InfluX said:forty and fifty below zero with no sun for damn near half a year ceases to be exciting after a very, very short period of time.
Sarcasmo said:Makes people screw a lot though, yeah?
InfluX said:alas, this is true. even the tundra wookies get some in the winter.
Only thing I missed about here when I was in Ontario was the early mornings. During summer the sun rises here just shy of 4am and stays up until after 11pm, but I quickly got used to the patterns over there.InfluX said:forty and fifty below zero with no sun for damn near half a year ceases to be exciting after a very, very short period of time. and if you spend your time wishing it'd get bright for twenty minutes then you may it here too in the winter :S . because its constant night for months on end. always dark.
Galen said:Snow seems to make things brighter and easier to cope with.
Sarcasmo said:So how many flanneled men do you take home?
Galen said:Only thing I missed about here when I was in Ontario was the early mornings. During summer the sun rises here just shy of 4am and stays up until after 11pm, but I quickly got used to the patterns over there.
Coldest I've experienced was -33C with wind chill, but on days like that it's nice to just sit inside and savour it, usually makes a great view. Here, where it's dark and rains 10 months of the year it's just downright depressing. Snow seems to make things brighter and easier to cope with.
Seen that out the window of the Airplane over Keflavik. Would love to see it a bit longer than just a few minutes. Hopefully I'll get to this year.InfluX said:
snow would brighten things up if it were light enough to see it. the only winter consolation i think for me is the northern lights.
InfluX said:well speaking as the foremost tundra wookie in the immediate fairbanks area i-
...i got nothing.
InnerMuse said:My point is if you work things out right, it doesn't become an inconvenience.
Sarcasmo said:Makes people screw a lot though, yeah?
InfluX said:forty and fifty below zero with no sun for damn near half a year ceases to be exciting after a very, very short period of time. and if you spend your time wishing it'd get bright for twenty minutes then you may it here too in the winter :S . because its constant night for months on end. always dark.
anyway, cheers to the upcoming labor day weekend
I love winter in WI.Sarcasmo said:At my grandma's in Superior one year it got to -65F with wind chill. So fucking cold my contacts froze to my eyes, my snot and sinuses solidified and when I inhaled I could literally feel my lungs freezing. It's practically instant death. Not my idea of a good time.
April23 said:Isn't there something about the suicide rate in AK to be really high because of the lack of sun?
Drool-Boy said:Suicide & alcoholism.
-20F outside and 23.5 hours of darkness makes folks loco.
InfluX said:-20 isnt so bad. its when it hits below -35 that it really starts to kill me. that and everything below -35 feels the same...
....yeah, now i think i'm just going to drink until i move.
Ryokurin said:Im likely going to go to Dragoncon on saturday. I got to work the rest of the time. At least I dodged a bullet in a sense as my dad who in the seven years I've been in Atlanta has come to vist me like twice called me yesterday to see if I was off sunday so they could go to my church. Must be his girlfriends doing.
Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but considering that I haven't been to that church in over 8 months and secretly I think its to see if im seeing someone or not. Anyhow I just didn't want to be bothered by anyone this weekend so its fine by me.