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Old 01-22-2005, 12:40 AM
manofmayo manofmayo is offline
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A true story

Years ago I was living in Wenatchee (Eastern Washington). It had been a particularly nasty winter...snow from early November to early April....and mind numbingly cold too.

Days and nights of fridged temps (-10 w/ wind chill), I left work one Sunday night and noticed it seemed warmer outside-this was the 1st winter in Wenatchee, so I wasn't accustomed to the weather-so thinking it was above freezing, I decided to pull into a 24 hour car wash. As I am spraying down the car, I noticed the water was turning to ice on my car and windows; not thinking it was really cold, I kept going, spraying on the soap, then finally washing off the soap. As I finished, I finally realized it may be colder out than I had thought. And before I left the car wash I had to scrap the windows!

On the way home, I passed by a sign saying it was 6 degrees!
A couple of the back windows had cracked, but thankfully not the front.
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