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[Aggie_Ama]

CC- Thanks to Cyclingnews I know that 41C is over 100F. After 50+ days of over 100 last summer in Tejas I feel for you. Get some ice water or better yet a cool pool. Do you have AC?

[chicago]

for all the warm weathered friends...

this is from my display in my car yesterday

[Aggie_Ama]

I feel like a weenie. It is 40 here today, I didn't want to walk across the street to one deli and do not have a car. Luckily my co-worker lent me hers to go to a different (better deli). I am not genetically rigged for sub-40.

[tulip]

I did not get above 22F today, and I'm in Virginia. Tonight, it's supposed to be 8F. Minnesota, I would understand. But not Virginia!

[Fredwina]

Aggie,
I', super wimpy
Its 80 F
remind me of this in August when I'm complaining about riding in 110 temps

[Aggie_Ama]

I whine all summer about wanting to move somewhere with real seasons, then on our random cold snaps I whine about the cold. A few months ago I realized I will never be happy with the weather because as a control freak I want it to be on demand. Like today, I would love a good warm 80-ish day with a good old Texas thunderstorm. But no, the lord has given me cloudy, grey and barely 40 which I did not want or order.

[Duck on Wheels]

We had 5F yesterday, which was actually quite nice for hiking. Less slippery roads and as it wasn't windy it didn't feel all that cold. DH and I hiked down to town and back to see a movie. Today was 25, but snowing and blowing up a storm. Walking from work to the gym and from the gym home was a slippery headwind slog through snow drifts, and cold to boot. But hey, the saying here is: There's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. I had a couple wool layers under windproof, so I was fine except where the wind blew in around my face. That's not the wind's fault. It's mine for not having a balaclava. Now 40C on the other hand ... there's no way to dress for that! I feel for you CC! Heat is tougher to deal with than cold.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah we had about 10-15F degrees today, but sunny and no wind- it was nice enough for DH and I to hike down into town and have lunch, go to the bank and pharmacy, and then walk back home- about 3 miles total. Had lots of good wool layers on and stayed nice and cozy. We enjoyed it.
Walking is one thing, but it is still too cold and icy to bike. I really really miss riding my bike. I haven't been able to ride since around Thanksgiving i think.

I am just as guilty as anyone when it comes to complaining about the weather. But I wrote this a while back about an experience I had that gave me pause for thought:

At St. Vincent's hospital in New York City several years ago, my mother was there in critical condition for a long time, and I had been going there over and over on the train for weeks on end. It was March and New York City was having a miserable cold gray rainy day. After my 4 hour trip, I got on the hospital elevator which was crowded with hospital workers and visitors bundled up in winter coats with dripping umbrellas. They were all complaining about how horrible the weather was and what a rotten day it was.
Also in the elevator was a young man dressed like a hospital orderly/maintenance worker. In the midst of everyone's complaining he suddenly said cheerfully "I'm just happy to be able to feel the rain on my face!" Everyone became silent and thoughtful, and ashamed for complaining about the weather. I know they, like me, were thinking about all the people right there in the hospital who would give anything to feel the cold rain on their faces again, and who probably never would again.
The young man got off the elevator at the next floor. I still think of his words, he gave us all a little gift in that elevator.

[bmccasland]

Now 40C on the other hand ... there's no way to dress for that! I feel for you CC! Heat is tougher to deal with than cold.

I have discovered Linen. Thin linen. OK, not see-through. It may not look all crisp after about 10 minutes, but linen is the way to go in hot muggy weather. Oh, and loose. Stacey and Clinton of What-not-to-Wear would probably scream but I was comfortable in my linen "resort wear" clothes that I bought. Have a great shift / sun dress that I'm going to get a friend to help me draft the pattern off of to make another one in a different color. I own more linen clothes now than I have in my entire life.

All this being said. I was greatly disappointed in the linen clothes that I foolishly expected to stay looking pressed for work. Frumpy "resort wear" where wrinkles are part of the style I can live with, but I swear those that wear crisp pressed linen in fashion magazines never sit down.

[crazycanuck]

I don't mind riding in the cooler weather. It's in temps around 38C & no wind that i reconsider. If there's no wind round here..it's horrible! Cycling clothing or not!



It's quite smoggy here today because of some ((#(#(#(# arsonist!!! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...000540,00.html

I had a wonderful walk at the beach after work last night

[tulip]

All this being said. I was greatly disappointed in the linen clothes that I foolishly expected to stay looking pressed for work. Frumpy "resort wear" where wrinkles are part of the style I can live with, but I swear those that wear crisp pressed linen in fashion magazines never sit down.

I've had luck with ironing with heavy starch. Also, it works better if you don't have to drive to work because that scrunches up everything. I would keep my (ironed and starched) linen clothes at work and ride my bike in and change.

[Crankin]

My night in Boston was not as horrible as I thought. It was about 19 when we got there and we walked so fast to the restaurant, I was fine. It was about 10 degrees when we left the theatre and with all of my wool, I was fine. As Duck said, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes. Right now, there's a thing on the Today show about things to do inside when you're cooped up because of the cold. I wanted to say, "Get out there and do some snow shoeing!" If the sun is out, that's half the battle. Right now it's -2 at 8:30 AM.
But, basically I couldn't take living in endless summer anymore, after 16 years in AZ and 4.5 in Miami. I love the seasons and whenever I start thinking about how the cold is bothering me, I think about 113 degrees. Yes, 40 C. s*cks.
If it's 25 or above, it's good. The thing about where I live, is that the kind of cold we are having now comes in small bunches, not like the midwest, where it comes and stays all winter. Most of the time, it's around 30 here in the winter.

[Aggie_Ama]

It was 73 today in Austin, we hit the mountain bike trail and saw that everyone else was enjoying the beautiful day. We ran into an older gentleman I have seen at the trail before who said "It looks like winter out here but it doesn't feel it". True the decidious (sp?) trees are bare but it felt like spring.

[Biciclista]

just rode 10 miles in the dark in 39 degree weather. That is PLENTY cold for me. brrrrrr that's fahrenheit.

[Zen]

39 is downright tropical.
It's warming up now but as I was coming home from DC on Friday night I watch the thermometer in the car hover around 5.

I'm actually getting used to this.And I have more appreciation than ever for Smartwool