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WEST VIRGINIA TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART

 

@ +70 degrees  Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal

underwear. People in West Virginia go swimming in the rivers.

 

@ +60 degrees  North Carolinians try to turn on the heat. People in

West Virginia plant gardens.

 

@ +50 degrees  Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in West

Virginia sunbathe.

 

@ +40 degrees  Italian & English cars won't start. People in West

Virginia drive with the windows down.

 

@ +32 degrees  Distilled water freezes. In West Virginia the Tygart

river water gets thicker.

 

@ +20 degrees  Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, and

woolly hats. People in West Virginia throw on a flannel shirt.

 

@ +15 degrees  Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat. People

in West Virginia have the last cookout before it gets cold.

 

@ +10 degrees  People in Miami all die... Elkins High students lick the

flagpole.

 

@ -20 degrees  Californians fly away to Mexico. People in West Virginia

get out their winter coats.

 

@ -40 degrees  Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in West

Virginia are selling cookies door to door.

 

@ -60 degrees  Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. West Virginia

Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

 

@ -80 degrees  Mt. St. Helens freezes. People in West Virginia rent

some videos.

 

@ -100 degrees  Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. WVU students get

frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.

 

@ -297 degrees  Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.

Cows in West Virginia complain about farmers with cold hands.

 

@ -460 degrees  ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin

scale). People in West Virginia start saying, "What are you going to do

when it gets cold?"

 

@ -500 degrees  #### freezes over. The Mountaineers win a Bowl Game!

 

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So far it's gotten cold enough for a winter coat!   I though this is proper given this year's particularly harsh winter here in West Virginia! :D

Batgirl Enthusiast

Batgirl

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@ +50 degrees  Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in West

Virginia sunbathe.

Actually...at +60 I shiver uncontrollably. Good thing I have Timmy to keep me warm

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bummed-n-Md

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ya all also hav ta member that at all temps dem dare West-by-God-Virginans is all keep'in the insides warm wit their own special anti-freeze.  

 

Some of the best 'anti-freeze' I ever had was back in a side holler off of Cabin Creek (down by WV Tech).  It was given to me as a gift by the father of a young man who was interested in joining the Marines (back when I was a recruiter).  He said the Marines were the only recruiters who would even come out to see his son and that I was the first 'city boy' he ever met who could drink shine without it taking the breadth away.

 

That 1 qt kept me warm ALL winter.

 

:P

 

bummed

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ya all also hav ta member that at all temps dem dare West-by-God-Virginans is all keep'in the insides warm wit their own special anti-freeze.  

 

Some of the best 'anti-freeze' I ever had was back in a side holler off of Cabin Creek (down by WV Tech).  It was given to me as a gift by the father of a young man who was interested in joining the Marines (back when I was a recruiter).  He said the Marines were the only recruiters who would even come out to see his son and that I was the first 'city boy' he ever met who could drink shine without it taking the breadth away.

 

That 1 qt kept me warm ALL winter.

 

:cheers:

 

bummed

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Oh yeah - I had some killer stuff too - definitely keeps ya warm no matter what the he** the weather is outside!!!  :thumb:

 

BTW, Bummed, Cabin Creek, WV has a very important and famous alumnus - Jerry West of Lakers fame (among others).

 

Good one Hill!  :P  :rolleyes:

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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Cabin Creek is right below where Tom and I used to live.  The actual creek runs through right down the hill from where we lived, in Miami, West Virginia.
HillHound Senior Enthusiast

HillHound

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Good one Hill!  :P  :rolleyes:

Thanks; I figured you guys would like that.  The truth is that the first 6 of those are pretty much true! :cool:

 

Some other famous West Virginians:

 

Dr. John Nash, the mathematician in "A beautiful mind".

Astronaut/Pilot Chuck Yeager

 

And my favorite,  Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. :hail:

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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Hey Hill don't forget......

 

Homer Hickam (Coalwood, WV)  -- the guy from "October Sky"

 

Don Knotts (Morgantown, WV)  --  Barney Fife

 

And one that not all of you will remember but he was famous when he played.....  Curt Warner (I forget where exactly in WV)  --  RB Seattle Seahawks  1983-89

HillHound Senior Enthusiast

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Homer Hickam (Coalwood, WV)  -- the guy from "October Sky"

Thanks Elwood-I was beating my brains out trying to remember Homer Hickam's name! :cool:  He's a NASA engineer and the movie is based on his book "Rocket Boys".

 

Moulder & Scully spent alot of time chasing down creepy paranormal X-Files sh*t in the backwoods of WV...does that count for making us famous too?? :P  ???

MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Yep, Cabin Creek.  :cool:

 

I was pretty sad when we left, losing friends and all, but I'm glad we moved to Summersville.  :thumb:

 

Another famous guy played for the Cabin Creek Colts little leage football team, me.  :P

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While I was a young Sergeant on recruiting duty in West-by-God-Virginia during the very early 80's, I had received a request for information and poster from a individual named Dewaye Crawford from Cabin Creek.  Being the good recruiter, I immediately tried to make contact with this individual to see if he was Marine Corps material.

 

Well, I called and got his mother.  She told me Dewayne was already a Sgt or something the Marines.  (happens a lot, active duty Marines wanting some of the recruiting posters).

We chatted a while and then I filed the card as a 'bad lead, already in' and promptly forgot about.

 

About a week or two later, on a friday night about 1700, this mountain of a man in a flannel shirt and blue jeans appears in the recruiting office doorway.  I asked if I could help him and he stated that he was looking for the Marine that called his mother down in Cabin Creek.  As that was my area, I said it was me.  He then proceeded to introduce himself as The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Leyland D. Crawford.

 

Talk about an eye opener. :rolleyes: :hail: :P

 

There is a lot more to this story (to include more than a few :cool:)  but I'll stop here.

 

bummed.

bummed-n-Md Enthusiast

bummed-n-Md

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Good one Hill!  :P  :rolleyes:

Thanks; I figured you guys would like that.  The truth is that the first 6 of those are pretty much true! :cool:

 

Some other famous West Virginians:

 

Dr. John Nash, the mathematician in "A beautiful mind".

Astronaut/Pilot Chuck Yeager

 

And my favorite,  Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. :hail:

There was a story going around at time while I was in WV recruiting that Chuck was going to get special permission to fly under the WV Turnpike Bridge over the Kanawha River as part of a celebration of one of his 'anniverseries'.  

 

I don't if it ever did happen or not, but I remember all the hopla surrounding the rumor(?).

 

bummed

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