with all of the cold and snow and ice and rain of recent I was reminded of several things that I have done during said "nasty weather" periods
The Fun project
I lived in Chicago during the 1990's. somewhere around 1994 we experienced a really bad cold snap in the month of Feb. The average daily high temps were like -5F and at night -15F without the windchill factor.
One windless night I got the bright idea of seeing if soap bubbles would instantly freeze if blown in such cold temps. my daughter and I got bundled up and went outside. we blew bubbles and watched them literally freeze in the air, slowly drift to the ground, sit there for a moment, and then drift off when blown by a slight breeze. the bubbles stayed more or less intact most of the way down the block until they hit something and shattered.
we then batted some frozen bubbles in the air and watched soap bubble "snow" gently drift to the ground.
The Practical Project
during the same period I worked at a mortgage company. the building I worked in was one story with mutipule securecard access doors. because the temps were still so low during the day and night I took to taking out the battery in my car so I could at least start my car at the beginning and end of the day.
I got some really strange looks as I carried my battery to my cubicle (wrapped in a towel with the terminals covered). people asked me what the heck I was doing. I owned a rather simple and basic car at the time (a 1984 Toyoda Tercel no electronic this or that). I explained the car starting thing and still got weird looks UNTIL a couple of days into the cold snap they had loads of trouble starting their cars whilst walkede outside, installed my battery turned the key and VROOOMMMMM mine stated right up.
where I am going with this is what strange or fun or practial (read unusual) things have you done while the winter weather swirls around. I am not talking about going out and making snow angels or writing your name in the snow type things
Oh and Jester is not allowed to post on this thead cause he is in shorts and Tee-shirt optional land
The Fun project
I lived in Chicago during the 1990's. somewhere around 1994 we experienced a really bad cold snap in the month of Feb. The average daily high temps were like -5F and at night -15F without the windchill factor.
One windless night I got the bright idea of seeing if soap bubbles would instantly freeze if blown in such cold temps. my daughter and I got bundled up and went outside. we blew bubbles and watched them literally freeze in the air, slowly drift to the ground, sit there for a moment, and then drift off when blown by a slight breeze. the bubbles stayed more or less intact most of the way down the block until they hit something and shattered.
we then batted some frozen bubbles in the air and watched soap bubble "snow" gently drift to the ground.
The Practical Project
during the same period I worked at a mortgage company. the building I worked in was one story with mutipule securecard access doors. because the temps were still so low during the day and night I took to taking out the battery in my car so I could at least start my car at the beginning and end of the day.
I got some really strange looks as I carried my battery to my cubicle (wrapped in a towel with the terminals covered). people asked me what the heck I was doing. I owned a rather simple and basic car at the time (a 1984 Toyoda Tercel no electronic this or that). I explained the car starting thing and still got weird looks UNTIL a couple of days into the cold snap they had loads of trouble starting their cars whilst walkede outside, installed my battery turned the key and VROOOMMMMM mine stated right up.
where I am going with this is what strange or fun or practial (read unusual) things have you done while the winter weather swirls around. I am not talking about going out and making snow angels or writing your name in the snow type things
Oh and Jester is not allowed to post on this thead cause he is in shorts and Tee-shirt optional land
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