Jealous ?

debeau · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 13, 2006, 03:59pm

For all you Umps who are freezing up ther in the Northern Hemisphere and no games .
Here in Christchurch New Zealand
4 games on Saturday 28 degrees celcius whats that about 83
5 games Sunday 25 degrees
1 game Monday night dropped down to 13 degrees ( hell it felt cold )

Looking forward to 1 game Wed night and a big 3 day tournament fri sat sun with expected temps in high 20's .
Ahhhh you must be jealous
I certainly am when you all talk about games in the middle of our winter with temps 8 or 9 degrees celcius .

Dakota · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 13, 2006, 05:28pm

Let me translate ...

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Originally Posted by debeau

For all you Umps who are freezing up ther in the Northern Hemisphere and no games .
Here in Christchurch New Zealand
4 games on Saturday 28 degrees celcius whats that about 83 yup
5 games Sunday 25 degrees 77 F
1 game Monday night dropped down to 13 degrees ( hell it felt cold ) I don't know why.. that's only 56 F!

Looking forward to 1 game Wed night and a big 3 day tournament fri sat sun with expected temps in high 20's .
Ahhhh you must be jealous
I certainly am when you all talk about games in the middle of our winter with temps 8 or 9 degrees celcius . What a weather-wimp! That's only in the mid 40's! Even THAT's not cold!

But, I do look forward to the off season; problem is, here the "off season" is almost as long as the "on season"! Give me another month or so; then ask again!

IRISHMAFIA · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 13, 2006, 06:33pm

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Originally Posted by debeau

For all you Umps who are freezing up ther in the Northern Hemisphere and no games .
Here in Christchurch New Zealand
4 games on Saturday 28 degrees celcius whats that about 83
5 games Sunday 25 degrees
1 game Monday night dropped down to 13 degrees ( hell it felt cold )

Looking forward to 1 game Wed night and a big 3 day tournament fri sat sun with expected temps in high 20's .
Ahhhh you must be jealous
I certainly am when you all talk about games in the middle of our winter with temps 8 or 9 degrees celcius .

Jealous? Of what? The weather? Ha!

I was at the top of Pikes Peak on a bright, sunny Thursday afternoon last week. The temp was in the 20's (F) with a steady 10-15 mph winds with gusts up to 25. Loved every second of it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with some cold weather.

Andy · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 02:32pm

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

...There is absolutely nothing wrong with some cold weather.

Sure, absolutely....as long as it is somewhere else!!!

FullCount · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 03:01pm

debeau

you may not have hurricanes in New Zealand but you sure have some whopping typhoons. I was on a flight from Brisbane to Los Angeles in '88 or '89 and we had to divert to NZ to wait out a typhoon. Got on the ground just as it started hitting the airport. And brother! I sure couldn't tell the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon while we were all huddled in the airport watching concourse windows leak and a few break.

AtlUmpSteve · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 03:49pm

"A typhoon is what hurricanes are called in the Pacific Ocean. Both hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones. Hurricanes are a bit more specifically defined than typhoons. The American Heritage dictionary defines a hurricane as a severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains. The same source describes a typhoon as a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans."

From an internet resource

Justme · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 13, 2006, 06:48pm

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Originally Posted by debeau

For all you Umps who are freezing up ther in the Northern Hemisphere and no games .
Here in Christchurch New Zealand
4 games on Saturday 28 degrees celcius whats that about 83
5 games Sunday 25 degrees
1 game Monday night dropped down to 13 degrees ( hell it felt cold )

Looking forward to 1 game Wed night and a big 3 day tournament fri sat sun with expected temps in high 20's .
Ahhhh you must be jealous
I certainly am when you all talk about games in the middle of our winter with temps 8 or 9 degrees celcius .

Yep, the cold weather has hit here in the valley of So. CA too. Yesterday's games were played in low 70's temps with the night game in the upper-50's. It's only in the upper 60's today so tonight's game will be in the chilly mid-50's. I kind of like this "cold" weather. Just last month it was in the 90's with summer temps reaching tripple digits everyday (highs of 100+).

wadeintothem · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 13, 2006, 09:03pm

My best shot at poetry:

Rainy .. Windy .. Cold .. Miserable

45.6 degrees on the temp thingy (thats like 1 degree celsius or something, who knows)

snow will be here soon.

I hate the snow.

debeau · #9 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 12:27am

Hell you guys it doesnt even get that cold here in Christchurch New zealand .
The coldest even in the middle of winter is minus 2 degrees then it warms up to 8 or 9 .
Generally in winter it sits around 10 or 11 degrees during the day .
All celcius by the way .Its too cold for me so occasionally I gravitate to Australia for a couple of weeks for some softball there (when my wife lets me )

wadeintothem · #10 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 02:31am

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Originally Posted by debeau

The coldest even in the middle of winter is minus 2 degrees then it warms up to 8 or 9 .

u guys and ur messed up degrees.

Dakota · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 08:19am

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Originally Posted by wadeintothem

u guys and ur messed up degrees.

Yeah, world society has been losing its soul with every passing year since the metric system was invented. Before that, systems of measurement were connected to the world of natural human experience. Now, it is just cold, abstract numbers... I mean, who the heck actually KNOWS what one ten-millionth part of the quadrant of the earth is, let alone the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second?

I KNOW how far it is from the tip of my nose to my longest fingertip with my arm extended at the shoulder! Who gives a bleep if it is hard to use in calculations... that is what computers are for!

bluezebra · #12 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 07:59pm

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Originally Posted by Justme

Yep, the cold weather has hit here in the valley of So. CA too. Yesterday's games were played in low 70's temps with the night game in the upper-50's. It's only in the upper 60's today so tonight's game will be in the chilly mid-50's. I kind of like this "cold" weather. Just last month it was in the 90's with summer temps reaching tripple digits everyday (highs of 100+).

What valley in So CA? There are many.

Bob

Justme · #13 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 14, 2006, 08:06pm

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Originally Posted by bluezebra

What valley in So CA? There are many.

Bob

San Joaquin

wadeintothem · #14 (**permalink**) Sat Nov 18, 2006, 11:04pm

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Originally Posted by Justme

San Joaquin

Um...

Of course, San Joaquin is not So Cal..

Justme · #15 (**permalink**) Sun Nov 26, 2006, 06:34pm

Sure it is. Take your map out and draw a line 1/2 way between the state (West to East).

The San Joaquin Valley begins at the bottom of the Mts (Grapevine) and extends north to around Redding. No wait, up north there it's the Sacramento Valley.

When the summer temps in Kern County are 100+ (day after day, week after week, and month after month) the more southernly places like LA and SD are in the 80's (sometimes hotter). Except the more easternly places out toward Palm Springs, it gets hot out there too.

Anything else you need to know about my neighborhood?