Ready for some cold weather?

[sunspotbaby]

This is how Maine does it....

?60 above zero
New Yorkers try to turn on the heat....
People in Maine plant gardens.

50 above zero
...Californians shiver uncontrollably.......
People in Maine sunbathe.

40 above
Italian cars won't start.....
People in Maine drive with the windows down.

32 above
Distilled water freezes.....
Moosehead Lake's water gets thicker (for non-Mainers, this is a lake in Maine)

20 above
Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats.....
People in Maine throw on a sweatshirt.

15 above
New York landlords finally turn up the heat....
People in Maine have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

zero degrees
People in Miami cease to exist....
Mainers lick the flagpole.

-20 below
Californians fly away to Mexico....
People in Maine get out their winter coats.

-40 below
Hollywood disintegrates.....
The girl scouts in Maine begin selling cookies door to door.

-60 below
Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica
Maine's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

-80 below
Mt. St. Helen's freezes...
People in Maine to ice skating or skiing.

-100 below
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.....
Maine-iacs get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-297 below
Microbial life survives on dairy products....
Cows in Maine complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460 below
ALL atomic motion stops.....
People in Maine start saying..."Cold 'nuff for ya?"

-500 below
Hell freezes over......
The" DETROIT LIONS" win the Super Bowl!
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[Lynnie]

 

[Beach Runner]

I despise cold weather.

 

[sunspotbaby]

Me too BR. I've told my husband I'd move anywhere with him as long as it's south of the MD line.

 

[Teresa]

I'll take the 55 to 70 range, thanks!!! (oh, that IS just our winter range around here - how convenient)...

 

[TooFarTampa]

I am 1.5 hrs from Maine. help.

 

[scooterbug44]

It took a minimum of 6" of snow or a windchill of 80 below before they would CONSIDER canceling school.

Last Thanksgiving I went to a football game and it warmed up to 21 degrees and snowing. The trick is to hold the cold beer w/ mittens and the hot cocoa w/ bare hands. ;-)

Noone asks why I moved here during winter, just during the summer.

 

[Beach Runner]

Me too BR. I've told my husband I'd move anywhere with him as long as it's south of the MD line.

When hubby proposed to me, I took a map of the U.S., got out my compass, and drew a 200-mile radius around Atlanta. I said I'd marry him if he promised me we'd live within that circle. I made exceptions for NOLA because we were undergrads at Tulane at that time and then when we decided to go to UF for grad school (best decision we ever made).

Then in the late 90's he was offered a job as the president of a major corporation. We would have been living in London. I didn't think I could deal with the dreary and cold weather in London, plus our two poodles would have to be in isolation for 6 months. Our vet said that the stress would kill them at their age. Also I would have had to give up my full professorship, position as department chair, and tenure that I had worked so hard to achieve. So we turned down the opportunity. In retrospect, it was a huge mistake because one poodle lived two more years and the other lived three more years. We could have been rolling in money if he had taken that job.

Cold weather sounds good to me in that context.

 

[Teresa]

I am 1.5 hrs from Maine. help.

yep. you are in trouble girlfriend. you must have a ton of winter wear shopping to do for all of you! living in Tampa for so long you didn't really need anything warm! you are going to get a brand new wardrobe. could be funn!

 

[TooFarTampa]

I have been shopping like mad. Shopping for myself I will admit is funn, but shopping for the kids is stressful, with the assorted fall clothes and deep winter clothes and hats and gloves etc. What is intimidating is the need to have the windbreaker, the raincoat, the fall jacket, the late fall jacket, the WTH-did-I-get-into winter coat, all the cardigans, scarves, boots and OH! The fleece. Can't forget the fleece.

And long underwear. Flannel jammies and sheets. A snowblower.

As I said, help.