jgoins Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2012 12:20PM

Me too if I never see another snow flake in my life I will be happy.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2012 04:06PM

have you tried gloves? they're pretty good..

Onyma Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2012 10:11PM

The world is backwards. This is the third year in a row that we have had basically a 'non-winter' here in southern Ontario (Canada). Considering that 'typical' by February used to be snow drifts halfway up my kitchen window, the fact I've taken my shovel out of the basement once in about 3 years is just plain freaky. We got an inch or two of snow last night but come Monday it's going to be above freezing again all week.

I am not complaining.

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2012 12:11PM

Here in Arkansas we just got a winter weather advisory for Monday with 4 inches expected, then the temps are supposed to rise around 60 for mid week. Hopefully that will spell the end of winter for us. I cannot put enough clothes on a stay warm anymore, but I can take off enough to stay cool or use my air conditioner. Heaters just don't work as well when I got older.

quasi Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2012 03:20PM

I've lived in Southwest Florida my entire adult life, over 30 years, and the cold seems to bother me less now than it did just a few years ago. I think I spent so many years working outdoors in the summer heat that my internal thermostat is broken and I prefer the cold.

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: February 14, 2012 12:19PM

I spent most my time in the Navy in the tropics and after I got out I hated winter and just couldn't get warm since.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 14, 2012 05:09PM

I've lived and traveled all over the United States. We get a lot of rain here in the Pacific Northwest but the weather is really mild compared to many other places so I like it here...

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: February 15, 2012 12:00PM

Pacific Northwest is beautiful but entirely too much winter. Arkansas has less winter but still too much. I'm hoping for polar shift to occur.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 15, 2012 04:11PM

i would immediately reconsider wanting a polar shift more than 1 degree from the normal float.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 15/02/2012 04:12PM by fossil_digger.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 15, 2012 05:08PM

You're right JG, PNW usually has entirely too much winter. This winter has been mild for a change. There have a been a couple of storms that were nasty but over all it's been better. I really like the weather in California but I can't stand living there. Too many people = too many idiots and assholes. I lived in California growing up but as soon as I was able to I got the fuck out of there and moved to Oregon, where my mom was from. I've been here ever since except for a couple of short stints that I gave California another try.

I have visited some of the southern states but they seem too warm and humid to me. It would be nice if I'd have grown up in that region and was accustomed to it though. I like the people there. Oregonians are a lot like southerners in many ways.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 15, 2012 05:20PM

California is the "Cereal State"
chock full of flakes, nuts, and fruits...

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 16, 2012 02:27AM

It's 2/3 cereal and 1/3 taco.

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: February 16, 2012 11:11AM

One projection for a polar shift I saw was a 40 degree shift and put the equator just below New York. That would put Arkansas just south of the equator and that would be fine for me.

Hot and humid is easier for me to get used to than cold and dry. I set up at an outdoor fleamarket every weekend and many years the summer temps exceed 90 degrees and all I need is a good fan blowing to get through the day. In the winter with 20 degree temps and north winds of 20mph there is nothing I can do to stay warm. Even going home won't warm me up in the winter. Been doing the fleamarket for 25 years now and love it but low temps make it difficult. Guess I am getting old.