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Reply #90 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 8:08am

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Did you mean lumpy or grumpy Grin

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Reply #91 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 8:33am

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Mick, Why live where there are 4 seasons:

From Google images:

Par roadrunner/CJV dans le Quebec

From Google images:

Marble Mountain, Newfoundland

From Beartown Chesapeakes:

A few reasons.

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Reply #92 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 10:23am

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Thats just one LK,
all I see is snow & cold weather
what happened to your "seasons"

Where is the swimming pool, warm sun shine & endless partying,
cooking out doors on the barby almost every night.
the warm balmy nights on the river bank with a cold beer & a fishing rod,
where do I ride my dirt bikes in all that snow?,
water skiing & camping by the waters edge???
Chasing Rabbits as a kid "ALL YEAR ROUND"?
head out to your favourite fishing hole with no ambition to go home, just sleep under the stars without a tent or such,
getting up in the morning & not having to pile clothes on, just a pair of shorts & nothing else...we were not born with clothes & are not designed to live in a cold place!!
Camping...yes camping!!!! in snow???, Ive done it once & that was enough, it was cold, wet & misserable!!

I could keep going !!!...but I won't

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Reply #93 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 12:54pm

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Well, you all don't seem to appreciate snow, so......... But you're only talking about summer. Neither of us has done spring and fall. Granted there are some places where you have fall.............................

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Reply #94 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 1:24pm

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Yeh we have fall usually when we drink too much Grin

I did describe our four seasons in a previous post I think LK.

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Reply #95 - Dec 17^th, 2007 at 7:48pm

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Yeah, well, t'aint my idea of fall.

Fall, starts with spotty frost at night and less daylight which makes the leave change to foliage. This one was taken in Mont Tremblant Park by PackerBacker:

In late fall one may have steady frost with varying degrees of snow fall.

Winter starts December 21.

We in Newfoundland are in the middle of the storm that has been creating havoc over the continent this past week. Winds forecast to 100 km this morning. Winter storm warning in effect.

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Snow at times heavy changing through ice pellets and freezing rain to rain early this afternoon. Snow and ice pellet amount 10 cm. Rainfall amount 5 mm. Blowing snow this morning. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming east 60 gusting to 100 this morning then southwest 40 gusting to 60 early this afternoon. High plus 3.

& this is officially fall!!! But it is unusual in fall. This is more like January or February and rare at that.

I do not think gusts to 100 sounds like going to work. You see, every so often you get a storm day.

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Reply #96 - Dec 18^th, 2007 at 5:13pm

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Now LK
thats pretty
but you can have your cold

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Reply #97 - Dec 23^rd, 2007 at 12:56pm

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Even the cold is pretty! If we're going to live in an area that gets cold the least Mother Nature can do is give us snow to play in! I know it's difficult for all you folks to understand, but snow is a LOT of fun, and brings a LOT of tourism (read: $$$) to these areas. Not only that, but the snow is beautiful. The blanket of white on everything is just so pristine and beautiful right after a big snowfall.

As LK has said, the other seasons are gorgeous, too. Although our winters can be harsh (we're under a winter storm WARNING tonight - with 6-10 inches forecast), I don't think I could live in an area that didn't have four distinct seasons.

I LOVE spring with the budding of the trees and everything turning green.

Summers can be HOT and very HUMID, with tornadoes and other violent summer storms. We have our share of those (do ya'all get tornadoes?) and they're certainly not fun!

Fall colors are just beautiful. Walking outside on a crisp fall day, when the temps are around 40 F, just puts a spring in your step. You can smell winter coming, but its a beautiful, sunny day outside and just a light jacket is needed. That's a wonderful time to go camping and sit around a campfire with your friends and a cocktail.

Winter, well, that's discussed above. I know you folks don't really understand, and that's totally understandable! This kind of weather is certainly different than what you're used to, and our bitter cold temps in the winter are nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure! And I'm sure you'll hear me complaining in another month or so about temps that are -10 or -15 F (without the wind chill), and of course, I expect ya'all to just commiserate with me!

In the meantime, hope everyone has a FABULOUS Christmas!

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Reply #98 - Dec 23^rd, 2007 at 1:32pm

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Julie, one concept I just can't seem to get across these Aussies is that insulation pays. They don't think they need it.

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Reply #99 - Dec 26^th, 2007 at 12:36pm

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Well, we had a LOVELY winter storm, just in time for Christmas! Lucky us! By the time the storm was all done, we received about 18 inches of snow! That would have been just FINE, if I hadn't been stuck DRIVING in it! We had to drive down to Milwaukee (about 230 miles) Our normal 3-1/2 to 4 hour drive took us SIX hours! At times, we had white out conditions. It was NOT fun, by any stretch of the imagination. We counted 20 vehicles in total in the ditches. One was a semi, and four of the other cars were flipped. People just get stupid in this kind of weather sometimes!

We're back home today, with much better road conditions! It was an EASY drive. When we got home, we discovered that the drift on our back deck is now WAIST deep! This is the most snow we've gotten at one time since we moved up here. It's really pretty outside with that beautiful blanket of white!

Here's a couple of pictures from before we left . . .

Looking out the patio door at our deck, the back of the fifth wheel and our barn.

Looking out the front door:

Looking out the front door:

Our son's car, surrounded by drifts:

And the saddest sight of all . . . the grill on the patio . . .

Spending time with my family was wonderful and we had a great Christmas. Hope everyone else did, too!

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