Conference/Gala for our members???

[neversleeps]

Wow! I guess everything really is bigger when you're in Texas!

[Swordz]

Huh, I never knew Texas was that big. Man have all my geography teachers been wrong.

Is Rand McNally keen to the fact that all his US maps are flawed?

[texan27028]

R&R,
Great picture. I'm originally from Houston, now living in NC. I have that same postcard tacked up to my cubicle wall at work(bought it at the Ya'lls Texas Store on vacation one year). I've had quite a bit comments from co-workers.

And just for the record, I would be interested in a get together with everyone too.

Richard

[neversleeps]

kenrose,

Sorry it took a while to respond... was bz watching the Vikings being humiliated...

Yep. -40. Here's an interesting excerpt from an article last winter by by LEE BLOOMQUIST, a Duluth News-Tribune Staff Writer:

National Weather Service observer Roland Fowler recorded a temperature of 43 below zero at about 7:30 a.m.

Thursday morning's temperatures were among the lowest in the Northland since Minnesota's record of 60 below zero in Tower on Feb. 2, 1996.

Fowler estimated the wind chill in Embarrass at 70 below. And it's forecast to be nearly that cold again this morning, with even colder wind chills. "There's really no buzz going on about the weather. People are just sitting here and talking politics as normal," although they left their cars running out on the street.

Wreckers and private cars weren't the only vehicles left running Thursday morning. Hibbing Police Department Capt. Alan Nickila said he instructed his day shift crew to leave motors on police squads running. "I want our cars to be able to respond to an emergency," Nickila said. "If we shut them off for some reason and then they stay off for a while, it wouldn't take long before they would freeze up."

"This is really the typical January."

DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (author unknown)

+50
- New York tenants turn on the heat
- Minnesotans plant gardens

+40
- Californians shiver uncontrollably
- Minnesotans sunbathe

+35
- Italian cars don't start

+32
- Distilled water freezes

+30
- You can see your breath
- Minnesotans go camping

+25
- Boston water freezes
- Californians weep pitiably
- Cat insists on sleeping on your bed with you

+20
- Cleveland water freezes
- San Franciscans start thinking favorably of Los Angeles
- Packers fans put on T-shirts

+15
- You plan a vacation in Cancun!
- Minnesotans go swimming

+10
- Too cold to snow
- You need jumper cables to get the car going
- Minnesotans have a barbeque

0
- New York landlords turn on the heat

-5
- You can hear your breath
- Minnesotans go ice fishing

-10
- American cars don't start
- Too cold to skate
- Minnesotans put on long-sleeved shirts

-15
- You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
- Miamians cease to exist
- Minnesotans go snowmobiling

-20
- Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
- Minnesotans seriously consider putting away summer clothes

-25
- Too cold to kiss
- You need jumper cables to get the driver going
- Japanese cars don't start
- Minnesota Twins head for Spring training

-30
- You plan a two-week hot bath
- Minnesotans shovel snow off roof

-38
- Mercury freezes
- Too cold to think
- Minnesotans button top button

-40
- Californians disappear
- Car insists on sleeping in your bed with you
- Minnesotans put on sweaters

-50
- Congressional hot air freezes
- Alaskans close the bathroom window
- Green Bay Packers practice indoors

-60
- Walruses abandon Aleutians
- Minnesotans put gloves away, take out mittens

-70
- Minnesotans replace diving boards with hockey nets

-80
- Polar bears abandon Baffin Island
- Minnesotans take up snowboarding

-90
- Lawyers chase ambulances for no more than 10 miles
- Minnesotans put on jackets

-100
- Santa Claus abandons North Pole
- Minnesotans pull down earflaps

-173
- Ethyl alcohol freezes

-445
- Superconductivity

-452
- Helium becomes a liquid

-454
- Hell freezes over

-458
- All incumbent politicians renounce campaign contributions

-460 (Absolute Zero)
- All atomic motion ceases
- Minnesotans grudgingly admit it's "getting a mite nippy."

[heretolearn]

I think that a planned Hoseparty would be super fun! I would love to meet the many experts here! The cruise idea is a good one as it allows for all the togetherness you want and at the same time all the privacy you feel like taking for yourself. Plus, no one will get lost driving around to various locations (hotels, eateries, etc...) Even the Vegas lovers could have a casino on a cruise! Keep us posted!

[Fatigue Fighter]

kenrose,

+40
- Californians shiver uncontrollably

Yes, this is true!

+25
- Californians weep pitiably

Yes, this is also true. Barely anyone covers their pipes.

+20
- San Franciscans start thinking favorably of Los Angeles

Yes, true, but this is short-lived.

-40
- Californians disappear

Hmmmm...could be true. I've never been in -40 degrees before. Maybe we relocate to another planet just before this happens. People already think Californians are from another planet!

-460 (Absolute Zero)
- Minnesotans grudgingly admit it's "getting a mite nippy."

Are Minnesotans tough or what?

FF

[Sleepless on LI]

Damn, I missed a lot of posts since my last reply was Guested since I took my own advice and cleared my Temp. Internet Files again. That post about asking Rested Gal to be a speaker was mine.

I kind of am leaning towards doing a cruise, too. I think that would be so much fun. And nobody could sneak away from us...not that they would want to (just picturing laying on deck, getting a good tan). Would everyone be up for something like that? The only problem would be, where would the port we leave from be that everyone could afford to first get there and THEN pay for the cruise? Decisions, decisions...

Neversleeps, those facts you posted were hysterical. And it must be true. When I read at 50, NYers turn on the heat and people from Minnesota sunbathe, I cracked up. It's so true. I am already turning up the heat at 50. You guys are tough. How do you handle the hot weather, if you get any?

Okay. Off to ponder this again...

[Severeena]

We have handicap accessible motels up the road from us that look really clean, we also have Microtel, Baymont's at Kenosha and Racine.

We have an 1890's farmhouse with small rooms, but hey we don't care. Tom is also a hoser, so he has given me a lot of support and help.

[neversleeps]

-460 (Absolute Zero)
- All atomic motion ceases
- Minnesotans grudgingly admit it's "getting a mite nippy."

Are Minnesotans tough or what?

We'd like the rest of the world to think we are, but truth be told, we're mostly just numb....

(As opposed to frigid, which we vehemently deny!)

[Sleepless on LI]

We'd like the rest of the world to think we are, but truth be told, we're mostly just numb....

(As opposed to frigid, which we vehemently deny!)

Not that there aren't a lot of people I want to meet, but I hope this thing really ends up coming to fruition because I have to meet you. I KNOW I am going to have a great time with you, Neversleeps. And after a couple of drinks, do you even get funnier??? I can feel a stomach ache and smeared mascara coming on as I type...you really are a riot.

[neversleeps]

And after a couple of drinks, do you even get funnier???

Oh yes, exponentially.

That is, provided the person I'm talking to is equally inebriated. Otherwise I'm just like every other annoying lush who finds herself hysterically amusing (when no one else does) while recounting an endless diatribe of entertaining anecdotes. Of course that only lasts until I start my uncontrollable 15 minute crying jag, which I can usually snap out of by dancing briefly on top of some expensive (preferably irreplaceable) piece of furniture, after which time I'm inclined to tear off all my clothing (along with some unfortunate gentleman's hairpiece) before I rush outside and attempt to go for a swim in the bird bath.

Not much different than anyone else, I imagine.

[Sleepless on LI]

Now we are surely going to get some positive responses that at least the male population on this site want to attend. To miss what you just described happens after a few drinks? Not on your life.

And I now think Severeena is rethinking offering to have it at her house, especially if there are any heirlooms that you could end up dancing on after your uncontrollable 15 min. crying jag.

I have to meet you...

[rested gal]

Mphhm, M mph'm mmph. Phm mhmp hm mm mmfph.

(Translation: "Sorry, I can't talk. Got tape on my mouth.")

[rock and roll]

Hey, this is getting good LOL, I can't wait for the next episode!

[ozij]

Mphhm, M mph'm mmph. Phm mhmp hm mm mmfph.

(Translation: "Sorry, I can't talk. Got tape on my mouth.")

Forum safety rule no. 1:

Never, never read post by neversleeps with taped mouth: you might choke yourself laughing.

(On second thought, I think the puctuation should be "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")

O.