You can keep that weather for yourself. No need to share.

You guys have nothing on the boys from Winnipeg or Nunavut.

Sometimes, I have to put a sweatshirt on in the winter. It is so harsh out here.

I grew up in the Northeast and thought I would never miss the cold until I moved to Texas where it seems like the candle is always burning on both ends and I found myself after about 4 years frequently longing for intense winter. I suppose it wouldn't take long to get sick of cold weather again of course but I do believe it's nice to have four seasons and hope to some day again. For the moment I can only light a fire when the temp dips to 40F if I'm lucky and pretend I'm somewhere that lets you know when fall or winter is upon you. Funny how relative it all is, I remember going for an internship interview in St. Paul one December and just laughing at the brutal cold and 3 feet snow and feeling so ecstatic that I was going to leave and never come back again. I think a balance of four seasons would be good but I'm not sure where my ideal climate would be found.

I still remember my first encounter with -45 (no wind). I love winter, but that was a little much.

Living in Texas, I miss the Fall, but do not miss the winter. Growing up in Nebraska I had more than enough to last me awhile. Yesterday I went jogging in shorts and a tank top and had to remind myself it's almost Thanksgiving. So, while I say that I miss Fall, I like the Texas version of Fall quite a bit too.

Going down to 33F tomorrow according to weather channel, I can only dream, can't remember when it got down that low since some time last year I guess. Moved in 1998 to Harlingen, Texas, near the Gulf Coast and never missed Winter, Fall, or anything, moved an hour west to McAllen and after a year the "both ends of the candle burning" image burned itself into my mind ("Yes that's it, that's the problem, I see it now!"). Moved to Dallas area in 2002, was super cold first year for region and I was happy as a clam, but it's been lukewarm ever since, leaving me to long for winter. Maybe it's global warming or cyclical or whatever, one of the locals told me, "I used to make snow angels here when I was a child, you can't tell me things haven't changed."

Oh yeah the thread, listening to Live in Dublin by Bruce Springteen--fun stuff if you like folk music, IMO.

That is t-shirt weather in Iowa.

Listening to Bob Segar and the Silver Bullit Band

Sounds about right to me, but nowadays I have to break out a jacket so I can pretend that homecoming is near.

Listening to free streaming music on Pandora...Billy Joel live "The Downeaster Alexa" awesome song..