How Cold?
18 February 2008, 09:13 AM
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Cycled to work this morning but left the house with wet hair after just getting out of the shower. Got to work and my hair had frosted over 
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18 February 2008, 09:20 AM
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18 February 2008, 09:20 AM
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Always catches you out. Big shock for me this year having so much less insulation on my body lol. I can feel the cold!
Not that I really go out anywhere.
18 February 2008, 09:21 AM
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18 February 2008, 09:25 AM
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I didn't look at the temp gauge, but it took ages to de-ice the car this morning. Poured hot water over the windows only to return seconds later and it was solid ice!
Going to New York at the weekend, thinking thermals perhaps aren't a bad idea now!
Going to New York at the weekend, thinking thermals perhaps aren't a bad idea now!
18 February 2008, 09:38 AM
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Be grateful the flippin thing didnt just crack all over.
NY will be lovely im sure
, at least they dont panic when they get snow lol
18 February 2008, 09:40 AM
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I might panic in NY - it's going to be cold!!!!
18 February 2008, 09:41 AM
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Snazy. Ive been pouring hot water over the windowscreen for the last 10 years and never seen it crack. Remember to use hot water, not boiling water 
then use the window wipers straight away too 
18 February 2008, 09:44 AM
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lol wives tale then eh.
Never done it though, would rather use either de icer, or let the car warm up. Or of course use the Mundano with quick clear screen lol.
Still shocks me the number of people that just dont bother at all, and try and drive blind.
18 February 2008, 10:37 AM
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It will feel nowhere near as cold in NY if its -3 vs -3 in the uk... as mentioned previously, different humidity level.
Just dont forget a hat (one that covers the ears) and gloves, as its the wind that will get you.
18 February 2008, 10:50 AM
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Think you need to read some science..
Global warming may not have caused sluggish Atlantic - earth - 16 February 2008 - New Scientist Environment
18 February 2008, 01:16 PM
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Took me frapping ages to get the car ready this morning - I saw -7.5 at 11:30 last night and it was reading -6 in the car this morning.
God I miss my Calibra on days like this - the whacking big intercooler was amazing fun getting the charged air temp down.... <sigh>
Does anyone else remember the early 80's when they recorded temps below -20????
18 February 2008, 02:11 PM
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I was in Poland last year and it was -25c and that was COLD. I don't really get cold (I'm still wearinig a T-shirt and it is around freezing at the moment), but I understood where the phrase 'chilled to the bone' came from after being outside for a while when it is so cold and damp.
Brrrr... still cold thinking about it!
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18 February 2008, 02:28 PM
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Yes I remember it well. January was the month and 1982 the year when the UKs lowest ever temperature was recorded: -27 in Braemar, Scotland. The same night saw Englands lowest temperature, -26 in Shropshire.
18 February 2008, 02:45 PM
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We had -21 or -23 (can't remember exactly which) in Burton where I lived at the time - the one thing I remember about it was how it hurt to breathe!
18 February 2008, 02:54 PM
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Pretty nasty floods in Lisbon overnight. 2 died when a car went into a swollen river, various low-level houses had sewage washing through them, a number of major underpasses closed due to 3ft of water, etc. Oh, and a sodding great hole in the pavement.
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