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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    It was -11F here yesterday, and a bit windy. It did seem a little nippy, however it's not really cold until your nostrils start frosting and almost feel like they are going to freeze shut. Where I grew up it averaged -20F through all of January. The snow used to squeak like styrofoam when you walked on it and they never closed the schools for any reason. I don't know about the school buses because I always walked to school. We just dressed for the weather. When your fingers and toes started burning/hurting from the cold, it was time to go inside.
    I've never met anyone from Yellowknife before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    It could be due to icy roads. Most southern towns aren't really equipped to deal with it.

    I used to have hockey practice outdoors at -10F, so I agree that 17F doesn't pose any kind of hazard, if you're dressed properly.

    It's hard to stop a school bus on a sheet of ice, though.

    I would think if that was the reason it would have been made clear but if not that could explain it. If it had been warm enough to produce freezing rain the night before .
    Was your practice outdoors like our ice rink was? I can even remember playing street hockey at -20 . I'd come home with the cuffs of my jeans frozen board stiff. We'd be running and generating enough heat to melt snow when we knocked each other in the snow bank ( our boards) then it would freeze when we stopped. At least that was our theory of why it happened.
    I will say that today's boots are better . I remember how white my toes would be on those days.
    Sandlot sports were some of the best times of my life. Then those hormones took over ! . Even so we still played occasionally.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    I've never met anyone from Yellowknife before.
    LOL, not that far north! However, climate is cyclical and winters were a bit colder back then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    It was -11F here yesterday, and a bit windy. It did seem a little nippy, however it's not really cold until your nostrils start frosting and almost feel like they are going to freeze shut. Where I grew up it averaged -20F through all of January. The snow used to squeak like styrofoam when you walked on it and they never closed the schools for any reason. I don't know about the school buses because I always walked to school. We just dressed for the weather. When your fingers and toes started burning/hurting from the cold, it was time to go inside.

    I can remember a stretch in February 79 of over a week when it started out at -40 or colder every morning! It seldom if ever got above zero that week. We probably can't quite compare with yellow Knife but yeah if you dressed for the weather, kept moving and got the hell inside if the wind came up when it was well below zero you'd be OK.
    Those days taught me a lie. That I could eat whatever i wanted , whenever I wanted and burn it off. That ended in my 30's! LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I would think if that was the reason it would have been made clear but if not that could explain it. If it had been warm enough to produce freezing rain the night before .
    Was your practice outdoors like our ice rink was? I can even remember playing street hockey at -20 . I'd come home with the cuffs of my jeans frozen board stiff. We'd be running and generating enough heat to melt snow when we knocked each other in the snow bank ( our boards) then it would freeze when we stopped. At least that was our theory of why it happened.
    I will say that today's boots are better . I remember how white my toes would be on those days.
    Sandlot sports were some of the best times of my life. Then those hormones took over ! . Even so we still played occasionally.
    Yep, outdoors and we had to make our own ice.

    We all had long hair at the time and the sweat would make it freeze.

    If someone pissed you off enough, you'd just reach out and break off their hair.

    It was probably the best time of my life, even with the stops and starts drills.

    Yeah, hormones lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I can remember a stretch in February 79 of over a week when it started out at -40 or colder every morning! It seldom if ever got above zero that week. We probably can't quite compare with yellow Knife but yeah if you dressed for the weather, kept moving and got the hell inside if the wind came up when it was well below zero you'd be OK.
    Those days taught me a lie. That I could eat whatever i wanted , whenever I wanted and burn it off. That ended in my 30's! LOL
    Really cold weather causes you to burn calories quickly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I can remember a stretch in February 79 of over a week when it started out at -40 or colder every morning! It seldom if ever got above zero that week. We probably can't quite compare with yellow Knife but yeah if you dressed for the weather, kept moving and got the hell inside if the wind came up when it was well below zero you'd be OK.
    Those days taught me a lie. That I could eat whatever i wanted , whenever I wanted and burn it off. That ended in my 30's! LOL
    Just for the record, I have no idea if the doctor is from Yellowknife.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    Just for the record, I have no idea if the doctor is from Yellowknife.
    I'm not. That's too cold for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    Yep, outdoors and we had to make our own ice.

    We all had long hair at the time and the sweat would make it freeze.

    If someone pissed you off enough, you'd just reach out and break off their hair.

    It was probably the best time of my life, even with the stops and starts drills.

    Yeah, hormones lol
    For me it could be hockey, football, whiffleball, soccer, and games we simply made up. It's like the sandlot was my home for a few years! If IO could and could find other old dudes who still could I'd still play now. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    For me it could be hockey, football, whiffleball, soccer, and games we simply made up. It's like the sandlot was my home for a few years! If IO could and could find other old dudes who still could I'd still play now. LOL
    I played hockey into my 50s, but I stopped in an attempt to delay trading out my OEM knees.

    I still skate once in awhile, though. It's the closest thing to flying that I know of.

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