Businesses should not be open when it’s -50 outside. So far today my car wouldn’t start(even though it was plugged in since yesturday afternoon) so I had to bus it…and I’m pretty sure there was an old fella jerking it on the bus(oh how I love public transportation) and once I actually get to work the fire alarm is malfunctioning so I get to listen to that until they get it fixed.
Well that’s my bitching for the day, back to the actual patients that showed up I suppose.
-50? Jesus it didnt get below 70 last night in florida.
I miss snow days as well, they don’t close shit here, unless the wind is over like 50-60mph, then all the bridges shut down and I can’t go anywhere.
You forgot having to start your car a couple times during the day so it will start when you go home.
The worst is that the cold seems to suck all the moisture out of your body. Even though I’ve been putting lotion on, I’m still getting tiny cracks in the skin on my knuckles.
I had the same thing happen to me one morning. The NEW vehicle wouldn’t start even after being plugged in, yet the old beater truck I had started perfectly, even though it wasn’t plugged in or driven for a few weeks.
I think calgary actually had some kind of snow day, since the drifts were so high in certain neighborhoods (like 8 feet) and people couldn’t get out of their houses.
I’ve noticed a few references from you Canada guys about “plugging in” your vehicles. Are you driving electric cars?
[quote]timbofirstblood wrote:
I’ve noticed a few references from you Canada guys about “plugging in” your vehicles. Are you driving electric cars?[/quote]
Haha, that’s what I was wondering too.
When I lived in Japan they wouldn’t have snow days (shut down the base) unless we got 12"+ of snow. There would just be a delay if there was around 8-10".
It was base regulation to have your sidewalks shoveled before 8am, so we’d get out there, clean off the cars, start getting them warmed up, and clear the walks. Then the big ass mother fucking snow plows would drive by and pile up two and half feet of ice, gravel, and snow behind our cars. Sucked balls.
Nah, it just gets so cold in some places that they freeze up and won’t start…like mine this morning.
Plugging in = plugging in the cord that is attached to the engine block heater.
[quote]power_bulker wrote:
Plugging in = plugging in the cord that is attached to the engine block heater. [/quote]
This.
Once the temperatures get around -35 C or so, a vehicle left “unplugged” overnight will very likely be a block of ice under the hood.
I remember last winter after a day when it was -44, my car was literally frozen. The seats were as hard as ice. The doors made a funny sound when opening and closing. The suspension made this sick groaning noise.
It’s not all bad though, nothing like cold weather to wake you up first thing in the morning. Eventually you get used to it and then when it goes up to -10, it actually feels kind of warm.
[quote]fraggle wrote:
[quote]power_bulker wrote:
Plugging in = plugging in the cord that is attached to the engine block heater. [/quote]
This.
Once the temperatures get around -35 C or so, a vehicle left “unplugged” overnight will very likely be a block of ice under the hood.
I remember last winter after a day when it was -44, my car was literally frozen. The seats were as hard as ice. The doors made a funny sound when opening and closing. The suspension made this sick groaning noise.
It’s not all bad though, nothing like cold weather to wake you up first thing in the morning. Eventually you get used to it and then when it goes up to -10, it actually feels kind of warm.[/quote]
Sad but true, I remember when I lived out west, freaking -50 days, eyes freezing shut if you blinked… not so fun. Definitely do not miss those days, though eastern Ontario isnt the tropics by any stretch. Brrr.
[quote]fraggle wrote:
[quote]power_bulker wrote:
Plugging in = plugging in the cord that is attached to the engine block heater. [/quote]
This.
Once the temperatures get around -35 C or so, a vehicle left “unplugged” overnight will very likely be a block of ice under the hood.
I remember last winter after a day when it was -44, my car was literally frozen. The seats were as hard as ice. The doors made a funny sound when opening and closing. The suspension made this sick groaning noise.
It’s not all bad though, nothing like cold weather to wake you up first thing in the morning. Eventually you get used to it and then when it goes up to -10, it actually feels kind of warm.[/quote]
It’s kinda surreal when it’s that cold. We have a temperature drop one year on Boxing Day from 5c to -36c with wind in the span of about 6 hours. When I left work that day I could not depress the clutch, it had frozen solid.
I would do almost anything to live somewhere were it’s warm enough for shorts year round. i don’t know how you guys living n the prairies make it through the winter.
I work outside and at -30f, the balaclava freezes to your face and icycles form on your eyelashes.
[quote]fraggle wrote:
[quote]power_bulker wrote:
Plugging in = plugging in the cord that is attached to the engine block heater. [/quote]
This.
Once the temperatures get around -35 C or so, a vehicle left “unplugged” overnight will very likely be a block of ice under the hood.
I remember last winter after a day when it was -44, my car was literally frozen. The seats were as hard as ice. The doors made a funny sound when opening and closing. The suspension made this sick groaning noise.
It’s not all bad though, nothing like cold weather to wake you up first thing in the morning. Eventually you get used to it and then when it goes up to -10, it actually feels kind of warm.[/quote]
Not to start a vehicle bragging war, but the only vehicle that started after the -48 night was my old ford with 340000km on it. Leaks oil, crap suspension, fan doesn’t work, rusted to shit, and still turned over after a couple cycles. Gotta love it, haha.