And I hate the heat. I feel like an ant under a magnifying glass. I love rain, snow, overcast grey skies, and wind!
What the hell am I doing in L.A.? It’s a desert, fer Christssake!
It’s a great town and all, but the weather (or lack thereof) sucks!
Rysdad wrote:
I love hot. Africa hot. The kind of hot that Tarzan couldn’t take (thanks, Biloxi Blues). Egg frying on the sidewalk hot. Steamy, sweltering hot. Parched, baked, sizzling hot. So what am I doing in Minnesota?
Dude, what the FUCK are you doing in the Minnesota!?
Get your ass down here to Austin, TX. For the past week, the temps have been closer to 110 that 100. We’re in the middle of a drought, the ground is parched, the grass is dying and my electric bill is bigger than my phone number. And this keeps up 'til late Sept. Then the highs only get up into the 80s or low 90s.
Winter? What’s that? Oh, you get a blast of cold air at the end of December or part of January. Then the wind direction changes and Gulf air comes in and we shoot up to the 60s/70s again. Everything turns green again by late February or early March. By late April it’s a blast furnance again. Then it’s brown 'til September.
Ghods, I hate this place. Give me the Upper Midwest over Texas ANY DAY
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Originally posted by Freyr
I’ve been there. In fact, I’ll be in San Antonio in two weeks for some training. I was in Dallas in July.
I LOVE IT!!!
I love the kind of hot that makes your spit sizzle on the sidewalk. The kind when chickens lay boiled eggs. Heat hot enough to melt tire rubber.
Ahhhhh!
I really love Minnesota in the summer, but when the arctic makes its annual reappearance, it bites big time.
Y’know, I can’t really believe that people like cold, snowy weather. They just like staying indoors. As for cuddling in a blanket in front of the fireplace…hell, you can do that in summer. Just crank the AC.
It’s the outdoors I miss in late fall and winter. Skiing, snowmobiling and hiking aren’t much fun when it’s actually life-threatening to breathe the air.
Tell you Texans what… We’ll build a big, insulated conduit to Texas. We’ll pump you our frigid temps, and you can send us the crude. Deal? Hell, we’ll even toss in a few million liters of water. We’ve got more than enough, what with our 10,000 lakes and all.
Yeah, it’s not so bad for a day or two. But after the 35th or 36th straight day of it, you find yourself longing for a nice blast of arctic air!
How 'bout we send you our 100°+ days instead?
Seriously, I love the fall because it means the onset of some of my favorite things - football season, Halloween, the State Fair of Texas, the end of the oppressive Texas summer, etc.