How do you Canadians handle the cold?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Well it's going to snow again tomorrow which sucks for me since I have a Midterm for my Java course.

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That picture is fucking Canadian eh. Yeah and people complain. Look at us have to shovel snow almost every day when big snow comes in Toronto

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

10 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

That picture is fucking Canadian eh. Yeah and people complain. Look at us have to shovel snow almost every day when big snow comes in Toronto

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At least at SFU, some of us try to make the most out of the situation.

 

[RainColt]

7 hours ago, Chaicho said:

Its barely 50 degrees here in california and since im not really moving or doing any physical activity, I get super cold, especially my fingers and toes for some reason.

Is your guys solution just a heater (which I already order) or is there a way to maintain you body warm without it.

Brute force, simply grab the cold and wrestle it into submission, our young will cuddle polar bears on really cold nights.

[TheKDub]

In winter I'm used to the temperature being anywhere from -29c (-20f) to 0c (32f) (Except for when Michigan decides that it should be 4-16c (40-60f) in the middle of winter...), yeah it's a little cold, just wear a coat, gloves, and decently thick pants and you'll be fine.

 

 

Could try the Trump method and grab it by the pussy. /s

[Bcat00]

If you aren't used to the cold, just get a Canada Goose Jacket.

 

You can roll with only a t-shirt inside at -20 and still be soaking in sweat.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Yes, Canada. It was a frozen, hostile, wasteland. And there was much work to be done, if we were to survive the elements. After boring a hole through the ice to find food, my good friend Mantook and I, would build an Igloo to protect ouselves from polar bears and flying hokey pucks. Then we would drink alot of beer, and when Mantook was ready, he would tell me the story of the Great Moose, who said to the little squirrel ‘Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.'

 

It's about 7C here right now (Northern Romania) and I've already ditched the winter coat and hoodie. T-shirt and leather jacket season is in!

 

When I'm cold it's usually because my feet are cold, which makes sense from a medical standpoint. If I'm home and I don't feel like heating up the entire house I just put on a couple pairs of socks and I'm golden. Since I have spinal issues I also make sure my lower back is nice and warm (yes, using a girdle. They're awesome during the cold season and it gets pretty freakin' cold around here at -15 with massive chill factors because of the pesky Russian wind). Outside? Long socks and work boots. And a nice beard.

[Gale]

To be honest, you just get used to it. It was around 6° C today. I went outside wearing a thin leather jacket, and it made me sweat a little bit.

[Bleedingyamato]

8 hours ago, Mooshi said:

On the flip side, I find it hilarious that my Canadian friends think 80F (26.66C) is "hot". 

But 80F is hot...  

 

Anything over like 77F and I start melting...  

 

I like the cold if you haven't guessed.  

 

4 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Well it's going to snow again tomorrow which sucks for me since I have a Midterm for my Java course.

 

1. Good luck!  ?

 

2. Try online classes if you have the option.  It takes a bit of self-discipline but trust me it's awesome not having to get up early or go to campus when it's freezing cold outside.  

 

4 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

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At least at SFU, some of us try to make the most out of the situation.

 

SFU?

[dizmo]

Haha, you dress appropriately. Just like you would for any other temperature. It's not that hard, and your body acclimatizes quite fast. If you mean inside....which I assume you do...you use your homes heating. Have you never watched any kind of TV show? Even if your home in the south doesn't need a heater?

 

8 hours ago, Mooshi said:

On the flip side, I find it hilarious that my Canadian friends think 80F (26.66C) is "hot". 

It is! Though when it was 27 or 28 my room was around 40 degrees, so I'm a little bitterly biased.

7 hours ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

It's not cold. It was 17 degrees Celsius today. 

Jealous It was like -6 here today.

7 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

I'd probably be dead if I'm in Canada right now. They'd probably won't survive our scorching hot summers reaching 98'F/37'C.

 

It actually gets quite hot here in the summer. I believe last summer Vancouver hit high 30's, and I've been in Edmonton when it crossed 40.

6 hours ago, spwath said:

3c is actually  pretty warm, for this time.

Not for Vancouver it's not

4 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Yeah space heaters shouldn't be necessary in a somewhat modern house that uses central forced air heating.

 

If you live in a shitty old apartment that leaks heat like crazy, or an old drafty house? Maybe. But space heaters use a decent amount of electricity, so they're a lot more expensive to operate compared to natural gas furnaces, etc.

Depends on the price of gas. With gas you have to heat large areas, whereas with say a small oil heater you just heat your immediate area.

4 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

Really? It's snowing in Surrey (acordar to CSF) which is near Vancouver. I thought the proximity makes the weather pretty similar. ??‍♂️

 

To be fair, that's the worst snow Surrey's gotten in probably about 20 years.

4 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

Regardless, I think Canada's weather will kill me. I once climbed up a mountain here and the temperature is 10'C/50'F and I was freezing despite my thick jacket. 

It's about the material of the jacket, not about the thickness. You could have a super thick jacket of the wrong material/shitty build quality and still freeze.

4 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Well it's going to snow again tomorrow which sucks for me since I have a Midterm for my Java course.

 

Good luck!

I still remember one of the bus drivers screaming at everyone to pile into the back of one of the artic-buses coming down the hill, it was the only way he could regain traction as it tried to jackknife.

18 minutes ago, Gale said:

To be honest, you just get used to it. It was around 6° C today. I went outside wearing a thin leather jacket, and it made me sweat a little bit.

I still haven't figured out how to dress in Edmonton and I've lived here for months. I look at the temp, see -6, think "cooolllld!" and on goes the winter jacket, end up sweating. 

[LAwLz]

lol at all the people who think 3-10 degrees Celsius is cold.

 

It was -12 where I live this morning (about 10 in freedom units). I could barely get into my car because the doors were frozen shut.

[Thunderpup]

8 hours ago, AshleyAshes said:

 

Don't you guys have furnaces in America?

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7 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Yeah space heaters shouldn't be necessary in a somewhat modern house that uses central forced air heating.

 

If you live in a shitty old apartment that leaks heat like crazy, or an old drafty house? Maybe. But space heaters use a decent amount of electricity, so they're a lot more expensive to operate compared to natural gas furnaces, etc.

I personally do have a furnace but it is an oil furnace so two space heaters, despite their large power draw, is actually more affordable to run than the oil furnace.

 

That being said even with a good central solution you still may desire a space heater if you have someone who prefers is warmer than others in their little corner of the house.  

[Clanscorpia]

3 hours ago, dizmo said:

It's about the material of the jacket, not about the thickness. You could have a super thick jacket of the wrong material/shitty build quality and still freeze.

This is very true. My winter jacket consists of an Arcteryx windproof waterproof shell, a spring jacket thickness down jacket, and a normal sweater and I can go down to like -30 in that

[Kiani]

I have seen -4 and 52 degrees celcius in the same city in IIRC same year.

[Misanthrope]

From what I remember most houses in Vancouver where properly insulated: Double windows and double walls where basically the norm. Also their power bills where very reasonable so central heat/AC wasn't an issue.

 

This is a sharp contrast vs here in Monterrey where summers are punishing (Just yesterday where reached 36c...yep in Winter. Summer it will probably go 46 or 47c for several days in a row) but when we get cold fronts (which is rare, but not unheard of) we have reached -5c or lower but the thing is that houses here are usually pure fucking concrete. They're quite fresher for the summer but punishingly cold during the rare days of real cold (it feels like a cave: you put your hand close to the concrete walls and you can feel the cold irradiating). Also power here is damn expensive for hour economy so most people really can't afford central heat or AC and only middle class folk get AC usually for just the bedrooms and usually used just to sleep at night through those otherwise 40c temps.

[Mutoh]

For me it's usually the worst near the beginning of winter cause I'm totally not used to the cold at that point and I feel like dying even if I have 3 layers on. After a few weeks or so I get used to it and then the cold doesn't bother me as much. 

 

 

[Howitz]

meh, i live in north eastern canada and  felt temperatures of -50 celsius is not so rare, -30 celsius is common and average during winter is like -10/-15/-20 celsius or so, it's not so bad, you just get used to it.

[techswede]

2 hours ago, LAwLz said:

lol at all the people who think 3-10 degrees Celsius is cold.

 

It was -12 where I live this morning (about 10 in freedom units). I could barely get into my car because the doors were frozen shut.

It was 3*C out today with sunlight. It was glorious. (Bästkusten ftw)

[WkdPaul]

As others said, it's easier to get used to warm weather than cold weather. I started wearing my winter coat when the temperature went below 10°c (50°f) and yesterday it went up to 10°c and I had to take my coat off because I was sweating too much!

 

Just add more layers, get cheap gloves and put on 2 pairs of socks. It shouldn't last long anyway.

[WMGroomAK]

8 hours ago, dizmo said:

It actually gets quite hot here in the summer. I believe last summer Vancouver hit high 30's, and I've been in Edmonton when it crossed 40

It's kind of funny... I've noticed that the further north and inland you go, the more extreme the temperatures can get (Yayyy 24 hours of sunlight in the summer and darkness in the winter!!!)  Up here at 65 North Latitude, our winters can plummet to between 40 and 60 below F (-40 to -51 C) in the winter when we have no sunlight and the polar Jetstream end up above us.  In the summer we can see between 50 and 90 F (10 to 32 C) with some unrecorded highs at or above 100 F (38 C).

[smokefest]

20 hours ago, Chaicho said:

Its barely 50 degrees here in california and since im not really moving or doing any physical activity, I get super cold, especially my fingers and toes for some reason.

Is your guys solution just a heater (which I already order) or is there a way to maintain you body warm without it.

50 ? we are in t-shirt here at that weather. its hot.

 

just kiddin. we are just like you, we put on a sweather thats it.

[Mooshi]

Just a little fyi for Canadians, summers here are like 114F or 45.55C and my room had no air con. I still stand by 80F/26.66C not being hot lmao

[MeDownYou]

15 hours ago, AshleyAshes said:

 

Don't you guys have furnaces in America?

You know of the legendary Hank Hill? He's from Texas, but that's the stuff (propane) which we use to heat our houses here.

20 hours ago, Chaicho said:

Its barely 50 degrees here in california and since im not really moving or doing any physical activity, I get super cold, especially my fingers and toes for some reason.

Is your guys solution just a heater (which I already order) or is there a way to maintain you body warm without it.

I mean it's been -15C (10F) all week (hoping it doesn't get bitterly cold again -30C (-20F)) here and you just kinda adapt. I have an hour drive everyday in my truck and it doesn't have heat...so winter coat/heated houses answers OP i guess? We had a day of 50F last week and I was wearing shorts, sandals (with socks like linus ofc) and a thin sweatshirt. 

 

TL;DR - cold is still cold put on a jacket and man up or hide away in somewhere warm

[ThinkWithPortals]

10 Celcius counts as cold in California? That's positively mild in England, especially at this time of year. Put some more clothes on, I find a dressing gown nice.

[dizmo]

5 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

This is very true. My winter jacket consists of an Arcteryx windproof waterproof shell, a spring jacket thickness down jacket, and a normal sweater and I can go down to like -30 in that

So true, I have a thermal hoodie that's super thin and I've worn that in -40. Though nothing's really thaaat comfortable when it gets down that cold!

36 minutes ago, WMGroomAK said:

It's kind of funny... I've noticed that the further north and inland you go, the more extreme the temperatures can get (Yayyy 24 hours of sunlight in the summer and darkness in the winter!!!)  Up here at 65 North Latitude, our winters can plummet to between 40 and 60 below F (-40 to -51 C) in the winter when we have no sunlight and the polar Jetstream end up above us.  In the summer we can see between 50 and 90 F (10 to 32 C) with some unrecorded highs at or above 100 F (38 C).

Aye, when you're near the water it's always a little warmer. Even places like Abbotsford compared to Vancouver can be massively different temperature wise and it's only about an hour drive apart.

I'd hate to live that far north The bears!

[dalekphalm]

13 hours ago, revsilverspine said:

Yes, Canada. It was a frozen, hostile, wasteland. And there was much work to be done, if we were to survive the elements. After boring a hole through the ice to find food, my good friend Mantook and I, would build an Igloo to protect ouselves from polar bears and flying hokey pucks. Then we would drink alot of beer, and when Mantook was ready, he would tell me the story of the Great Moose, who said to the little squirrel ‘Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.'

 

It's about 7C here right now (Northern Romania) and I've already ditched the winter coat and hoodie. T-shirt and leather jacket season is in!

 

When I'm cold it's usually because my feet are cold, which makes sense from a medical standpoint. If I'm home and I don't feel like heating up the entire house I just put on a couple pairs of socks and I'm golden. Since I have spinal issues I also make sure my lower back is nice and warm (yes, using a girdle. They're awesome during the cold season and it gets pretty freakin' cold around here at -15 with massive chill factors because of the pesky Russian wind). Outside? Long socks and work boots. And a nice beard.

Well... you're obviously not Canadian