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[notamiss]

The upside is you can go to bed without putting the milk and leftovers in the fridge because the kitchen temperature is not substantially different inside and outside the refrigerator.

[Phil_K]

[cummings93]

I live in San Miguel and it is soooo cold all of a sudden. Whats worse is my classroom has no heat and and I have been taking my kids outside to the sunny spots and teaching out there. I moved here from Chapala where it really never gets cold-I have zero clothes to deal with this so I end up wearing multiple layers.

[Guy Courchesne]

Last year, my Jack O' Lanterns all turned into goo within a few days as the temps were more normal. This year, they're keeping! A sliver lining after all.

[MO39]

The cold weather in the D.F. "forced" me to go shopping at the artesan�as market in the Zona Rosa and buy a lovely warm wool cape at a really good price!

[Ruffle the cat]

My first year in Mexico San Luis Potosi it snowed and all the pipes froze the whole city believe it or not. My pipes being outside like all others froze too. So a neighbour climbed on the roof I threw up a roll of duct tape and they were fixed. Think I had the only water in the whole city.
I'm Canadian and never been as cold as that till I moved to China and taught with no heat at a University in Nanjing. We took hot water bottles to keep our hands warm. I wore all my long johns, termal socks down coat and the students kept saying it must be colder in Canada and the traditional answer is ofcourse but we heat houses, offices, cars, shopping centres etc.
now I am in Canada going back to Mexico next year and will think about taking the termal stuff with me.

[Guy Courchesne]

[GueroPaz]

For my training to do NGO work in Chiapas, I spent almost a month in Chicago, which is my birthplace. During a protest demonstration, it started snowing and didn't stop for 24 hours. 50 centimeters of snow, 25 below zero! I spent the first day of the milenium swimming in the warm Pacific, south of Tapachula.

I woke up a few hours ago to the coolest morning of the season so far, here in northern Thailand: 22 degrees.

I never had that tolerance for cold, even in Chicago. Brownsville was too cold.

[dixie]

There�s something wrong when my parents are up North golfing still and I am going to work in a toque!

The worst thing about this weather is getting up for work. The early hour and final destination are enough to keep me trying to steal as many minutes until out-of-bed time but now with the cold, I keep trying to think of ways to avoid work completely!

[Guy Courchesne]

Perhaps our fine PRD city government has a plan. They did create beaches in Mexico City (elevation 2400 meters) to beat the summer heat. What can they do for the cold, besides having 500 women run 100 meter high-heels dash?

[Phil_K]

There's going to be an ice rink in Z�calo for Christmas. Maybe they can fill the rest of the square with artificial snow. I am told the last time there was snow in the city (rather than in Ajusco or whatever) was in 1966 or 67.

[notamiss]

Time to revive last year's complaining/boasting about the cold thread.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/556477.html

What keeps you warm in bed?

-lots of clothes
-down comforter
-human company
-pet
-some of the above
-all of the above
-other

[MO39]

[notamiss]

Just buy a down comforter at the supermarket. Probably around 400 to 1200 pesos, depending on how high you go in quality. I bought mid-range ones a few years ago at Carrefour (just when they had sold to Chedraui and merchandise was marked down for clearance), and we've never had to fear the winter nights since.

[Prof.Gringo]