Wood67


On second thoughts, I could do without the mozzies, excessive damp patches in embarassing places, or prickly heat rashes so maybe our temperate climes aren't so bad after all.  I have to go to India in January for a week, so hoping it won't be too bad then.  The injections list alone is making me super nervous as even the thought of a tetanus jab puts me into a dead faint lol.

India... yeah, you want to get all those shots.....   I went to Argentina a few years ago and the list of shots I needed was quite extensive. I had not had any shots in years so pretty much everything was up for renewal plus the country specific ones.  I went to the health dept and it took 3 visits with 2 to 3 shots each time..... it's really not that bad, even the tetanus. 

Rain

Guitarhacker


Well... here in NC, heat and humidity are the norm. So now....add to that mix a swarm of gnats and throw in a few... no, more than a few mosquitoes and you have a typical NC day. 

Brings an odd observation form a northerner - I'd swear there's a lot more bugs around here since a week or two than there were when we arrived, early September. I spend most of my time outside since we've arrived and I've just started getting mosquito bites...

What is pretty strange.... I can go camping in the woods near the center of NC at a lake no more than 60 minute drive from here..... run around all weekend long in swim shorts and have a great time and get ZERO mosquito bites and not see a single gnat..... I get back home on Sunday afternoon and the gnats greet me instantly upon opening the door to my truck in my driveway....and before I can get in the house.... 30 seconds or so..... I get 2 mosquito bites. 


It's almost like this is gnat & mosquito central. But I also know that up in the north, (think tundra) the mosquitoes are so bad and huge they will carry you away. 

Change will come, maybe a little more abruptly than you're prepared for. It was in the 80's here in Denver yesterday. It was 37 when I took off for work this morning. I think it's warmed up to about 38 now. That was a bit of a shock to the system. We'll try to push some of this your way so you can enjoy it too. I'm glad I winterized my Jeep yesterday. But then, Mother Nature has a way of saying "Just Kidding!". Last year, we hit some cold about this time of year, then we were back into short sleeve tee shirts until New Years.

Wood67


Yeah - us Brits will swap you some of that.  We've had a crap summer with the exception of maybe, oh, 3 days?  Paper this morning threatens more than a month's rain in the next 48 hours for us southerners, while those up north are still mopping up after the floods from last week.

T-shirt and shorts - what are they?

Hey I'm from Newcastle originally so I grew up with that biting cold wind off the North Sea....there's way too much rain over there yes, but I really miss the cool. Feeling that cold air on my face for the first time after summer puts me into a dreamlike state and brings back vivid childhood memories (I swear!). 

JLH2


Change will come, maybe a little more abruptly than you're prepared for. It was in the 80's here in Denver yesterday. It was 37 when I took off for work this morning. I think it's warmed up to about 38 now. That was a bit of a shock to the system. We'll try to push some of this your way so you can enjoy it too. I'm glad I winterized my Jeep yesterday. But then, Mother Nature has a way of saying "Just Kidding!". Last year, we hit some cold about this time of year, then we were back into short sleeve tee shirts until New Years.

Yeah the change is pretty abrupt here too. It'll drop from the 70's and 80's into the 50's overnight, then from there it's just a few short weeks until we're rocking those 30's and 40's temps. 


And then of course the New York winter is BITING cold. 

Speaking of biting cold...  Just got the schedule for the year and we have a week off in January (we weren't expecting that one).  

Which means we'll fly to Quebec City where the average temperature in January oscillates between 0°F and a rare but more "comfortable" 20°F. 

I'm pretty sure I'll appreciate Las Vegas even more when we get back after a couple of days. ;)

I'm trying to convince my family to go completely subterranean.  So far, it's not working.  They're too fond of being a part of a civilization, pizza delivery, and air. 

They have a good point.  I don't want to lose pizza delivery, either.

it snowed here, in the mountains, last weekend.

today, 63 degrees and 27 percent humidity.

sounds like you just need to move.

0% humidity here in the Desert. :/

Yeah... October here in Southern California is my absoute least favorite month.  By October, I'm always BEGGING for the "normal" heat to stop, only to be hit with a Santa Ana misery.

October in Ohio is my mostest favoritist month.  Haven't been in Ohio for October since 1996.  I screwed up somewhere along the line.

I miss my sweaters, scarves and boots.