I will now beer in hand brave the arctic central Texas cold

[Skink]

and sit on the porch. The secret two pairs of sweat pants.

[Tx4obama]

1. It's cold here in Houston too, 40 degrees right now on my patio...

I'm bundled up with t-shirt, thermal shirt, sweat-shirt, hoodie, flannel pants, sweat pants, gloves, and a blanket and I am still freezin' my butt off out here!

[pangaia]

6. 40 degrees is still shorts weather here in upstate NY.

[Skittles]

13. Texans are total wusses

in the cold, that is - they are champs in extreme heat

[sharp_stick]

9. 40 degrees

you should be skinny dipping or at least watering the plants you wimp.

[taught_me_patience]

12. 40 degrees here in Long Beach California!

The heater's broken and the wife is bitchin to high hell! I hope to warm her from the inside out later, though

[niyad]

2. I know beer is generally supposed to be served cold, but isn't that a bit extreme? are you aware

of a marvelous new invention, called a refrigerator?

[scarletwoman]

3. If I took a beer outside today it would freeze instantly and shatter the bottle.

I don't care how many pairs of sweat pants you wear, when it's 20 below outside you ain't going to sit on your porch.

sw - sensibly drinking brandy in a warm snifter inside the house in northern Minnesota.

[Skink]

4. 20 below is when your glasses instantly fog up

I mean eyeglasses.

[scarletwoman]

5. No, 20 below is when the hair inside your nostrils freezes instantly.

You can't wear eyeglasses because the metal frame will burn the skin off the bridge of your nose.

[dflprincess]

7. I hate it when it's too cold to wear my glasses outside

Last year I gave up metal frames for plastic...much better. Now I just have to arrange my scarf over my nose an mouth so it doesn't send my breath up toward the glasses so they fog over when I'm outside (or before the car warms up) as well as when I go inside.

[HereSince1628]

11. -20 is also when ice skates refuse to run...so there is no point in being out in it

unless you are out there rescuing dogs frozen to fire hydrants.

[fizzgig]

8. it's six degrees outside

too cold even for me to spend much more than a cigarette outside. it's mostly because my fingers get cold, i'm bundle up in long johns, fleece jammie pants, knee socks, long sleeved fleece shirt and put on a hoodie, bathrobe, hat, scarf, three pairs of gloves and a parka to go outside right now.

[pangaia]

14. Can you actually move?

[fizzgig]

17. i look a lot like the kid in 'a christmas story'

[LWolf]

15. You must really want that cigarette.

I think I'll just stay inside and let the wood stove smoke.

[fizzgig]

18. i did want it pretty badly

only my third of the day. too damn much work to suit up to go out.

[LWolf]

20. This is when it would be good to have

an ecig thingie on hand; you wouldn't have to go out.

[trumad]

10. Very hot in Orlando today

Close to 90.

[LWolf]

16. -12 here,

and the dog tells me she doesn't need one last trip out before bed.

Not that she can't handle the quick trip; she's got enough hair to insulate 3 dogs. Still, she looked, and declined.

[HuckleB]

19. Uh, that's so cool!

I spent most of the day planting bulbs in the yard in 20 degree temps with winds up to 40 mph here in Oregon. Yeah, sipping a bit of port on the porch was nice afterward.

[etherealtruth]

21. LOL