The "Holy %$%# It's Cold Out There" Winter 2017 Thread

[mirth]

Sally Struthers was pretty cute back then.

[Toonces]

At least Tom and I both have toasty feet.

BRING IT ON, WINTER!   

[BanzaiCat]

Archie was MY grandfather too. Same mannerisms, beliefs, gruffness, just about to a T also.

I swear to God, Gus, you must be a long-lost brother or something. Maybe granddad got around while up there in the Northeast. I know the family on his side settled down around Bath about 150 years ago, so...

[Gusington]

My Gramps wasn't born in 'Murica. He was born outside Minsk, Belarus. He didn't get here until he was about 5 years old, around 1920.

Quick tidbit: my Gramps had a third set of teeth. The second set, little nubs, looked like fangs. His Dad (my great grandfather) and my Gramps were waiting on the dock for their ship to 'Murica, when Great Gramps suddenly yanked at my Gramps' head and literally pulled my grandfather's two front teeth out, and threw them in to the water.

'They will never let you in to the United States with those teeth!' he supposedly said.

Thus began my Gramps American journey, which included getting hit by trolleys and cars, beat up by gangsters (Dutch Schultz) and almost getting murdered by the Italian Army and the Nazis.

Miss you Gramps! You were 1 in a million!

[BanzaiCat]

He sounds like a badass. What I wouldn't do to read a biography on that dude!

[Gusington]

He was. Toughest mofo ever. Man I miss him :(

[GDS_Starfury]

so here I am wearing shorts.   :bd:

[mirth]

so here I am wearing shorts.   :bd:

And it is a welcome change of pace

[GDS_Starfury]

yes, pants are for pasty pale northerners.
I do find it funny seeing all of the bright pink people around here now.

[MetalDog]

They'll be there through Spring Training and then you can have the roads back. 

[GDS_Starfury]

don't trigger me about Canadistanian plates.

[Sir Slash]

So far all the Yankees I've run into this year have been very nice. This past summer we stole all their shit while they were back north and blamed it on the hurricanes. Now we're selling it back to them at Yard Sales and they thank us for having just what they were looking for.     What a great bunch.

[Emeraldlis]

I only bought them to get Emeraldlis drunk before she hibernates.   :P

I never turn a drink down, no matter how awful!  O0  And getting wasted seems like the perfect way to go into full on hibernation mode! I'll go get the glasses... Cheers Toonces  :bd:

[Gusington]

^It's overrated. I did it last night and woke up hungover this morning for the first time in years!

[bayonetbrant]

so here I am wearing shorts.   :bd:

72° here as our high.  Shorts and flip-flops for most folks