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purplejacket4 (original poster member #34262) posted at 5:30 AM on Tuesday, January 28th, 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 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
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I NEVER mind medical ???
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 6:21 AM on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess they didn't come over here during the winter. 
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And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
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Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 12:18 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 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. 
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"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 12:34 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 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?
purplejacket4 (original poster member #34262) posted at 2:50 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
NIK you made me laugh.
Oh well, I'm leaving this balmy 4 degrees and headed today to Vegas baby!!!
Me: BS 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 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 ???
sadone29 ( member #38597) posted at 2:54 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 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."
He finally moved out only because I became on obstacle in his new affair.
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 3:27 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 3:28 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
Apparently, Hollywood is inspired ...
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 3:35 PM on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
Maybe this will help:
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Mama_of_3_Kids ( member #26651) posted at 1:33 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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
Lionne ( member #25560) posted at 2:20 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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-71 in May HIM-SAFWH-74 I just wanted a normal life.Normal trauma would have been appreciated.
Nature_Girl ( member #32554) posted at 2:26 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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!
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imagoodwitch ( member #23375) posted at 2:48 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
My family was from Russia, it's not cold
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sadone29 ( member #38597) posted at 3:44 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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."
He finally moved out only because I became on obstacle in his new affair.
SlowUptake ( member #40484) posted at 10:31 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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
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There are two kinds of people in the world.
Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
karmahappens ( member #35846) posted at 10:44 AM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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.
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Him: 47
Dday 8/2007
We have R'd
Undefinabl3 ( member #36883) posted at 1:37 PM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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.
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gahurts ( member #33699) posted at 1:50 PM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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...
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gahurts ( member #33699) posted at 1:54 PM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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
gahurts ( member #33699) posted at 2:02 PM on Wednesday, January 29th, 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
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