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The cold in the eastern US is uppermost in many people's minds. I hereby offer how upstate Noo Yawkers view declining temperatures:
Official Upstate New York Temperature Conversion Chart
60 above F
* New Jerseyites try to turn on the heat.Hi, Juan!
* People in Upstate New York plant gardens.
50 above
* Californians shiver uncontrollably.
* People in Upstate New York sunbathe.
40 above
* Italian and English cars won't start.
* People in Upstate New York drive with the windows down.
32 above
* Distilled water freezes.
* Sacandaga Lake's water gets thicker.
20 above
* Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats.
*People in Upstate New York throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above
* Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat.
* People in Upstate New York have the last cook-out before it
gets cold.
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* People in Miami all die.
* Upstaters lick the flagpole.
20 below
* Californians fly away to Mexico.
* People in Upstate New York get out their winter coats.
40 below
* Hollywood disintegrates.
* The Girl Scouts in Upstate NY are selling cookies door to door.
60 below
* Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic.
* Upstate NY Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.
80 below
* Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
* People in Upstate NY rent some videos.
100 below
* Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
* Upstaters get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.
297 below
* Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.
* Cows in Upstate NY complain about farmers with cold hands.
460 below
* ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale).
* People in Upstate NY start saying...."Cold 'nuff for ya?"
500 below
* Hell freezes over.
* Upstaters plan their next tailgate party.
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I don't want to gloat
I don't even own a coat.
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I don't want to gloat
I don't even own a coat.Thank you for that note My curmudgeonly old goat. 
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Dear AS: Notice the inadequacy of the emoticon. Tongue should be in middle and vibrating
with good cheer, Bronx style.
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* New Jerseyites try to turn on the heat.Hi, JuanIf you think we turn the heat on at 60° with the price of natural gas these days, guess again... And I'm a South Jerseyan, 50 miles below the Mason-Dixon line...big difference. And I prefer Jersey an to Jersey ite, thanks...you New Yorkite you. upstart upstater!  And, BTW, the Delaware Bay is frozen like an Arctic wasteland right now, though still flowing about 200 yards offshore...and the Cape May-Lewes (DE) ferry has had to curtail service for awhile, limited to one run, chugging though ice fields like an ice-cutter. But, actually, this is a *normal winter for these parts...the mild winters we've been having lately were way above-average and spoiled us, is all.
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AnnaS, that was great! Thanks! I wanna move up North...
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Jackie, don't tell me you are a closet Yooper?!Where's that interobang when I need it, eh?
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how would it be in celsius scale??
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Nobody cares. Celcius is too much trouble when you've lived by fahrenheit all your life!
Last night, on our local TV last night the weatherman talked to a gal from London (UK) - living here for awhile - She said she didn't know it could get this cold. It was hovering just above zero (Fahrenheit) with a wind chil factor making it 10 below! She was well covered with hat, scarf, mittens, boots. Somebody gave her good advice.
It's too damned COLD!
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