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In my opinion 10 degrees is where it starts to get cold. Cold as in that if you do something stupid or unfortunate, you can find yourself in a pretty bad spot. -10 degrees it starts to get a bit scary. You can feel the moisture on your nose hair freeze as you breathe in. At -30 degrees, you have to squint because the moisture on your eyeballs will freeze. At that temperature, even a little wind is dangerous if you aren't dressed properly. Anything at 10 degrees and below means you need to take special care of animals and live stock. We don't blanket our horses intentionally because doing so messes with their ability to thermo regulate. It actually makes a specific muscle or something in the hair follicle to not work as its supposed to so once you blanket, you kinda half to always blanket. That said, so long as they have a solid windbreak and steady access to calories, as well as clean drinking water, they do amazingly well. Really it's pretty similar for all livestock and humans as well. Life burns more calories in an attempt to stay warm and most animals will either gorge and hibernate or slowly nibble to keep warm. It's odd to see, because the horses for example will be covered in snow, which actually serves as an insulating layer. You guys might be surprised to know that my house is also only heated with wood in the form of a wood stove. Wood stoves are far more efficient for creating and maintaining heat than a fireplace and actually keeps my house pretty toasty as long as I keep feeding it wood. Generally it takes anywhere from 4 - 7 cords of wood to get through winters here, which are obviously far different winters than most people see. We're actually above the latitude 48 here (48th parallel north), which means that in winter, sunrise is about 9 - 9:30am and sunset is about 4:30pm. During summer sunrise is about 4:30am and its still kinda light at 10:30 - 11pm. We also are far enough north to occasionally see the northern lights (aurora borealis).7 points
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@Mauler5150the only way you are going to kill the devil is by getting professional help. Immediately. Stop what ever you're doing right now. Put the gun away. Put one foot in front of the other until you get in front of a doctor. Right now.4 points
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Never. I repeat-never have I got to my knees for 12 oz ween. I have seen plenty of 12oz ween but never on my knees.3 points
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Yes sir. Super spicy Italian sausage w some spicy mustard and kewpie mayo. Idk.. Im high. I wasn’t ab mayo on the glizzies either til my buddy made me try it. Not an every glizzy thing; but every now and then.2 points
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Beaming because my spawn continues to surprise me and make me proud every single day.2 points
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I thought the gloves were to prevent me from seeing his nail beds haha2 points
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No, not quite instant. But yeah, exposed skin is something to be mindful of because it starts to hurt pretty quickly and get damaged soon after.2 points
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Our extreme weather advisories say frostbite "in minutes" I think F and C cross paths again at -40 so I can relate to what Raven posted up there, its bullshit. Our cold snap broke but I've shoveled my drive 4 times in the last 2 days.2 points
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@LUGR my chick is looking for wedding venues - this place was dope but it is in the fucking cuts. https://grandislandmansion.com/history/ Deadly ass two lane road to get out there too - no lights, embankments that drop right off the road. Perfect for a fatal DUI.2 points
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Yeah, I can’t comprehend what -30 feels like. I feel like my entire body what stop functioning at that temp lol. Like @glorydayssaid in his blog post, 2 hoodies don’t make a jacket. Get yourself a jacket so you can stop crying.2 points
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