Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Freezing temperatures and no power...bad combination. Glad I have my backup generator and propane heater. Also glad I’m not there.
Not bad here, for Feb in Indiana, not below zero & no wind damage. Chasing garbage cans doesn’t count. You just know that when you get 60 degree temps this time of year the payback’s a mutha. I like storms, but a 60 mph wind scared me and eliminated our electric for almost 3 days—in the summer. 143 mph is hurricane speed.
Posted by Oink
02/19/2006 at 12:05 PM
Very fortunate here in the south...the temperatures have continued to be relatively mild.
So far...i think i have only had the furnace on 4 days this winter, with the fireplace fine the rest of the time as needed
I feel very fortunate compared to the weather many people are dealing with brrrrrrrr
Posted by SouthernDoll
02/19/2006 at 02:20 PM
It was like -10 when I left yesterday to WALK to work.
Big hairy deal.Posted by Annoying Little Twerp
02/19/2006 at 05:18 PM
Low of 2 and high of 21 in Western Ohio today. Not much wind and no snow. Hey, it’s winter after all. It’s not like we haven’t seen this before.
Put me down for more glowbal warming
What is up with the scary (but obviously well endowed) green ape monster thing?
Becca, have you never heard the old phrase “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”?
Actually, this isn’t the kind of monkey (or balls) they were talking about when the phrase originated several hundred years ago but that’s another story entirely. Some enterprising folks recently came up with this gag “Freeze Indicator”.
HOW SWEET AND INNOCENT!
Also you’ve not read all my comments 
A Brass Monkey was a pile of cannon balls in a pyramid.
Sometimes the expression is cleaned up to “freeze the ears off”. But not here ..
Posted by Oink
02/20/2006 at 06:41 PM
i am SO glad Beccayinn asked about the *monkey-ape* thing !
hi Beccayinn!! you go girl!
i wondered too , but was not about to ask
Skipper- i have never heard that phrase either…
i learn something new here everyday! ha!
Posted by SouthernDoll
02/20/2006 at 07:01 PM
It was Saturday and I got up at 4AM to take the tiny bride to work. There was nothing but ice everywhere and I wasn’t sure if she could get out of the alley without tagging a neighbors’ (illegally parked too far out in the alley) car.
The outside temperature was -9ºF with a wind chill of -32º. Real nice.
The worst part is my main tv smoke-tested itself a couple weeks back.
We had just been given one by my brother (dog got a big screen and didn’t need the 27"). Unfortunately, I had slipped on the ice on Friday when I walked to work (it was only -2ºF then) and hurt my back, so the tv was still in the garage. It’s still there, too.
Its too cold to bring it inside as the condensation will ruin it, so now I got to wait until the outside temperature is above freezing for at least 2 days. Crap. I miss my chair. At least I’m getting a little more time to blog.
A minor correction:
The “brass monkey” was the triangular frame that the cannonballs were stacked on. When it got cold enough the brass contracted and the cannonballs would roll off.
A major problem: We’re both wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey
But I bet you were righter than me in terms of the folklore.
Posted by Oink
02/20/2006 at 07:30 PM
Thanks, Skipper. I have never heard that expression, though it has been cold enough here lately that I am sure such an expression would apply. That and various and sundry other expressions involving witches and other body parts with which y’all are obsessed!
And I AM sweet, my porcine pal, though not entirely innocent. Though you have to concede that some innocence can be lost through honorable ventures. But, what posting am I missing, pig?
1-26-06 GLOBAL WARMING STRIKES AGAIN—My #10. tsk tsk
Posted by Oink
02/20/2006 at 08:52 PM
Oh well, I guess I wanted it to be true so I bought into the different coefficient of expansion/contraction of the two metals. I actually have no idea what they are but I figured that they might be different enough for the effect. The Wiki link makes sense, though. Every damn thing was lashed down at sea so they were right that it makes no sense to just stack cannonballs.
There’s nothing quite like going to sea with a green crew and waiting to see what comes loose after their (usually) pathetic attempts to rig for sea. When filing cabinets, coffee pots or some big heavy thing starts wandering around a room it makes for a lot of excitement.
Lashing down for sea does become a habit, though. I remember coming back from a Med deployment and hitting the beach with my box of duty free booze. I went into town and rented a hotel room. When stashing the hooch in the closet of my room I started looking for ways to tie it down so it didn’t move when the ship rolled.
Duh.
Yes, OCM, that’s already been politely referred to. (See #16)
Two variants are “Colder than a well digger’s
” and my personal favorite: “Colder than a bean counter’s heart.”
How’s our (my) resolutions coming along? 1. read 2. think 3. type
Colder than a bucket of penguin
!
Posted by Oink
02/21/2006 at 10:30 AM
OCM: Right! There’s no missile-gap up North. They’ve been having ICBM’s for years!
Posted by Oink
02/21/2006 at 11:09 AM
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