for winter, what Buck ya carrying and how cold is it...

it's 47f / 8c right now.... Im miserable outside even with two jackets on, so im heading back in and turning on the heat..

I did find a nos 486 and a 426. ironically at msrp prices, but when they were being made. so by today's standards or ebay sales prices..... kinda cheap. so I'll be carrying those soon enough. hopefully it warms back up. I really hate cold weather and winter. the older i get the more i hate it. one of these days I'm heading to the equator.......
 
jbmonkey said:
it's 47f / 8c right now.... Im miserable outside even with two jackets on, so im heading back in and turning on the heat..

I did find a nos 486 and a 426. ironically at msrp prices, but when they were being made. so by today's standards or ebay sales prices..... kinda cheap. so I'll be carrying those soon enough. hopefully it warms back up. I really hate cold weather and winter. the older i get the more i hate it. one of these days I'm heading to the equator.......
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That's the same temperature as was our high today. No snow on the ground yet but that's going to change tomorrow. 🌨️🌨️

I've had this nice flipper in the pocket for the last few days...
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jbmonkey said:
it's 47f / 8c right now.... Im miserable outside even with two jackets on, so im heading back in and turning on the heat..

I did find a nos 486 and a 426. ironically at msrp prices, but when they were being made. so by today's standards or ebay sales prices..... kinda cheap. so I'll be carrying those soon enough. hopefully it warms back up. I really hate cold weather and winter. the older i get the more i hate it. one of these days I'm heading to the equator.......
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:DJust started the wife's car. Bare feet sweatpants and a t shirt. It's 21 out there right now. Still waiting for winter to arrive here in the north east. :D
 
6 degrees here now, tried to give us a white Christmas but fell a bit short of full on white.
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I was just up in West Virginia for Bee's funeral..Leaving the motel at 4:00 am to get back to Florida the blast of 28 degrees and a 25 MPH wind seemed crazy cold. Since the start of this thread I have often wondered why so many of yall actually live in very cold parts of the US in winter. It's dangerous.
I had a 422 in my pocket.
 
bucksway said:
I was just up in West Virginia for Bee's funeral..Leaving the motel at 4:00 am to get back to Florida the blast of 28 degrees and a 25 MPH wind seemed crazy cold. Since the start of this thread I have often wondered why so many of yall actually live in very cold parts of the US in winter. It's dangerous.
I had a 422 in my pocket.
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Because sweating profusely 10/12 months each year is worse!
 
Here in mid-Michigan it's been warm and rainy lately. Mid 40's.

I was hoping to get a boom truck into the back yard and deal with some trees that were damaged in a wind storm back in August. There's no frost in the ground at all.

We're having to use drive mats to keep from burying aerial lifts at work.
New construction sites are horrible when there's no frost in the ground.

I almost prefer the cold over the mud that comes with warm wet weather.
 
GPyro said:
Here in mid-Michigan it's been warm and rainy lately. Mid 40's.

I was hoping to get a boom truck into the back yard and deal with some trees that were damaged in a wind storm back in August. There's no frost in the ground at all.

We're having to use drive mats to keep from burying aerial lifts at work.
New construction sites are horrible when there's no frost in the ground.

I almost prefer the cold over the mud that comes with warm wet weather.
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Agreed, GPyro. I'm ready for Ypsi to freeze back up and give us some winter. Next weekend is looking promising.
 
bucksway said:
I was just up in West Virginia for Bee's funeral..Leaving the motel at 4:00 am to get back to Florida the blast of 28 degrees and a 25 MPH wind seemed crazy cold. Since the start of this thread I have often wondered why so many of yall actually live in very cold parts of the US in winter. It's dangerous.
I had a 422 in my pocket.
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You can always put clothes ON. People start getting uppity when you start taking them off...
 
All I can figure is Spring summer and fall must really be nice way up north..Here in Florida we really only have 6 months of warm/hot weather. I was born and raised in Northern Virginia so I have seen a little. Most years I remember were not that bad. Dad was from Nebraska so we went there a lot in the winter growing up. Around 1959-1960 it got so cold the tip of my nose and ear lobes were frost bitten. I think that has never left my mind..Real cold up there makes many many 'Snow Birds' down here in Florida. We got lots of room.
 
bucksway said:
All I can figure is Spring summer and fall must really be nice way up north..Here in Florida we really only have 6 months of warm/hot weather. I was born and raised in Northern Virginia so I have seen a little. Most years I remember were not that bad. Dad was from Nebraska so we went there a lot in the winter growing up. Around 1959-1960 it got so cold the tip of my nose and ear lobes were frost bitten. I think that has never left my mind..Real cold up there makes many many 'Snow Birds' down here in Florida. We got lots of room.
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Yes, here in Indiana, both days (one day of spring and one day of fall) are really nice!

I'm That Guy who wears shorts until it's officially Long Pants Season (which is defined as below 0 degF air temperature during daylight hours). I did a winter Appleseed (Winterseed) in shorts, maybe ten years ago in a February. The warm day it got up to a blistering 17 degF. The less warm day it was about 7 degF to start and it soared to a balmy low teens. I know that to our buddies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Michigan UP, that's shirtsleeve weather, but I wore a jacket, hat, and gloves because I am less rugged than they are. I spent two weeks in Tampa in the August of 1990 and it almost killed me.
 
bucksway said:
All I can figure is Spring summer and fall must really be nice way up north..Here in Florida we really only have 6 months of warm/hot weather. I was born and raised in Northern Virginia so I have seen a little. Most years I remember were not that bad. Dad was from Nebraska so we went there a lot in the winter growing up. Around 1959-1960 it got so cold the tip of my nose and ear lobes were frost bitten. I think that has never left my mind..Real cold up there makes many many 'Snow Birds' down here in Florida. We got lots of room.
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I love seasons... to be honest, the worst time in new england is late fall and early spring, when its just grey cold and rainy for 4 or 5 months... Love the snow in the winter no matter how cold it gets, and love camping and swimming in the summer humidity. The humidity here can ruin a summer in the city, but if you can get into those deciduos / evergreen forest...its like heaven
 
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