David Dyer-Bennet
October 16th 03, 10:40 PM
(B25flyer) writes:
> >But, given a choice, I'll take four months of crisp Midwestern winter, with
> >our 100 mile visibility (and an extra 25 horsepower), over Florida's seven
> >months of unbearable, suffocating humidity in summer.
> >
>
> Ahhh yes. I think it was OSH 2000 with a heat index of 118. I have been more
> miserable in the midwest in July thru September than I ever have in Florida.
>
> But we keep telling them folks....your right it is so miserably hot
> here in the summer that we only go out at night, the shopping malls
> are open only in the evening. During the day we stay inside in
> airconditioned comfort. But for some dumb reason the population in
> Florida is growing faster than it is in Iowa!!! <grin>
My mother-in-law lived in Florida for 10 years before she retired, and
I must say I didn't like going down there to visit (usually
Thanksgiving or Christmas, i.e. not the hottest times of the year at
all). It was just nasty.
> Thats OK we have enough transplanted midwesterners down here already, me
> included.
So I won't be contributing to that problem; unless forced to by the
job situation, as she was.
Her friends in Florida were a little taken aback when she retired to
Minnesota.
--
David Dyer-Bennet, >, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
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> >But, given a choice, I'll take four months of crisp Midwestern winter, with
> >our 100 mile visibility (and an extra 25 horsepower), over Florida's seven
> >months of unbearable, suffocating humidity in summer.
> >
>
> Ahhh yes. I think it was OSH 2000 with a heat index of 118. I have been more
> miserable in the midwest in July thru September than I ever have in Florida.
>
> But we keep telling them folks....your right it is so miserably hot
> here in the summer that we only go out at night, the shopping malls
> are open only in the evening. During the day we stay inside in
> airconditioned comfort. But for some dumb reason the population in
> Florida is growing faster than it is in Iowa!!! <grin>
My mother-in-law lived in Florida for 10 years before she retired, and
I must say I didn't like going down there to visit (usually
Thanksgiving or Christmas, i.e. not the hottest times of the year at
all). It was just nasty.
> Thats OK we have enough transplanted midwesterners down here already, me
> included.
So I won't be contributing to that problem; unless forced to by the
job situation, as she was.
Her friends in Florida were a little taken aback when she retired to
Minnesota.
--
David Dyer-Bennet, >, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/>
Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/>
Dragaera/Steven Brust: <dragaera.info/>