# I've just lit the grill and I'm wearing shorts.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 6, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898 "2007-01-06T02:40:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/1 "2007-01-06T02:40:16Z")
It’s 9:37pm, on January 5, in Massachusetts. And it’s 56° outside. I’ve always wanted to grill in the winter. Even more, I’ve wanted to grill on my birthday. I hope the weather holds so I can do this again next Saturday.
I can’t wait. Soon, I’ll have some nice grilled steak with corn on the cob. I’ve got some beer and mashed potatoes too. This is gonna be a good night.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/2 "2007-01-06T02:47:56Z")
Any night that you have a nice grilled steak is gonna be a good night. Even a hamburger is transformed when it’s grilled.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/3 "2007-01-06T03:23:07Z")
56!! It was 56 here today, too. S-S-SO C-C-C-OLD!!! I could barely make it from the house to the car and then from the car into work. Holy crap, is it cold out. Brrrrr.
That’s what living here 10 years does to you.
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### Author:  [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/4 "2007-01-06T17:18:24Z")
Seventy degrees here in NJ. We have the windows open and the heat off. I love it. OTOH, I got a call earlier from my sister in Las Cruces, NM. It was snowing.
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### Author:  [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/5 "2007-01-06T17:41:58Z")
52 and cloudy here, but it was in the 60s yesterday and raining.
I’m probably grilling burgers tonight.
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/6 "2007-01-06T17:45:54Z")
It’s been hovering around freezing in TBay – a couple of years ago it was around 30 below.
This year’s warmth and the ongoing drought have caused very poor skiing.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/7 "2007-01-06T20:06:22Z")
Frickin el nino.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/8 "2007-01-06T20:13:22Z")
70 here in Philly today – I think I’ve probably worked outside in January before, but not planting bulbs and doing some cleanup. And definitely not wearing just a long-sleeved T-shirt.
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### Author:  [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/9 "2007-01-06T20:29:00Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever worked outside wearing just a long-sleeved t-shirt. 😛
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/10 "2007-01-06T21:02:34Z")
That’s reassuring–I’d hate to think you lit the grill while you were nekkid 😃
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### Author:  [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/11 "2007-01-06T21:11:09Z")
It’s 84 degrees here in West Palm Beach. Almost everyone is in shorts today, and many of my neighbors are down by the pool. Unfortunately I have to finish a big project for work, so I’ll be sitting in front of my laptop.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-lit-the-grill-and-im-wearing-shorts/386898/12 "2007-01-06T22:00:14Z")
I just went for a 30 mile ride through Lexington and Concord. Making the best of a bad situation.
BRING BACK WINTER! This sucks in so many ways.