It's that time again--F*ck you Mother Nature!

[Victory Sabre]

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-41 in Alaska. Yeah, I'm pissed at M-N, but, damn.

[Victory Sabre]

Well, it's supposed to snow tomorrow. I'm hoping it decides to veer to the north of us, but that looks unlikely. So I'll be shoveling snow at work, while OCD girl sits and does nothing.

[AccountingDrone]

YA beat me to it IRV

I WILL somehow find a good portable freezer AND the money to travel down there and somehow GET him (Jester) with a good ol slushball

May I point out that you ca make a respectable almost snowball with the shave ice from a snoopy sno cone maker?

[ralerin]

It's windy and getting cold here. Lucky for me, because I dropped chocolate and caffeine out of my diet, my allergy to the cold has more or less disappeared. Having said that I'm not about to test that theory by spending any more outside than I have to.

[lordlundar]

Yup, that time of year. As I get bundled up to tackle the snow on my property I leave my obligatory message to Jester:

"Get Bent"

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I didn't have much fun spray-painting outside today.

The wang icicle weather is starting to set in.

[Elspeth]

and here comes the northwest's bi-polar winter weather. They are getting multiple feet of snow in the mountains and we are getting wind and rain. That was fun last night. Of course most of the leaves weren't down yet so that has been fun.

It is getting really cold this weekend and the normal line of we might get snow, we might not is starting. I love living in an area that the weather people get surprised by 6 inches of snow.

[Victory Sabre]

Ok, remember my post, just a few ago, about how nice it was outside? I'm trying to get myself up for that walk, again, today. The problem is that it's, almost, 50 degrees colder outside.

No, I won't be wearing shorts.

[Chromatix]

And meanwhile, at 60 degrees North latitude, the evening air is nice and crisp and cheerful. It's been an exceptionally warm Autumn, so we're just getting the first frosts of the impending winter. No snow yet except in the far north of the country.

The frost did mean that I finally had to change tha battery in my outdoor thermometer remote. Batteries don't like cold much, and these were already about 2 years old.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Today, for the powerboat races, I was out on a catamaran drinking beer in shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt. Since it's been windy and a bit chilly lately, I had a second t-shirt with me in case it got too breezy on the boat. November, ya know.

The wind is actually what gets to me. It can be cold out, and not windy, and I don't really mind. Once the wind kicks up, the cold goes right through me and I'm absolutely miserable.

[Jester]

Today, for the powerboat races, I was out on a catamaran drinking beer in shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt. Since it's been windy and a bit chilly lately, I had a second t-shirt with me in case it got too breezy on the boat. November, ya know.

[protege]

Let's see now... We had a high of about 60F today, and it's 50 right now

[Victory Sabre]

I was, probably a lot like Jester today. I was wearing shorts, outside, enjoying the awesome November 12th weather. It was 63 today here in central Minnesota, and it was amazing. It probably was 15 degrees warmer in Jesterland, though.

I guess that wasn't a F-U mother nature. It was a thank you mother nature post.

Here's a few pics from outside.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

That's funny because my mom is in Ocala, FL, and it was 39 at 7am this morning. I am in Ohio, and it was 43 at 7am this morning. Totally crazy!

Yeah, when it gets that cold down my way and I see it's warmer where some of my more northerly friends are, I MUST point it out Ocala is definitely one of the colder parts of FL in the winter...it's both interior (i.e. far from the ocean/gulf) and relatively far north in the state. If we include it in the "Central Florida" area, as some around here do, it tends to be the coldest part. In summer it probably gets pretty hot there - again, interior, away from sea breezes - but it's also heavily forested so there's lots of shade. Nice place.

[Peppergirl]

It's a bit chillier in my part of Florida than in Jester's, but not too much, yet. We'll get a bigger cooldown in the actual winter months. (No snow, though...with the possible exception of VERY brief flurries that barely reach the ground.) I grew up in New Jersey so I've had my share of the nasty stuff, TYVM.

That's funny because my mom is in Ocala, FL, and it was 39 at 7am this morning. I am in Ohio, and it was 43 at 7am this morning. Totally crazy!