How cold is COLD?

[pt40fathoms]

Many times on this board, people have asked what they consider to be cold.

As Canada is know as a country with a colder climate, we Canadians have come up with a chart the best descibes what happens at differing temperatures in both units of measure.

They are as follows:

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Canadians plant gardens.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
Italian Cars won't start.
Canadians drive with the windows down.

32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)
American water freezes.
Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
Mt.St. Helens freezes.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the Beer keg.

-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

 

[GTADiver]

Leafs Rule

 

[greg somers]

The Leafs are due.....You wait and see...(next year of the year after maybe???....I hope!!!!)
The Toronto born Thunder from Down Under,
The Gasman

 

[jiveturkey]

pt40fathoms once bubbled...
Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

Thems fightin' words.

 

[greg somers]

Are you a torontonian in Korea? I was there last year. Based in Bundang Gu, next to Sungnam and operating out of Seoul. Where are you? I was dive mastering there. What's the haps?
Gasman