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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 23:21:11 GMT -5
you can put on lots of layers when you are cold. you can only get so naked, and if you're still hot? too bad. give me COLD any day of the year. Cold leads to ice on the roads and terrible life threatening driving conditions that I cannot avoid at times because I can't choose to stay home. Unless I have heatstroke, which is due to my negligence, summer is not going to kill me. Winter might because of the hazardous road conditions I cannot avoid and as careful as I might be and with an all wheel drive vehicle I can still slide off the road to injury or death. Comfort level has nothing to do with my preference to the warmer weather. I'd rather be warm and sweaty and uncomfortable than stuck white-knuckle driving wondering if the ice covered road going down a hill with a drop of 20+ feet and no real guardrail is going to be the death of me before I get home or to work... so yeah, f*$k winter. -M
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Post by dupersuper on Jan 5, 2016 23:36:21 GMT -5
I used to prefer winter, but as I get older (and I'm not old yet!) I find it makes me lazy. And my bones hurt. And I have, like, zero motivation in life. Blah. I need sunshine, and we have not had enough of that here. When you're a kid, Winter means snow days and sliding. When you're an adult, Winter means driving's a pain and you'll be shoveling.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 23:41:38 GMT -5
I used to prefer winter, but as I get older (and I'm not old yet!) I find it makes me lazy. And my bones hurt. And I have, like, zero motivation in life. Blah. I need sunshine, and we have not had enough of that here. When you're a kid, Winter means snow days and sliding. When you're an adult, Winter means driving's a pain and you'll be shoveling. and hospital ER cardiac units don't have a flood of cases of people having heart attacks while sweating and soaking up sunshine like they do everytime it snows and people overexert themselves trying to clear a driveway or walk to get to where they are supposed to be going (usually work). -M
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Post by berkley on Jan 6, 2016 0:42:52 GMT -5
I don't mind the winter, though I don't look forward to it the way I used to as a kid, or even as an adult when I still used to ski and snowboard.
What I really hate is in-between weather, when it isn't cold enough to snow but cold enough to be wet and miserable. I'd rather good solid snow that eventually gets packed down to a hard surface than messy slush or freezing rain.
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Post by the4thpip on Jan 6, 2016 3:44:25 GMT -5
How does someone with the moniker Coldwater not like winter? Maybe a name change to Hot Jacuzzi is in order I don't think "Hot Jacuzzi" is a Tom Waits' song. That depends on whether there is a Tom Waits on Bizarro World or not.
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Post by the4thpip on Jan 6, 2016 3:48:29 GMT -5
Gonna use this day of my stay-at-home vacation for one of my favorite winter things:
After the gym, I'll get to lie down on a pack of heated clay that adapts to my back and just radiates warmth deep into my tissue, after that I get massaged by a hunky Turkish physical therapist.
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Post by Spike-X on Jan 6, 2016 6:18:49 GMT -5
That depends on whether there is a Tom Waits on Bizarro World or not. There is, but he's a smooth-voiced Josh Groban-type who's constantly in the Top 40.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 6, 2016 9:09:53 GMT -5
Heh. I saw this bumper sticker on the car in front of me in morning traffic ... Honk if you think sound travels in a vacuum. :-)
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 6, 2016 9:17:23 GMT -5
I used to prefer winter, but as I get older (and I'm not old yet!) I find it makes me lazy. And my bones hurt. And I have, like, zero motivation in life. Blah. I need sunshine, and we have not had enough of that here. When you're a kid, Winter means snow days and sliding. When you're an adult, Winter means driving's a pain and you'll be shoveling. I agree whole heartedly. The older I get, the less I like winter. It's way more work than fun. I'm in the same general region as Coldwater (she's in Illinois, I'm in Wisconsin), so we get our share of cold and snow. Though last month set a record for the warmest December on record here, and I was ok with that.
My ultimate goal is to find somewhere that is around 70 degrees year round (varying by about 10 degrees plus or minus), with reasonable humidity and move there. I've heard Hawaii comes close, but I've never been there so I don't know for sure.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 6, 2016 9:50:56 GMT -5
My hatred of winter, especially snow, is nigh legendary. Wheelchairs and ice do not work or play well together. There was a reason I moved to SoCal back in '98, even if I couldn't afford to stay there longer than six months (stupid landlords, utility companies and grocers expecting money spoil everything). Sigh.
Cei-U! I summon the overcoat!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 6, 2016 10:47:10 GMT -5
Within 10 posts the topic here will turn to food in accordance to the Law Of CCF Meanwhile Universal Confluence
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 6, 2016 11:03:13 GMT -5
Within 10 posts the topic here will turn to food in accordance to the Law Of CCF Meanwhile Universal Confluence I eat too much in the winter, craving comfort in the cold. Especially things like homemade chili.
How's that?
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Post by impulse on Jan 6, 2016 11:23:09 GMT -5
I also used to prefer winter citing the "I can add layers on when its cold, but can only get so naked when it's hot" credo, but that was somewhat because I lived in Florida at the time. Now that I'm in a state with real seasons, I still dislike the heat, but man, I just get so tired of being cold. You can bundle up, sure, but you can't avoid that blast of cold bite on your face and eyes when you walk outside, dry and cracked hands, chapped, lips, etc. I also don't like to be bundled up at home, and heat seems more expensive than AC.
Some of the most beautiful weather in the world is proper spring weather. Shiny and warm in the sun, cool and snappy in the shade. Fall, too. Give me a high of 68 and sunny and a low of 52,. and I'm happy.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 6, 2016 11:30:59 GMT -5
Within 10 posts the topic here will turn to food in accordance to the Law Of CCF Meanwhile Universal Confluence I eat too much in the winter, craving comfort in the cold. Especially things like homemade chili.
How's that?
You surprised me. Bananas are due in 15 posts. You must be warming up in the bullpen
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 6, 2016 11:48:59 GMT -5
Within 10 posts the topic here will turn to food in accordance to the Law Of CCF Meanwhile Universal Confluence I like warm sake in the winter. It's warms the body and soul.
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