It's Sofa King Cold!!!

Jhayman

boston1450

The guy i saw on the Motorcycle today would say everyone here is a wimp. call me whatever as i turn the heater knob up.

mytime

2 in of snow down here is cause for alarm. Schools will close, people will make a mad dash to the store for bread and milk like they were going to be home bound for days. I just kick it into 4 wheel drive and head to the craft beer store. LOL

cfrizz

Quincy is finally up to 12F with a wind chill that makes it feel like 0F I thought about going out, now I'm staying in with my heat up to 76 & my space heater on high.

Stay warm Polkies.

danz1906

nooshinjohn wrote: »

It was a frigid 82 degrees here in Woodland Hills today.

It must be nice!

Mikey081057

Where did this one come from?

It's so cold it can freeze the balls off a brass monkey!


In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters
carried iron cannons. Those cannon fired round iron cannon balls. It was
necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. But how to prevent them
from rolling about the deck?
The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one
ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen.
Thus, a supply of thirty cannon balls could be stacked in a small area
right next to the cannon.
There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from
sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate
called a "Monkey" with sixteen round indentations. But, if this plate
was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution
to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys."
Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much
faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped
too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon
balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally,
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"
(And all this time, you thought that was a dirty expression, didn't you?)

I know I know I am a veritable Costco of useless trivia.

Mikey081057

this:

chumlie

This isn't bad if you're old enough to remember 1977.

Mikey081057

chumlie wrote: »

This isn't bad if you're old enough to remember 1977.

Unfortunately i am

nooshinjohn

danz1906 wrote: »

It must be nice!

Not to rub it in, but yes... yes it is!

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Woodland+Hills+CA+91367:4:US


It DOES get cold at night though.

JimKellyfan

9 degrees in South Carolina is just wrong.
I moved down here to get away from the cold.
I see St Pete or Big Pine Key in my future.

Mikey081057

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