Harry Krause wrote:
Marshall Banana wrote:
Also Sprach Harry Krause :


Sorry, but I like to swim in the ocean without a wet suit and water

temps in at least the mid-70's. If you don't have ocean temps that
high
or higher, you don't have summer.


Who'd want to swim in the ocean? That's where the whales poop.

Dan



Who wants to swim in pools? That's where the HIV-positive Republicans
swim.


We putted across the sound to grab a bit of lunch yesterday. Enroute, I
noticed my newly installed depth sounder was reporting a temperature of
48 F. A walloping 16 degrees warmer than ice. Nobody goes swimming, in
the traditional sense, in water that cold for more than a short period
of time and lives to tell about it.

Personally, I can swim very well if I must but I prefer to cross the
water above the surface.

As far as summer goes up here......think of a gorgeous spring day in
MD. Not so miserably hot that one has to plan how to run from the
air-conditioned house to the air-conditioned car with the least
discomfort, but a balmy 75-80 degree sunny day with just a hint of a
slight breeze. String three such days together, and you've just had
"summer" in the NW. :-)