This winter break I learned that my block heater won't turn on in -50C

Kinja'd!!! "Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif" (lumpy44)
01/02/2018 at 11:29 • Filed to: None

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Good thing the ol’ Sonoma started anyway. Oh yeah, it was -50C with the windchill the other morning. Pic from snowshoeing a few days before for......picture sakes?

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Kinja'd!!! PartyPooper2012 > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/02/2018 at 11:43

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Do you live under the ocean of liquid nitrogen? That is cold... (in case you didnt know)


Kinja'd!!! Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > PartyPooper2012
01/02/2018 at 11:46

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Canada, sooo basically yeah.


Kinja'd!!! Tripper > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/02/2018 at 11:52

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How do you actually operate in temperatures like that? Do you even? I went to college in Vermont so I’m no stranger to -10, -20°F. I’ve even been out riding on days like that with really serious gear. However -50C is a different game.


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/02/2018 at 11:52

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Do you ever get used to it? When I lived in CO I could get used to single digits, the lowest we had was -24. THAT was miserable. -50, and I would be packing up and moving south.


Kinja'd!!! Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Tripper
01/02/2018 at 11:57

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Pretty much just don’t bother. Can get frost bite in less than 2 minutes it said. Got some frost bite on my hand out of my own stupidity by whipping my nose with my bare hand and grabbing the door handle.


Kinja'd!!! Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > E92M3
01/02/2018 at 11:59

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I think it was only about -32 without the windchill. Anything more than -25 basically feels the same to me, first time breathing in the air genuinely hurt me though.


Kinja'd!!! vicali > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/02/2018 at 15:49

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Cars don’t feel windchill..

-32 sucks, but you can get colder than that; -45 on 16A coming in from Spruce froze my throttle open on my mk2 Jetta..


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > vicali
01/03/2018 at 00:08

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Spruce Froze! Ha ha! I hadn’t heard that one before.


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/03/2018 at 00:10

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It wasn’t that bad, was it? :p

That said, I didn’t do any work in the garage. Definitely too cold for that. I did try the trick of throwing a cup of boiling water into the air, and it totally does just turn into instant fog.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/03/2018 at 06:47

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-50C?

fuck that, it’s going to be 40C here on Saturday though


Kinja'd!!! Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > pip bip - choose Corrour
01/03/2018 at 09:44

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Where are you and is your spare bed a twin or queen?


Kinja'd!!! Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > BaconSandwich is tasty.
01/03/2018 at 09:49

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Think it was the day before new years eve. I was up at six and the wind chill said -50.....

Yeah we did that too, first time we just used hot water from the tap and now our deck is just icy.


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/03/2018 at 13:00

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We really should get together some time.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
01/03/2018 at 15:41

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Australia

Queen size