I'm finally home

[Kevin Stenberg]

We (wife and myself) left for Christmas last Thursday. And we finally made it back home today. I know the kids had something special as a present for us. They bought tickets for the wife and I to go see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. The trouble was we had to stay in the cities an extra 4 days. A total waste of my time.
The only good part of the stay. Was the temp got UP to the minus single digits. Today the high at home was a -12. The lows for 4 consecutive days was - 50's windchill with a -35/40 temp. Tomorrow will be the first day above 0.
Nature weeding out the stupid. The wife just showed me a video from the web. 2 guy's standing by the front drivers window trying to fish the keys for the vehicle out of the front seat. The video also showed a third person sitting in the back seat, with the door open watching the guys progress.

 

[pokute]

You spent Christmas in Siberia so as not to waste orchestra tickets?! I'm kind of on the fence about whether what you wrote means you live an interesting life... Or not. Though, I must say, when I read the first sentence, I thought you were in Florida.

 

[yodogsandman]

I've fished from my car before. -35*F and ice was 40 inches thick on Lake Winnipesauke. Wind chill about -60*F. Pressure ridges like 6 feet high. In my almost new '78 Subaru and the temp gauge never went above "cold". Didn't dare to shut it off.

 

[Ian]

His profile says Upper Minn. I took "the cities" to mean the twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Timing of the arctic cold front also makes sense, as does a quick check of the TSO winter schedule that puts them in St. Paul on 30 December, four days ago.

 

[Edward R Southgate]

Ian , Did the cat eat the mouse ?

 

[Ian]

HAHA! I was expecting Brad to comment to that effect, you beat him to it. When they were both alive, this particular cat never bothered the pet rats at all. He spent a lot of his day outdoors and was very good at keeping mice, snakes, and centipedes, and other cats away from the house...as we found out very quickly after he died.

 

[freebullet]

Wow, those temps are unforgiving. We got down to -15,20 but any lower & moving south would sound like a good plan.


I would have mentioned the black panther, Ian.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

Ian you were spot on. Sorry if I miss wrote. I have a tendency to do that. It finally made it to +6 yesterday, but the highs are going back in the deep freeze again. Lows are only getting to the single digits below 0. If this keeps up, I will have to turn the Air Cond. on.
On the very coldest days the wife will go outside and blow bubbles. They very quickly freeze. When the break they are like an egg shell and break into pieces.

 

[Pistolero]

I've been to Siberia in winter, going for a walk on a -25F night can be just fine, if you dress
right. The Russians have a saying that I kinda got to like. "There is no bad weather, only
bad clothes." Dressed properly, with a good martin ushanka on my head, -25F evening walk
for a few miles wasn't bad.

No orchestra where we were, but did ride on the Trans-Siberian RR.

Bill