I'm Hating This Weather
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Call me crazy but I love it here. Never gets above 95, even in August. Thank you sea breeze! I can't wait until April so all the snowbirds will get the heck out of dodge and give me my roads back!
Haha, can't call you crazy, LOTS of people agree with you. The breeze definitely helps the edges, agreed. Besides serving a couple years of time in Jax, I always lived in the interior. But the humidity everywhere, ugh, even at the beaches. I come from a long line of sweaters. At any temp it is brutal.
All my trips to the south part of the state, I found the change in population due to migration odd. Not unlike the summer months when school is out. When all the kids leave Tallahassee, its a very different city (for the areas around the school).
Snowpack is at about 20 percent and I have to start work again in about 2 weeks, just about when the storms may arrive.
Naw. Full year that would be optimum weather.
Weather at opening day baseball game was superb.
Forecast for Tally through next Thursday is a high of 83, low of 60.
It’s remarkable to me that this upsets anyone.
Um, it's Winter not late Spring. I'm not upset about the temperature, I'm upset about what another abonormally hot winter implies...
I've witnessed first hand the summer mosquitoes in Minnesota. It's probably worse than the south
Man, that's like a quadruple entendre. Kudos.
Whether as a general contractor in my younger years to overseeing highway construction projects now, I have worked outside in Florida for almost 35 years. I enjoy the cold weather because I have to endure the heat of the summer.
Congrats on the new job. Tough to get laid off during the holidays but having time off is nice too, or so they tell me.
Thanks, I think I'm happy about it. I've been working at home with my wife trying to grow her business and it's nice to see a future without "the man". But.... I had a buddy call me up out of the blue who "just wanted to talk" about an opportunity. Turned out to be me and the board talking about a regional manager position with a F500 company and them saying I'm their guy - tell them my number. I threw out a number and they didn't flinch. So....back to work I go. It's a good job and they're a good firm. Wife will carry on without me until I'm done with it. Last kid leaves for college in about 5 years...
Not if May-mid October is gut wretchingly hot and humid.
I’m in Tampa and have yet to turn my ac on. Won’t do it. House temp is right around 78 and it’s not too humid yet.
Agreed this warm bout is crappy, though.
I’m going to consider 60-85 degrees damn nice regardless of how hot or cold it is at other times or places.
I mean, I could sit outside on a sunny day and lament that at some other point rain will come, but I’d rather just enjoy the sun.
I enjoy comfortable weather. I don’t find that being cold in January makes up for being hot in August or vice versa.
Probably why I pick my beans in the shade...
Wow. Good news and sounds like a winning situation for you - congrats.
Yes. Lots of them in the Upper Midwest - lots of water and deep forests. The black flies are even more ferocious.
Only issue is vacation time. Their standard is 10 days for the first 3 years. I've negotiated for more in the past, but usually before they send an offer letter. Think it's too late?
Wanna know how I know you could have asked for more.
My buddy took a role as IT Director for a vet org, he had the same "I threw out a number I thought was stupid high and they didn't flinch". He is going to try to do a review after the full year and see about a bump.
Congrats on the gig.
Can you survive on the PTO until next year's 12 month renegotiation?
Yeah, I thought the number I was throwing at them was going to be a real issue as glass door showed that people in their company with the same title made significantly less, but I thought it was a fair number. Apparently regional variations in salary are quite significant.
Do you look out of a window in your office and wonder how hot or cold it is outside?
I have lived in Florida for every year of my life except for my time in the Corps. The insufferable heat and humidity from May to mid-November, along with radiation exposure, make me want to move to the Appalachians, except we usually get a break in the winter months where it’s “not as hot.” Now, we’re not getting a reprieve before heading into the months again of “instant sweat” when stepping outside. It sucks and I’ve had enough of it. Looking at some lots outside of Boone to build a cabin.
It is hotter and hotter around Boone as well. We can run, but we can not hide...
For so many, much of their exposure to the weather outside is the distance from home to car, car to work/store, work/store to car,...repeat. This cycle has relatively short breaks involving outdoor moments, but nothing like a person who spends most daylight hours outside of a conditioned environment.
The building where I spend much of my working moments is full of people who wear winter clothing during winter months and complain about how cold it is... even as I complain about the thermostat being set at 68. The dry heat created by units that run long and hard wrecks my nose and gives me headaches.
This same scenario plays out in places where it is hot and humid in the summer. It is just reversed via the air conditioning.
It has been so hot that I have hired a second quail guide to keep a mister on me at all times during my hunts. It’s hard to look and act regal when it’s this damned hot.
Not if where you live has summer 8 mos of the yr. I enjoy some cold weather (lows in the 40s, highs in the 70s) for a few weeks of the year. Cold enough to throw a hoodie and jeans on and sit on the porch with a bourbon or 3.
1st bourbon = best intentions
2nd bourbon = appreciation of a fine distilled product
3rd bourbon = inevitable result of best intentions
Being in 40’ a few seconds after being in 90’ feels nice, as anyone who has stocked a walk in fridge can tell you, but being at 40’ a few months after being 90’ doesn’t do anything for me except make me look forward to spring.
Cayman Islands have what I’d consider a pretty ideal climate.
Seriously, your lawn guy isn't doing his job. Your assistant needs to fire him.This is what pretty much every lawn in Southwood looks like right now...clover everywhere.
I know. Everyone in the neighborhood has to fire theirs too. It's like they're all on strike or something!
People who use lawn maintenance companies just trade and share weed seeds among each other. It's not like the equipment is thoroughly washed between lawns.
This. I have neighbors on either side that don't do anything for lawn care and friends that ask why I don't mow their yards when I'm doing mine. Yeah, because I have no desire to get their crap caught in my blades. I will make sure to overlap when I'm treating, but it's pretty futile when there's no follow up maintenance on their part.
Yup. I’m in the tiny minority on my circle that mows his own grass. Every house that has a lawn service is 50-75% weeds coverage. I’ve got some spots, but I’m about 90% Floritam. Oh, and most folks WAY overwater, leading to shallow root structures and compounding weed issues.
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