SPRING Begins

Originally Posted by jimicrk

It was 17 degrees this morning. Burrrrrr!

Official Maine Temperature Conversion Chart
60 above	New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. People in Maine plant gardens and go fishing.
50 above	Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Maine sunbathe while fishing.
40 above	Italian & English cars won't start. People in Maine drive with the windows down on the way to go fishing.
32 above	Distilled water freezes. While out fishing, Mainers notice that the water in Moosehead Lake is getting a little thicker.
20 above	Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats. People in Maine throw on a flannel shirt so they can fish at 3:00 in the morning.
15 above	New York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Maine have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
0	People in Miami all die from shock. Mainers lick the flagpole to tell which side of the lake the ice is thinnest (so they can go fishing).
20 below	Californians fly to Mexico. People in Maine get out their winter coats, so they can drag their uninsulated ice fishing cabins out on the lake with the tractor.
40 below	Hollywood shatters into a pile of frozen faux jewelry. The Girl Scouts in Maine are selling cookies door to door among the ice fishing communities on the lakes.
60 below	Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. Maine's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough. Instead they go fishing with their folks, and work on their bare-handed catches at the ice fishing holes.
80 below	Mount St. Helen's freezes. People in Maine rent some videos to watch during their overnights in their ice fishing cabins.
100 below	Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Mainiacs get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg while fishing.
297 below	Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products. Cows in Maine complain about farmers with cold hands.
460 below	Absolute zero on the Kelvin scale. ALL atomic motion stops. People in Maine start saying "Cold 'nuff for ya?" (answer: "ayuh, 'bout time to hit the lake and catch a couple…")
500 below	Hell freezes over. The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl and the Red Sox win the World Series.