In Other News... a Alberta Clipper beat me up last night!Yesterday I got caught in a Nor'Eastern phenomenon; when the North American Jet Stream decides to take a dip South, it makes a precipitous drop in local temps. As in it was around zero yesterday afternoon when I went out to do grocery shopping... by the time the sun went down, it was -20°C with windchill below -30°C.
I was doing fine yesterday with only my normal coat... on the very brief trips to the car I'd just turn my collar up against the wind. THEN I went to put gas in the car.
The gas station was a fucking wind tunnel, and by the time I'd finished pumping (6-8 minutes), to protect my burning ears I had my coat hiked up around my head like when we'd play Headless Horseman for Halloween as kids.
When I woke up this morning, it was clear I'd gotten a bit of frostbite... not enough that bits fall off, but it still feels like when grandma would box my ears for giving her sass.
So, today I decided to give my wife a Unicorn wearing earmuffs. mnem