Northern weather

[robert.]

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[robert.]

don’t feel sorry for me I’m sitting pool side.

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[rogruth]

Tough life?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

13 degrees here in No. VA with some excellent wind,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Stepping out into the cold today, here in NJ, which I did just a moment ago, was like getting slapped real hard in the face, with the slapping continuing until I got back in the car. It took my breath away.

[rex desilets]

it is times like these when I'm grateful to be living in CrapHoleCalifornia.

[NJPiney]

I rather enjoy this weather. I like the variety of seasons here in NJ. It took mid-January to finally give us some real winter conditions and many seem to have forgotten what winter used to be like here. I spent the better part of the 3-day weekend near the woodstove with some good old fashioned books, taking a break from the net. Spent a few hours yesterday splitting and stacking wood (with a maul, not a hydraulic splitter). I was soon warmer doing that than I was inside the house. It will warm up soon enough out there and the complaining can then turn to the bugs and eventually the humidity .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

it is times like these when I'm grateful to be living in CrapHoleCalifornia.

What, you like conflagrations and mudslides of epic proportions, and earthquakes then?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Spent a few hours yesterday splitting and stacking wood (with a maul, not a hydraulic splitter).

That's the way to do it now!

[rogruth]

I have said before that I do NOT miss northern weather. I did not mind it in my younger days but now I would hurt really bad in that cold.
We have had a few nights in the upper 20s with days in the 40s. We have seasonal changes but have longer warm periods and shorter cold
periods. I last mowed the lawn in mid December and will need to again in mid March. It is not warm here all of the time but warm enough
to make a difference. My son lived in the Poughkeepsi, NY area for @45 years moved here when he retired 5 years ago because he was
tired of the cold, ice and snow and he could ride his motorcycle almost anytime.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I last mowed the lawn in mid December and will need to again in mid March.

There's why moving South isn't happening for me - too much pushing the mower about!

[rogruth]

I last mowed the lawn in mid December and will need to again in mid March.

There's why moving South isn't happening for me - too much pushing the mower about!

I ride. Still like that better than cold, ice and snow.

[E7]

I last mowed the lawn in mid December and will need to again in mid March.

There's why moving South isn't happening for me - too much pushing the mower about!

I ride. Still like that better than cold, ice and snow.

I worked a bit on a golf course (PA). They generally mowed well into November and it was not unusual to start in mid March. I can tell you the sooner you mow, the quicker it will grow, at least it sure as H*ll seemed that way.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

There's why moving South isn't happening for me - too much pushing the mower about!

I ride. Still like that better than cold, ice and snow.

I worked a bit on a golf course (PA). They generally mowed well into November and it was not unusual to start in mid March. I can tell you the sooner you mow, the quicker it will grow, at least it sure as H*ll seemed that way.

Familiar with that "fun". Worked for landscaping company with a huge sod farm in PA. Had to be mowed and all just like caring for a golf course and then we'd go out and cut it into rolls, load it on flat beds, and then a day later be putting it back down on the ground. Not so bad most of the year, but cutting sod in December was an adventure. Frozen sod that once you got it started on the roll it would roll up. But the ground below was not frozen and that heat from the ground hit the cold air and we were working in a dense freezing fog bank all day. Good times,

[E7]

We mowed rain or shine on "The Links". Nothing finer tan long wet snotty grass laying in clumps all over.
then there were those "lovely" days when it was cold and windy sitting up on a big diesel mower. All you were moving was your hands and arms, and I would put on Carhartt bibs and my rubber rain suit jacket to stop the wind and you'd still freeze your arse off! 6 guys took care of 160 acres.