of people to knit scarves for, now I can add Dave, Judi, and Walter to my list!!!

[TLofDLfame]

Sorry I'm so late in responding. It was 6 degrees here in Colorado last week. Minus 10 degrees with the wind chill. But at least its a dry cold.

[Stupendous Man]

No one will read this, I know, but OSU got their tails beat off by the U. The only thing that allows OSU athletic supporters (I mean that the way it reads) to post such drivel is the fact that an official three time zones away from the play threw a flag negating the incompletion signalled by the official ten feet away (who apparently knew where this great college football game was being played, was able to see the departure time and destination sign at the airport, caught the correct flight and actually was present at the stadium when the game was won by the 'Canes). Not that I'm bitter. 'Canes rule!

[U.O]

Ooohhh ... Stupe apparently has Buckeye issues ...

[MW]

motw - i'll take him, and i can think of better things to warm then my toes!!