| Cold enough for you?? #225043 12/08/10 07:45 AM 12/08/10 07:45 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Mother of GOD it's friggn' COLD!
I know you guys in Ireland, Scotland, England and Europe are getting hammered, I flew over last week and I've never seen so much white stuff on the ground this early in the year, but we are even down to record lows here in Florida too!
It was down to 32F here this morning, our "normal" low this time of year should be 53F. Nice wind (too damn much wind with those temps!) but I don't own a dry suit. I only moved down here to get away from this crap!!
I hope it warms up before Tradewinds!
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#225052 12/08/10 08:55 AM 12/08/10 08:55 AM |
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Posts: 5,525 | I actually have the heat on, that's a rarity.
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#225057 12/08/10 09:38 AM 12/08/10 09:38 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Mine's been running non-stop all last night and this morning. I had to scrape the frost off the windshield using a credit card this morning to take the kids to school!
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Posts: 5,525 | Well, I've waited 'til the last minute, as usual. So, I have to go rent a pressure washer to clean the patio, walks and drive. Guests on Sunday and Debbie says it must be done.
She fractured her ankle so I'm doing the Mr. Mom stuff. I'd suggested sardines and crackers for Sunday dinner, but she wouldn't buy it. Thank God for Publix!
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#225064 12/08/10 10:48 AM 12/08/10 10:48 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | I have to go up to Washington, DC for a family event this coming weekend...I'm digging through my closet trying to locate all my old NH clothes! Damn I've turned into a real cold weather pussy with all this Florida summer weather! It was what, 85 last week? Now I've got to get dressed just to let the dogs out! You know Publix will cook you a rotissary chicken or 3, right? Might ask them if they'd do a turkey for you.
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#225093 12/08/10 07:05 PM 12/08/10 07:05 PM |
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | You asshats realize I would run Looney Toon style through the front door naked if it were 50F out.
It was negative god damn nine degree's this morning! Fahrenheit! And this is just the start! It'll be 20 degree's colder in a few weeks!
Man up you pussies.
I'm boatless.
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#225099 12/08/10 08:28 PM 12/08/10 08:28 PM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Hey, I went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NH one day in January, on a bet.
Of course I was about 18...and drunk...but I had to run barefoot for 100 yards through 6" of snow on the beach just to get to the water, then dive all the way under, stay in for 1 full minute, then run back and get dressed. I'm pretty sure the water temp was below 32 but wasn't frozen due to the salt and wave action of course. Never again! I was sick for a week.
Memories of that event and my childhood job, delivering news papers on a bike, at 6am every day, all winter, had a lot to do with my moving to Florida. You should consider it Karl.
Wearing clothes sucks...
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Posts: 396 Annapolis Md. | Tim. Remember that anytime you are in or near Washington DC your probably less that an hour from Galesville where there are, I forget how many, F-16s. There are also F-16 sailors who have been known to toss beers and tell lies so don't be shy about getting in touch with us. Ed
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#225104 12/08/10 08:55 PM 12/08/10 08:55 PM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Ed, thanks for the invite! I wish I had time but I'm meeting up with my sisters and a brother, my Mom, other family members all from NH, to attend a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, where my father is burried.
My son and I will be on the ground less than 24 hours, then we have to get back to FL for other stuff. Wish I had more time, I'd love to see you guys and have a few brews!
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#225105 12/08/10 08:56 PM 12/08/10 08:56 PM |
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | You should consider it Karl. I want to move to a better climate. I have a girlfriend that is unwilling to move. (created a nice big rift there....) and a business that is finally making me a living. The thought of spending the next five years building up another list of awesome cliental frightens me. I don't know if i could do it again. There's always working for someone else I guess.
I'm boatless.
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Posts: 5,525 | ... There's always working for someone else I guess. Not in Florida. Trust me....
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Yeah Karl, the building boom went bust here a few years ago and now it's gotten very ugly with all the foreclosures down here. You'd be a lot better off, job wise, building cabinets up there, I don't think anyone is building anything down here.
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#225298 12/12/10 06:09 AM 12/12/10 06:09 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Karl, you still alive? Delta cancelled about 400 flights in/out of MSP yesterday with the blizzard! I hope you are keeping warm.
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#225306 12/12/10 10:26 AM 12/12/10 10:26 AM |
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Yeah, I'm semi trapped in my house. My street has some 4ft + drifts on it. I live on a hill and I think I can get out, but I might not make it back till its plowed. Lucky for me, my street is the absolute last on to get cleaned up.
Yesterday was pretty nasty.
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | So, I'm out. Took me 3hrs with a snowblower to find my driveway back again. I managed to get stuck trying to get out of the garage.
I'm boatless.
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Posts: 5,525 | Yeh, it was so cold this morning I had to put on flip flops to get the paper. brrrrrrrr...
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | I wish I could lock the differentials! As is I've got 2.5 wheel drive. My limited slip has about had it in the rear axle, and the front axle doesn't have a clutch pack in it. At 7500#'s K=1/2MV^2 becomes my friend when it comes to getting through snow.
I live in an extremely small town, 210 people, and the snow plowing is handled by a couple of guys with a skid loader, and a plow on a pick up truck. I also live in a new housing development, which was supposed to have 15 houses, but only has had two built. So, I'm lucky and they plow most of the snow to the opposite side of the street where there isn't any houses. I usually don't get a big pile from the plow at the end of the driveway.
I'm boatless.
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | what was that movie with Dennis Quaid about the super cold storm that froze everyone? The last scene (from space) showed the lower 48 states (except for Ft. Myers and south) covered in snow...
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | We need to find a good year round warm spot, might be right on the equator, with great beaches for our cats, then everybody move there and sail year round!
From that old Eagles song: "Call some place paradise, kiss it good bye..."
At least the 20 degree air last night killed my grass so I won't have to mow the lawn any time soon!
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Posts: 695 Ft. Pierce, Fl. USA | "Which god by the way?" Well, not "a" god ...I was referring to "The God"... Funny you should ask...we just celebrated his Sons birthday 3 days ago...The only one who ever walked the walk to go with the talk...the one who referred to Himself as "I Am"...ring any bells? You know...the Guy that science spends all its time trying to figure out what He did, and how He did it...while at the same time refusing to acknowledge He even exists (isn't that a hoot!)...the one Who made all things, and without Him nothing has been made...surly you have heard of Him... Granted people make up their own gods on a daily bases...but rather than talking about a figment of someone's imagination...I am talking about the one who designed and created the imagination. There is a book He had written ... it gives a great picture of who He is and what He is all about...lots of people miss quote it...take things out of context...seems they pass on what they hear other people say about Him rather than reading it for themselves...you will find that most of the stanches critics are those that have read very little of it, if any of it at all. The Book is very cool and is filled with infinite wisdom...it is alive, one can read it one hundred times and find some new nugget of knowledge each and every time. If you are the impatient sort you can skip to the end and see how everything plays out...I don't want to give away the ending but I will tell you this...."The guy that dies with the most toys doesn't win" P.S. He lives in a very excluisive gated community and there is one, and only one way to get in...you have to be in tight with His Son... Jesus. | | | Re: Cold enough for you??
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Posts: 4,451 West coast of Norway | "Which god by the way?" Well, not "a" god ...I was referring to "The God"... Funny you should ask...we just celebrated his Sons birthday 3 days ago...The only one who ever walked the walk to go with the talk...the one who referred to Himself as "I Am"...ring any bells? You know...the Guy that science spends all its time trying to figure out what He did, and how He did it...while at the same time refusing to acknowledge He even exists (isn't that a hoot!)...the one Who made all things, and without Him nothing has been made...surly you have heard of Him... Granted people make up their own gods on a daily bases...but rather than talking about a figment of someone's imagination...I am talking about the one who designed and created the imagination. There is a book He had written ... it gives a great picture of who He is and what He is all about...lots of people miss quote it...take things out of context...seems they pass on what they hear other people say about Him rather than reading it for themselves...you will find that most of the stanches critics are those that have read very little of it, if any of it at all. The Book is very cool and is filled with infinite wisdom...it is alive, one can read it one hundred times and find some new nugget of knowledge each and every time. If you are the impatient sort you can skip to the end and see how everything plays out...I don't want to give away the ending but I will tell you this...."The guy that dies with the most toys doesn't win" Sounds very similar to the chap with a big beard, red clothes and reindeer. Myself I celebrated winter solstice and the coming of summer a few days ago. Summer is a real reason for celebration! | | | Re: Cold enough for you??
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Posts: 4,451 West coast of Norway | We need to find a good year round warm spot, might be right on the equator, with great beaches for our cats, then everybody move there and sail year round!
From that old Eagles song: "Call some place paradise, kiss it good bye..."
At least the 20 degree air last night killed my grass so I won't have to mow the lawn any time soon! 20degF = -6degC.. In Florida!! Wow! But dont worry about the grass. It freezes here every fall and spring, several times. I am still cutting grass every summer. I think eternal summer would be a bit boring, but our winters at 63deg N is a bit too long | | | Re: Cold enough for you??
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Posts: 5,525 | The southern gulf can be flat as a mirror and in the 90s, but that's mostly in September. In the height of summmer there is almost always a sea breeze.
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Posts: 302 Daytona Beach Florida | I'm only a block off the beach and the temp between my house and 10 ft from the water(as in Beach) can be 6 degrees cooler in the middle of the summer. And I can't belive there is that much diff betweem Ft. Pierce and Daytona beach.
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