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[Papa]

You in Edmonton?

 

[CyberPanda]

You in Edmonton?

Deadmonton

 

[Paasei]

So yeah that's -47 Fahrenheit for you Americans, my car won't start shits froze, debating if I should just stay home today and be a bum or just go back to sleep what would you guys do?

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[MilkyJoe]

So yeah that's -47 Fahrenheit for you Americans, my car won't start shits froze, debating if I should just stay home today and be a bum or just go back to sleep what would you guys do?

-44 C and your car won't start? What are your options to get to work other than risking life and literally limb, walking??

 

[MilkyJoe]

Yeah I live in the south. If there is even a slight chance for snow you’d think the world was ending cause people be like

This is what the English media does every time it's a bit chilly and there's a cloud in the sky. I swear they are in Cahoots with the UK train companies so they can cancel all the trains and make everyone's commute a misery.

Last year my train company preemptively cancelled most of the next days trains due to a heavy snow forecast and when it hadn't snowed they left them cancelled. Cunts.

 

[jonnyp]

-7 F is cold yeah, that's like -21 C. For me anything below -20 C is properly cold. The winter has been quite mild in Europe this year though

Yeah, so nice with this mild winter. Thanks Canada for taking all the cold

 

[TheContact]

it's 20 F here. the coldest i've ever experienced is -10 F. But if my car starts, I'm going to work

 

[Kev Kev]

my car was reading 85 Fahrenheit in florida yesterday

EDIT: forecast says high of 82 today, lol

 

[Thaedolus]

If one of my employees' car doesn't start or the roads are absolute shit, I'm not gonna get on them for not coming in. I don't want to be expected to risk life and limb to get to the office to do something I can do from home, so I'm not going to expect that of them. It's the cost of doing business in a region it snows heavily several times a year, oh no.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Fuck that site, I'm not LGBTQ enough to post there.

I got banned for even having a CONVERSATION/ DEBATE from another view. If it's not their view you are gone. Very sensitive nitwits over there.

 

[-Minsc-]

The cows don't take the day off.

 

[ndreamer]

It could be worse, Australia has been 40+degrees , feel your face melting heat. I live in Thailand, 25Degrees now and i'm cold lol.

 

[StormCell]

So yeah that's -47 Fahrenheit for you Americans, my car won't start shits froze, debating if I should just stay home today and be a bum or just go back to sleep what would you guys do?

I would stay home. If you can do your work remotely, then it's no big deal. If not, well this is perfectly excusable. Let's assume that your car did start. What would you do if it broke down along the way? Do you have sufficient supplies to stay warm until help arrives? The coldest I've ever experienced is -30 C living near the US/CA border, and I didn't go to work or attend classes that day. It just wasn't worth it.

If the car starts I’m going to work , get off your lazy ass.

Maybe it's just me, but my life is worth more than work or money. I'm not risking life over something that can obviously wait. At -44C, how long would most people driving their car survive if they suddenly had to walk or shelter in place without heat? I've had to sit and wait for road side assistance a couple of times, and regardless of whether I was inside the city or 2 hours outside of it, it takes hours for them to arrive. Doesn't seem worth it.

 

[Trogdor1123]

You in Edmonton?

It's beautiful -27 celsius in Edmonton today!

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[NeoIkaruGAF]

At -44 Celsius I’d call into fucking life, mate. I’m not even sure I was ever exposed to -20, LOL

 

[marcyf]

So yeah that's -47 Fahrenheit for you Americans, my car won't start shits froze, debating if I should just stay home today and be a bum or just go back to sleep what would you guys do?

Balaclava, gloves, hat, boots and a down jacket - no days off!

 

[Dural]

We had a few days like that last winter, here's what my car read on the way to work;

That wasn't the coldest day either, I think we got down to -50F actual temp before wind chill.

 

[Bonfires Down]

 

[bloodydrake]

they dont' call it Winterpeg for nothin.
its why they made block heaters in parking lots..cars starts... your gold.

 

[Yoshi]

Would the busses run? Even if they did, I would not have any clothing to be reasonably sure I'd survive in that cold, so I'd say no.

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

Lol that ain’t shit. I’ve seen colder and still went to work. I lived in North Dakota

 

[V4skunk]

I think it's chill in double digit minus temps sat at home with the fire blazing.

 

[Duellist]

Lol that ain’t shit. I’ve seen colder and still went to work. I lived in North Dakota

Lol are you replying to op? Cause I highly doubt you've seen much colder than that living in North Dakota. We live in Saskatchewan. Our weather is pretty much the same. Not that it's a contest lol

 

[Kagey K]

Lol it's really not that bad. You go from house to vehicle to work and back. You stay indoors lol it's not like we live outside haha. Our igloos do have heat.

And the heat from the breath of our dogs pulling the sled can be quite nice. You just have to draft into it.

 

[Kagey K]

Deadmonton

Really? I’m going to stalk you now, Neighbor.

 

[Kagey K]

It's beautiful -27 celsius in Edmonton today!

T shirts and summer shorts time man, we should go swimming. I heard we are getting a heatwave next week. -5

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

Lol are you replying to op? Cause I highly doubt you've seen much colder than that living in North Dakota. We live in Saskatchewan. Our weather is pretty much the same. Not that it's a contest lol

Coldest I’ve seen was -62.

 

[Duellist]

Coldest I’ve seen was -62.

In North Dakota?

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

In North Dakota?

Yes, but I looked at the timeframe and it seems I was mistaken. It was most likely windchill being factored in.

 

[Duellist]

Yes, but I looked at the timeframe and it seems I was mistaken. It was most likely windchill being factored in.

Ya for sure, definitely was windchill in that. Pretty sure we were around that with windchill in Sask earlier in the week.

 

[Toecutter]

Go to work, OP. Those Steam Cores won't gather themselves.

 

[GAMETA]

In such cases, if you don't go to work due to bad weather, do you still get paid for the day?

 

[Duellist]

In such cases, if you don't go to work due to bad weather, do you still get paid for the day?

Not if your not paid salary or have edo's(earned days off) which 90%of the population dont have.

 

[GAMETA]

Not if your not paid salary or have edo's(earned days off) which 90%of the population dont have.

damn, that sucks... not the employee's fault that the weather's fucked up... you could say the same about the company but I'd say less 3-4 days worth of pay makes a bigger difference on the employees side than the other way around, especially if it's weekly based...

 

[Forsete]

No, you must soldier on!