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i have had many people from warm climates tell me that after it gets below freezing, you can't really tell a difference in how cold it is. they think that the difference between say, 20 and 10, is not distinguishable to us. some of them seriously have argued with me when i try to tell them that there IS a difference.

what do they know?

i miss the *warm* temperatures--it got up to 26 yesterday, and i was about ready to go to the beach.

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  1. carolinian ·

    That's exactly how I feel. Temperatures for me stop at 30 degrees, and from then on I only sense increasing levels of annoyance depending on how far below 30 degrees it is.

  2. kookcity2000 ·

    eskimos have over 2 dozen words for snow

  3. iriesara ·

    honestly, I totally agree with that - I think there's very little difference between +20 & -20. - once it gets in the "below" category, it's pretty much always been the same to me. The wind, of course, has a lot to do with it....but I think if it's not windy & -20 or not windy & -30, I really don't think there's a difference at all....frozen bones & toes are frozen bones & toes, that's all.
    Sorry to ruin your theory that it's just warm-climate natives....I've always thought this way, not just since I've live in SD.
    Sara

  4. joshua ·

    Hmm, I can differentiate between 5 degrees... I wish I could ignore it and in the end anything below freezing is in the "too cold for decent living" category for me.

  5. knife ·

    i myself can stand comfortably outside for a bit of time from about 13 - 15 degrees and up, but this morning i checked and it was 8 when i left...and i most certianly noticed the differance.

  6. jenks ·

    Well it's all Too Damn Cold. But I do notice that 5 is colder than 25.

  7. mrmike ·

    fuckin groundhog. Early spring my behind!

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