Grinding Away..Things that grind your gears, part three

[JuveGG24]

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I'm going to go ahead and put the woman who started a fire next door as a gear grinder. Spending the last hour out in the cold wasn't fun. Impressive response time for the SF fire department though. They were here before I even knew there was a fire.

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Coming back to the Twin Cities for the wedding of one of my dearest old friends.

Making plans on staying at a hotel by the reception instead of staying at my sister's place, or at my parents place.

Sister is choosing to go down the guilt trip road for it.

Argh.

 

[johnnypohlfan]

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I'm going to go ahead and put the woman who started a fire next door as a gear grinder. Spending the last hour out in the cold wasn't fun. Impressive response time for the SF fire department though. They were here before I even knew there was a fire.

You're in San Fran and complaining about being "out in the cold"??? What was it, 60-70 degrees?

Which brings me to the next gear-grinder: The rest of the country being absolute wimps about any sort of weather whatsoever. Spend a friggin' day here in January. Or on a muggy July day. Then you can complain if you must.

 

[JuveGG24]

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You're in San Fran and complaining about being "out in the cold"??? What was it, 60-70 degrees?

Which brings me to the next gear-grinder: The rest of the country being absolute wimps about any sort of weather whatsoever. Spend a friggin' day here in January. Or on a muggy July day. Then you can complain if you must.

A. I'm from Duluth. Shut up.
B. You've never been to San Francisco. And no I don't enjoy standing outside in 45 degree weather with strong gusting winds without socks or a jacket.

 

[Handyman]

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You being from Duluth makes it even weaker dude...just saying

 

[johnnypohlfan]

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You being from Duluth makes it even weaker dude...just saying

Me never being to San Francisco is an excuse for you to whine about it being 45 degrees and windy? I'm not sure about the correlation.

Any Handy is right, you're not helping your case by stating you're from Duluth.

 

[JuveGG24]

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Me never being to San Francisco is an excuse for you to whine about it being 45 degrees and windy? I'm not sure about the correlation.

Any Handy is right, you're not helping your case by stating you're from Duluth.

Handy is right, I probably have become a wuss.

I was just a little cranky this morning. The San Francisco comment was about how SF is nothing like the rest of California. People come to visit expecting the perfect California weather and then are disappointed with the fog and wind. They all end up buying the same jacket with the Golden Gate Bridge on it.

edit: But ****it I was still cold.

 

[Handyman]

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I remember when you were still in Duluth...that was like 3 boards ago

I thought everyone knew San Fran was colder than the rest of the state...I mean (supposedly) the guys that escaped from Alcatraz couldnt swim to shore due to the tides and the cold water.

 

[JuveGG24]

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I just got my first look at the damage in the daylight. And wow, big thank you to the SF fire department for a really incredible response time. The side of our building is pretty well charred.

edit: Handy, you would think but there they are in their shorts and t-shirts looking miserable.

 

[LynahFan]

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I remember when you were still in Duluth...that was like 3 boards ago

I thought everyone knew San Fran was colder than the rest of the state...I mean (supposedly) the guys that escaped from Alcatraz couldnt swim to shore due to the tides and the cold water.

Even So Cal is no Phoenix - if you live within half mile of the beach, you need a light jacket practically every evening. A friend of mine calls it "perpetual spring."

 

[Handyman]

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Even So Cal is no Phoenix - if you live within half mile of the beach, you need a light jacket practically every evening. A friend of mine calls it "perpetual spring."

Sounds glorious to me. Does this change when the month of haze hits?

 

[LynahFan]

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Sounds glorious to me. Does this change when the month of haze hits?

Not noticeably - "June Gloom" seems to be a purely visual phenomenon.

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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SF is nothing like the rest of California. People come to visit expecting the perfect California weather and then are disappointed with the fog and wind. They all end up buying the same jacket with the Golden Gate Bridge on it.

I was in SF in early March. Those tourists need to man up.

 

[JuveGG24]

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I was in SF in early March. Those tourists need to man up.

They just need to pack better.

They could also head just outside the city. We often head up north into wine country to visit the girlfriend's parents. We leave our neighborhood with grey skies, cool temps, etc. and before you even finish crossing the bridge the fog burns off and the sun is shining. As long as you layer, you're fine.

 

[St. Clown]

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You're in San Fran and complaining about being "out in the cold"??? What was it, 60-70 degrees?

Which brings me to the next gear-grinder: The rest of the country being absolute wimps about any sort of weather whatsoever. Spend a friggin' day here in January. Or on a muggy July day. Then you can complain if you must.

I've lived in MN all my life, and a muggy July day in this state is nothing compared to what you get along the Eastern seaboard from about Maryland on down, and as far inland to eastern TN. Try southern Florida in June - most oppressive heat I've ever seen. You step outside and a film of sweat forms along your body just to let you know where you are.

 

[RaceBoarder]

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I've lived in MN all my life, and a muggy July day in this state is nothing compared to what you get along the Eastern seaboard from about Maryland on down, and as far inland to eastern TN. Try southern Florida in June - most oppressive heat I've ever seen. You step outside and a film of sweat forms along your body just to let you know where you are.

I'll 2nd this... The heat/humidity in the Midwest is nothing compared to the Southeast... In July 2008 I got a chance to spend a week umpiring a national-level baseball tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC... That week was an eye opener as far as summer goes...

The thing is that the air is so humid down there that it never really cools down at night... It's super sticky, heavy air that slams you like a brick wall when you step outside from the A/C... When we would leave our hotel room at 6-7am, it was comparable to what you get mid-day up here.... You would be drenched in sweat from walking to the car in the parking garage... We would get the same thing when we went out at night too... We'd clean up and head out around 10pm... By the time we got to where we were going, you felt like you needed another shower...

At least up here, the air cools down once the sun leaves... There, everything just seems to retain heat...

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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When I was a kid, I once spent three weeks in August visiting my grandparents, who live in SW Florida. Every *ing day was 90-95 degrees. A pack of thunderstorms would roll in, like clockwork, at 3:30 PM each day, then just as quickly the heat would return for another 4-5 hours. It's the most predictable, boring, and (in my opinion) miserable weather ever. You have to really loathe the cold (even a slight chill at night) to put up with it eight months out of the year.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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That sounds like the weather I had to deal with when I traveled to Houston for 2 weeks last summer. Absolutely miserable.

 

[The Rube]

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When I was a kid, I once spent three weeks in August visiting my grandparents, who live in SW Florida. Every *ing day was 90-95 degrees. A pack of thunderstorms would roll in, like clockwork, at 3:30 PM each day, then just as quickly the heat would return for another 4-5 hours. It's the most predictable, boring, and (in my opinion) miserable weather ever. You have to really loathe the cold (even a slight chill at night) to put up with it eight months out of the year.

Have been to Orlando twice, a week each time. The bolded/underlined/italicized is so true. Hence, no F4 Tampa. F* FLA. And yes, their heat/humidity top MN's easily, just for consistency.

MN is "tough" to live in BECAUSE of the drastic changes in weather. Down there? It's never NOT hot/humid.

 

[LynahFan]

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I've lived in MN all my life, and a muggy July day in this state is nothing compared to what you get along the Eastern seaboard from about Maryland on down, and as far inland to eastern TN. Try southern Florida in June - most oppressive heat I've ever seen. You step outside and a film of sweat forms along your body just to let you know where you are.

I grew up in TN, about 20 miles from NC, and you are spot on. Our soccer league's travel tournament was a July 4th event, and it was not uncommon for the games to be "triple 90s" - 90 minutes in 90 degree heat with 90% humidity. By the end of the game, whichever team could still jog to the ball would usually win....