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#1 Oct 02 2006 at 11:41 AM Rating: Good
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As the nights draw in, many of our furred and feathered friends react by flying south to warmer climes, or finding a cozy spot to hibernate.

So what would you do, given the choice?

Spend a heap of time and energy flying 1,000s of miles to stay warm, or just curl up and wait for Spring?

Me? A nice cave or heap of dead leaves and 5 months in the land of nod. Now THAT's what i call a lie-in!


And if anyone says 'sandbox', I'll steal the fluffy bits from your Mom's belly button and send photos to the National Enquirer
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#2 Oct 02 2006 at 11:50 AM Rating: Good
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A nap sounds excellent right about now.
#3 Oct 02 2006 at 11:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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up until 4am bashing on things in here?

yeah, nap sounds good.
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#4 Oct 02 2006 at 11:52 AM Rating: Good
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Pah, gimme a warm beach somewhere far away from the snow and sleet.
#5 Oct 02 2006 at 11:54 AM Rating: Excellent
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Considering that I'm located where you would fly for the winter, being south and all...

Stay the hell away, take your damn naps, and stop ******** on my car.

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#6 Oct 02 2006 at 11:55 AM Rating: Excellent
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Cold is a state of mind! It was always funny when i was in College in Prescott, AZ, I'd wander around the campus in shorts and a T-shirt when it was snowing because it was just bairly cold enough to freeze. All the arizona natives were looking at me from inside their piles of flameing blankets wondering why I wasn't dead. it was fun.
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#7 Oct 02 2006 at 12:01 PM Rating: Good
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The Snowman wrote wrote:
Cold is a state of mind! It was always funny when i was in College in Prescott, AZ, I'd wander around the campus in shorts and a T-shirt when it was snowing because it was just bairly cold enough to freeze. All the arizona natives were looking at me from inside their piles of flameing blankets wondering why I wasn't dead. it was fun.


I hate people like you. My hubby's one of 'em. 50 degrees to me is freezing and I'll be in jeans, heavy sweater and under a blanket and he's walking around in a tank and shorts. I just don't think my genetic coding can take anything colder than 60 degrees.
#8 Oct 02 2006 at 12:06 PM Rating: Good
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already slumbering in yoga pants, long shirt and socks with my very own quilt thankyouverymuch.
Normally we hunker down wrapped in layers and pray that the damn groundhog will predict an early spring ( that bastid hasnt now in way too long. Im buying and priming my rifle in case its the same this year). However, we found cheap cheap cheap fare to Fl in 3 weeks time and are taking a quick trip to Disney/Sea World. Also we're planning on a few weekend get aways just to break up the monotomy of staying in our house for 6 months; NYC, Montreal, Kilington, etc. I can ignore the cold a little if Im too busy enjoying doing something else.

Edited, Oct 2nd 2006 at 1:07pm PDT by DSD
#9 Oct 02 2006 at 12:11 PM Rating: Good
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I love the cold, but right now I'm stuck in 80 degree weather with no end of the bugs in sight. Bleh.
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#10 Oct 02 2006 at 12:17 PM Rating: Good
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Trade, Tare
#11 Oct 02 2006 at 12:18 PM Rating: Good
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I tend to hibernate naturally. If it wasn't for my love of snowboarding, I could easily fall asleep around the end of November and wake up around April.

That is, if I could somehow not lose my job, and keep my bills paid.
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#12 Oct 02 2006 at 12:22 PM Rating: Good
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DSD wrote:
Trade, Tare


Anyday, m'dear. Smiley: wink2
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#13 Oct 02 2006 at 12:23 PM Rating: Good
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dont tease. You know Id start packing in a heartbeat if I had a place to call home down there and someone could take over my mortgage payments here
#14 Oct 02 2006 at 12:25 PM Rating: Good
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DSD wrote:
dont tease. You know Id start packing in a heartbeat if I had a place to call home down there and someone could take over my mortgage payments here


Lol, well, if you want to move into our new place and start stripping wallpaper, I won't say no. What a nightmare.
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#15 Oct 02 2006 at 12:27 PM Rating: Good
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Tare wrote:
Lol, well, if you want to move into our new place and start stripping.
Better, no?
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#16 Oct 02 2006 at 12:28 PM Rating: Good
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pffft, I can live with that. You however, will have to snowblow my driveway every other day starting in a few weeks. Until at least early April. Good workout I promise
#17 Oct 02 2006 at 12:29 PM Rating: Good
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DSD wrote:
snowblow
Now you're just feeding him lines!
#18 Oct 02 2006 at 12:29 PM Rating: Good
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of course. I need some amusement right now
#19 Oct 02 2006 at 12:35 PM Rating: Good
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DSD wrote:
pffft, I can live with that. You however, will have to snowblow my driveway every other day starting in a few weeks. Until at least early April. Good workout I promise


Correction. Mr. Tare will have to. Hah!
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#20 Oct 02 2006 at 12:37 PM Rating: Decent
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The Snowman wrote wrote:
Cold is a state of mind! It was always funny when i was in College in Prescott, AZ, I'd wander around the campus in shorts and a T-shirt when it was snowing because it was just bairly cold enough to freeze. All the arizona natives were looking at me from inside their piles of flameing blankets wondering why I wasn't dead. it was fun.


I hate people like you. My hubby's one of 'em. 50 degrees to me is freezing and I'll be in jeans, heavy sweater and under a blanket and he's walking around in a tank and shorts. I just don't think my genetic coding can take anything colder than 60 degrees.



I am one of those people as well. I use to go downhill skiing in shorts for shock value. A pint of peppermint schnapps, my ski jacket and a pair of knee length shorts and I would be comfortable.

You say you envy us, but if others are like me then we would actually envy you. True I can laugh at cold weather while others bundle up, but I can stand still and sweat in 70+ degree weather. I always tell my wife that when I am sitting at home in my boxers sweating my *** off that if I turn the air on she can always bundle up, but yet there is not much else I can take off to feel cooler...

Edited, Oct 2nd 2006 at 1:39pm PDT by Proroc
#21 Oct 02 2006 at 12:38 PM Rating: Good
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yeah I guess snowblowing when preggo wouldnt be such a good idea. However I never got out of mowing my lawn.

S'ok cause I have a ride on mower and its like my own mini gokart. I still giggle like a naughty school girl when I whip it into high gear and go racing down the st. Thank Bob for cul de sacs and understanding neighbors heh.



more to feed on there Nobby
#23 Oct 03 2006 at 1:49 AM Rating: Decent
In Newcastle, wearing no clothes during the cold winter months is a sign of virility. So all the guys walk around in -15C in their tee-shirts, sandals, and shorts.

but the crazy thing is that it applies to girls as well!! They go out in the evenining, in the midle of December, in teh freezing Northern wind, wearing a tiny piece of cloth over their minch, and an even smaller one over their nipples. This is so much teh case that most clubs in Newcastle din't even have cloakroom anymore, since most people show up half naked anyway.

As for me, I like to hibernate in winter. Eat chocolate, smoke joints, have sex. I would do that for 6 months straight if I could.
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#24 Oct 03 2006 at 5:32 AM Rating: Good
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I dont think thats necessarily a sign of virility. Something else, maybe. Virility? No
#25 Oct 03 2006 at 7:46 AM Rating: Good
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Sounds like godamn geordies to me.
#26 Oct 03 2006 at 8:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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I'm allergic to cold weather, I swear. I was dieing for a good portion of the Boston trip. JD thought he had to drive me to the hospital while we were heading over to DSD's place. Smiley: laugh I was dieing.

I don't think I have to mention I turned the heater on in the hotel room, either. Boston felt like a horrible winter day in Miami. Mind you...I don't think the temp was lower than 50.
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