[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by TimeForChange

Lived in the South all my life and have no idea what you are referencing about paper.

It's about humidity.

The colder it gets...the drier the air.

When it is extremely cold out, the air is so dry that you can throw liquid up and it will be absorbed in the air...before it can even hit the snow.

[BK001]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Slithers? lol

Haha -- and this isn't even the joke thread!

[Velvet]

Did he say Fairbanks in the video? Brrrr, not on my list of places to visit any time soon.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Did he say Fairbanks in the video? Brrrr, not on my list of places to visit any time soon.

"Visiting" isn't so bad, as long as you don't have to...live there.

Having some close friends who've spent many years in Fairbanks and having been fortunate to have visited them in both summer (89 degrees) and winter (53 below), I can attest to it taking a special breed (half-nuts? )... to live there year around.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

It's about humidity.

The colder it gets...the drier the air.

When it is extremely cold out, the air is so dry that you can throw liquid up and it will be absorbed in the air...before it can even hit the snow.

Our oldest lived in Fairbanks for 7 years. Throwing water is a newby pastime. Now when the fog freeze alert comes you listen and stay at your residence until it’s safe. And never honk your horn at a moose crossing the road, let it take its time or you will be the road kill.

[Spikearoni]

Originally Posted by zmarkp

One morning last month I went to pour a cup of coffee and almost stepped on a snake inside my house. Didn't need any more coffee for a week! Some friendly neighbors from Arizona recommended I purchase some long barbeque tongs in case it happens again.

OMG - what kind of snake? do you have any idea how it managed to get into your house?

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Spikearoni

OMG - what kind of snake? do you have any idea how it managed to get into your house?

See post #21 It's pretty much how they get every place.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Our oldest lived in Fairbanks for 7 years. Throwing water is a newby pastime. Now when the fog freeze alert comes you listen and stay at your residence until it’s safe. And never honk your horn at a moose crossing the road, let it take its time or you will be the road kill.

This "newby" enjoyed the demonstration.

Did your son by any chance mention, as my said friends above have to me, about finding it to be a readjustment when they went 'outside' and getting used to it being both warm AND dark...at the same time?

[Gpsma]

Am I the only one who hates senior citizens use the word “newbie”?

How about just saying..im new here

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Am I the only one who hates senior citizens use the word “newbie”?

Hopefully.

[Tom C]

We found the BEST outdoor cold weather fun experiment was BUBBLES. When one blows a regular soap bubble at -30 F or -40 F, they freeze instantly and when they fall to the ground they simply roll around... FOR WEEKS! Sometimes they will crack, and look like a bunch of very large broken egg shells. We had a driveway full of roaming bubbles when we lived in North Pole Alaska. Great fun can be found everywhere!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

One of the first things I learned when I moved to The Villages is that I don't need or want a golf cart.

I kind of learned the same thing, but the opposite. All you really need is a good gas golf cart, and not a car.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Am I the only one who hates senior citizens use the word “newbie”?

How about just saying..im new here

Not everyone here is a senior

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

This "newby" enjoyed the demonstration.

Did your son by any chance mention, as my said friends above have to me, about finding it to be a readjustment when they went 'outside' and getting used to it being both warm AND dark...at the same time?

When they first moved, apartment was not ready, so they lived in a tent from August until November 15. But then again the apartment was only 380sf and no heat. So still upgrade.
First year of dark was their hardest, had he and his wife visit a shaman, and purchase a light.
Cold was not a problem, the birds of prey trying to pick up their dog for lunch was more of a concern. After 7 years they were torn on moving, but when Cambridge called they listened and moved to the U.K.

[deano_hoosier]

What I learned on moving here is that ..... The women mostly can't get pregnant and the men, mostly, look like they are.