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kurty[B] · 11-08-2003, 07:43 AM

To start, I'm defining ill weather in this thread as snowy or rainy weather (which to me is beautiful weather!!).

Now, I grew up in a small mountain town, when it snowed someone in the building would announce it was snowing, and everyone would stop what they were doing to at least go to a window and watch, and everyone became happy.

I still live in Colorado, but am on the Front Range, rather than in the mountains. When I see snow I still have my mountain town habit, where no matter what I'm doing I go find the nearest window, and will literally sit for 10-15 minutes and watch the snow fall (if I can't get outside to enjoy it; this really pisses my boss off, but he can deal). Then, I go announce it to everyone. Unlike in my home-mountain-town most people snide and sneer and start complaining. The problem I have with this is some of these people then complain in the summer when there's a drought and they can't have a campfire while camping. Do they not realize that the snow collecting on the ground is in turn helping with the eventual spring beauty and water levels?? This makes me want to just smack people upside the back of the head.

I'll take any weather I can get, I prefer FEET of snow, and could play in that ALL day long (don't need a slope to ski/snowboard down), just need a pile of snow and I'll be rolling around in it like a child. The only weather I can't stand is when temps reach above 100 degrees. If I'm butt naked and still burning up there's something wrong.

What're your ideal weather conditions? Do you know people who complain about conditions that would in general benefit people and nature in the region? Does this bother anyone else?

ARTelevision · 11-08-2003, 08:04 AM

People have preferences.
My preference is for the weather to be as sunny and warm as it wants to get.

Some people make a big deal out of their preferences.
But some people make a big deal out of everything.

peacy · 11-08-2003, 09:29 AM

I usually enjoy any kind of weather...

I love when it's sunny and warm so I could eat outside...
I love running in rain...
I love to take a long walk when it's snowing...

cj2112 · 11-08-2003, 10:43 AM

I love the rain, it just calms me......water has always done that for me.

empu · 11-08-2003, 10:57 AM

"All sunshine makes the desert." - Arab Proverb.

phredgreen · 11-08-2003, 01:49 PM

I am an Arizona buy, born and raised. Every year of my life i've experienced 100+ degree temperatures for 7-8 months out of the year, but the winters here are to die for. Our winter temps hover between 60 and 70, so it's just perfect for all kinds of outdoors activities you can't experience while the desert sun is baking everything it touches. I've always loved the (relatively) warm winters, but i've grown to dislike the stifling summers even more, so i'm moving very soon.

I'll be driving across the country in the middle of winter, so I think I'm going to have the chance to experience winter in all of its fury, and where I end up will be much more temparate than Arizona's two choices of hot or not quite as hot. I'm looking foward to the change, even if i'm not quite prepared for it. I'm hoping that the winter and all of its wonderous emenations (snow, ice, butt-ass cold temperatures) won't lose their charm for me, that I'll learn to love them after a life deprived of them. Only time will see.

strcrssd · 11-08-2003, 01:53 PM

I'm a big fan of rain...my experience with snow is limited (similar to phredgreen, 100+ temperatures through most of the year).

theguyondacouch · 11-08-2003, 05:20 PM

Snow. Lots and lots of snow.

krwlz · 11-08-2003, 06:04 PM

I like a good solid, loud thunderstorm. The power of nature.

tikki · 11-08-2003, 06:28 PM

As soon as I graduate, I am moving to wherever its sunny and 65 every freaking day of the year. I dunno where that is, but when I find it, you can find me there. :-D

yournamehere · 11-08-2003, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by phredgreen
. . . I'm hoping that the winter and all of its wonderous emenations (snow, ice, butt-ass cold temperatures) won't lose their charm for me, that I'll learn to love them after a life deprived of them.

Phred,
You are about to understand why all those people have been moving to Arizona all your life.

Junchbailey · 11-09-2003, 06:32 AM

I love winter. When you wake up in the morning after a big snowfall everything is covered in a huge blanket of white. The ground, trees, houses, power lines; everything just looks so clean and peaceful you forget about that fight you had last night, or the bad news you got. Everything is just perfect.

Moskie · 11-09-2003, 07:53 AM

Sunny and 72.

bundy · 11-09-2003, 12:33 PM

well, right now its 7:30am in Sydney, and let me tell you Summer is officially here.

the suns up, and already got a bit of potency... the cicadas have been singing all week.

and i´ve just finished my last essay for the semester. now i´ve kinda got about 4.5 months off...

i might not exactly dig the really hot weather... but man i love the summer holidays.

rogue49 · 11-09-2003, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tikki
As soon as I graduate, I am moving to wherever its sunny and 65 every freaking day of the year. I dunno where that is, but when I find it, you can find me there. :-D

Try San Diego...it's exactly what you are talking about.
but then again, everyone else is going there too.
And because of this...it's expensive and they don't pay well, and jobs aren't stable.
But at least the weather is always good.

To me...it's boring
The Holidays don't feel like the holidays
12 years of the SAME fuckin' thing every single day...ugh.
I like change...I like excitement.
Give me rain, give me a thunderstorm...give me snow & wind.
The more there is, the more interesting it is.

I'll take my nice days in May and Sept.
But I like it that by the time I'm tired of Summer, it changes
By the time I'm tired of Winter, it changes

I don't bitch...I don't let it stop me.
Bring it on.

tikki · 11-09-2003, 02:55 PM

well, your now benched QB for the Chargers went to my school, so there's another reason to move to San Diego

numberfive · 11-09-2003, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rogue49
Try San Diego...it's exactly what you are talking about.
but then again, everyone else is going there too.
And because of this...it's expensive and they don't pay well, and jobs aren't stable.
But at least the weather is always good.

To me...it's boring
The Holidays don't feel like the holidays
12 years of the SAME fuckin' thing every single day...ugh.
I like change...I like excitement.
Give me rain, give me a thunderstorm...give me snow & wind.
The more there is, the more interesting it is.

I'll take my nice days in May and Sept.
But I like it that by the time I'm tired of Summer, it changes
By the time I'm tired of Winter, it changes

I don't bitch...I don't let it stop me.
Bring it on.

Which is why I'm moving to NY when I get the chance. SD is overrated, high priced and boring. And the Chargers suck.

I like my summers hot and my winters cold. You don't get that in SD. Perfect temp for me is 75-80.

oberon · 11-09-2003, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tikki
As soon as I graduate, I am moving to wherever its sunny and 65 every freaking day of the year. I dunno where that is, but when I find it, you can find me there. :-D

Ha! Wuss!

I'm a cold weather type of person, so I'll stick to my beloved Michigan (okay, Indiana too.. *grumble*

).

SNOW DAMMIT!!! *raises fist to the sky*

viejo gringo · 11-09-2003, 06:26 PM

64 this morning was considered cold down here..

and that is enough WINTER for us...everything is blooming great-- should have fresh tomatoes by CHRISTMAS

mvassek · 11-09-2003, 06:59 PM

I grew up in Northwestern Colorado, the deeper the snow and the colder the wind the happier I am. I now live in East Tennessee other than family I miss the snow and cold the most.

rogue49 · 11-09-2003, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by numberfive
Which is why I'm moving to NY when I get the chance. SD is overrated, high priced and boring.

I noticed your location says California dreaming....heh

But after you leave Southern CA...you'll know the real meaning behind the Eagle's "Hotel California"

Damn, I'm so glad I left.

copymachineboy · 11-09-2003, 09:11 PM

I've lived in Seattle all my life, so I'm used to the over-cast skies and rain. Somedays when I step outside and look up at the gray clouds it makes me smile.

Perfect temp for me is around the 60's.

Lots of people here bitch about the weather. They bitched during the summer when we went for weeks without a single drop of rain or clouds. They bitched when the fall/winter weather hit Seattle like a fuckin mac-truck. (I'll admit that I bitched too. The change in weather was a bit sudden.)

hunnychile · 11-19-2003, 06:55 PM

I live and love Northern California. It's unbelievable and home, sweet home for me. Did several other states, but none can compare. Yes, it's expensive but quality always is hard to come by. Diversity is real and I'll take a quake over a tornado any day!

dragon2fire · 11-19-2003, 09:01 PM

50 degrees and sunny

perfect

splck · 11-19-2003, 09:06 PM

It's supposed to snow this weekend around here and I couldn't be happier. I wished we received more of the white stuff.
I lived in the tropics for years and I must say it's nice, but I guess I prefer four seasons more.

Cycler · 11-19-2003, 10:04 PM

Gotta have weather changes. Love the spring and summer because the grass grows and extra money flows. I love the fall and winter for the break from mowing and the rain and the snow. THere is nothing better than school being called off for a snow day. I think I would like Seattle when I was there in March of 1995 it was great.

tommyboy · 11-20-2003, 09:23 AM

I love the weather changes here in New England. Certainly never boring. I like the warmer weather but I have to admit when a big snowstorm is on its way i get excited. The only thing is winter lasts so long and the joints get kinda sore. I try not to complain about the weather....too many others doing the complaining. Bitch if its hot, bitch if its cold.

chris2980 · 11-21-2003, 01:45 PM

i like it to be cold and snow

Frowning Budah · 11-26-2003, 08:02 PM

I'm from Colorado and I love to watch the snow come down. I don't like shoveling it or driving in it, but nothing better than sitting in the dark with some good music playing in the background, sipping a little Bailey's Cream and watching the snow fall.
I am in Florida now and I get the same joy in watching the rain come down.

11-08-2003, 07:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	Ill Weather To start, I'm defining ill weather in this thread as snowy or rainy weather (which to me is beautiful weather!!). Now, I grew up in a small mountain town, when it snowed someone in the building would announce it was snowing, and everyone would stop what they were doing to at least go to a window and watch, and everyone became happy. I still live in Colorado, but am on the Front Range, rather than in the mountains. When I see snow I still have my mountain town habit, where no matter what I'm doing I go find the nearest window, and will literally sit for 10-15 minutes and watch the snow fall (if I can't get outside to enjoy it; this really pisses my boss off, but he can deal). Then, I go announce it to everyone. Unlike in my home-mountain-town most people snide and sneer and start complaining. The problem I have with this is some of these people then complain in the summer when there's a drought and they can't have a campfire while camping. Do they not realize that the snow collecting on the ground is in turn helping with the eventual spring beauty and water levels?? This makes me want to just smack people upside the back of the head. I'll take any weather I can get, I prefer FEET of snow, and could play in that ALL day long (don't need a slope to ski/snowboard down), just need a pile of snow and I'll be rolling around in it like a child. The only weather I can't stand is when temps reach above 100 degrees. If I'm butt naked and still burning up there's something wrong. What're your ideal weather conditions? Do you know people who complain about conditions that would in general benefit people and nature in the region? Does this bother anyone else?

11-08-2003, 08:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	People have preferences. My preference is for the weather to be as sunny and warm as it wants to get. Some people make a big deal out of their preferences. But some people make a big deal out of everything. __________________ create evolution

11-08-2003, 01:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
phredgreen who? Location: the phoenix metro	I am an Arizona buy, born and raised. Every year of my life i've experienced 100+ degree temperatures for 7-8 months out of the year, but the winters here are to die for. Our winter temps hover between 60 and 70, so it's just perfect for all kinds of outdoors activities you can't experience while the desert sun is baking everything it touches. I've always loved the (relatively) warm winters, but i've grown to dislike the stifling summers even more, so i'm moving very soon. I'll be driving across the country in the middle of winter, so I think I'm going to have the chance to experience winter in all of its fury, and where I end up will be much more temparate than Arizona's two choices of hot or not quite as hot. I'm looking foward to the change, even if i'm not quite prepared for it. I'm hoping that the winter and all of its wonderous emenations (snow, ice, butt-ass cold temperatures) won't lose their charm for me, that I'll learn to love them after a life deprived of them. Only time will see. __________________ My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine

11-08-2003, 01:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
strcrssd Insane Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas	I'm a big fan of rain...my experience with snow is limited (similar to phredgreen, 100+ temperatures through most of the year). __________________ "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

11-08-2003, 05:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
theguyondacouch salmon? Location: Outside Providence	Snow. Lots and lots of snow. __________________ "Lick my frozen metal ass!"

11-08-2003, 09:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
peacy Crazy Location: Reading, UK	I usually enjoy any kind of weather... I love when it's sunny and warm so I could eat outside... I love running in rain... I love to take a long walk when it's snowing...

11-08-2003, 10:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
cj2112 Unbelievable Location: Grants Pass OR	I love the rain, it just calms me......water has always done that for me.

11-08-2003, 10:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
empu Crazy	"All sunshine makes the desert." - Arab Proverb.

11-08-2003, 06:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	I like a good solid, loud thunderstorm. The power of nature.

11-08-2003, 06:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
tikki Justified Location: West Lafayette, IN	As soon as I graduate, I am moving to wherever its sunny and 65 every freaking day of the year. I dunno where that is, but when I find it, you can find me there. :-D __________________ Take notice. Take interest. Take me with you.

11-09-2003, 06:32 AM	#12 (permalink)
Junchbailey Psycho Location: Columbia Falls, MT	I love winter. When you wake up in the morning after a big snowfall everything is covered in a huge blanket of white. The ground, trees, houses, power lines; everything just looks so clean and peaceful you forget about that fight you had last night, or the bad news you got. Everything is just perfect. __________________ Hey guys -- I finally got a semen sample after pumping on my wiener for 2 whole days

11-09-2003, 07:53 AM	#13 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	Sunny and 72. __________________ Greetings and salutations.

11-09-2003, 12:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	well, right now its 7:30am in Sydney, and let me tell you Summer is officially here. the suns up, and already got a bit of potency... the cicadas have been singing all week. and i´ve just finished my last essay for the semester. now i´ve kinda got about 4.5 months off... i might not exactly dig the really hot weather... but man i love the summer holidays. __________________ Ohayo!!!

11-09-2003, 02:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
tikki Justified Location: West Lafayette, IN	well, your now benched QB for the Chargers went to my school, so there's another reason to move to San Diego __________________ Take notice. Take interest. Take me with you.

11-09-2003, 06:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
viejo gringo Registered User Location: Deep South Texas	64 this morning was considered cold down here.. and that is enough WINTER for us...everything is blooming great-- should have fresh tomatoes by CHRISTMAS

11-19-2003, 09:01 PM	#24 (permalink)
dragon2fire Junkie	50 degrees and sunny perfect

11-09-2003, 06:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
mvassek Crazy Location: East Tennessee	I grew up in Northwestern Colorado, the deeper the snow and the colder the wind the happier I am. I now live in East Tennessee other than family I miss the snow and cold the most.

11-09-2003, 09:11 PM	#22 (permalink)
copymachineboy Tilted Location: Sea. \| Wa.	I've lived in Seattle all my life, so I'm used to the over-cast skies and rain. Somedays when I step outside and look up at the gray clouds it makes me smile. Perfect temp for me is around the 60's. Lots of people here bitch about the weather. They bitched during the summer when we went for weeks without a single drop of rain or clouds. They bitched when the fall/winter weather hit Seattle like a fuckin mac-truck. (I'll admit that I bitched too. The change in weather was a bit sudden.) __________________ Kenny: "He rode that pole all the way to the end!!" Vic: "Thats the only way to ride pole, Ken. All the way to the end." -MXC Announcers

11-19-2003, 06:55 PM	#23 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	I live and love Northern California. It's unbelievable and home, sweet home for me. Did several other states, but none can compare. Yes, it's expensive but quality always is hard to come by. Diversity is real and I'll take a quake over a tornado any day! __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

11-19-2003, 09:06 PM	#25 (permalink)
splck it's jam Location: Lowerainland BC	It's supposed to snow this weekend around here and I couldn't be happier. I wished we received more of the white stuff. I lived in the tropics for years and I must say it's nice, but I guess I prefer four seasons more. __________________ nice line eh?

11-19-2003, 10:04 PM	#26 (permalink)
Cycler Float on.... Alright Location: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains, i.e. Oklahoma	Gotta have weather changes. Love the spring and summer because the grass grows and extra money flows. I love the fall and winter for the break from mowing and the rain and the snow. THere is nothing better than school being called off for a snow day. I think I would like Seattle when I was there in March of 1995 it was great. __________________ "I'm not even supposed to be here today." "I assure you we're open."

11-20-2003, 09:23 AM	#27 (permalink)
tommyboy Psycho Location: NH	I love the weather changes here in New England. Certainly never boring. I like the warmer weather but I have to admit when a big snowstorm is on its way i get excited. The only thing is winter lasts so long and the joints get kinda sore. I try not to complain about the weather....too many others doing the complaining. Bitch if its hot, bitch if its cold.

11-21-2003, 01:45 PM	#28 (permalink)
chris2980 Tilted Location: earth	i like it to be cold and snow

11-26-2003, 08:02 PM	#29 (permalink)
Frowning Budah Slave of Fear	I'm from Colorado and I love to watch the snow come down. I don't like shoveling it or driving in it, but nothing better than sitting in the dark with some good music playing in the background, sipping a little Bailey's Cream and watching the snow fall. I am in Florida now and I get the same joy in watching the rain come down.