Chicagoist: Today's Weather: Sweltering

Spook

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:32:14 -0600

Whimp! Shhhhhiiii*iiiiiiiiiitttttttt, I make it a point to go out for a drink every day that the weather promises to be the most extreme and of course this includes today. And power outages in Logan Square are included and I live in the "low end" of the square, Westsiiiiidde! I just should have brought my flask is all. Hell, like my man Tupac said, "I'm ready fo what eva"!

Ingrid

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:55:04 -0600

Smussy, This works wonders: Aveeno colloidal oatmeal bath and then slather on shea butter. Stay hydrated and keep a humidifier on in your bedroom.

BlueFairlane

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:39:12 -0600

You people are wimps. No, I'm not happy about this current state, but I far, far, far prefer this to what happens in this city in August. And I say that as someone who, until recent health issues, spent most of his time working outside. You can always put on more clothes, after all, but the Western world's sense of decency will only let you take so much off ... And when the humidity reaches 7000%, even going naked doesn't really help. Given half a chance, I'd live in Alaska.

Ingrid

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:15:52 -0600

"When I was your age I had to walk ten miles in the snow with gangrenous toes to get stoned and have sex." xxoo J.L.

matilda

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:26 -0600

Indeed. But think of all the Jack London-esque tales you could spin around one or two missing digits.

smussy

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:59:19 -0600

really? cause here's the problem for me ... i CAN'T stay inside. there's the little problem of the job thing, for one. if i could truly hibernate all winter, i could consider winter a write-off instead of an icy version of pseudo-hell. i'm healthy, so i can take the heat. i won't die. but the cold ... man, it's a killer. literally.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:49:34 -0600

I ride in taxis all the time, and tip them gladly. The dispatchers are completely borked, often double and triple booking cabs or pushing time windows up or back at whim. Carriage is one of the better companies and even they were screwy this morning, calling me 45 minutes early to say my cab would be there in less than a minute. I miss London cabs so much. Roomy, clean and they dispatch within a 10 minute window anywhere in the city.

Stealth

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:48:37 -0600

Also gangrenous growths on your toes...

Stealth

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:47:37 -0600

"The sun so hot, I froze to death/ Suzanna don't you cry..."

Ingrid

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:04:40 -0600

For the first time in my life, as of this morning, I vowed that I would never again complain about the heat and humidity of summer. Cross my heart.

mhb

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:04:32 -0600

You know what? Thank you. Thanks for reminding me that it could be worse, because there's a solution to this weather: stay inside, snuggle up, drink something hot. When it's August and it's 7000% humidity and I spend six weeks straight sweating, I hate life. This weather, on the other hand, reminds me that I'm ALIVE. I can say this now because my feet finally thawed out.

JimTheBeerGuy

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:03:58 -0600

I was sweating balls by the time I got to work today. Of course, I bike to work. It's an odd feeling having a sweat-soaked back, ice in your beard and no feeling in your toes.

matilda

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:01:02 -0600

Wimps. Pain builds character.

Spook

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:56:38 -0600

What did you people do to piss off God? Good question Albanyparkour! Its not God, its Mother Nature! As Smussy and I can attest to, Mother Nature's only child is Summer. So when her child Summer is is playing and dancing her heart off in August and July, she really gets offended when some many stupid Chicagoans say "it’s too hot out side", and punishes us with these 60 degree below days. But do we learn our collective lesson? No We Don’t! Wait till next summer these people complaining now about the cold will be complaining in blessed July and August( unless the ice age is here now!), that its too hot! Don’t they understand that on the hottest day of the year, I can drink a cold beer on my deck? All you can do now is die. Sh*t, I called in sick yesterday thinking I had missed the coldest day. This morning my hands froze inside my gloves with in three minutes of being outside! Hell I droped my NY Times and didn't go back for it! I think the white dude walking behind me picked it up and denied stealing it, when I asked him if it was his in the trainstation. I should have brought a bottle of Jamesons for the commute and ride home

Ingrid

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:47:13 -0600

Or maybe it wasn't that we pissed the gods off, it was more like the taxi drivers did something to please them. I find it amusing that it takes below zero temps for people to pry their wallets open for a taxi. Everyone has their price I guess.

smussy

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:39:44 -0600

love the tag 'i'm a jerk.' cause really, marcus, why taunt? but the current horrid weather is EXACTLY why i never complain about the aforementioned weather. i just can't fathom wanting to trade the two. EVAH. not only is there the i think i might die from the cold (literally) and my face might break off if it touches air (sort of literally), but i've scratched myself to pieces for how dry my skin is. it seems no matter how much lotion i use, nothing works. i might have to resort to something i've seen in commercials for years but thought it never applied to me because i don't have a jock to itch -- gold bond. please stop, winter. please.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:21:25 -0600

What did you people do to piss off God? Was it Obama? Is this why we feel is icy wrath? Look, I'll vote for McCain now, fuck, I'll vote for Palin, just give me back the feeling in my extremities. Hey, and the cab services are all booked by the way. They're giving a 45 minute wait on all taxis, which means more like and hour and a half. Curse you Barack! CURSE YOU!

Tankboy

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:20:19 -0600

Fuck you Gilmer. Because of this weather report I wore shorts to work today. Needless to say, I can't feel my knees anymore.

that_girl

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:10:00 -0600

That is mean. While scraping the frost off my car, I took a break to sip some coffee and regain feeling in my legs, and NPR reminded me that it was -17 at O'Hare, which is about 5 miles from our place. I sighed and got back out of the car to finish scraping. And the whole way to work they kept reminding me it was -17. Damn you, NPR.

mich

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:06:42 -0600

At first I thought this was cruel, but now I welcome the reminder of why I actually live in this city...

bunnybear

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:39:10 -0600

Don't try to deny our weather Marcus. Revel in it. We don't need LA's sunny 80s and beaches. Stay positive. We're gonna reach positive temperatures today. The sun is out. It's Friday!

Louis Frascogna

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:32:25 -0600

I'm pretty sure we are still laughing. You have a blanket with arm holes. Now a blanket with slippers, I could use one of those.

kgvs72

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:21:46 -0600

Bogus. I thought I was in the wrong website for a second.

Rob Christopher

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:20:51 -0600

God, I'm sick of this heat! I wish it were January and like 10 below right now!

kgvs72

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:20:33 -0600

You're wrong. For a second I thought this was Sydneist.

pantagrapher

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:15:57 -0600

I think I have sunburn. I can't feel my face.

BentXY

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:12:24 -0600

Marcus, that's just plain mean!

Ingrid

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:09:34 -0600

And they laughed at me for buying a Slanket. Ha. Who's laughing now????