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Old 11-18-2014, 04:46 PM
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It cold as a witches t....there today!

10 degrees f and windy.

Thank goodness next week we are heading to sunny (I hope) florida for t day with the son and three grandsons!

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I like the cold weather. Love walking in the woods in NJ or Central Park with snow on the ground, love skiing of both varieties.

I like it even more because it keeps the hausfraus indoors, not looking at homes. Should portend well for picking up another rental this winter.
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Old 11-18-2014, 09:07 PM
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I like the cold weather. Love walking in the woods in NJ or Central Park with snow on the ground, love skiing of both varieties.

I like it even more because it keeps the hausfraus indoors, not looking at homes. Should portend well for picking up another rental this winter.
Water, both wet and frozen?
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Water, both wet and frozen?
I was thinking of Alpine and Nordic, actually Never water-skied, believe it or not.
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Old 11-18-2014, 10:16 PM
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Oh I don't really mind the cold too much but its always such a shock when it first blows in. In a month this will seem like nothing.
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Old 11-19-2014, 01:34 AM
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Gets much colder here and I will be able to walk on water. Actually the temperatures are all over the place here in eastern Canada reciently. Sixty yesterday morning and perhaps twenty tomorrow morning.
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10 degrees f and windy.

Thank goodness next week we are heading to sunny (I hope) florida for t day with the son and three grandsons!
Damm cold here too. Somewhere in the 40's I think. Even have to put on a jacket in the mornings for a couple of hours. It's almost brrrr!

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Old 11-19-2014, 08:21 AM
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I much prefer cold weather to hot anyways. You can put on more clothes if you are cold but can only take off so much if you are warm.

Another plus is that they usually schedule construction to be done in the summer so less construction.
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Old 11-19-2014, 08:30 AM
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18 here this morning Peter. But it'll be 68 by the afternoon. At least the flies and mosquitos are history.
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I much prefer cold weather to hot anyways. You can put on more clothes if you are cold but can only take off so much if you are warm.
Yep, I've said pretty much exactly the same. Well-said.
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Yep, I've said pretty much exactly the same. Well-said.
My workplace isn't in a clothing optional building. SUCKS
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My workplace isn't in a clothing optional building. SUCKS
Speaking of sucking, don't certain things become more ... prominent ... when it's cold? Perhaps you know an attractive nurse or three and are going for that?
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Old 11-19-2014, 09:15 AM
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Speaking of sucking, don't certain things become more ... prominent ... when it's cold? Perhaps you know an attractive nurse or three and are going for that?
Yes, but other things retreat like a turtle into it's shell. It's a sick, sick irony.
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Speaking of sucking, don't certain things become more ... prominent ... when it's cold? Perhaps you know an attractive nurse or three and are going for that?
Most nurses aren't as pretty as the Naughty Nurse movies depict. But I do try peek down the blouse of those who are.
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Yes, but other things retreat like a turtle into it's shell. It's a sick, sick irony.
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