Our weather here in Southern California is perfect. Rain the last few days and cool temperatures. What more could one want?

Well, maybe seeing the new winter season of Red Nuns on Ice

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:40 pm Our weather here in Southern California is perfect. Rain the last few days and cool temperatures. What more could one want?

Well, maybe seeing the new winter season of Red Nuns on Ice

Yes Southern California, where its 80 in the spring and fall 90 in the summer and 70 in the winter, oh yes and it rains a couple inches a year,

BORING

I can say that I lived there,

There is something to be said for the four seasons, winter should be white as in SNOW not brown, Summer should be GREEN not brown, Spring should be nature coming to life full of bloom, and Fall should be all the colors of the rain bow not BROWN,

You know my grass is still very green its been that way all year, I don't need to water it, I don't put down HS to make it grow, and when the snow is over it, if you dig down its still green. NOT BROWN.

OK it sometimes gets a bit cold here, but how can you say you love summer if winter looks just like summer?

The thing that really gets me is people in southern California who buy parka's for the winter, where it gets down to OH 50 or so. We don't put on long pants tell it gets down to 30 and a lite jacket is fine to about 20.

Remember Andrew, he was from Southern California, I remember him asking one night how many blankets we used, then he explained he used flannel sheets and a heating blanket, because at night it gets down to 65 or so.

I will break out my flannel sheets in a month or so when it gets down to 20 or so.

Can anybody say wuss.

River

Flannel sheets? I never knew there was such an animal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds

Santa Ana Winds for the next week or so.

"Similar ill winds blow in different lands. Australia has The Desert Winds, Israel has Sharav, Italy has Sirocco and Egypt calls theirs Khamsin. "

"Santa Ana Winds carry a large number of positive ions. Positive ion winds are known to cause depression, anxiety, irritation, exhaustion and insecurity. Animals are also effected by the wind"

http://www.articlecity.com/articles/tra ... 2733.shtml

Hey, Mods, I believe this is grounds for a dispensation should I approach getting myself banned.

Moi

Eh, Uncle Flo?

I lived in Southern California, the only thing that wind ever did was clear out the smog,

so

NO MOI, your still on the bubble and Flo cant save you.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:42 pm I lived in Southern California, the only thing that wind ever did was clear out the smog,

so

NO MOI, your still on the bubble and Flo cant save you.

River

Nice to read about your fresh snow.

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=19213

So beautiful, as I remember.

A bit early, eh?

Still in the mid high seventies along the middle part of the Southern Califo-nia coast. Devil winds have subsided.

For those who must ski, a resort has opened with man made snow in the nearby mountains.

You blizzard people have your storm windows on and heating oil topped off?

Snow shovels ready and woolen socks for the old farts with poor circulation?

Moi

should I turn on the A/C ?

Snow shovel is still in the shed but I will get it out Monday when the snow is gone, It is early and its been warm all week, Wed was in the 60s so the ground is still warm and the snow even though we have had 6 to 11 inches it will be gone in a couple days. A real wet snow, the next one will be a dry snow and the ground will be cold and it will stick and stay.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:53 pm Snow shovel is still in the shed but I will get it out Monday when the snow is gone, It is early and its been warm all week, Wed was in the 60s so the ground is still warm and the snow even though we have had 6 to 11 inches it will be gone in a couple days. A real wet snow, the next one will be a dry snow and the ground will be cold and it will stick and stay.

River

Stuff was so wet and heavy it clogged up both of the snowblowers - even the 8 HP unit. But had to clear the walks and 130 feet of driveway. Of course the city will just plow in the end of the driveway, will be ice by then, and will need a pick axe to bust it up. Damn - maybe I should rent.

does the city plow your street? you are kind of off the beaten path are you not?

Yes tomorrow it will be one big ice sheet, sigh.

River

When I lived in the Milwaukee area for two years, I was impressed at the speed with which roads were cleared. Freeways and arterial highways were always open and secondary roads within a day. I had a rural property in Mequon when it was, rural - - and paid a snow plow guy to take care of the driveway.

Makes me wonder,

why can't Califo-nia keep the Grapevine continuously open? This major highway regularly closes for snow days. Not enough snowploughs?

Moi