Global warmin my *SS! Snow in Houston

[jmcgliss]

All I know is that I seem to freeze
my *ass off every year to the same "degree"
when I go out to get the Christmas tree.

My friend in Houston lives in a subdivision that decorates
to the nines, and attracts tons of drive-by traffic. He's late
getting his lights up this year.

[Dave W]

Never saw even a flurry here, warmed up to 42.

[Highlander]

Every time I hear someone whinging about the cold, I am reminded of 2 events...

1) a Polish security engineer I worked with would reply, "This is not cold, we get minus 30 at home..."

2) an East German long-distance trucker (3 1/2 million kilometres estimate - I'm only at around 1.25 million miles of driving since '82) driving a Dutch truck recounted a story about one trip to Russia from China - when getting directions through Siberia he was told, "Drive one day that way, find right turn, drive half day, and you are there..." the temperature was minus 50 Celcius

-30C = -22F
-50C = -58F

How cold does it get in Stjofon Big-land...?  

[Lightyear]

All I know is that I seem to freeze
my *ass off every year to the same "degree"
when I go out to get the Christmas tree.

My friend in Houston lives in a subdivision that decorates
to the nines, and attracts tons of drive-by traffic. He's late
getting his lights up this year.

Do you know the name of the subdivision?

[Highlander]

"Conform or be cast out..." 

[jmcgliss]

Do you know the name of the subdivision?

Fernbrook Lane; not sure of the subdivision's name.  Are you nearby?

[Lightyear]

Probably not - the name of the street doesn't ring a bell.  What most of us call Houston is the typical sprawl of dozens of towns and cities - in our case 60+ miles in any direction.  There is subdivision in my area that mandate that you MUST decorate for Christmas - glad I don't live there.

[Dave W]

Grrr... don't get me going on HOAs and ridiculous deed restrictions.