Ah, August...

[A Black Falcon]

Midsummer, right? Oh wait, it's 63 degrees today, and was no warmer yesterday? I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt in midsummer? And it's been continually cloudy and has rained just about every other day for weeks? Huh...

Now, I can't stand hot weather --80 degrees or up is too hot -- but all the rain is pretty awful... and 63 is just cold for summer. Maine... :)

[Dark Jaguar]

I hate you.

Right now it's hotter than it was in July. There's something wrong with that.

[alien space marine]

I am grinding my teeth in dread that winter will soon be near,I love the summer, Swimming and biking all that good stuff. Winter is when your bundled up indoors , Last winter was painfully cold and long.

[Dark Jaguar]

You are wrong to think that.

Cold is better. Hot is not. Bundling is how you deal with cold. How the heck do you deal with hot? I can only remove so much, and removing my skin would risk some bad sun burns.

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, winter is my favorite season... I love snow, but dislike rain; don't mind cold, but hate hot weather... but there are four seasons, this isn't an overly summery summer, I guess. So much rain...

[alien space marine]

Yeah, winter is my favorite season... I love snow, but dislike rain; don't mind cold, but hate hot weather... but there are four seasons, this isn't an overly summery summer, I guess. So much rain...

I agree that I don't like the extreme heat anymore then the extreme cold.

How do you avoid the heat? Air conditioning , the shade, cool smooth beer and vodka martinis.

The winter months have less sunlight and I always find myself in a depressed mood and more mentally fogged up in winter, we need moderate sun shine to recharge ourselves with vitamin D .

[Dark Jaguar]

"The Shade" doesn't cut it during the hottest times, and drinks don't cut it if you sweat more than you can take in and process.

Milk has D in it. Getting depressed because of a lack of sunlight? That's kinda messed up.

Oh and, yeah air conditioning is an absolute must.

The outdoors is overrated. I pine for the day when the entire outdoors has a roof stuck over it and heat is constantly vented into space.

[Great Rumbler]

80?

[Dark Jaguar]

Yeah it's been over 30 here. Crazy.

... I should mention that that's Celsius.

[A Black Falcon]

I agree that I don't like the extreme heat anymore then the extreme cold.

How do you avoid the heat? Air conditioning , the shade, cool smooth beer and vodka martinis.

The winter months have less sunlight and I always find myself in a depressed mood and more mentally fogged up in winter, we need moderate sun shine to recharge ourselves with vitamin D .

Yeah, some people are like that, depressed when it's dark out... I'm not, but I know some people are. And the farther north you go, the less sunlight there is in winter. But I at least don't mind those 4:30pm sunsets... and I love snow, and prefer cold to heat, as I said.

80?

Fortunately, most of the time it's not over that, if at all...

[Dark Jaguar]

I myself wouldn't mind living in a palace of ice guarded by snow wolves and yetis... plotting to make winter eternal while Santa and his elves struggled to save Christmas.

[alien space marine]

"The Shade" doesn't cut it during the hottest times, and drinks don't cut it if you sweat more than you can take in and process.

Milk has D in it. Getting depressed because of a lack of sunlight? That's kinda messed up.

Oh and, yeah air conditioning is an absolute must.

The outdoors is overrated. I pine for the day when the entire outdoors has a roof stuck over it and heat is constantly vented into space.

What if your Lactose intolerant like myself? I know there is other things for Vit-D. The winter is flu season as well.

None of you guys are Canadians, I just hate the stinging cold on my exposed skin and I hate the shorter days, Pending on what you do for a living, You cant get regular exercise most of the time in the winter months without a gym.

Not to mention the annoying snow dump and iced up roads.

[A Black Falcon]

Milk has D in it. Getting depressed because of a lack of sunlight? That's kinda messed up.

It is real, DJ. Read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_af...e_disorder

Oh and, yeah air conditioning is an absolute must.

In Maine, as I've said before, the only places with central air conditioning are big-box stores. Homes often have window box air conditioners that can cover a room or a (small) floor, but never, as far as I know, central air.

But of course, it's only hot enough to actually need it a couple weeks out of the year on average... here air conditioning isn't an absolute necessity, as it is in places like Oklahoma. You sure do need a furnace, though... :)

None of you guys are Canadians, I just hate the stinging cold on my exposed skin and I hate the shorter days, Pending on what you do for a living, You cant get regular exercise most of the time in the winter months without a gym.

Maine's not very different, ASM. Pretty much the same as New Brunswick, particularly.


As for exercise in the winter, though, there's always skiing... cross-country skiing in specific, of course, the downhill kind doesn't get you that much exercise. I love cross-country skiing though... :)

[alien space marine]

Maine's not very different, ASM. Pretty much the same as New Brunswick, particularly.


As for exercise in the winter, though, there's always skiing... cross-country skiing in specific, of course, the downhill kind doesn't get you that much exercise. I love cross-country skiing though... :)

Yeah I once lived in New Brunswick, I went through Maine once or twice before.

I find there is a difference in snow fall when you live inland rather then in a coastal region like NB and Maine.

This year was horrendous , The snow banks were over my head for most of the year, We had one big snow dump after the other, The snow banks were so high you could practically hop onto the roof of house if it waisnt atleast 2 Storeys tall .

[A Black Falcon]

You're right about coastal vs. inland, you can even tell a difference just by going 20 miles inland instead of being on the coast, though going to the center of a continent is a much more dramatic difference of course. Oceans moderate temperatures, so the highs aren't as high and the lows aren't as low -- so coasts don't usually have the massive, rapid temperature swings of midcontinent areas. Ocean breezes also help keep things cooler.

As for snow, the biggest difference there is where the mountains are. Where the mountains are, there will be the most snow. So in Maine, it's the central mountains (end of the Appalachians) that get the most snow, while the flat coastal regions (where I live) get less.

At school I'm a little bit inland (like 30 miles), but it's a bit north of home, so it mostly cancels out, I think...

[Dark Jaguar]

I'm as far inland as someone can possibly be without being in, say, Asia. This "coastal" thing is like some alien world.