# You know summer's gone and/or autumn's here when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012 "2012-10-07T19:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/21 "2012-10-08T14:05:29Z")
It came yesterday, here, when I realized the heat was on. (The guys who fixed the furnace last month apparently left the thermostat at 70 – I bumped it back up because I try to go till November 1 before I start paying a heating bill.) Then, last night, I added a blanket to the light quilt that lives on the bed year round. Winter will be here when I add the second blanket. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/22 "2012-10-08T14:41:23Z")
Got some snow 2 days ago. It’s 28 F at 8:30 this morning. Yep, winter is on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/23 "2012-10-08T14:45:05Z")
When you cut the grass for the last time of the season, drop in some stabil, and pre-start the leaf blower. When you start to notice the echo of train whistles in the distance. When you start to bring a jacket with you when you go out. When you scrape & defrost like mad in the morning not to be late for work. Note: With school back in session & morning frost… when you really need to start your commute 20 minutes earlier, but don’t, and try to ‘speed up’ your commute instead, it must be Fall. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/24 "2012-10-08T15:17:07Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > …The last couple days, our cold water faucet is not putting out hot water. Bye-bye free hot water, and hello autumn! That’s weird, I get cold water out of the cold water faucet year-round. During the summer can you get lots of hot water from the cold faucet or just however much is in your water pipes? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/25 "2012-10-08T15:23:15Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > That’s weird, I get cold water out of the cold water faucet year-round. During the summer can you get lots of hot water from the cold faucet or just however much is in your water pipes? During the summer, during the couple-few months it doesn’t get below 100 even at night, the water out of the cold water taps is warm enough to shower in 🙂 Ok, maybe not HOT hot; the hot water tap is definitely hotter. But there is quite a while where I don’t have to turn on the hot water tap unless I really need HOT HOT water. It may be just this house, though; the condo we lived in before wasn’t like that. It’d run hot for a while and then settle down to room temp. The first showers I took here in the new house I honestly thought the shower faucets were switched, because I could not get cold water at all out of the tap, and it took me about a week to realize I either only needed to BARELY turn on the hot tap, or not turn it on at all, to get a good shower. And the cold alone was usually enough. When the in-laws first visited, we had a helluva time trying to get them glasses of water to drink, lol. Gave up and bought bottled. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/26 "2012-10-08T15:29:47Z")
We had a killing frost overnight. The Asian Lady Beetles will be making their way inside. Sadly, that is how I know that winter is on the way. The battle will begin within days. :mad: I was hoping the drought might have killed them off, or at least reduced their number. But, from what I’ve read, they seem to thrive in drought conditions. Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/27 "2012-10-08T17:42:54Z")
Goodbye flip-flops, hello f’ing socks and shoes. I like my feet bare. Shoes are right up there with bras and panti-hose. My body likes to be free. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/28 "2012-10-09T03:58:07Z")
When the weather report goes from 10 days of sunshine to 10 days of rain… Seattle is going off of a record or close to record dry spell, and starting Friday the weather is rain rain rain rain rain… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012/29 "2012-10-09T04:26:11Z")
On the happy side – made an apple crisp tonight. Topping it with butter almond ice cream was a really, really good idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012.md?page=1)