Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Aug 13, 1:41 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article
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Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Aug 13, 8:23 am, Smitty Two wrote:
In article NLKdnblCBdZe7 nRnZ2dnUVZ ,

aemeijers wrote:
trying to find a
happy climate medium.

readily done.

http://members.cox.net/prestwich/ahrsb.jpg

Not nearly cold enough in the winter for me. The summer temps
look good, but I want real winter.

Cindy Hamilton

I remember real winter. Snow on the ground non-stop from Nov. 1 thru
April 15. Temps often reaching -40. Stretches of two-three weeks
where daytime highs never got above 0F. Wearing so many clothes that
the only thing exposed were eyeballs and nostrils, the moisture on
which would freeze immediately. Then going into a store where the
temp is 75 degrees, and no place to shed your coat, hat, sweater,
scarf, and "insulated air force pants."

Spending an hour shoveling plow-packed snow from the end of the
driveway so I could get my car out. Going inside to change and warm
up for half hour, then watching the plow go by again. Leaving the
car in the alley behind the bar while I go in for a few beers and a
game of pool, and finding it buried to the roofline by a plow within
an hour.

Slipping on ice and falling on my ass several times every single
winter. Driving 15 mph on the ice-covered 9 mile long two lane
highway that led from the freeway to my hometown. Coming to a
complete stop on that highway because a gust of wind-driven snow
reduced visibility to a distance shorter than my hood, and having
the wind shove my 4000 pound car into the snow-filled ditch after
I'd stopped.

Living where it is illegal to not stop and offer aid to a stranded
motorist, because it is quite easy to die of exposure in an hour or
so. Chipping ice off the windshield before every trip, and then
sticking your head out the window to drive anyway, because the
defroster hasn't had 20 minutes to carve a peephole on the inside of
the glass.

Spending $300/month for heating oil to keep the house at 62. Oh,
wait, that was the price 20 years ago.

I prefer my masochism in the form of a dominatrix with a leather
paddle.

Apparently your winter was realer. I live in Michigan, and while
winters
are not as bad as when I was young (nothing is the same as when I
was young), it rarely gets below 0 here. It costs about $50-75 a
month for natural gas to keep my house at 70. It hardly ever snows
more than 10 inches in a single snowstorm, usually around 6.

That's real enough for me.

Cindy Hamilton
But we did have to walk uphill both ways to get to and from school.

winter. is that where i can finally put the top down on my car and trade
sandals for shoes and socks, but my shorts are still acceptable in
restaurants?

regards,
charlie
phx, az