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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by booker250
True dat.

Worst thing about winter down here is having to switch the HVAC from "heat" to "cool" as the day progresses...

Honestly, I don't know how you yankees and snowbirds make it. When it gets below 50F I find it hard to function.
Yeah, my grandmother lives in northern Ga and visited last winter and couldnt believe it. The worse thing about winter here is the same as summer, the humidity. When it gets cold here it is a wet cold that cuts right through anything you are wearing and sets in your bones.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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TigerDan, we also get some real temp extremes here too; between 55º and 60º.

bigdaddyII, I've heard many a tourist mention how cold it is hear for being only in the mid 50s. The humidity here does cut right to the bones.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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bring on winter, snow plowing makes me money and snowmobiling is a blast!
 
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by lenny1carl
you guys with the warm weather.... i hope ..well never mind. i don't need to be banned.
The weather poses problems for us also. Here I sit having to make the decision to wear a short or long sleeve today. It is 75 degrees, slightly cloudy, light wind, 51% humidity ...... I think I'll go with the short sleeve.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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The weather poses problems for us also. Here I sit having to make the decision to wear a short or long sleeve today. It is 75 degrees, slightly cloudy, light wind, 51% humidity ...... I think I'll go with the short sleeve.

-5* C or 27*F here right now.

I think I will wear my T-shirt & short pants as well
 
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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If I don't take my hypertension medication, I can wear shorts and a short sleeve shirt all year long here.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Here is how I ended up in Las Vegas, from central Idaho, in 1999.

I loaded my snoblower in the back of my truck, and I drove south. I pulled into a truck stop just outside of Las Vegas. It was Janurary. I was gassing up, and a guy came up to me and asked,"what is that machine you have there mister", I laughed and told him I was at my new home!

Hehehe true story!
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Bring on the white stuff. I love snowmobiling/ snowboard/ takin the SD through some killer snow.
 
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We got our first rains today; signs of the beginning of our winter.

The temperture dropped up to 65º
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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Well - I just put on my 3rd Jacket - its a freezing 78 at the moment
 
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Well - I just put on my 3rd Jacket - its a freezing 78 at the moment
Careful you don't get frostbite.
 
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Now don't get me wrong though. I was born on a pair of skiis. I still love skiing, and I do so all winter long. It's just that now, when I am done with snow and cold, I come home for a few days and thaw out, fishing on Lake Mead with nice 68 to 72 degree temps. I love snow. I just ain't gonna live in it again!
 
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