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-41 in 1955 I think. River Elbe froze so thick that 10 tonne tracks were driving across it. We went skating on the river and as I took my boots off to put on skates my feet lost all feeling. We run back to my granny’s place and she made me to put my feet to the bucket with cold water. And the water felt very hot.
Later on when I was working as electrician, we often worked in –20 to –28. At those temperatures the plastic sheathing on electrical cables become brittle like glass. If you hit it or try to bend it, it shatters like glass.
I don’t think I would survive those temperatures today after living in Australia for 40 years.
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