I-HATE-HOT-WEATHER....and when it gets to be above 80 degrees

[TK421]

you know, when all the crazies come out...I hate it even more. People are louder, more obnoxious than usual ( the crazies are out in force,hooting and hollering and drinking up a fucking storm and shooting off fireworks when 4th of July hasn't even arrived yet...keeping me up at night with your FUCKING NOISE and hootenany...fucking kids )

So...stop celebrating the coming of an early Summer you shitheads ( you know who you are ) since my electric bill doubles just because I need to stay comfortable and I can't even go outside to have a smoke without being attacked by bees and wasps, or I can't seem to do a fucking simple thing like cleaning the house without sweat dripping off of my face, into my eyes like buckets.... FUCK-THIS-FUCKING-SEASON and if you happen to like this muck? YOU SHOULD DIE!!!!!!!@!#@4498585947316w4t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Oh go crawl into a freezer and shut the door, DUggo!

Signed,

A proud Floridian

:P

[TK421]

3. I don't recognize your DUggo reference...I didn't see it in your memoir

:-) the skull is doing great...weathered well

and I wish I had a freezer I could curl up into

[TK421]

6. Proud Floridian, by the way are two words that have no business in the same sentence

same breath, same anything....it must REALLY stink down there :D

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. It stinks that there are people who have never experienced the awesomness of my state.

But their loss, not mine.

:)

[TK421]

13. I've experience the suckiness of your state..for five very, VERY long years

not consecutively, thank the maker...whoever that might be, but let me assure you that the freakiest people and experiences were met in the area of the Ft.Myers-Cape Coral area...I could give you accounts, Tommy...I DO like you, but none of those accounts are positive ones. I have lots of weird stories from when I lived there.......LOTS

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. Your opinion of the greatest (well maybe second greatest) state in the country makes Chuggo sad.

Surely a golden skull staff shall be shaken because of it.

[TK421]

18. like I said...lots of accounts, PM me if you want but it is a long list

edited to add: to be serious

[TK421]

24. Here are things I like about Florida-short list

Captiva and Sanibel Islands- beautiful areas, just beautiful.......

Marco Island and the Isle of Capri- again, beautiful places...now, if you could just get the rest of the filth of the surrounding area ( Yeah, I'm talking about Ft.Myers A.K.A Ft.Misery as some of the locals call it themselves ) then you would have a booming industry down there...it has been taken down a notch by people who have to travel past Ft.Myers

Do you KNOW about Ft.Myers, Tommy? I sure do...even featured on "COPS"





For a reason

[Tommy_Carcetti]

33. The fact that Florida has some crazy people living in it is undisputed.

But honestly, once you get beyond the sprawlish places in the state, its downright beautiful. Captiva and Sanibel as you know are beautiful. The thing is there are other places like them all up and down the entire coastline.

Plus the natural springs, which is more northern Florida but literally I cannot think of places that are more beauitful than that. Not to mention the Everglades, the Keys, Ocala National Forest, St. Augustine, Cape Canaveral, the list goes on and on.

Plus there's nothing like a building thunderhead contrasting against the bright blue sky in summer.

However, there is one thing about Florida I do hate--Fuckin' Walt Fucking Disney World. Place came into Orlando and just ruined that whole area of pristine wilderness with all the resulting sprawlish hell. Not to mention the fact that it too often is mentioned as the only reason Florida exists when it in fact is the very worst thing in the entire state. But I digress...

As for Fort Myers on Cops? Hell, at least you could swing the real cops. The county I grew up in Maryland had to settle for "Speeders" and "Busted" (MTV's knock off of Cops.)

[TK421]

37. I worked at the Dillards at Edison Mall in Ft.Myers...Ft.Myers cops acted

as the security for this store ( don't know how common that is but whatever ) every day...every SINGLE stinking day there were thefts from the Polo, Hilfiger and Sean John (sp?) sections..oh yeah, and Nautica as well. In all my years of retail ( and they have been many ) I have never witnessed so much theft in my life ( as well as dirtballs ). This city, I'm telling you is an eyesore....you want to isolate areas like St.Petersburg, Naples, and Tampa? I think the entire state ought to focus on Ft.Myers myself...and I grew up in Philly....I've seen crime, and I'm used to it, but down there it seems like they have an almost daring attitude to tempt the law, and almost nothing comes of it


at least, from what I have seen

[Odin2005]

70. I have a friend who taught down in Ocala and she said the place was shit.

And the people were mean and nasty.

[Swede]

2. I always thought the Deathstar was climately controlled.

[TK421]

4. What with the economy and all, costs have been cut

Lord Vader thought it wise to cut off AC to all Stormtrooper housing units, since, according to him Stormtroopers should be used to sweating their asses off in these fucking uniforms


We all know what happened to THAT prick, don't we?

[texanwitch]

5. I HATE SUMMER, REALLY HATE IT.

There is nothing good about 90 or higher temps.

I can skip summer, totally.

[TK421]

9. Before this, I knew there was something I liked about you...couldn't quite

pinpoint it, but I just-hate-sweating

You know...I think there are people who actually ENJOY sweating. I think there are people who enjoy the sensation of their bodies BURNING and sweat POURING into their eyes, stinging their eyes...like, try to picture someone putting a bag over your head ( in the middle of summer ) and asking you to breathe for a minute or so, well..that is it.

I simply cannot STAND the heat, or the sun...maybe I should move to Barrow Alaska?

edited for: something stupid like "your"

[texanwitch]

16. We have had a colder winter thne usual down here, a lot of coat weather.

We had the big freeze in December, a lot of plants were damaged or killed by the cold.

I can't remember being able to wear a jacket so much as this pass winter.

This summer will feel hotter then normal because of this.

I LOVE WINTER and FALL.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. You are insane. Just to let you know that.

Stuff grows in warm enviroments. Stuff dies in cold enviroments. Hence, we warm weatherers are not the freaks of nature. :P

[TK421]

21. and stuff re-grows in colder environments....it's called "change of seasons"

Florida wouldn't know jack about that, though...considering they have one lonnnnnnggggg, hot, steamy summer and a short, pathetic ( sweater-wearing warranting ) 60-70 degree month and then....BANG!!!Back into the steamy, hot, oppressive shit....

Change of seasons...I thought you said you were from Maryland originally, no? or have you forgotten what that is like?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Why change something that's already perfect?

Why have to watch stuff die and force itself to re-grow? That's just insanity if you ask me. I'll take being able to grow tomatoes in February any day.

I was born a Marylander but I was destined to be a Floridian. And actually, Maryland summers aren't any "worse" (so to speak) than Florida summers in terms of heat and humidity (not to mention I grew up in a house without AC). And while Maryland's winters are relatively mild compared to, say, Minnesota, the 2-3 icestorms/snowstorms that we did get each year were brutal. You lose feeling in your extremeties. Again, that just ain't natural.

[TK421]

27. It's called nature, and I know plenty of people who move to Florida

just to avoid "snow"

[texanwitch]

23. I still don 't like heat.

I hate it.

I have to hide inside the house during the day all summer.

My garden does grow in the summer but I still hate heat.

We get lots of humid weather here, just step outside you are a instead wet rag of sweat.

I will never like heat, never.

[tango-tee]

61. Oh, texanwitch, I remember that feeling

when I lived in your area. Walking outside in the morning and within minutes sweat oozing from every pore of my body. Why even dry off after my morning shower? And if you'd put on body lotion then heaven help you, all that sweat would just sit on top of the grease.

We have problems with humidity in Germany, too. We rarely have just beautiful summer days. As soon as the temperature rises, it turns muggy. And it stays muggy, until there's a nice thunderstorm. Hours later, it's muggy again.

[muffin1]

8. Ummm...I kinda want to marry you.

I want to smack every person I run into who says, "Isn't it just BEAUTIFUL today?"!!!!!!!
It's been in the low nineties for the past few days. No, it is not fucking beautiful. It's is disgusting, and I cannot fucking wait until fall. x(

[TK421]

10. I want to smack those people too....smack them hard, I would smack them so hard

It seems that after every winter ( and we did have record snowfall here this past year, but I've seen far worse ) people are pissing and moaning about the cold...about the snow...about the ice

Then...summer comes, and what do you think the first thing is that comes to the mind of every NE resident when summer and the heat come around? Air conditioners, break out the damn pool, fans in every window just so you can breathe. Yeah....that would be about it right there

I'm flattered by your comment on wanting to marry me, but I can assure you I would be a terrible husband

I just don't have it in me..
:)

[muffin1]

19. See? Just another thing we have in common.

I make a terrible wife. Tried and failed twice.
Oh, well...I guess you'll always be the 'one that got away'...:hi:

[TK421]

22. Hey! I don't try to get away from people, I just try to stay away

I'm funny that way

[tango-tee]

83. Me, too! Me, too!

I'm usually a fairly peaceful person, but unrelenting heat brings out the worst in me. Especially if it's combined with humidity. It makes me so miserable that everyone else around me can't help but be miserable as well. It would be best for all concerned if I could go into hiding in a nice, cool, quiet, shadowy place from the beginning of June through the end of August.

[crim son]

11. Come to Maine!

We don't even really have summer!

[TK421]

14. You of all people should know I would love that....money does not allow this

and if I had it, I would gladly come and check it out :thumbsup:

[crim son]

51. I know what you mean.

Money does not allow me to leave and I think I really want to.

[Iggo]

12. Hey, you damn kids! Stay off TK421's lawn!

Just sayin'.

[TK421]

15. Feh...you think they would listen to me?

:(

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. Yep - soon as the weather got warm, the reptile brains fired up their boom cars.

Like the fucking animal cockroaches they are.

Can't even control their behavior enough not to go to some instinctual reptile-brain activity just because the temperature went up.

While I believe firmly in evolution as a truth of history and life, I do think that about 90% of humanity seems not to have ever been affected by it.

[TK421]

30. The Holy Grail of responses.....I posted this or something like this many a time

Yes, people act like cockroaches except when it's sunny out they all scramble about and make noise and galavant around like it's the end of the fucking world or something.......I don't see this in the Fall or Winter because most of the cockroaches are INDOOR$ where they belong just relaxing, having a good time or good meal and JUST-BEING

edited to add: yes, I am aware that cockroaches do not like light....I had to throw in the human element there, probably fucking up your assessment of the condition

[Skittles]

28. oh I absolutely fucking agree

I'll go further than you TK421 - I detest DAY SHIFT PEOPLE - I do everything I can to avoid the day herd in ANY season - but ESPECIALLY SPRING AND SUMMER

[texanwitch]

29. I hate happy early morning people.

Late night workers rule.

I like working from home.

[TK421]

31. People who just JUMP out of bed in the morning..."I"m ready to take on the day"!!!@!@#

"Where is my sweater"? FA, LA,LA,LA-LA!!@!@!!!! GOD!!!!! WHERE DO I GET THIS ENERGY FROM?!!!!!


Oh...texanwitch I know the type :rofl: God knows, I KNOW the type!!!!! And they make me want to KILL@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[texanwitch]

32. People who wake up early to see the sun coming up, or go to exericise.

I can get up early but I am not happy about it.

Working early voting almost kills me.

I am a night owl, yes.

[TK421]

35. I've been trying to be a night-owl again...I used to be

mostly it was for late-night movies....


Mostly

[texanwitch]

36. I was so pissed off when she was killed off in the next movie.

That was a strong smart kid.

[TK421]

38. Alien3 sucked all-around...I agree

about the only part I liked was Sigourney Weaver ( :loveya: ) excuse me for a moment....................











Sigourney Weaver being the bad-ass she has always been and just taking control of the situation from a bunch of cons....god, did I mention I love Sigourney Weaver?

[texanwitch]

41. She is one of my favorite actors.

I loved her Galaxy Quest.

[TK421]

45. That is one of my favorite movies....I feel it is underrated, though

still too many that don't even know about it

[tango-tee]

86. It's odd... I'm one of these early morning people.

I love standing by my window at 5 a.m., enjoying the serenity, listening to the birds waking up, watching the night sky turn lighter. But once daylight arrives and the sun starts glaring down, I'd love to go to bed and sleep until late afternoon. I only have one problem, and it is a big, big problem: I have a day job.

My favorite time to be awake is when presumably everyone else is asleep, let's say from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. It's just me... puttering around the apartment... checking DU... smooching with the cat...pouring myself another glass of wine. So peaceful and quiet. Perfect.

[TK421]

34. Skittles...I can't possibly imagine any day-shift person wanting to stick around

had they known this.....a disaster, indeed would have unfolded and you would be at the forefront of it, my dear...scary, ( somewhat ) friend. Lest it be know any day-timers in Skittles known time-zone best clear the fuck OUT if she is to make an appearance there


Oh....I'm used to the night shift, myself

[kimi]

39. Fall is the only season that makes sense

The rotten filthy hot summer weather is over. (And I do mean rotten, everything organic just ROTS and stinks to high heaven, and draws the maggots - blech!) And winter is right around the corner, so lovely cool weather will prevail. Spring - yeah, it sounds nice, but it means that the devilish HOT weather is coming right up, so it's a season that can not be fully appreciated in spite of all the purty flowers and stuff.

*sigh* I need to find a place to live where fall is the only season forever and ever.

[TK421]

40. kimi, I wish I knew what place that was....'cause I would be there in a heartbeat

I don't think there is one.....and I don't want to leave PA, so I guess I just have to put up with it and continue pissing and moaning about it

[texanwitch]

42. I only want fall and winter.

I don't need spring and summer.

[TK421]

44. agreed, heartily so

:thumbsup:

[kimi]

43. And I'll happily join you in pissing and moaning

til I leave Maryland for Wyoming later this year or early next year. Summers there aren't nearly as long and nowhere as humid as here.

No permanent fall, but no summers that draaaaaaaaaag on through October, either. :)

[TK421]

46. You're going to Wyoming? best of luck to you there!

was this a family move?

[tango-tee]

85. Master pisser and moaner checking in!

Dawg, I hate heat.

[Blue_In_AK]

47. Here you go.

Chill out.

[TK421]

48. Blue....it looks inviting

and if you think I'm kidding....

[Blue_In_AK]

50. No, I don't think you're kidding at all.

:) The reason I live in Alaska is because I can't stand the heat. I feel for you.

[RiffRandell]

49. Try living in the South.

I get so depressed in the summer here-----you walk out to your car and get drenched in sweat. I have to start up my AC in the house in May and run it until October. I'm a New England transplant and miss the snow so much.

[TK421]

53. sorry to hear that :(

I did live in Florida for a while....that was some hideous weather

[Phentex]

68. I sit in my car and run the air...

it's a waste but sometimes it's the only way I can really get cool in the summer.

I only stay here for my husband.

[Jack_Dawson]

52. Do you live in College Station or thereabouts? n/t

[TK421]

54. I'm close to Philly, and Trenton...halfway between the two

[Blue Diadem]

55. It's 38 degrees here right now.

Big drop from 2 days ago when I seriously thought about turning on the AC.

[TK421]

57. It feels like 50-something right now....I just opened every window here

I'm happy again, for the moment :D

[tonekat]

56. Its cooler here in DC today, thank goodness

The pre-season heat yesterday and the day before sucked. People stink, get sweat stained, and hair gets frizzy. I'll take cold weather any day.

[femmocrat]

58. I really hate when we get 85 degree weather in early April!

I hope that it doesn't forebode an unusually hot summer.

I hate summer, too--- except for my garden. The rest of it totally sux.

[nutsnberries]

59. agree. 60s, 70s and not more.

life would be good. :)

[RandomThoughts]

60. Your post makes me want to go down to the local bar.

:) Although still mild weather where I live.

although already 9:00 will have to go out tommorow. :D


Ahh why not, might as well go out for awhile tonight, a nice walk into town will do me good.

[tango-tee]

63. Take me along for a stroll to the bar...

...with good company, drinks and laughter. What's your drink?

:toast:

[quakerboy]

62. Me too.

[tango-tee]

64. Yes!!!!

And there comes a point when I hear the cheerful voice on the radio announcing "yet another glorious 90° day in XYZ", and I know I am ready to turn homicidal.

Friggin a$$ in his/her air-conditioned cubicle blurting out how wonderful this friggin heat is, and here I am on the city bus during rush hour on the way home, crammed in with people whose sole purpose in life seems to be to stay away from soap and water from May until October. The only breeze comes from their beer breath down the back of my neck.

Kill. I want to kill. I want to destroy.

[TK421]

66. It makes me homicidal as well-the bus trip sounds like hell :(

[JCMach1]

65. Already 100 here every day... still better than the 120+ in the Summer

:)

Of course, I don't feel it any more. I have lost all anti-freeze in my body.

[tango-tee]

67. Reporting from Germany: 32°F yesterday morning as I got ready to get on the city bus to work.

The high was at about 65° for a max of ten minutes in the early afternoon... We opened all the windows at the office, stood there with faces turned to the sun. Glorious.

If I were in charge of the weather gods and goddesses, temperatures would never rise above 75°. Balmy, with a light breeze... perfect beer garden weather.

[JCMach1]

71. Love that kind of weather too...

and yes, perfect for a nice sunny plaza or biergarten...

[tango-tee]

72. If only we could have our way...

...wouldn't it be lovely?

[TK421]

77. My brother lives right outside of Bremen....he never complains about the weather

there. He's not a fan of the extreme hot or cold; according to him, the weather is just as you described for the better part of the year

[tango-tee]

84. Your brother is way up north in our dinky little country

which is only about half the size of Texas. I'm on the opposite end, in Bavaria. Bremen has a climate that rarely has either extremely hot or extremely cold weather. I would love to live up there. Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel... As small as Germany is, the various regions are completely different from one another. Specialties where food is concerned, the "temperament" of the people, and especially the dialects.

Actually, our region (Würzburg-Bayreuth-Nürnberg) is only officially part of the state of Bavaria. We are Franconians (!!!), inhabitants of an area with a terrible, hard to understand dialect. We have the reputation of being grumpy and impolite, and in a perverse way, we are actually proud of that bad reputation and try to live down to it each chance we get. (Sigh)

Around Würzburg, there are many vineyards... and that is hard work on those steep hills. We grow excellent dry white wines such as Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Kerner.

Should any of you dear DUers ever visit and talk to the locals, here is a word of advice. Never, ever, whatever you do if you value your well-being call a Franconian a Bavarian. Them's fightin' words.

[Odin2005]

69. I am EXTREMELY sensitive to heat and humidity.

If it's above 75 degrees and humid I feel sick.

I like cool weather, it's refreshing and invigorating. If I try to exercise outside and it's much over 60F I feel icky.

[tango-tee]

73. Odin, I believe you would love it here at this time of year!

I live downtown, right across the street from the city park with its huge old trees. The first leaves are appearing in their fresh, yellowish-green hue, and the spring flowers are in full bloom.

Being out and about among crowds of people drains my batteries in no time at all, but the peaceful, solitary view from my window fills me with great joy. Early mornings, just before sunrise... there is no one on the sidewalks, only peace and quiet. I can feel myself gaining strength during these minutes while my soul soaks up this special time of nature's awakening. There is no need for an alarm clock because by 5 a.m. the birds are chirping loudly enough to serve as a reliant wake-up call. And at night, it is still chilly enough to keep the late-night downtown carousers at bay.

As the season progresses and spring turns into summer, things start deteriorating. Sweltering heat and humidity bring out the worst in me. I really suffer and turn into someone not very likeable. But I've noticed that unrelenting heat seems to bring out the ugly side in others as well. People become terribly aggressive and short-tempered.

I hope you will enjoy a wonderful spring season, dear Odin!

[Odin2005]

74. Spring is ALWAYS gorgeous up here in the Upper Midwest.

Lots of cherries, crab-apples, rowans, raspberries, and other members of the rose family bloom spectacularly here from the end of April to the beginning of June. Then the basswoods' wonderful-smelling little flowers bloom in June, same with the lilacs. Generally there are few irritating bugs before June and the temperatures are pleasant, though Global Warming seems to be shortening the period before the heat and humidity hits.

Best of all is that we still have a lot of gorgeous, old elm trees because the beetle that spreads Dutch Elm disease does not like our cold winters very well. By late spring the rows of elms look like green Gothic cathedrals.

[tango-tee]

79. Many years ago, I lived in St. Paul, MN

and your post brought back so many wonderful memories!

Germany's weather is very much like Minnesota's. Shorter winters, but also four definite seasons. I love spring and fall, but could definitely do without scorching hot summers.

I love the scent of lilacs, and I really enjoy the English cottage garden look. In our yard, there were some old-fashioned pale pink and cream-colored roses, a giant old clematis, lilacs, delphiniums, peonies, hydrangeas and baby's breatch. All in shades of pink, cream/white and various blues. I miss my garden so much! And the home-grown vegetables were wonderful. There was always enough to share.

Along our street, Dutch Elm disease had killed all the elms, but there were still some streets in the Twin Cities where you felt that you were walking through a tunnel of sun-dappled green. It was so beautiful.

Thanks for the smile, you've brought back precious memories! Sitting here, sipping my first cup of morning coffee, just smiling....

[Odin2005]

81. Come to Fargo, we have elms EVERYWHERE in the older residential areas.

SOOO pretty! :hi:

There is this nice old, big, 2 1/2 story house a couple blocks from my place that has an AMAZING garden and beautiful foliage.

[tango-tee]

82. You are making me homesick...

...and I'd love to show you something pretty from over here, too. Let me see if I can take some photos of the park across the street once everything is in full bloom, and I'll send them to you if I can ever figure out how to do it with that new-fangled computer stuff.

There are decades-old climbing roses along one particular path in this park, benches underneath, fountains nearby. And there are special chess tables set up; it's always the same elderly guys sitting there under the trees, playing.

And we have a miniature amphitheater for events and plays. Once a year, there is a midsummer night ball at the park. Everyone is in full regalia.

I'm so glad the city is willing (and able) to spend money on the upkeep of this treasure.

Still smiling over here!

:hi:

[TK421]

76. it actually makes me nauseous n/t

[TK421]

75. According to the Weather Channel, it will be in the mid to high 60's, low

70's here for another seven or eight days....when it hits 75-80 ( somewhere in there ) I really begin to feel it.

[Captain Hilts]

78. Me too. HATE it. nt

[tammywammy]

80. I hate the hot weather!

I hate it.