West Virginia Temperature Conversions...

HillHound · February 28, 2003

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!

SilveradoWV · February 28, 2003

Sounds right to me!!! :thumb:

Batgirl · February 28, 2003

@ +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

pipermaru9 · February 28, 2003

bummed-n-Md · March 3, 2003

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.

bummed

BlueRado · March 3, 2003

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.

bummed

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!

Elwood · March 3, 2003

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.

SilveradoWV · March 3, 2003

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

See there, Elwood too!!

HillHound · March 4, 2003

Good one Hill!

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

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 · March 4, 2003

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 · March 4, 2003

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

Thanks Elwood-I was beating my brains out trying to remember Homer Hickam's name! 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?? ???

Elwood · March 4, 2003

Silence of the Lambs -- Clay County West Virginia

MountaineerTom · March 4, 2003

Yep, Cabin Creek.

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.

bummed-n-Md · March 4, 2003

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. :hail:

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

bummed.

bummed-n-Md · March 4, 2003

Good one Hill!

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

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