On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 1:43:18 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 3/4/2018 12:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2018-03-04 11:40 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >> On 3/3/2018 8:02 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >
> >> Of course!Â* We're talking about the weather.Â* No snow where joan is.
> >> None here, either.Â* So she could leave the front door open.Â* I'm
> >> braggin, too. Â*Â* I've had the windows open, haven't had to run heat
> >> or AC.Â* It's been "sitting outside on the patio with a book" weather
> >> here. A tad windy (I have to use a hatpin to keep my hat on when I sit
> >> outside).
> >>
> >> I do feel sorry for the folks who have to deal with that much snow.
> >> It's probably not over for them yet this year.
> >
> > The snow we had was not horrendous, about 8-10", but it was right about
> > 32F, so the snow was wet and heavy, hard to shovel and a real work out
> > for the snow blower.
> >
> > It's early March, so we are not out of the woods yet.Â* The year I worked
> > on a road crew we had to plow snow in the third week of April. It was a
> > freak storm to come that late, and it was a serious amount of wet heavy
> > snow. I was called in at 6 pm and plowed until 8 the next morning. I was
> > in first and second gear most of the time, tearing along at about 10
> > mph.Â* I went through through tanks of fuel that night.
> >
> > When I was in Tybee Island last week one of the local asked if we would
> > see snow when we got back. He said he didn't know why people would live
> > up here. I asked him what it was like in the summer there.Â* He said 100
> > degrees and 100% humidity. I told him I would rather put on a sweater
> > and a jacket than deal with humid 100 degrees.
> >
> >
> I believe you, Dave. But shoveling snow is not really my idea of a good
> time. I can stay inside and run the AC in the summer. I never have to
> shovel or blow snow. And hey, sometimes the temps surprise you.
> Occasionally a nice thunderstorm will blow through in July and temps
> will drop into the 70's. Sitting outside weather.

Just shows we're all different. I don't like shoveling snow, but it's
worth it to me to have cooler weather. When the weather gets much
above 75, I go inside and turn on the air conditioning.

I don't mind the really cold winter weather, when it's too cold to snow.

Cindy Hamilton