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Topic: Why are we here... (Vent)
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purplejacket4
♀ 34262
Member # 34262 |  Posted: 11:30 PM, January 27th (Monday), 2014 |     |
Yes, I know we aren't in general and I also don't mean existentially either....
Those of us on the continent of North America why are we here? Unless you are a Native American you or your ancestors came here... And it is DAMN COLD.
For giggles I looked up the temperature of my ancestors' native lands. Let me tell you where it is warmer than here:
London
Glasgow
Dublin
Berlin
Oslo (for Christ's sake)
The only place colder is Moscow.
I'm sure at one time while taking earth science I knew the answer but right now I'm just wondering why cities near the arctic circle are warmer than here in the Geat Southwest. 
Me: BS 47
Her: FWS 50 (both family med MDs; together 20 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
Limboconsiliationish
"band aids don't fix bullet holes" Taylor Swift
I NEVER mind medical ???
Posts: 2995 | Registered: Dec 2011 | From: Here |
nowiknow23
♀ 33226
Member # 33226 | | Posted: 12:21 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess they didn't come over here during the winter. 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Posts: 39876 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
Amazonia
♀ 32810
Member # 32810 | | Posted: 6:18 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Well, I could tell you why my ancestors immigrated, but it would toe the line of the no politics/religion line awfully close, so I won't. 
It was over things far more important than the weather though. 
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
Posts: 14440 | Registered: Jul 2011 |
thebighurt
♀ 34722
Member # 34722 | | Posted: 6:34 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Things are really upside down. Alaska is having a warmer winter than usual and Chicago was just colder than the South Pole!
I know one of my ancestors was at Plymouth Plantation, but no idea about the thinking of the rest of them. I'm just glad there are warmer places to be!
Finding what life could have been....... Why didn't I see it?
Posts: 3640 | Registered: Feb 2012 | From: the Other Side |
purplejacket4
♀ 34262
Member # 34262 | | Posted: 8:50 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
NIK you made me laugh.
Oh well, I'm leaving this balmy 4 degrees and headed today to Vegas baby!!!
Me: BS 47
Her: FWS 50 (both family med MDs; together 20 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
Limboconsiliationish
"band aids don't fix bullet holes" Taylor Swift
I NEVER mind medical ???
Posts: 2995 | Registered: Dec 2011 | From: Here |
sadone29
♀ 38597
Member # 38597 | | Posted: 8:54 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
lol!
I'm in northern Canada, and even for here, it's been an unusually cold and difficult winter. I'm sick of it! My ancestors are from France. Seems to be just chilly over there.
DDay Feb. 28, 2013
"It is an act of self-respect and preservation to not forgive."
Posts: 967 | Registered: Mar 2013 |
TrulyReconciled
♂ 3031
Member # 3031 | | Posted: 9:27 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Posts: 22740 | Registered: Dec 2003 | From: Hell and back, way back :o) |
TrulyReconciled
♂ 3031
Member # 3031 | | Posted: 9:28 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Apparently, Hollywood is inspired ...
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Posts: 22740 | Registered: Dec 2003 | From: Hell and back, way back :o) |
TrulyReconciled
♂ 3031
Member # 3031 | | Posted: 9:35 AM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Maybe this will help:
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Posts: 22740 | Registered: Dec 2003 | From: Hell and back, way back :o) |
Mama_of_3_Kids
♀ 26651
Member # 26651 | | Posted: 7:33 PM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
-16, with a -25 windchill, here today. I asked jrc if they had snow and the smarty pants said, "No, it was 80 degrees here!" 
The first person who gets all, "It's too dang hot, this summer," gets face punched!
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
Posts: 11775 | Registered: Dec 2009 |
scaredyKat
♀ 25560
Member # 25560 | | Posted: 8:20 PM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
It's cold so we can enjoy 95° with high humidity in mid August!
Course, then we'll all be complaining about that.
Me-BS-63
HIM-SAFWH-66
Damn autocorrect is responsible for the silly errors, sorry!
Posts: 5924 | Registered: Sep 2009 | From: In my head |
Nature_Girl
♀ 32554
Member # 32554 | | Posted: 8:26 PM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Ama & I have something in common. I can go into great detail why each of my family lines came here, but it's not weather related and would most definitely cross into the political/religious realm.
Me = BS
Him = EX-d out (abusive troglodyte NPD SA)
3 tween-aged kids
Together 20 years
D-Day: Memorial Weekend 2011
2013 - DIVORCED!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJgjyDFfJuU
Posts: 10722 | Registered: Jun 2011 | From: USA |
imagoodwitch
♀ 23375
Member # 23375 | | Posted: 8:48 PM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
My family was from Russia, it's not cold
A head full of fears has no space for dreams.
Posts: 6449 | Registered: Mar 2009 | From: Munchkinland |
sadone29
♀ 38597
Member # 38597 | | Posted: 9:44 PM, January 28th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Thanks for the laughs TrulyReconciled. I still haven't seen sharknado, but love a good gore flick!
About 3 weeks ago, we had a wind chill of -50C.
DDay Feb. 28, 2013
"It is an act of self-respect and preservation to not forgive."
Posts: 967 | Registered: Mar 2013 |
SlowUptake
♂ 40484
Member # 40484 | | Posted: 4:31 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
Um, would I be out of line by saying the top temp. in my neck of the woods today was 38.5°C/101.5°F.
The forecast overnight low is 16°C/60.8°F 
Hottest day last summer was 46°C/114.8°F 
Me:WS,50+
Her:BS,50+ (WantToWakeUp)
Married 33yrs
Dday Dec 2009
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few." Pythagoras
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Posts: 390 | Registered: Aug 2013 | From: Limbo in Oz |
karmahappens
♀ 35846
Member # 35846 | | Posted: 4:44 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
My family came here from Poland.
My dad always said they were just too dumb to drop their baggage somewhere warm.... 
And people think Polish jokes are b/s.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”
Anaïs Nin
Me: 45
Him: 47
Dday 8/2007
We have R'd
Posts: 4011 | Registered: Jun 2012 | From: Massachusetts |
Undefinabl3
♀ 36883
Member # 36883 | | Posted: 7:37 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
My family came here from Poland.
My dad always said they were just too dumb to drop their baggage somewhere warm....
And people think Polish jokes are b/s.
I am right there with you...
On my dad's side we are Native American and Dutch/German. There are not many stories though. With research we have been able to at leeast come to the conlusion that our ancesters were a band of Illioni Indian, but after that, we are not sure.
My Maternal side is different.
The story goes that my Italian grama's family came to the US because of the mafia there. The other story is that Uncle Frankie was the first male in the family to die of natural causes in 3 generations. (died in his sleep sitting on the couch). How much is true and how much isnt is hard to say. The generation that would truely know is long gone....but you know what they say - there is a grain of truth in every lie.
My Grandfather's Father (Polish) (if the story is true) is the son of a priest and a Nun. So my Great Grandfather was shipped to the US in his early teens for some reason (he went through Ellis Island at least) and that's pretty much that.
Me: 32 MH
Him: 39 MH
New online find 6/19/14 - shit
Phone Find 11/21/14 - I can't even right now.
1/26/15 - Started IC for me, DH won't go.
Posts: 2393 | Registered: Sep 2012 |
gahurts
♂ 33699
Member # 33699 | | Posted: 7:50 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
My greatgrandfather stowed away on a ship from Sicily to the US and jumped ship in New Orleans. That sure was a rough way to sneak across the border.
Several years ago, a guy I worked with had a grandfather who was a boat captain who sailed a ship from Sicily to New Orleans and did that until he got his entire family to the US and then retired. The timing would have been similar. HMMM...
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indominable will" - Mahatma Gandi
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
Posts: 3986 | Registered: Oct 2011 | From: Georgia |
gahurts
♂ 33699
Member # 33699 | | Posted: 7:54 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indominable will" - Mahatma Gandi
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
Posts: 3986 | Registered: Oct 2011 | From: Georgia |
gahurts
♂ 33699
Member # 33699 | | Posted: 8:02 AM, January 29th (Wednesday), 2014 | |
Hey JRC, This is for you:
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indominable will" - Mahatma Gandi
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
Posts: 3986 | Registered: Oct 2011 | From: Georgia |
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