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Humour: Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

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Real Estate Sales Representative with Immeubles Deakin Realty

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50* F (10* C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Texans die of exposure.
Canadians plant gardens.

35* F (1.6* C)
Italian cars won't start.
Canadians drive with the windows down.

32* F (0* C)
American water freezes.
Canadian water gets thicker.

0* F (-17.9* C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60* F (-51* C)
Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100* F (-73* C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173* F (-114* C)
Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-460* F (-273* C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500* F (-295* C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

GO Habs GO!  And happy December everyone.

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Tanya Nouwens

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Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

My first feature!  Wow!  This is so exciting...

Thank you so, so much Mirela. BTW, could that picture of you be any more beautiful?!

That's right Fred.  We're a strange but friendly species : )

When we were in West Palm Beach a couple of years ago, Jane, it got so "cold" that they were issuing warnings to pet owners to bring their pets in.  We went to the beach... : )

It's usually the rain that makes me feel like that, Ty.  Thanks for stopping by.

Too funny Andrew. It snowed here this week but only left a couple of inches. The next day it melted. My boys came home from school that day and said they had a terrible day. Why? "Because all the snow melted, Mommy!"

Dec 04, 2009 02:59 AM
Mirela Monte
Buyers' Choice Realty - North Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Real Estate

You're right!  Here in Myrtle Beach we can always tell who the Canadians are.  They are the only ones in the Ocean during the off season...

Gotta love it!

BTW, I have several Canadian Clients.  They love Myrtle Beach. 

 

Dec 04, 2009 03:06 AM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

Well of course we do!  What's not to love?!

Dec 04, 2009 03:21 AM
Robert Hammerstein
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Tanya - this is great! Very funny one....Sometimes in February I feel like a Canadian... ha ha....

Dec 04, 2009 08:55 AM
Patty Hill, Broker Associate
Local Homes and Land, Inc - Summerville, SC
Local Homes and Land, Inc

Tanya, at 60*F Charlestonians ( Charleston, SC) hibernate! LOL

Dec 04, 2009 12:07 PM
Laurie Calhoun
Gloria Home Staging, Inc. - Winter Springs, FL
Seminole County FL Home Stager

Very funny, Tanya! As a former New Yorker who has lived in Central Florida for 18 years now, I used to be appalled that I had begun shivering when it got down to 50*. I remembered oh, so vividly, laughing at southerners and calling them "cold weather wimps." Then I visited NY during the summer, when the northerers were wilting in the heat, and I realized that I am now "hot weather macho." So it works both ways. Thanks for the laugh!

Dec 04, 2009 12:24 PM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

That's hysterical.

Dec 04, 2009 01:09 PM
Kim Brown
Keller Williams Realty - Keene, NH
Keene, NH - New England at its Best!

LOL Tanya!  Love the "water gets thicker" but my favorite is "Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup"...Hell would, indeed, have to freeze over!!

Go BRUINS!!  ;-)

Dec 04, 2009 10:50 PM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

@ Robert -- You do, eh?  (Emphasis on the "eh".)

At 60*F, we're commenting on the BEE-YOU-TIFUL weather, Patty.

ROTFL @ Laurie -- Hot weather macho!  Love it! 

No, no, no, Kim.  Go HABS!  : )

Dec 05, 2009 12:32 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

What's funny is the outside temp is 50 degrees and I am shivering California style ;)

Dec 07, 2009 08:32 AM
SHARON CHARBONEAU
UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES - Sechelt, BC

Tanya,

As a fellow Canadian, I enjoyed your temperature scale with comments.  But seriously for the non-Canadians out there, we don't get temperatures in the -60 range.

Come to BC for the Olympics in February 2010 and see for yourselves.

Dec 08, 2009 02:38 AM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

I think most of the continent has been shivering these last few days, Renee.

Sharon, the Olympic torch is in the Montreal area this week. I know a couple of people who are lucky enough to be torch bearers...and my kids' school is going to see it tomorrow. We're all VERY excited, but you guys must be over the moon!

Dec 09, 2009 01:44 AM
SHARON CHARBONEAU
UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES - Sechelt, BC

Hi Tanya,

I noticed on the news this morning that you are getting a dump of snow today.  My hometown is Ottawa and I love Montreal & Quebec City.   In this area, the westcoast of BC we don't usually get snow and if we do it doesn't last long.   Last year was an exception: we got snow before Christmas and it stayed.  I was in heaven!!

Apparently our Coastal bed & breakfast owners have hundreds of nites booked during the Olympics in February.  Our beautiful mountains are covered with snow and Whistler had the earliest start of season ever I think.  We are keeping our fingers crossed that the weather remains as is for all of our visitors and athletes.

GO  CANADA!!!!

Dec 09, 2009 03:50 AM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

We got 28 cm of the white stuff yesterday!  My boys and the dog are absolutely gleeful...I hurt my wrist shovelling, dammit : ) 

Wish I could be there in February, Sharon!  I skiied Blackcombe years ago.  It was only my fourth time skiing and I was there with a colleague who hadn't skiied in 25 years since he tore his knee.  We both rented equipment and had an AMAZING time!  I actually did a black diamond run -- it was NOT pretty, and I sloughed the top off of every mogul (sorry to everyone else), but I did it.  I'll never forget that trip.  You live in a little piece of heaven there, Sharon. Have a great winter!

Dec 10, 2009 03:08 AM
Dianne Bartlett
Brightside Realty, LLC - Austin, TX

Ha ha!  It's 40 degrees in Austin Texas.  Meaning:  The world is coming to an end!

Dec 11, 2009 02:51 AM
Heather Chavez
Second Self Virtual Assistance - Caldwell, ID
Real Estate Virtual, Assistant (928) 692-3235

This shivering Californian thanks you for explaining the American/Canadian temperature conversion, Tanya.

Dec 11, 2009 11:40 AM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

LOL @ Dianne.

You're very welcome Heather.  I knew there was a need...

BTW, it's minus boody hell here in Montreal this Saturday morning.  But the sky is a beautiful blue and you need your sunglasses (which will promptly freeze on your face) because the sun in shining and reflecting off all the snow.  Winter has officially arrived.

Dec 12, 2009 01:21 AM
Jane Cross
Homes By Cross serving Charlotte NC Real Estate Needs - Charlotte, NC

Tanya, that is all very funny and it is for all of those reasons that I moved from Wisconsin to the coast of Mississippi when I was 18! TOO flippin' cold! Very, very funny!

Dec 12, 2009 11:35 AM
Tanya Nouwens
Immeubles Deakin Realty - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Real Estate Broker & Stager

I hear you, Jane.  At age 18, you were already a wise woman : )

Dec 12, 2009 10:40 PM
Gerry Khatchikian
Red Lodge, MT
ASA, TRC, SFR

Tanya,

Very funny but what made me smile the most was "Go Habs Go".  I grew up in Montreal and I am part of the same fan club.   Happy Holidays!

Dec 20, 2009 01:10 AM
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