I give to you: A play by play of my thoughts while waiting for my (very) delayed bus in -35C weather.

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Leaving work, feeling confident.

I've lived here all my life - I got this shit. Cold? PAH!

Bus is 5 minutes late. Mildly annoyed. I shall persevere.

10 minutes. Getting concerned.

Left the scarf at home today. Much regrets.

15 minutes. Face, legs, and toes starting to hurt.

I never wear ski-pants. I really need to get ski-pants. More regret.

Oh shit?? That's my bus right?? I swear I can see it!

Off by one number. Not much bus. 20 minutes late.

I pray for death.

Bus stop is getting packed. TFW you realize it is going to be a fight to get a spot on the bus.

Fucking bring it, I will fight you mate. I will fight your grandma. I will fight your dog. I will fight your aunt's second cousin who is out for the holidays. IDGAF. Fight me!

IT FINALLY COMES

THE BUS IS HERE AND I AM ON IT. PRAISE FUCKING EVERYTHING.

Passing by people still waiting for a bus.

Everyone from my stop got on, but by stop 2 the bus was full.

Finally home.

Nose both stuffed and running at the same time. What is this fresh hell?

Under blankets for the rest of the night.

Took about 2 hours to defrost.

To all those who work outside in this weather, or who do not have a place to go when it gets cold - this was nothing compared to your struggle. I can't imagine spending the day or an evening outside on a day like yesterday.

All the best to everyone this winter!
Except to those who do not experience it.
You are the worst.
Get out, I can't even look at you in your shorts. It's December - you are a monster.

EDIT: Oh hey cool, front page! To celebrate, here is a very fitting song by The Weakerthans about good ol' Winnipeg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k

NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior

I've been ice fishing in that temp. Even my Finnish blood didn't quite protect me. Had to put on a sweater....

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HoldMyRootBeer

Your time invested in this alone is FP worthy. Hey FP, join us

NerdN1

Used to live north of Chicago. Now live just north of L.A. There isn't a winter here. It is more of an extended Fall season.

SlickerThanNick

feels like -13F here in Binghamton, NY (-25C) with the wind. i feel your pain. i was outside for 15mns. i had enough.

wolfshades

I felt your pain, @OP . Living in frigid Toronto, when you expect the buses to show up in 5 minutes only to have 3 in a row show up in 25.

There is a slower bus I could have grabbed, but mine usually passes it. 4 of them went by at once. Should have known something was up.

carrotsoup

Public transport services in Montreal sucks. I don't know how many times I almost froze to death waiting for a bus that never came...

PlaneMan

Bus comes once every hour. It simply didnt show up one time. Not fun

LyingSOB

Last time i waited on a bus, i prayed it wouldn't show up.

Your username would have me believe that you are perhaps not telling the truth?

Dannyxrain

I'm from SoCal. I'll trade you some warmth for some rain

How about we send you all the snow so it can melt over there instead?

As long as we don't send it over any cursed native lands

ThePaleTexan

Lived that for 23 years. This morning I played with my dog in shorts. All my amily is still up in the cold though. That's the price I paid

I'd have gladly left my family and loved ones for some warmth yesterday. They should come to you instead!

They always say that they will, but seeing them means I bought a plane ticket. I do recall times like that. It's frozen into my memory.

Puddingninjah

I'm wearing shorts, Australian so I don't think that counts. I could never live in a place that cold. nooope.

sittingherethinkingthinkingimsittingherelisteningtoyou

Yup I AM A MONSTER. 58 in my part of Cali rockin the shorts. People think I'm crazy though.

15°C? Yeah that's shorts, T shirt and a day at the beach.

Anakinstasia

How do you survive??? (Shivering @ 54°F Los Angeles)

blicq

It's nice to see a fellow Winnipeger on the FP. And that flaming car was crazy.

It was the accident on the Disraeli that caused all the commotion. Looked pretty awful. :s That said, my day could have been a lot worse.

samsquampch

God I love living in california

PropainAndPropainAccesories

I feel your pain :') been walking for 5 years in Michigan to work. 45 minute walks every day. Inb4 why no car student/medical debts woo

WhatsInANameMeByAnyOtherNameWouldBeJustAsLonely

Yay CA, just some mild rain and mid 50s, was in short sleeved shirt and sandals.

Deadcool

Ah classic Winnipeg busses.

officialgifpolice

Today is December 16 in Australia. It is 40° Celsius outside and I'm dying.

Fucking cuntweasel how do you even fucking breathe

ikma

I was halfway to writing "It's Dec. 16 everywhere?", then looked at my phone and realized that it is not, in fact, Dec. 16 everywhere.

redtruck

May a spider invade your warmness..

7Spades

Well, they'll be having winter when we have summer, so it evens out.

zelmagustar

I'm in Miami! It's 86 degrees today!

and you're on imgur... get outside!!

Brunitski

Meanwhile in Australia.... ho fuckin ho cunts. 42 degrees. Celsius.

IntrovertTurtle

I missed my Christmas party cuz -32 + no cabs + no uber, meant I wasn't waiting outside so it was a no go. Godspeed.

I'm expected to attend mine tonight and I can tell you that I'm not gonna enjoy the ride back to the other side of the city (-34C)

I heard people had to wait outside just to get cabs home so it was for the best that I skipped. Good luck!

Thankfully our Christmas party was early this year, so it was still only around -10. Would be tempted to bail if it was now!

I'd for sure gone to mine at -10! That's still bearable for a little wait.

sorrel1000

As someone from Texas..."Only around -10." ?!?

themadgeographer

Wyoming here. Can confirm. But -10c is 14F. So still above zero in America speak.

The trouble with Wyoming is it is 50F now and in 12 hours it will be -12F. It makes it hard to plan.

tinythunder

And this is why I moved to Las Vegas from northeast Pennsylvania. Fuck the cold.

mallywanders

-31 F for Americans wondering

justanNPC

saw this was in celsius. was ready to talk shit( I work outside in Minnesota). thanks for keeping me from looking like an asshole.

bongles

Negative anything in anything is too cold for me

setaymit

It's a pity it wasn't -40. Else he could have just said 'minus 40' without needing to clarify which unit

Neednoggle

This my second winter living in Vancouver, and I'm beginning to forget what actual cold feels like.

To be fair to the coastal people, wet cold can be just as miserable as dry cold. Except you guys don't get cold...fair to the maritimers.

klubai4

I live in northern Sweden. I'll take -20 here any day over the worst freeze of my life: -1 in Stockholm and windy. IT HURT EVERYWHERE.

I mean seriously when damp air that's half frozen gets blown in under your clothes ... there's just no staying warm.

Yes. Our -10 seriously feels like northern -20. Coastal cold gnaws its way into your bones.

Absolutely; I grew up in Nova Scotia and it gets just bitterly cold. I would compare -20 there to -35 in Alberta or eastern BC.

My sister moved from Winnipeg to Halifax. Hated both winters equally. Difference is it is easier to warm up from dry cold. Slush sucks!

Slater0

I feel your pain. I once lost my gloves on a windy -29C day. I cried frozen tears walking home.

Honestlyzerg

Ahh the wind usually mades my eyes water in winter. Loved my eyes freezing shut, good times walking home from school.

Poor, poor soul. :( https://media.giphy.com/media/iRjB2mfESqgec/giphy.gif

EpicN

The Kyle gif got me.

Imthedudeplayinthedudedisguisedasanotherdude

It's 59degrees Fahrenheit here, and there's some light fog. So I fully understand your plight @op

SidneyHarbor

It may be hot in the summer here, but the winters are beautiful and I don't have to shovel sunshine in July.

sorryyouhavebeenchopped

It's -3F in Minot ND

pjmontbleau

High of 79 in Houston today, had the ac on. Tomorrow will be a high of 41, I plan on the city shutting down

Jesus cunt licker that's fucking TOASTY. That's what I heat my shop *up to* during the day. Working in my t shirt.

MyNameIsJeanValjean

Not sure how you're surviving that cold of a temperature

Barley

Not sure if you spelled barely wrong or if you meant barley, like a reference to beer. Either way, I'll upvote.

cinnamonster

FeersumEndjinn

What is that in non-freedom units for us living in countries where sanity prevails?

RayMC

I gotta say that I prefer metric for practically everything except temperature. Fahrenheit has extra precision. Its more specific overall.

Have you heard of this thing called a decimal point? Metric has infinite precision. Also, Fahrenheit has arbitrary freeze and boiling pts.

asanimgurianiliealot

About 15 communisms.

15 degrees Celsius

StoptheInfamousElGuapo

I have experienced -35F which was plenty cold enough....I'm currently in Houston, which has 11 months of summer, so I get to "enjoy" the

opposite side of the misery spectrum....

I too am in Houston (well, Greater Houston, anyway), and I must say, as someone who find 1 month here unbearably cold, I couldnt live in (1)

I currently live in Richmond, but will be moving to Missouri City as soon as possible (to be closer to my NEW JOB!!)

any place north of here. Certainly not -30 Temps!

I don't think I would want to live any place colder than Cheeseheadistan where I stayed for 3 years. There comes a point where you can't

put any more clothing on AND YOU'RE STILL COLD!!

jakefromreddit

As someone who lives in Hawai'i:

jamgur

South Florida here- fighting 82 degree weather. I had my AC set to 70. Does that count?

puffthemagicdracula

Living in Florida and feeling the same way. It's 59 tonight and it feels "cold" to us haha

AnAverageBrazillian

As someone that had a +40ºC day, i can't say we're that better

damelamusica

As someone who has done both -40C and 40C, HEAT IS BETTER.

Well, if you have AC and everything. But try to go to university w/o even fans. It's PURE HELL

No, it's sucky, but not hell. Hell feels like the wind is a splash of acid on your face because it is so cold it feels like it burns.

doctorbees

At least we don't pay $5 a gallon for milk.

Sekolah

More like 7-8

sulfuratus

Woah, that's like 1.25€ per litre. WTF, Hawaii?

They have to import almost everything, thus it's more expensive.

I'm aware of that. Nevertheless, it's still twice the German price.

hoopinghannah

Twice the price as on mainland as well! (USA)

Auch, wie gehts!

eroso

Here up in the north worse isn't the cold, it's the darkness. I work during the nights so now it's been a week since I've seen the sun.

phantomIimb

How far north?

Latitude 60.16985569999999 - Helsinki / Southern Alaska

How far North are you? The sun setting around 5pm here is bad enough, I don't know how you far North peeps handle it.

3pm here. I blast all the lights on at my place when I'm awake. But damn.. it really takes up the energy when ur body thinks its night 24/7.

Damn. Well here's hoping you get a pile of Vit D pills and a sun-bed/lamp for Christmas this year!

Thanks :) Winter solstice is fortunately quite soon + overdose of light during the summer will even it out.

mysticryane

In all fairness I have to deal with Arizona's 117 F summers to be able to enjoy these mild winters. But you are braver than me so bravo.

Slipp0

I'd rather it be 117 F than -31 F. Cold sucks ass.

I am 50% ginger, Arizona would kill me within a week.

Not if you keep to the shade. I lived there til I was 9 and have visited every year since, only burned to peeling once when I swam 4 hours

With no sunblock. If you have good AC and insulation, decent hats, and wear sunblock, you'll survive. I'm 3/4 pasty blond and 1/4 redhead.

(And I'm someone who burns in 15 minutes outside, so you know I've got an accurate view of your plight.)

In case anyone is curious - a major accident shut down the overpass a few blocks away. Then a car caught fire in the same stretch. Winnipeg.

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zsefvgb

Really excited to go home and have Ottawa -20. The -10s here in Albany ae trowing my wardrobe off

DRinkWis

Lol I work outside. No sympathy. - 7 Fahrenheit - 15 or - 25 with wind chill.

Can't even imagine. Very lucky to work in an office!

Nissie

Brandon here. I couldn't have described the angyish better.

Turbosnailz

It happens too often here

olivierlabbe

We are supposed to received this cold draft tonight here (Quebec city) hope my car will start tomorrow!

DoeDoesMum

Yes sir ! It's in Ontario right now. We got 40+ centimetres of snow today and it's -22 plus windchill. It's nasty.

helloimsebastian

I feel you bro have waited for a train in -25 degrees for over half an hour i swear thars the longest 30 mins i had

MrZiddz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k

MasterBearington

Same temp 2 hours south of you in Grand Forks. I was legitimately concerned to leave the house with my 9 month old son to get him to daycare

ITryToOnlyRespondInGifs

TheRealestJP

Fucking Winnipeg. Why do we live here?

The artisan doughnut shops?

itschinbo

Ay! My home. Wait, which overpass?

Disraeli

BananaForScaIe

Pegger! I'm in TO but I've lived there three times. And today was my first day of winter with almost identical (-25) situation!

FemaleINTJ

Get a heated jacket. I love mine, it keeps me nice and toasty even when it was 9 degrees today.My legs were still cold but that was my fault

Squanch

Ive seen two flaming cars in winnipeg in the past month, whats going on?

MakinGreenWithIceCream

Oh man in Germany it's always like 10 degrees C. We rarely ever have snow and when it snows, the snow just melts instantly :(

messmor

I was wondering where in Canada this was going on. Then I saw Winnipeg. You guys are so much more hardcore than us in Toronto.

TheAdventuresofStealy

Seriously. I even compared Matthews' and Laine's most recent goals and Laine's was way better. Not sure why he looked so bummed.

Scave

Sounds like a Canadian winter alright, for some reason I keep my outdoor job through them.

Yourfavoritebandsucks1974

Thank you for good OC... uh... OP!

themostcomfortablehat

Where?? I have been studying all day and haven't left the house

Trollibear01

The one on portage and main

contrabille

Sorry about that jets record.

At least y'all got Laine tho.

emmtastik

Dude!!! Me too!!!! I think I actually froze my butt on my way to my exam. I have those hand warmer things in my butt pockets right now ????

torontosfinestraccoon

-35 and bus running late? I was almost certain you were from my town!(Thunder Bay).

mcauliflower23

I was reading this right after having caught my bus.....45 minutes late. I relate so hard. Thanks winnipeg!

BubbleSquadCommander

Currently -15 here with wind Cant feel legs send cocoa

moosehortons

Calgary has been - 25 or so all week but wind chill is making it definitely into - 30

CouldHaveBeenHitler

Apparently the Venetian Snares dude was right - Winnipeg *is* a frozen shithole.

lichtly

Hey what is the #9 source?

Reverse image search says Cabin Boy. I have never seen it, GIF just worked!

DavidBrooker

I drove through Winnipeg twice, -40 both times. What a city!

WonkyTaco

God damn there are alot of winnipeggers on this site! Go Jets go!

alwaysL8

I was sitting here reading this thinking "This sounds like Winnipeg". Home sweet home!

Pharsydephreak

Same!

kharkol13

Winter peg represent!

iWandsOut

Home sweet frozen home

Used to be. Three times! I miss the people and Chinese. Not the cold or insular community or MOSQUITOES

SlevinOrKevkevOrKevin

I crashed my car at the first snow storm... I am ashamed

I live off of Portage, so I could hear the sirens going all morning. Glad to know someone who contributed. Hope it wasn't too bad!

hobbitlyfe

Winnipeggers unite!

poirierpear

Winterpeg

I knew this was about Winnipeg as I read the title! -35, delayed bus, life of a winnipegger. Also, Go Jets Go!

AttackOfTheSpaceBat

As a southern USA resident I thought "you know, if Trump gets elected I may have to move to Canada." Then I saw this post and I thought 1/2

"you know if Trump gets elected I may have to move to Mexico because fuck that -30° shit.

LeeBoy72

As a fellow Winnipegger. I know I can't compare because I have a car. But damn it feels good to see someone sharing in the struggle.

LordOfTheIdiots

I had the same experience in Winnipeg last week after we got dumped on

That was an awful time. It at least wasn't terribly cold (in comparison to now at least), but still so very shitty.

I had to shovel through the two feet of snow

ThikLikeOatmeal

Edmonton is going to be above zero on tuesday

https://media.giphy.com/media/e03UozELSlS3m/giphy.gif

Edmonton and Winnipeg arguing about the weather is like the USMC and Army arguing about who has the shittier deployment.

What? I'm not arguing. I'm Bragging. Above 0 in December? Are you fucked? Where do I live? Fiji?

If it was Calgary, that'd be normal. But Edmonton should be as bad as us! Suffer with us, damnit!

RebelSyd

Didn't even need the comment to know this was winnipeg. My buses have been late since the snow fall but the 45 that day damn.

UWantSumFuk

To be fair, the buses in Winnipeg are 20 minutes late half the time without any accidents

My bus has about a 75% chance of being on time. Which is pretty good for Winnipeg! I'll take what I can get.

reddelta

Get a car?

I'd rather pay $80 in bus fare to get to work than ~$200 a month in parking.

Our civil planners had this bright idea a while ago where they fix all our problems with six new traffic lights

Have you been in winnipeg?

I was reading this as a Winnipegger thinking "hah, so we're not the only ones"

Hahaha we are so alone, and so cold. Cold and alone.

It's cool that you mention people who work outside. My brother works building basements with 0 shelter, I've got mad respect for him.

My boyfriend would work outside up until it snowed and that was bad enough. Winter workers are hardcore shit.

thecolonels

Edmonton just had a week of -35, too. I went outside with wet hair and oh boy

ZnozWoodlands

Hey fellow winnipeger here. What part of the city was it in. And ya yesterday was fucking brutal out

Downtown. There was an accident on Disraeli.

And the car on fire was at portage and main

Yup that'll do it. Im in trashcona

TheLichShallReign

winterpeg. why do we live where the air hurts us?

Vegonbrei

Hard to leave when your car wont start...

TotallyNotJaimeLannister

Idk spiders? Gators? Skeeters?

everything's angry here. But you haven't really lived until you've run for your life from a canadian goose.

That literally sounds like a nightmare

Establish dominance and run into their pack

Winnipeg is actually terrible for mosquitoes in the summer

And the ticks!! I grew up in Alberta, we had cougars in our yard sometimes but I'd still rather have that than the geese and ticks.

But they die in the winter

That is a plus. They actually did a poll here: Winter or Mosquitoes. Winter won. Fuck mosquitoes!

Not dead enough

NurseryRhymeNightmares

I have a good friend in Winnipeg who introduced me to imgur and I got excited for a sec. But alas you are not him.

I am not him, nor a him. But I know many him's, so he is probably one of them. We all know each other in Canada!

Haha that's awesome

jpb103

I'm in Thunder Bay. Here, when your eyelids freeze together and you choke when you try to breath, you know it's cold.

rainbow404

Really?!?! I feel like I need to visit your fine city to test this out!

kcalam

My hometown! Can vouch. The frozen nostrils always get me.

It's cold when my nose hairs start sticking together with every breath.

Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. The three top Canadian cities! For cold and murders. (I have family out there actually!)

Murder capital of Canada! I've never personally been murdered, so I think it's pretty nice here. PM me if you're in town and want a beer.

Oh you have to come to Winnipeg for the murders. You haven't lived until you've been murdered in Winnipeg.

Its too true