You know it's cold when...

[AustinBoston]

...your dog crosses her legs rather than go out (she wouldn't go out for 7 hours yesterday)...

...the digital themometer won't tell you how cold it is outside (it bottoms out at -21

[aldebnj]

...After two hours of driving your car's engine still has not warmed up to the point where the heater will work.

...You never set the parking brake and never lock your car doors because both will freeze up and leave your car inoperable until the next thaw...like July 4th.
 
Formerly from Rochester, NY now moved to somewhat warmer NJ.

[B-flat]

....you can only shovel out the driveway in 5 minute increments even though the snow plow seems to wait around the corner for you to finish.

 
.....snow is piled halfway up your windows on the outside.
 
.....the power company sends you a photo of their line guys mooning when you complain about the big bill you got for the month.:J

[luvourjayco]

The snow crunches when you walk on it.
 
The tears stream from your eyes because of the wind.
 
Your nostrils stick together if you try to breathe without covering it up.

I grew up where it took you 20 minutes to get dressed to go out and play for 30 minutes  :rolleyes:

[2manytoyz]

You know it's cold when you actually need to find long pants, and buy a jacket.  Sorry, couldn't resist!

 :S   <----  Sunshine State

[dee106]

when your looking forward to seeing the thermometer hit 32* (hasn't done that here since 1/7)

[wiininkwe]

Dee, just this morning my DH was mentioning that on MOnday it's suppose to be 'warm' out. The temp is forecast to hit 30F. LOL
T

[dee106]

Dee, just this morning my DH was mentioning that on MOnday it's suppose to be 'warm' out. The temp is forecast to hit 30F. LOL
T

yup, it will be spring when it hits 40!

[mike4947]

For those of you older folks like me:
When you forget to bring in th brass monkeys and they are missing somethings.

[topcat7736]

When you (sob) spend your Friday & Saturday nights (sob) reading the PUT board instead (sob) of camping (sniff).

[Danusmom]

For those of you older folks like me:
When you forget to bring in th brass monkeys and they are missing somethings.

ROTFLOL :J  I'm not amongst the "older folks" generation, but I can relate to this.

[Acts 2:38 girl]

What is a "brass monkey"??

[MommaMia]

What is a "brass monkey"??

The story goes: a brass monkey was a tray used aboard men-of-war ships for stacking cannonballs. Under exceptionally cold conditions, the tray would shrink to the point where the bottom layer of stacked shot would be squeezed until it would suddenly "pop" the balls out, scattering the entire pile across the deck. Hence: cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.  

[Gone-Camping]

A google search turned this up...

 
The first recorded use of the term "brass monkey" appears to dates to 1857 when it was used in an apparently vulgar context by C.A. Abbey in his book Before the Mast, where on page 108 it says "It would freeze the tail off a brass monkey." [Source: Lighter, J.E. ed. Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang. (New York: Random House, 1994): 262.]

It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship. Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification. In actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. These shot racks or garlands are discussed in: Longridge, C. Nepean. The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981): 64. A top view of shot garlands on the upper deck of a ship-of-the-line is depicted in The Visual Dictionary of Ships and Sailing. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991): 17.

[B-flat]

Well, I was going to answer and this is a family board and all.  After that Janet Jackson episode last night, I decided to wait to see what someone else could offer. :rolleyes: :J