Andy...

[82Rigger]

In your post to Tina you said:

Why would you want to move to Fla.?

Andy...

1. GET UP

2. GO TO THE FRONT DOOR

3. OPEN THE FRONT DOOR

4. STEP OUTSIDE


Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Andy is having a heat wave. It is 0. He is probably outside having a barbecue.

[Gimpy]

He ain't got to go outside..........All he has to do is take a look at his "heating fuel bill"!

That oughta be enough to SCARE him down to FLA!

[Andy]

My older son was just north of Datona for Christmas. He stayed with his future in-laws. On Christmas day he walked out the front door with his lady and cut some roses. That's just wrong. Christmas is supposed to have snow on the trees, smoke from a wood fire (which cuts down on the heating bill) coming from the chimney, and little kids in long PJ's running for the gifts. Norman Rockwell and all that. Lots of flowers growing outside at Christmas and New Years reminds me of "another time".

Now look at the bright side. I've been to the south in the early spring or late fall 3 of the last 4 years but didn't go there with a U-Haul and Massachusetts plates. You folks should be happy! Besides, I like to go out of the house and play outside during the summer.

Fred, the wind chill factor last night in Easthampton was -35. Never said it was perfect.

Stay healthy,
Andy
PS: Saturday we will be even further south, going to Baltimore for lunch.

[Packo]

Baltimore? South?

Always thought Baltimore was way up north. Hell Andy, I guess Pennsylvania is "down South" for you eskimoes.

62 above 0........friggin winter.

Packo

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Even the Hawaiians complained about the weather. It was 80 every day but it rained one day. They apologized for me having to be there during that. A lot of folks still had their Christmas decorations up. I guess they were waiting for the weather to get better.

[SEATJERKER]

...I would rather have it cold, then snow with 30' piles all around,...

...Albany was at -40 to -50 with the wind chill last night, and from Glens falls to the Adirondacks was at -50 to -60, all the weather men, and women were gleefully boasting about it, as if something in the weather was exciting for a change,...

..."tonight's forecast,......... Dark,... continued mostly Dark throughout the night, followed by partly scattered light in the early morning hours,...
..."Geoge Carlin's Hippy Dippy weatherman,...

...Yup, just throwing a few more pieces of wood in the stove, I believe it's 72 in here now,...

...

[revwardoc]

COLD WEATHER

60 above zero. Floridians turn the heat on. People in New Englandplant gardens.
50 above zero. Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in NewEngland sunbathe.

40 above zero. Italian and English cars won't start. People in NewEngland drive with the windows down.
32 above zero. Distilled water freezes. Moosehead Lake's watergets thicker.
20 above zero. Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves andhats. People in New England throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above zero. New York landlords finally turn on the heat. Peoplein New England have the last cookout before it turns cold.
Zero. People in Miami die - or return to Cuba. New Englandersclose the windows.

10 below zero. Californians go to Mexico. People in New Englandget out their Winter coats.
25 below zero. Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in New Englandare selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero. Washington DC runs out of hot air. People in NewEngland let the dogs sleep inside.
100 below zero. Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. People in NewEngland get frustrated because "the caah won't staaht".
275 below zero. All atomic motion stops. (Absolute zero on theKelvin scale). People in New England start saying, "cold 'nuff forya?"
500 below zero. Hell freezes over. Red Sox win the World Series.
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[Gimpy]

and such.

Tarpon Springs, FLA. (actually Holiday, FLA, but just across the sound from Tarpon Springs so we claim it also)

Low temp last night...........52 ABOVE ZERO...

High temp today................71 ABOVE ZERO....

Just got back from Plant City, FLA. (about 30 miles away) where we bought two flats of fresh picked strawberrys (about 15 lbs.). Two bags of fresh FLA. navel oranges (about twenty lbs.) and about 10 lbs. of fresh tangerines.........all just picked TODAY!

Made a side trip to Ruskin (tomatoe capital of FLA.) and picked (actually picked them right off the vines) about twenty lbs. of vine ripe tomatoes (Jackie cans them every year) and got me a quart of "boiled peanuts" to chomp on for the ride back home!!

Stopped at the local fish market in Tarpon, Springs and got about two lbs. of Grouper filets (right off the boat) for dinner tonight!

Just what in the heck is "wind-chill" anyway?????

HAW...HAW!!

[82Rigger]

"Wind Chill" is the reaction you get from other people when you flatulate in public.

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger