October 17th, and snow on the ground

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Patt

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Driving home yesterday it was in a driving snow storm. Everything froze solid overnight, and there is snow and ice on the ground. Took me double the time to get into work this morning, and I came damn close to hitting a deer who decided to play dodge-the-car at the last second rather than the usually favoured jump-through-the-windshield game.

I'm hoping the snow doesn't stick around, and it shouldn't but still ... winter is here. Time to fire up the gaming machine :)
 
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Time to move south. Try Texas, I hear Canadians fit in real nicely in Texas. :p
 
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I hope we have a snowy winter. We've hardly had any snow for the past couple of years.
 
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Patt

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Originally posted by: misle
Time to move south. Try Texas, I hear Canadians fit in real nicely in Texas. :p
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Can't do it ... although I would dearly love to be able to golf year round. However, I do love the season changes, and don't mind the cold too much. October and November are always pretty crappy here, snow, rain and cloudy skies a lot of the time. The golf courses are closed, and indoor sports don't really start up too much until December.

I'm hoping for a really snowy winter as well, since there is good cross-country skiing in my neck of the woods. Might as well go for good ski conditions if I can't golf :p
 
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Patt

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Oh Canada!

and they get ticked when i pick on them for being a frozen tundra
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I'm not quite to the latitude where it is tundra ... but I'm getting pretty close ;) And I don't take offense to that, as I do enjoy the winters, and crisp sunny skies.
 
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Originally posted by: Patt
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Oh Canada!

and they get ticked when i pick on them for being a frozen tundra
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I'm not quite to the latitude where it is tundra ... but I'm getting pretty close ;) And I don't take offense to that, as I do enjoy the winters, and crisp sunny skies.
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i like winter too, but it's tooooo long.
 
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marvdmartian

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October 17th, North Texas, we hit 88 degrees (yesterday), and will hit the same temp today, the 18th. ;)

Of course, that's unseasonably warm for this time of year, when we should only be in the 70's. :roll:
 
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Patt

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Patt
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Oh Canada!

and they get ticked when i pick on them for being a frozen tundra
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I'm not quite to the latitude where it is tundra ... but I'm getting pretty close ;) And I don't take offense to that, as I do enjoy the winters, and crisp sunny skies.
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i like winter too, but it's tooooo long.
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Yeah, if fall and spring could both be stretched another month, it would be ideal. Oh well, I've chosen to live here I suppose.

However, after a long and cold winter, is there anything better than getting outside in a t-shirt and shorts for the first time?
 
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lol nice pic Durocshark!!

Patt, you've gotta be one of the northernmost members! What happened to that "frapper" map - that was pretty cool. I'll have to check to see if anyone is north of you, but I doubt it. :)

I'm in the southernmost part of Canada... right at the bottom of Michigan :)

We're pretty much the same longitude as northern California. :sun:
 
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Patt

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
lol nice pic Durocshark!!

Patt, you've gotta be one of the northernmost members! What happened to that "frapper" map - that was pretty cool. I'll have to check to see if anyone is north of you, but I doubt it. :)

I'm in the southernmost part of Canada... right at the bottom of Michigan :)

We're pretty much the same longitude as northern California. :sun:
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Yeah, but you have to deal with humidity thanks to the Lakes ... I hardly ever do :)

That is a great pic of the VW DurocShark. Reminds me of the van we had in Australia.

As for the frapper thing, I think I was the north-most member who put something on there, but I know there are a few Alaskans on the board too.
 
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