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Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

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On 3/7/14, 1:09 PM, amdx wrote:
Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

I was there yesterday and it was 82F. Seems warm enough to me.
BTW, the word you probably want is "tail," not tale. Maybe not.

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On 3/7/2014 12:11 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/7/14, 1:09 PM, amdx wrote:
Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

I was there yesterday and it was 82F. Seems warm enough to me.
BTW, the word you probably want is "tail," not tale. Maybe not.

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)
It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.
I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not
all that cold, but it is for here.
Mikek

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I'd take your 49 or your 43F.
It finally got up over the freezing mark here for the first time in over a week.

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http://www.aimpoint.com/us/products/...Micro%20H-1/On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:51:05 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 3/7/2014 12:11 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/7/14, 1:09 PM, amdx wrote:
Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

I was there yesterday and it was 82F. Seems warm enough to me.
BTW, the word you probably want is "tail," not tale. Maybe not.

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)
It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.
I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not
all that cold, but it is for here.
Mikek

It's 44 F here, and I'm going for a motorcycle ride, if I can get the damn front tire back on the
bike!

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On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 10:57:51 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

I'd take your 49 or your 43F.
It finally got up over the freezing mark here for the first time in over a week.

That's the way it's been down here, maybe a couple degrees warmer, but in the teens at night. Unreal
weather. But, Monday and Tuesday look like golf days, if the snow's gone by then!

http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day...e+VA+1037581:5

Yippee!

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On 3/7/2014 1:51 PM, amdx wrote:
On 3/7/2014 12:11 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/7/14, 1:09 PM, amdx wrote:
Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

I was there yesterday and it was 82F. Seems warm enough to me.
BTW, the word you probably want is "tail," not tale. Maybe not.

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)
It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.
I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not
all that cold, but it is for here.
Mikek

Sounds like a heat wave to me. We haven't been higher than the low 30's
for 3 weeks. Nights and mornings are still often in single digits.
This morning it warmed up though. It was 12 degrees.

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On 3/7/2014 2:39 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/7/2014 1:51 PM, amdx wrote:
On 3/7/2014 12:11 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/7/14, 1:09 PM, amdx wrote:
Global Warming!

We are freezing our tales down here in Florida,
and I'm tired of it!
Thank you, Mikek

I was there yesterday and it was 82F. Seems warm enough to me.
BTW, the word you probably want is "tail," not tale. Maybe not.

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)
It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.
I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not
all that cold, but it is for here.
Mikek

Sounds like a heat wave to me. We haven't been higher than the low 30's
for 3 weeks. Nights and mornings are still often in single digits. This
morning it warmed up though. It was 12 degrees.

I know, feel for you, I was born and raised in Mich igan, I've
been in Florida 19+ years. You don't need to brush sunshine off
your windshield.
Mikek

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On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:51:05 PM UTC-6, amdx wrote:

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)

It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.

I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not

all that cold, but it is for here.

Mikek

Welcome to the club!

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On 3/8/14, 2:00 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:57:02 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:48:47 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:49:36 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:51:05 PM UTC-6, amdx wrote:

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)

It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.

I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not

all that cold, but it is for here.

Mikek

Welcome to the club!

Went for a boat ride tonight. Me and Ed were Ok but Judy wore a coat.

===

It was cool this afternoon by my standards. I put on a sweatshirt
over my tee shirt when I went out to work on the varnish job. Temps
were in the low 60s and windy.

Judy said it was cold too. I thought it was fine.

I guess I have a better resistance to temperature swings

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Oregon/Mt%2...0Mt%20Hood.jpg

We spent nearly a week in Hollywood and then Ft. Lauderdale, and the
temp was in the high 70's and low 80's during the day each day. Only
noticed a spot of rain on one day.

I hadn't been in Lauderdale proper since high school and of course the
areas along and nearest the beach were almost totally developed with
much higher end properties, although there were still a few smaller
hotels from I'm guessing the 1950's. The beaches were clean and quite nice.

Hollywood is almost entirely high-rise now along the east side of A1A,
which is sort of sad, because you can barely catch a glimpse of the
ocean between the buildings. Really ugly buildings -condos and hotels-
for the most part, new, expensive, and dozens of stories tall. Ft.
Lauderdale has done a better job keeping much of the construction on the
west side of A1A, so you can drive long distances with unobstructed
views of the beaches and the ocean.

Several people told me the "real money" down there no longer is drug
money, but coming in with South American real estate/development
billionaires. We certainly heard a lot of Spanish and Portuguese being
spoken everywhere we went. The Aventura Mall, an upscale shopping
center, had many Jags, Porsches, and Rolls-Royces on display inside from
various dealers. I saw the new Jag convertible. It's a pretty car, but
the sticker price was over $100,000, and not far from it was a yellow
Cayman-S Porsche, a superior car in every way, for a bit more than half
the Jag's price. BMWs are the Fords and Chevys down there.

Once you are away from the "glitz" districts, much of the rest of the
areas look faded, old and tired. Not dirty, just weary. I suppose that
hot sun beating down almost every day of the year fades out most
structural colors.

There's a hell of a lot of heavy construction going on immediately
adjacent to the Ft. Lauderdale airport. Perhaps they are building a new
facility...the current one just plain stinks.

But the flights were good. U.S. Scare is being integrated into American
Airlines, and at least the ice was cold for the can of drink you get
back in steerage. We lucked out on seats on the Emergency Exit rows,
which have more legroom than first class. Both National Airport in DC
and Ft. Lauderdale now allow you to keep on your shoes and belt, and you
don't have to take your laptops out of the carrying bags. The TSA'ers
were friendly and pleasant in both directions.

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On 3/8/14, 12:29 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:20:58 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/8/14, 2:00 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:57:02 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:48:47 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:49:36 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:51:05 PM UTC-6, amdx wrote:

It's so cold, I can't even tell a good story. :-)

It's 49* now going to 43* tonight.

I know compared to the rest of the country, that's not

all that cold, but it is for here.

Mikek

Welcome to the club!

Went for a boat ride tonight. Me and Ed were Ok but Judy wore a coat.

===

It was cool this afternoon by my standards. I put on a sweatshirt
over my tee shirt when I went out to work on the varnish job. Temps
were in the low 60s and windy.

Judy said it was cold too. I thought it was fine.

I guess I have a better resistance to temperature swings

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Oregon/Mt%2...0Mt%20Hood.jpg

We spent nearly a week in Hollywood and then Ft. Lauderdale, and the
temp was in the high 70's and low 80's during the day each day. Only
noticed a spot of rain on one day.

I hadn't been in Lauderdale proper since high school and of course the
areas along and nearest the beach were almost totally developed with
much higher end properties, although there were still a few smaller
hotels from I'm guessing the 1950's. The beaches were clean and quite nice.

Hollywood is almost entirely high-rise now along the east side of A1A,
which is sort of sad, because you can barely catch a glimpse of the
ocean between the buildings. Really ugly buildings -condos and hotels-
for the most part, new, expensive, and dozens of stories tall. Ft.
Lauderdale has done a better job keeping much of the construction on the
west side of A1A, so you can drive long distances with unobstructed
views of the beaches and the ocean.

Several people told me the "real money" down there no longer is drug
money, but coming in with South American real estate/development
billionaires. We certainly heard a lot of Spanish and Portuguese being
spoken everywhere we went. The Aventura Mall, an upscale shopping
center, had many Jags, Porsches, and Rolls-Royces on display inside from
various dealers. I saw the new Jag convertible. It's a pretty car, but
the sticker price was over $100,000, and not far from it was a yellow
Cayman-S Porsche, a superior car in every way, for a bit more than half
the Jag's price. BMWs are the Fords and Chevys down there.

Once you are away from the "glitz" districts, much of the rest of the
areas look faded, old and tired. Not dirty, just weary. I suppose that
hot sun beating down almost every day of the year fades out most
structural colors.

There's a hell of a lot of heavy construction going on immediately
adjacent to the Ft. Lauderdale airport. Perhaps they are building a new
facility...the current one just plain stinks.

But the flights were good. U.S. Scare is being integrated into American
Airlines, and at least the ice was cold for the can of drink you get
back in steerage. We lucked out on seats on the Emergency Exit rows,
which have more legroom than first class. Both National Airport in DC
and Ft. Lauderdale now allow you to keep on your shoes and belt, and you
don't have to take your laptops out of the carrying bags. The TSA'ers
were friendly and pleasant in both directions.

That coast is far to built up for me.
We still have deserted areas of beach here where you can be 100 yards
or more from the nearest other soul. In the summer you might not see
anyone at all

NE Florida is like that in many places, and a few of them are adjacent
to heavily wooded areas and really are only accessible by boat.
The beaches at Hollywood were empty, and the ones at Ft. Lauderdale were
only mildly busy. I don't recall whether spring break is coming or has
already happened. The bikinis were nice. :)

When we lived in NE Florida, several young women were arrested for
wearing bikinis that were too considered tooskimpy on one of the beaches
just north of Jax Beach. I didn't see this, but it was in the papers and
on local TV. It was at that point I concluded NE Florida was too
conservative too survive.