My sense of climate has been somewhat skewed, living in the Chicago area for 35 years. My wife (who grew up in Kansas City) thinks it's funny because I actually become mildly anxious when it is hot and sunny for too long. I'm moving to Louisville next spring -- it'll be an adjustment. For now, I am going to savor the beginning of my last Chicago winter.

Once February comes around, I'm pretty much ready for winter to end... except I'll enjoy a few glorious, snow-filled days here and there.

Quit whining. It'll be 60 this weekend.

The only thing I hate about winter is shoveling snow/ digging my car out. Everything else is a dream.

Peripatetic wrote:Come to Minneapolis in January for a week or two of a high of 0*.



*That's a zero.

I thought High Zero was in Baltimore?

the Classical wrote:

Peripatetic wrote:Come to Minneapolis in January for a week or two of a high of 0*.



*That's a zero.

I thought High Zero was in Baltimore?

This is nowhere near as cool as you'd think it would be.
Jack Rose is the only thing there that I ever enjoyed.

Winter in Atlanta is easy doings. Just keep a scarf and a warm jacket around, maybe a skull cap, and you're all set.

Fall...man it's beautiful.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

the Classical wrote:

Peripatetic wrote:Come to Minneapolis in January for a week or two of a high of 0*.



*That's a zero.

I thought High Zero was in Baltimore?

This is nowhere near as cool as you'd think it would be.
Jack Rose is the only thing there that I ever enjoyed.

Disappointing, it always sounded very cool

Speaking of which, jesus fuck its cold on my loading dock, close the goddamn door!

In the South, our summer ends in November, we get a flashback in early January, maybe a blizzard in March, no spring, and summer from April to November again, with a little 2-day breezy 65 degree hint of fall around mid September.

There's a saying in Atlanta: "If you don't like the weather, wait half an hour."

It's true.

I want to move to the cold. Not Boston cold, but - you know. Normal October cold.

wiggins wrote:There's a saying in Atlanta: "If you don't like the weather, wait half an hour."

That was the saying in Baltimore.
I've also heard that here in Chicago.
God bless you, global warming.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:What?
I don't understand.
Why is there snow in October?
Why was it 30 fucking degrees last night?

Its because you fucked the planet up with your big cars