Rant Summer is hell!!!

[Pilot7893]

I'm supposed to get some snow tomorrow. Possibly enough to close the schools.

 

[RangerPL]

Same here. My city's board of education is a bunch of bozos. Last time it snowed, all schools were kept open. Most of the buses were late, the roads were a mess and nobody cared.

 

[Pilot7893]

Snow Day!

 

[Usquanigo]

mmmmm, summer..... wearing less, girls wearing as little as possible, nature in full bloom, sun-drenched roads, blue skies, topless (T-Tops that is) driving through wooded back roads as the sun glistens through the foliage.... Amusement Parks, Water Parks, hiking through woods and beautiful water falls, walking along the beach or on the boardwalk.....

I can't wait for it all to come back :hotcool:

Let it get to 150, I don't care. I'll just have more eye-candy, and crank up the A/C in the house and car, and spend more time swimming later into the night to beat all that heat. :hotcool:

 

[Pilot7893]

mmmmm, summer..... wearing less, girls wearing as little as possible, nature in full bloom, sun-drenched roads, blue skies, topless (T-Tops that is) driving through wooded back roads as the sun glistens through the foliage.... Amusement Parks, Water Parks, hiking through woods and beautiful water falls, walking along the beach or on the boardwalk.....

Searing heat, swarming insects, sunburn...

Part of me wants Winter to last forever.

 

[Bj]

Searing heat, swarming insects, sunburn...

Part of me wants Winter to last forever.

Right,

frost-bite, cold, flu, - who wouldn't want it? :rofl:

 

[Usquanigo]

Searing heat, swarming insects, sunburn...

Part of me wants Winter to last forever.

Well, if it's that hot, just don't wear so much, get a sense of adventure and live a little. Also, beat the heat with A/C and/or water-borne activities.

Insects are dealt with through traps and spray, no problem at all (and I allow spiders refuge in my house, not only are they incredibly cool, they help me keep bugs away).

Sunburn, just use lots of sunblock and take refuge in the shade.

Compare that to biting, bone-chilling, freezing cold, dull dreary grey skies, barren "dead" nature, miserable weather, lip-chappingly parched air, if you live in a snowy area - horrid god forsaken salt caked roads, bundling up so much you can barely move and still being cold, wasting gas as you warm your car up, or freeze half to death in it while it warms up as you go, hyper short days with hardly any sunlight...

I used to be a winter person. But now I'm sick of being cold anymore and love too much about summer (all that I mentioned previously), so much so that now, I just don't care how hot it gets. It's too easy to beat it, and have fun as you go.

 

[Pilot7893]

yeah...

 

[Bj]

Compare that to biting, bone-chilling, freezing cold, dull dreary grey skies, barren "dead" nature, miserable weather, lip-chappingly parched air, if you live in a snowy area - horrid god forsaken salt caked roads, bundling up so much you can barely move and still being cold, wasting gas as you warm your car up, or freeze half to death in it while it warms up as you go, hyper short days with hardly any sunlight...

You can dress for cold, just as you can put your car in a garage to keep from icing. If your car is outside and iced, then nobody said anything about you having to stay inside your car when its warming up. I have my car outside and when I am going out to work, put on my coat and wipe off all the snow, then start the car, come back inside, eat a bowl of cereal or something (~5 min) and then its all set to go.

If your house is cold, build a fire. Do you know that in the winter, I wear shorts in the winter (while inside) because its 80-90*F inside while 0-40*F outside. In the summer, my house is actually cooler than in the winter.

 

[Spicer]

Winter is hell

Gotta tell you, I don't agree with you. Give me 100 days where the temp is 30degrees. I hate the snow. I hate the cold. I'm in New Jersey, USA. It's snowing, it's raining, it's freezing. I hate the winter.

I was just going out to get the mail. I slipped on a spot that I had already shoveled. Not only did I fall, but I got wet and slushy. I'll trade you!

 

[Usquanigo]

You can dress for cold, just as you can put your car in a garage to keep from icing. If your car is outside and iced, then nobody said anything about you having to stay inside your car when its warming up. I have my car outside and when I am going out to work, put on my coat and wipe off all the snow, then start the car, come back inside, eat a bowl of cereal or something (~5 min) and then its all set to go.

If your house is cold, build a fire. Do you know that in the winter, I wear shorts in the winter (while inside) because its 80-90*F inside while 0-40*F outside. In the summer, my house is actually cooler than in the winter.

Dressing for cold, as I mentioned, only goes so far. It's uncomfortable, and doesn't really help all that well (and you can only layer up certain areas so much too (feet and hands for example)).

My car... my poor car is trapped inside the garage-come-mauseleum, frozen stiff. It needs to warm up again so I can start it and pray the battery isn't dead (I need a tender, just can't afford one right now), but even then, it's just teasing it as it can't go out in this cold.

The truck is slipping and sliding as it fights for grip, and beleive me, a 360 Magnum needs a lot of grip. lol Cold or damp wreak havoc on it.

Warming it up is actually bad for it. And it wastes gas. And that also assumes you have time for it (and aren't running late). The OEMs today even tell you not to do it, just start driving gently until it warms up. This is because it's really not meant to run below it's operating temperature. And letting it idle makes it take longer to reach that, which also means having colder (thicker) oil longer, which leads to increased engine wear (start up is the hardest thing on any engine). By taking it easy (less than 2K rpm) you actually warm it up faster and cause less overall wear - plus you get to your destination sooner too.

Fires need LOTS of fire-wood. And with it being so damn cold out, one is averse to going out to try to find it too. lol Bit of a catch 22.

Oil is expensive. I have to bundle up inside and keep it at 58-60 if I have wood, or 64/65 if I don't. And I HATE having to bundle up in my own house. (and as previously stated, it's just tolerable, far from comfortable as far as temp goes, and rather uncomfortable as far as layers and thickness goes)

And you STILL can't enjoy all the summer activities.

 

[RangerPL]

Do you live in Alaska by any chance?

Spring is a fun season for me. Nobody cares about school, it's moderately warm and all the fun stuff starts to happen.

 

[Suzy]

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Let it get to 150, I don't care. I'll just have more eye-candy, and crank up the A/C in the house and car, and spend more time swimming later into the night to beat all that heat. :hotcool:

No A/C when there's power blackouts!

 

[Pilot7893]

Oh...now you really ARE screwed.

 

[Bj]

I'll trade you!

I wouldn't come here, 3" of snow, I guess you will have to go south for the winter

Dressing for cold, as I mentioned, only goes so far. It's uncomfortable, and doesn't really help all that well (and you can only layer up certain areas so much too (feet and hands for example)).

My car... my poor car is trapped inside the garage-come-mauseleum, frozen stiff. It needs to warm up again so I can start it and pray the battery isn't dead (I need a tender, just can't afford one right now), but even then, it's just teasing it as it can't go out in this cold.

The truck is slipping and sliding as it fights for grip, and beleive me, a 360 Magnum needs a lot of grip. lol Cold or damp wreak havoc on it.

Warming it up is actually bad for it. And it wastes gas. And that also assumes you have time for it (and aren't running late). The OEMs today even tell you not to do it, just start driving gently until it warms up. This is because it's really not meant to run below it's operating temperature. And letting it idle makes it take longer to reach that, which also means having colder (thicker) oil longer, which leads to increased engine wear (start up is the hardest thing on any engine). By taking it easy (less than 2K rpm) you actually warm it up faster and cause less overall wear - plus you get to your destination sooner too.

Fires need LOTS of fire-wood. And with it being so damn cold out, one is averse to going out to try to find it too. lol Bit of a catch 22.

Oil is expensive. I have to bundle up inside and keep it at 58-60 if I have wood, or 64/65 if I don't. And I HATE having to bundle up in my own house. (and as previously stated, it's just tolerable, far from comfortable as far as temp goes, and rather uncomfortable as far as layers and thickness goes)

And you STILL can't enjoy all the summer activities.

It doesn't take all that much firewood, we burn through maybe, I think 2 cords a year in the winter. We also stack the wood a year in advance to season the wood.

Do you live in Alaska by any chance?

Who me or Bloodspray? Yes it sure sounds like he does. :lol:

 

[Pilot7893]

You can see russia from your house?

 

[Urwumpe]

No A/C when there's power blackouts!

A/C is clearly overrated.

Let me guess, you live inside one of these buildings, which act as thermal energy concentrators during the summer, and which are just barely tolerable with A/C?

Nothing beats thick stone walls in the summer... cool in the day and warm in the night.

 

[Eagle]

A/C is clearly overrated.

ACϞDC overrated? Blasphemy!!!

Had nice weather today. 60 deg F ~ 15 C.

 

[Urwumpe]

Weather report: -2°C, slight snow fall.

 

[Kyle]

I hate Winter in Florida and Summer.
Winter because, well its Florida. Kills our Orange groves, our Strawberries and really makes a hellish morning.
I hate Summer because of the usual Hurricanes that cause blackouts, no A/C w/ 90 degree temps. Plus the absolute destruction that some times come with it.