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The Queen's Chair: Cold Is A Relative Thing

Marsha Jones · Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 12:30AM · 629 views
(QM Note: I live in Upstate New York. I live closer to Canada than to New York City.I love when people complain about their weather. My friends in Chicago and Minnesota have a reason to complain. If you've never experienced an Upstate winter, you're missing a lot. lolol)

65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Upstate New York plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Upstate New York sunbathe.

50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Upstate New York drive with the windows down.

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, and wool hats.
People in Upstate New York throw on a flannel shirt.

35 above zero:
New York city landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Upstate New York have the last cookout before it gets cold.

20 above Zero:
People in Miami all die.
Upstate New Yorkers close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Upstate New York get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Upstate New York are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Upstate New York let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Upstate New Yorkers get upset because they can't start the snow-mobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Upstate New York start saying...'cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Upstate New York public schools will open 2 hours late.

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Comments (5)

Jen Fad Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 10:51AM

That's hilarious!

Marsha Jones Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:58AM

@ Irma: Keep your hurricane. I'll take snow over that. lol

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Hi Marsha,I know my husband lived as a child in N.Y. near Canada. I just asked him the name of it and he said it was Plattsburg. My husbnad's father was in th eair force there.His mom has a picture of her sholvering the snow in from of their trailer one day. she had had to shuvel out and shuvel back to get into her houseshe had just left.

The worst I have even been in was ag Quantico Virginia when my husband was stationd there afteeer coming from Nam the first time,.That was the second blissard I hsd ever been before...Give me a hurricane any day, lol

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Marsha, we don't have hurricanes. We just have earth quakes, fires all summer and floods all winter. lol ...

Next Monday we expect to be 55 degrees , but last Monday we were in the 70s...
I have not gotten around to putting on MIISRAEL garden blog the cold spell did not kill my strawberry flowers in bloom...

This kind of weather only messes with gardners heads...I want to plant out side but common sense is telling me to start my seed inside not out side.(smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

But, Marsha, my home is in NOrth Carolina, need I say any more about hurricanes. (otfl) (smile)

When very young hurricanes were fun because there was not school...the innocent , carefree minds of a child is priceless...

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