What's the coldest you've ever been?

[Swede]

When I worked on the railroad way back when,we'd patrol the tracks in little vehicles called speeders. No heat,in Canada! When it got really cold,the tracks became brittle and broke more often,so more patrolling. I'd get back to the shop,take off my boots and there was frost on my socks. I lasted two years and quit on my 20th birthday.

[TrogL]

1. Streaking the women's resident during a sleet storm

[Swede]

2. Now you'll be remembered forever for your shortcomings.

:toast:

[KitchenWitch]

3. Inspecting automobiles for transportation damage at the railyard - at -20°F

[fortyfeetunder]

4. y'all are rugged

my coldest experience was being inside my house after the Hanukkah Eve windstorm, no power for at least a couple of days and I swear I could not put on enough clothes to get warm...it was 48 inside the house. I'd drink a quart of tea just to stop shaking....

Sh!t, I never felt this cold, not even when scuba diving in wintertime nor going up to the slopes to ski...

[Bombtrack]

5. After I escaped from the cave of a wampa that had hung me upside down

thank god my friend stuck me inside a Tauntaun abdomen.

[lizerdbits]

6. Getting on a train in Havre MT

after my grandfather's funeral in 1989. Temp was about -40 wind chill was about -60. It was the only time in my life that breathing hurt. Luckily it was about 50 for the funeral, but about a day and a half later the massive cold moved in. My awesome uncle drove us from Helena to the station in 3 feet of snow, after warming up his van with a hair dryer just to get it to start.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. I think I got down to about 97° once

Much colder than that and there's a severe risk of hypothermia.

[zanne]

8. Ice skating when I was a kid.

I'd skate on the outdoor skating rink across the street from my house until I couldn't feel my feet anymore. Then I'd stumble home and my feet were so cold I'd have to put them on the lowered oven door to defrost them. It was painful, but I did it again and again!

[tekisui]

9. Backpacking in less than 10 degree F.

Water and boots froze. I had to hike with my Snickers bar under my arm for it to thaw enough to bite. I couldn't feel my fingers or toes. Burr!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. I'm from Wisconsin, I've been in -40 F/C, with windchill down to -110-120 F

Yay Wisconsin winters!

I remember my senior year, a long string of days of insane cold, standing out waiting for the bus in windchill -70-90. Two coats, face protection, gloves, pants and longjohns, a scarf... totally bundled up, and then trying to jam all the extra clothing into my locker...

Ah, I miss those days of insane cold.

[x-g.o.p.er]

11. Survival school, Washington State, December 1986...

had to live outside in makeshift 1 person lean-to shelters, no heat except for a community fire. Literally slept on a bed of pine needles to stay elevated off of the frozen ground.

Had an extreme cold weather sleeping bag, but still froze my ass off once I got away from taht fire.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr............

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. three times my souls has been frozen...

I am still waiting for the thaw out from the last time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRBLx70Ny8

She came onto him like a slow movin cold front
His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes
She sat on a stool, he said, what do you want?
She said, give me a love that dont freeze up inside.

He said, I have melted some hearts in my time dear
But to sit next to you, lord, I shiver and shake
And if I knew love, well, I dont think Id be here
Askin myself if Ive got what it takes.

Chorus:
To melt your icy blue heart
Should I start?
To turn whats been frozen for years
Into a river of tears

These days we all play cool, calm and collected
Why, our lips could turn blue just shooting the breeze
But under the frost, well, he thought he detected
A warm blush of red and a touch of her knee

He said, girl, youre a beauty like Ive never witnessed
And Ive seen the northern lights dance in the air
But Ive felt the cold that can follow the first kiss
And theres not enough heat in the fires burning there.

[Rambis]

13. Ice Skating at -45 degrees

No warming house nothing- I thought my toes were going to freeze off. Looking back on it now I think my friends parents who dropped us off drank a lot of Vodka.

[Auggie]

14. Camping in winter

No fire. No tent. Just an old worn-out sleeping bag. It snowed, too.

[supernova]

15. Standing out at the Portland, ME Head Light the day after xmas

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

Almost hurricane force winds coming off the ocean and the temp somewhere around -10.

We could only be there for about 10 minutes. But it was lovely. This is summer, obviously.

[sarge43]

16. About ten years ago (and it seems like yesterday),

a January night, temps about minus 25, high winds, so the wind chill was near minus 50, the furnace crapped out. It was ... unpleasant; the temp in the house was just above freezing. Fortunately, the repair guy was here at 2am and got the damn thing running again. The bill probably put one of his kids through college, but God bless and keep him.

[RebelOne]

17. In Edinburg, Scotland at night outside looking for a restaurant.

It was minus 9 degrees. I was never so cold in my life. At the time, I lived in Miami, FL, so I was only used to weather in the 80s.

[Wcross]

18. Falling through the ice up to my head in 5 degree winter weather-walking 7 miles home.

This is when I lived in New York. It actually started to feel warmer after my clothing iced over!

[Taverner]

19. Skinny Dipping in Lake Tahoe on the first snowfall

Did it every year, it was tradition

Of course it was cold, but it was actually warmer in that 30 degree water than it was outside in the 10 degree weather

[Javaman]

20. Back when I was 19, my older brother was a camera man for the local news...

I would work as his sound man from time to time.

We had the glorious job of having to cover traffic accidents on the southern state parkway on Long Island.

One night in the middle of a raging blizzard, we got the call.

5 degrees with a windchill of -15.

That really sucked...A LOT.

[Jade Fox]

21. San Francisco in the summer time......

Seriously (tho not in summer) the coldest I can remember being was on a windy day in SF.

[Broken_Hero]

22. -15

plus or minus a degree or two, Anchorage, AK.

[BreweryYardRat]

23. March of '05. School trip to New York. 0-10 degree temps at night.

Not pleasant.

[qb]

24. I'm usually a very warm person...

Ex Wife: Do you REALLY need to drink alcohol at a 11-year-old girl's birthday party?
Me: When you're here, YES!

She knows her freaking out about all the details and getting on my case for not having everything done perfectly drives me crazy, so she took my coldness with a grain of salt and later apologized :)