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Nelly
on January 14, 2024
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Happy Punday!? :grimacing:
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Katbird
Nelly, it's -17C, feels like -25 with the windchill. How is it colder here than in Canada?
BunnyMeows
Oooo Katbird that’s no good at all! *sends lots of blankies* :heart:
Nelly
Watching some of the NFL last night from Kansas City (I think it was -20c, -30 with windchill!). Made me look at some weather maps from North America today, -37c in Edmonton looked fairly chilly!!! :grimacing:
Katbird
They postponed the Buffalo-Pittsburg game because of the temps in Buffalo. Some cities in Montana had windchills of -60 to -70°f.
Reddy_Rachael
^ There's a phrase over here - I don't know if you know it in America - used to describe cold temperatures: "it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". In those temperatures, that would probably actually happen.
Katbird
Reddy_Rachael, yes we have that phrase as well. My mother used to use it all the time.
Nelly
Nerd alert “ cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey” is often thought to b a navel phrase. On ships cannon balls were stored on brass plates, called a monkey. When it was really cold the brass would contract causing the cannon balls to fall off. But this is unlikely to be true unfortunat...View More
BunnyMeows
#professornelly :grinning:
BunnyMeows
Nelly - yes - it’s been super cold in the prairie provinces here!
Reddy_Rachael
Nelly - You're not Susie Dent, are you?