Weather in Montreal: It’s snowing and I can’t get up

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Now that the first snow has melted, surfing and sandals may be on your mind. No? Wait a second.

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The sandals Steve Jobs wore while walking around his parents’ California home dreaming of Apple recently sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. A pair of “well-worn” brown suede Birkenstocks set a record for the most expensive sandal ever paid.

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“The cork and jute footbed bears Steve Jobs’ footprints shaped over the years,” the auction house said in a listing on its website. There was no buyer’s name. Jobs died in 2011 from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Go back to your boots if you want, but also think about what it would be like to walk a mile in his sandals in the summer.

In any case, Thursday’s high in Montreal will be mostly cloudy with a morning low of -7°C and a low of -6°C.