I can accept snow and cold.

What works on me the most, are 25°-40° cloudy rainy days, the damp chill eats me alive.

Clear days, 10°, no winds...not so much.

I've come to hate cold weather, especially snow over the past few years. I'd love to move to AZ or some other location with mild winters but I'm stuck in PA. I'm involved with several ministries at Church, home is paid for, friends and family are close by so leaving PA is not really an option. The best solution I found was to take off on vacation for a week or two during winter to escape the cold. Back in December I went to Tucson, AZ for two weeks and it was a joy and relief to escape the cold, wet weather in PA. Trips to warm climates works for me and may be something that works for you so give it a try.

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Originally posted by Bytes:
Well, I love her, son, daughter, and grand kids. I can't move away on my own. </Whine>

Send them a postcard of you on the beach. You won't be by yourself for long...

Snow falls. Shoveling it sucks.

flashguy

it got really cold a couple years ago in NC - like a way below average cold spell down into the single digits at night. so cold i literally got jaw pain...

no way I could handle MI, MN, ND type cold...

moved to FL and am enjoying the warmer temps although JUL - AUG got a bit old at 90+ deg + humidity every day for weeks straight...

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It’s single digits and windy here and I don’t work in a temperature controlled place.

I haven't even tried to remove snow yet. It's coming down so fast, the effort would be futile. I'm goofing around in the shop where it's warm, dry and bright. One can almost forget the blizzard going on outside.

It's bad enough we got 10" of white shit now today it never went above 0 degrees F.
This sucks!

I can take snow or leave it. I'd rather deal with snow and cold than heat and humidity, not to mention snakes, fire ants, tornadoes and hurricanes.

What I hate is ice. And we got a shitload of it last night. 6-ish inchs of snow with an inch of ice on top.

I can walk my 200+ pound fat ass across the top of it and never break through. Miserable shit.

Spent part of the morning chopping through the ice to break it up so I could shovel the snow under it. I'm 68 years old, and I'm getting too old for this shit.

Then my house-bound, semi-bedridden friends called and I went over and spent another 3 hours chopping ice, shoveling snow and spreading salt.

No way a snowblower would even touch this stuff.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I haven't even tried to remove snow yet. It's coming down so fast, the effort would be futile. I'm goofing around in the shop where it's warm, dry and bright. One can almost forget the blizzard going on outside.

We're in the same neck of the woods, NO UT, SE ID. I've got to get Mrs Bytes to AZ, this snow crap is killing me.

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Originally posted by calugo:
I've come to hate cold weather, especially snow over the past few years. I'd love to move to AZ or some other location with mild winters but I'm stuck in PA. I'm involved with several ministries at Church, home is paid for, friends and family are close by so leaving PA is not really an option. The best solution I found was to take off on vacation for a week or two during winter to escape the cold. Back in December I went to Tucson, AZ for two weeks and it was a joy and relief to escape the cold, wet weather in PA. Trips to warm climates works for me and may be something that works for you so give it a try.

PA is great place to be from. I left PA 39 years ago. That was the best thing I ever did. I left behind the damned snow, salt rusted cars, winter colds, strep throat, and lung infections. I should have left there years sooner. Oh, it was 65 and sunny in Austin today.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Well, I love it. Can't get enough of it.

The wife and kid this morning:



And going through the deep stuff:



Two huge storms in less than a week. Freakin' awesome.

Being a guy from Holiday, you and I both know that Park City skiing sucks Solitude rocks. Take care my friend! I hate shoveling snow but I love this state.

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Originally posted by Bytes:

Being a guy from Holiday, you and I both know that Park City skiing sucks Solitude rocks. Take care my friend! I hate shoveling snow but I love this state.

Hey, I don't disagree! Actually, Brighton is my favorite, but as it is, Park City Resort is only five mins away, so it's preferable some days.

I hate winter. This one truth is the most certain knowlege I have. That, and that it's pretty much always winter. So, I pretty much hate always.

I feel ya! we had 11" , then 1/2" of sleet and then another 4". When you add -28° with the wind chill the following day, it really sux!

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Originally posted by just1tym:
It actually dipped into the high 40's last night but really clear and blue this morning.


Location: 140 mi to Margaritaville

My friend over in Bonita Springs said this morning that the warming shelters were open... because it was 43 degrees.

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Originally posted by zipriderson:
If it's not a deep and wet/heavy snowfall, I use a push broom instead of a shovel. It works well and is less back breaking.

I'd rather do that often every hour or so, than wait til it's over. .

I've wondered about using a leaf blower for the light snow. Haven't tried it yet though.

Then there's the guy who got fed up with all of it, so he strapped his snow blower to the roof of his car and drove South until someone asked him, "what the heck is that?"

Chalk me up on the side that hates cold weather and snow. Our winters can be mean but they are short, so for a month or two, I put up with it.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Bytes:

Being a guy from Holiday, you and I both know that Park City skiing sucks Solitude rocks. Take care my friend! I hate shoveling snow but I love this state.

Hey, I don't disagree! Actually, Brighton is my favorite, but as it is, Park City Resort is only five mins away, so it's preferable some days.

Alta rules! Then Solitude when I need a break. Hitting Brighton on Wednesday to teach a new skier. This was a great storm.