Althouse: Up before 6.

৬ জানুয়ারী, ২০১৫

Up before 6.

Morning in Madison, with new snow, and a temperature of -1°.

ADDED: Pre-dawn blogging:

৩০টি মন্তব্য:

james conrad বলেছেন...: Yikes, no thanks, I'll stay here in carolina, mid 60s yesterday!; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:০৪ AM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: I once described moderate winter weather as the temperatures between zero and 30 degrees, and cold weather as below zero. The gulf coast natives who heard that had no concept of what I meant.

My mother worked at a university library with lots of foreign students. One from a very warm part of Africa tried to describe winter to his friends and family back home. They could not really grasp the concept and were concerned that he be careful because they knew the words "freeze" and "to death" are used together sometimes.

I guess you have to be there.; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:১৩ AM
Rich B বলেছেন...: Looks like Meade will get to be the best again.; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:২৯ AM
Michael K বলেছেন...: 79 again in Orange County. I'll visit Chicago in a few months. I passed this course years ago.; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:৪৪ AM
ron winkleheimer বলেছেন...: I appear to have the flu, and thus was up well before six.

I grew up in what I now (that I live in the south) call the great frozen north. I do not miss it.

Unfortunately, we do, on occasion, see snow. When that happens it is best to stay off the roads as much as possible because the people here cannot drive in it, no matter how light it is.

And my verfication word was slete.; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:৪৭ AM
Jaq বলেছেন...: I am in Florida right now, for my first winter down here. I do miss the snow and cold.

I would disagree with Grundon, 0-30 is fine, when the wind is not blowing. zero can get pretty miserable in even a light wind.; ৬/১/১৫, ৬:৫৮ AM
Sharc বলেছেন...: Beautiful car. No garage?; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:০২ AM
Clyde বলেছেন...: @ Tim in Vermont

This is my 27th winter in Florida. I haven't seen snow in person since January '89, and I don't miss it at all. God knows I saw enough of it up until I came here. I've been here almost long enough to be a born-again Cracker.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:১০ AM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: I'm concerned there is no garage for the roadster also. Grandaddy had one in Tn, a place with minimal snow. The heavy 2 x 8 planked walls helped him funnel the Chrysler V-8 into the bay with minimal damage, as he drove well into his nineties.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:২৩ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: "Beautiful car. No garage?"

There's a garage, but I've never once (in 30 years) driven my car into it.

It's like having a desk with drawers but putting all your papers in stacks on top of the desk... but it doesn't snow on the desk.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:২৩ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: It's rare for a car to drive down our street, so it was weird that at the very point when I decided to take a picture a car drove into the frame.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:২৪ AM
Fprawl বলেছেন...: I'm concerned there is no garage for the roadster also. Grandaddy had one in Tn, a place with minimal snow. The heavy 2 x 8 planked walls helped him funnel the Chrysler V-8 into the bay with minimal damage, as he drove well into his nineties.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:২৫ AM
Curious George বলেছেন...: I would hink it's easier to clean out the garage once and avoid scraping ice off the windows over and over and over.; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:৫৩ AM
Will Cate বলেছেন...: Yeah, it was warm in NC yesterday, but upper twenties this morning. Or as a Wisconsinite might call it, "perfectly OK."; ৬/১/১৫, ৭:৫৮ AM
Fritz বলেছেন...: Dang it, now it's snowing here in Maryland.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:১৯ AM
Hagar বলেছেন...: Garages are for storing cars in.
Attics and basements for memorabilia.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৩১ AM
kjbe বলেছেন...: Enjoy today, tomorrow's gonna be worse.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৩৪ AM
Laslo Spatula বলেছেন...: mrs.e said...
Enjoy today, tomorrow's gonna be worse.

I live by that.

I am Laslo.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৩৮ AM
Big Mike বলেছেন...: I went to bed assuming that we'd have just a little bit of snow in the Washington area this morning. I woke up to 4" already on the ground and the white stuff coming down at a reported rate of another inch every half hour.

So much for the validity of meteorological modeling.

And, of course, the federal government is more or less shut down at this point, much to the bemusement of the rest of the country.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৩৯ AM
Hagar বলেছেন...: Though Steve Scalise is very much a politician and a "public person," in this case, can he prevail in a defamation suit based on malice and knowingly publishing false information about him?

I hope he does take them all to the cleaners.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৪৪ AM
Jake বলেছেন...: I want to see today's after-shoveling pictures. Just curious what the best looks like.; ৬/১/১৫, ৮:৪৫ AM
Stephen Taylor বলেছেন...: At 5 AM this morning in Austin it was clear and 31. No snow.; ৬/১/১৫, ১০:১৯ AM
Julie C বলেছেন...: It's in the mid-40s here in sunny Northern California. Projected to get to about 63. We are having a cold snap, by the way. Everyone is walking around in jackets complaining about how cold they are! And there's yet another Spare the Air day so no fire tonight. Damn bureaucrats.

I grew up on the east coast but left when I was a teenager, so in my mind snow is romantic and signifies indoor warmth and coziness. For my parents it signified snow tires, shoveling, and icy sidewalks. They didn't miss it at all once we moved.; ৬/১/১৫, ১১:২২ AM
hawkeyedjb বলেছেন...: "Or as a Wisconsinite might call it, 'perfectly OK.'"

We had a cold snap here in Phoenix last week. Or as a Wisconsonite might call it, "A heat wave."; ৬/১/১৫, ১১:৫৫ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: The car's not being in the garage is unrelated to any garage clutter issues.

It's mainly the location of the garage.; ৬/১/১৫, ১২:৩১ PM
Known Unknown বলেছেন...: You must hate your car.; ৬/১/১৫, ১২:৫৫ PM
Rusty বলেছেন...: Hagar said...
Garages are for storing cars in.

Garages are for storing tools and working on projects. In order for a car to fit I'd have to seel some tools.
Get your peiorities straight. Cars are waterproof and freeze proof.; ৬/১/১৫, ১:৩৬ PM
Hagar বলেছেন...: Get your "peiorities" straight.

Garages are for cars and car tools.

You want a shop and/or toolshed, build one.; ৬/১/১৫, ২:৪৫ PM
JZ বলেছেন...: Move the garage. And get a garage door opener. You'll feel like you've arrived.; ৬/১/১৫, ৫:৩১ PM
Marc in Eugene বলেছেন...: 50s, sun, Spring-like. Lots of men in shorts today in Eugene.; ৬/১/১৫, ৫:৩৬ PM