I hate winter

14 here in NW Indiana. Seems like for the last two years its been getting colder earlier and staying longer. I wanted to get one more weekend in Sep I checked all the way to GA before I just gave up for the year.

WakeSlayer wrote: Anything above zero disqualifies you from my sympathy. We have been stupid cold in MN.

Couldn't agree more....35 degrees and we'll be wearing shorts and t-shirts!

WakeSlayer and Storm, you boys have been freezing your butts off.
Contrary to many on this site, I love the cold. If it's not 75 degrees, I want it below 30. The ice is getting thick; there should be trucks on it this weekend. The quads and go-carts will be burning the boat's fuel this weekend (high around 20 Sunday).
BTW, some of you may have seen a news article about two snowmobilers killed on Sunday on White Lake. It happened about a 1/4 mile from my cottage. We had just left and passed the group at the Inn. Two buddies, one didn't have a working headlight, head on collision.
Needless to say, be careful if your on the ice.

Tim,

The thermometer got my itchy trigger finger to confirm my flight a little sooner than I planned. Don't forget that here in MN we do have hot summers and fairly high humidity (from all the lakes) We just happen to get ass freezing cold here too. What gets really tiresome is when this crap stretches for weeks at a time. Our roads are horrible here still from the Xmas snowstorm. When it gets this cold, salt no longer works.


Tull, you guys race on the ice? We ride dirtbikes on the ice, but the ice is awful right now. We got 6 inches of ice, then HEAVY wet snow, then super cold. We will be lucky to get a decent track put in this year.

I hope everyone who usually doesn't winterize, is now. You never know.

I agree with the winter vs. cold.    I love winter in the mountains. Lotsa snow, not particularly cold. Winter in MN just sucks though.

I'm with tull! Either let it be under 30 or above 65!

Thought I had it bad at -2 this morning.

Our ice has 4-6 inches of slush over the ice, and 4-6 inches of hard frozen snow on top of the slush. Sucks...

connorssons wrote: In Coldwater we have 7in of ice and very little snow, bring the toys down here. Ill put ya up at the lake not to shabby either.

Thread jack

Connorsons
Somewhere around Coldwater is a place that sells the most incredible floating material. It's like neoprene, but is sort of slimy. A friend has a white, 4' square x 3" thick piece of this stuff and it will hold 4 people. We call it "toxomat" because it has to be some sort of waste product. They got it at a gas station near Coldwater. The only other time I saw it was a guy who had a dock/hoist moving business. He had eight similar size pieces of it in the back of his truck. I asked if he would sell any, and he said no way. He said he bought the business from a guy who got the material from Coldwater. Have you ever seen anything like this?
BTW, have you ever been to the nudist resort in Coldwater? If there is a lake it would make for an interesting reunion location.

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I'd like to see you guys handle above 90'f and 60% humdity for a couple months.

Tim,we went to the Keys one August. NEVER again, I think I was sweating while I swam.

Well we got the coldest and snowiest winter since a very long time. And weather forecast says it's gonna keep up like this for quite a while longer... More snow to be expected next weekend.

Good thing about this is that the wasp nests will freeze, so less wasps in the summer. Good thing for me anyway, as I am allergic to wasp stings... You see guys, always try to find a positive note!

eric lavine wrote: you florida boys a little cold this morning?

John,
What's going on down there? Do you need to move even farther south?

Havoc in Atlanta this morning. School closings EVERYWHERE! 27 car pile up on I-285 ( perimeter around ATL) near the airport shutting down west bound lanes. Thing is that I'd bet the idiots on The Watermelon Raceway were doing 65-80 when they found the black ice. ATL radio is pleading for everyone to stay home. Roads aren't even white and the grass is still poking through the white stuff at my house. Gonna be a long day round here!

Amy and I had a good laugh after the fact. She made it all the way home in that mess last night and then almost hit/slid into the truck in the driveway?!!?    

Mike, you should have seen the 'on scene' reporter this morning showing us the 1/4" of snow on his hands and knees. I told Amy that the guys up north would be rolling out of their chairs!