Hey, we LA people have to actively seek out below freezing weather, it doesn't just arrive. Also, we LA people, particularly those of us living in old houses, don't usually have central heating, or even much insulation, so whatever the temp outside the house will be pretty close to the temp inside it as well. Which means 40 degrees feels pretty dang COLD in the morning.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Dec 30, 2017 6:43:10 am PST #20436 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Burrell - Dec 30, 2017 6:43:53 am PST #20437 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Which is just me saying, I get why the parents had to explain it, and why the kids were incredulous
Jesse - Dec 30, 2017 7:11:11 am PST #20438 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just felt so bad for them! I mean, I didn't have gloves with me, but at least I was headed straight toward them.
DebetEsse - Dec 30, 2017 7:43:13 am PST #20439 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Burrell, as a tropical person who's had 40s mornings this month, I feel you.
Sheryl - Dec 30, 2017 8:30:13 am PST #20440 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It snowed here last night, but it was easy to brush off my car, and it's mostly melted now. Still, they are predicting highs in the 20s for the next few days...
Scrappy - Dec 30, 2017 8:47:10 am PST #20441 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Before we moved out here, we had to explain the concept of a "mud room" to our California born and raised friends. Their horrified looks were hilarious.
Connie Neil - Dec 30, 2017 10:34:16 am PST #20442 of 30002
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I've been watching the New Year's Eve prep in Times Square over web cams, and it's in the teens and twenties there. All the workmen are waddling around in puffy suits. I hope the performers are allowed to wear something warm tomorrow night.
Pix - Dec 30, 2017 10:48:26 am PST #20443 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
It's amazing to me how much we acclimate to new climates. I definitely have very different reactions and feelings about heat and cold than I did all those years in New England. And my dad, who's lived in Florida the past five years, after a lifetime living in New England, now gets cold when it goes below 70.
shrift - Dec 30, 2017 10:48:59 am PST #20444 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I hope meara is getting out of Indiana today. My mom says they were supposed to get another 4-6 inches of snow in Michigan today.
I'm back in California, but I started feeling bad on the plane and I definitely have a cold. At least I can take a walk in the sunshine to buy more cold medicine this afternoon?
Jesse - Dec 30, 2017 11:00:11 am PST #20445 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh wait, you know who I REALLY felt bad for in the airport? The Buddhist monks. One of them at least had socks on, but the other did not! Yikes.