Winter Sucks

Winter Sucks

  • Winter should not exist

    Votes: 15 9.4%

  • Winter sucks - give it 4 weeks, maximum

    Votes: 55 34.4%

  • Winter's not as bad as Dave says it is

    Votes: 40 25.0%

  • I love winter. Really !

    Votes: 50 31.3%
  • Total voters
    160
  • Poll closed .
Where I live winter is not a so difficult time. I love it and I'm already feeling a little sad because it is going to end.
Being retired now it is different and I still remember how bad it was a few years ago to drive to work in the traffic chaos due to a few cm snow and too many cars without winter tires!
And winter offers interesting photo opportunities, if you have time just check recent post in my blog.
robert
 
Ireland, winter = wind driven rain - short daylight, long dark nights
Ireland, sping = wind driven rain
Ireland, summer = wind driven rain, but not cold
Ireland autumn = wind driven rain, getting cool in day, cold at night....
still I voted "not as bad as Dave says"
 
Calzone said:
I really liked Costa Rica. 80% of the country is on a 3,000 foot mesa so for most of the country the weather is eternal springtime even though it is the tropics just north of Panama. The locals say, "Its so cold," if it dips below 65 degrees, and they say, "Its so hot," if the temperature goes over 80 degrees.

In the rainy season it rains, but eventually the rain stops and the sun comes out.

Cal
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I spent 2 years or so in Costa Rica, and 3 Irish winters there too.
2 things I found difficult to accept about the climate in CR - compared to Ireland.
a) the rainy July daylight ends about 5.30pm, against the Irish 10.30PM daylight lingering on
b) the rainy season - when the rain stops the daylight usually stops too, which meant most of time I was there the useful part of the day ended approx 1pm - the rains come down heavy for 4 or 5 hours, then stop - but then its dark....
It was a deal breaker for me.... mind you, CR in December to March no complaints
 
Winter is almost over - it's been in the 80s for a couple weeks now. Once it has had it's final gasp (hoping for at least one more "cold snap" down into the 70s) it'll be time for Summer. You know, up to 118F in the shade (if there were any) for 6 months. I'm already waiting for NEXT Winter.

Naturally, I voted: "I love Wiinter!"
 
Dave Jenkins said:
I was born in Bedford, Indiana and grew up around there. I well remember that most summers would bring us a week or two of 100-plus degree weather. Your friend was prevaricating a bit, I think, about temperatures in Nashville. Chattanooga is well south of Nashville, and the highest temp I've ever seen around here is about 105 degrees. And that's rare. Summer temperatures usually run about 90--95 degrees. Actually, I live in North Georgia, 25 miles south of Chattanooga, and about 75 miles north of Atlanta. Anyone from this region would laugh at your description of Atlanta summertime temperatures! The hot weather does last longer, to be sure, but the winters are correspondingly shorter.

What we have here in the mid-South are short winters, somewhat longer summers, and loooong, lovely, moderate springs and autumns. For my money, this is easily the most liveable part of the U.S. Personally, I think it's the garden spot of the whole earth.
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Last year I went to Savannah Ga. on vacation to see how really hot it gets in August. To me a tall skinny boney guy I did not find the heat so bad, as long as you stayed out of the sun.

I think NYC with the stagnant polluted air that the heat and humidity is a lot more oppressive. In New York it is hard to breath and unhealthy and to me air conditioning is really life support. In Savannah there were gentle breezes, sometimes brief showers, and cool nights that permitted refreshing sleep.

Also have to say that New York would be a lot nicer place if we had southern manners.

Cal
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Dave,

Stop and think about the complete meaninglessness of the word "suck" in this context.Uncomfortable, tiring, dull, all kinds of bad things, yes. But surely you can find a better word than "suck".

Cheers,

R.
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Roger, you're not getting the full effect - originally the phrase was something like "That sucks stale %$#%" (be imaginative and fill it in). Then "that sucks" became a sort of euphemism for the complete nasty statement, then pretty soon little kids were saying "that sucks" with a snicker. Then everyone was saying it with impunity.

Randy
 
Roger, you're not getting the full effect - originally the phrase was something like "That sucks stale %$#%" (be imaginative and fill it in). Then "that sucks" became a sort of euphemism for the complete nasty statement, then pretty soon little kids were saying "that sucks" with a snicker. Then everyone was saying it with impunity.
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Well, I was told, by various American colleagues, that the term comes from an especially rude, insulting reference to incest. Those wishing to be less unacceptable in polite company would drop the first word and replace the 'f' of the second word with an 's'.

Similar to the British expletive "fudge", which replaces the last two letters of the original with "dge".

The colleagues in question were, however, known for their collection of tall tales, so treat this explanation with due care :angel:
 
Sejanus.Aelianus said:
Well, I was told, by various American colleagues, that the term comes from an especially rude, insulting reference to incest. Those wishing to be less unacceptable in polite company would drop the first word and replace the 'f' of the second word with an 's'.

Similar to the British expletive "fudge", which replaces the last two letters of the original with "dge".

The colleagues in question were, however, known for their collection of tall tales, so treat this explanation with due care :angel:
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I can only recount the history of the phrase as I observed it growing up in America. I am old enough to remember when 'that sucks' was a little impolite. Now I even hear teachers use it in front of school kids.

I am a poor example of propriety, but I am interested in how the phrase mutated over the years. The use of 'screwed' (as in 'we're screwed') followed a similar evolution, but not as pronounced.
 
O ye of sordid minds . . . .

The early Jazz musicians would say that a guy could really "Blow" if he had a good sound when playing the horn. If he couldn't play very well then they would say that he was "Sucking" on that horn. That's where the term "Suck" as being something bad came from.

He plays that horn so poorly that he must be sucking on it.

He doesn't blow, he sucks.
 
Maybe if winter was winter and not some kind of chilly rain season like this year. And if I didn't have to go out to work when it is a real winter. Then maybe I'd like winter. Otherwise, give me spring any season, summer is too hot.
 
This winter has been easier than the last 2 or 3; it is colder but that also means that the lake has a decent amount of ice. Which means that we don't have to use the work snowmobiles to drag a half a ton of food in and the trash out--we can just use the truck and drive 'em. And we can actually travel across the frozen lake rather than on foot through the sort of frozen swamp...right now there is a minimum of 24"(60 cm) of ice so just about any personal vehicle is fine.

I honestly don't mind the cold and much prefer it to too warm--I can always put on another layer as it gets colder but I can only shed so much before things get ugly!

What I really do not enjoy about this time of year here are the short days. They are getting longer now, of course, but I start before the sun comes up and finish after it goes down.

I do get some good photos regardless of the weather when I can find some time to go looking for them.

And the cold now is much better that the Black Fly season!
Rob
 
Dave Jenkins said:
Dave, you need to look at some of the photographs of New England photographer B.A. (Tony) King, especially his books "Snow Season" and "From Snow to Snow."

https://bytonyking.com/index.php
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Yeh, this is true but the truth hurts. Winter can be exceptionally beautiful and rewarding for the person (photographer, skier, ice fisher, etc etc) who makes the effort, gets out there and finds the beauty.

I do envy people who do that. But as soon as I get cold, or knee deep in snow or twist my leg on a hidden log, I pack it in and stay home and complain (for 2 or 3 years) 😛

(Guys like me make the good photographers look even better !!)
 
daveleo said:
O ye of sordid minds . . . .
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Hey Dave, only repeating what i heard all my life! I did hear your quote from jazzers, but that was many, many years after I heard my dad say "that sucks ass" and some other more colorful variations.

Probably the case that phrases that include 'suck' might feature multiple inheritance. ;-)

Randy
 
rbiemer said:
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I honestly don't mind the cold and much prefer it to too warm--I can always put on another layer as it gets colder but I can only shed so much before things get ugly!

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Rob
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Rob, I probably lean more toward your sentiment than "winter sucks". I have often wondered why people move to sunny Florida, just so they can live in a refrigerated condo.

Randy
 
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