Beef, yes. Pork, no. But my preference is a juicy medium rare ribeye. Just barbecued a few the other night.

Ok... NOW we're on the same page... *thumbs up*

 

'Just read an interesting book: DARK WINTER, or How The Sun Is Causing A 30 -Year Cold Spell by John L. Casey; time to replace my rotted fur lined boots.

From Amazon:

Casey has studied past solar minimum periods. He argues the last great one sparked the French Revolution of 1789. In Dark Winter, he predicts the new era of cold weather will spark major political and economic upheavals with massive crop destruction, food shortages and riots in the United States and abroad — not to mention significant global loss of life.

I gotta go buy a couple more SUVs to help head this off!

 

Nice. This is precisely why I live in S. Florida.

Well, that, and we don't have so much granola.

Yes, it can be nice in the winter. My two weeks in Jan there was over much too quickly. The summer in Fl is a living hell.

 

Yes, it can be nice in the winter. My two weeks in Jan there was over much too quickly. The summer in Fl is a living hell.

I grew up in NJ. The winters were much colder and the summers much hotter than here. We get a nice easterly breeze here in the Southeast. Yes, the humidity is higher, but it grows on you -- like the mold.

 

Maybe they should've filmed the Twilight movies in that location...

One of the sites near my house had a fire.

Damn witches.

 

The summer in Fl is a living hell.

Everybody acclimates. When I lived in Indianapolis, 80 F degrees was sweltering heat and 55 F degrees was the temperature when I started wearing a jacket. When I lived in Los Angeles, it took me a year to quit having the Florida drenching sweats, but then I was acclimated to California. When I was in Phoenix, 108 F was no problem if I could find shade. Now, I'm in Florida. I add extra layers of clothing below 70 F degrees and think, "hot" is above 90 F.

This makes me understand why a sauna is a good idea in hot climates. It feels so much better at 90 F when you acclimatize to 110 F.

 

Everybody acclimates.

Even in hell.


http://www.livescience.com/828-sweatiest-cities-america.html

Combining heat and humidity produces a statistic called the heat index, which measures how hot it really feels. Gooch also put together a list of the top 10 most uncomfortable cities based on heat index. From the top: Miami, Corpus Christi; Orlando; Phoenix; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Houston; San Antonio; New Orleans; Tampa; and Fort Meyers, Fla.

 

Yes, Florida summers suck if you're from Oregon. Oregon winters suck if you're from Florida. The heat doesn't bother me near as much as cold or snow bothers me. All I have to do is think of cold, wet, shoes for 3 months and I am grateful for where I am.

Last July, I worked outside for 50 hours in one week, over, under, around, and through a couple of service trucks. In the end, it's the drenching sweats that bother me. In the summer, I can break a sweat from the front door to the mailbox, about 40 yards! Still, I'd rather be here than any other place, except maybe Orange County, California, 40 years ago, and I hear it's a lot worse than it was 40 years ago. If one of my limitations is to stay in the U.S., then I am as close to paradise as we have.

 

Nice. Here is another view.

Keren Bolter is a doctoral student of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University:

 

What's been so bad about the snow in Boston this year, is that it's been coming non-stop. One storm ends and a day or two later, we get hit again. Plus the amounts are unusual. Two storms dumped two feet. And another was a foot. Big one projected for this weekend, after one today (3") and another projected for tomorrow (3"). When will it stop ???

 

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What's been so bad about the snow in Boston this year, is that it's been coming non-stop. One storm ends and a day or two later, we get hit again. Plus the amounts are unusual. Two storms dumped two feet. And another was a foot. Big one projected for this weekend, after one today (3") and another projected for tomorrow (3"). When will it stop ???

Darn global warming!

 

Darn global warming!

Actually, it's W's fault.

 

Actually, it's W's fault.

W Bush or WBahn?
I haven't seen either of them in this thread for several pages.

 

W Bush or WBahn?
I haven't seen either of them in this thread for several pages.

Oh my! Bahn == Bush?

 

Arrrgh! Below 60 for 2 days in a row. Hiding in the house shivvering.

 

Arrrgh! Below 60 for 2 days in a row. Hiding in the house shivvering.

You could try the 9V battery and steel wool trick.

 

You could try the 9V battery and steel wool trick.

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to be the fool that asks: "gee... what 9v bat and steel wool trick, dude?"

 

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to be the fool that asks: "gee... what 9v bat and steel wool trick, dude?"

 

If you jam a 9V battery into some loose steel wool, the steel wool will catch on fire.

 

Cool trick... never heard of it... I thought it was going to be some nasty and humiliating joke of some kind... but you're incapable of that, aren't ya, Joey?