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relic2279 · « **Reply #7760 on:** December 13, 2008, 02:08:25 AM »

I live in Cleveland, and the temps can dip below 0F often. Though wind chill makes it SOOO much worse.

I remember going to get Burger King one day and went out to my car, left, came back turned on the TV and they said it was -4F outside. I was like WTF? It didn't feel like -4F. Though, it was a dead calm night. That same winter, it was like -1F or hovering around 0 but we had a blizzard and winds were at 15mph and I had to shovel the driveway. It felt like I was gonna die from hypothermia after 3 mins of being outside. It chills you to the bone.

You know what though? That is kind of a benefit for me. On top of making someone hearty, it's the climate swings I like in my region. In the summer, it can be 100+, in the winter, it can be below 0. But that limits what I like to call "the bug factor". I hate bugs with a passion. Between the age of 21 and 24, I took road trips often. I liked driving, and I liked going on vacations. A few of my trips were quite far from Cleveland. Florida, NY city and Midland Texas. I also went to LA, but I flew there. But it was an awaking. Before I took these roadtrips, I had never seen a cockroach or a rat in my life in the wild. I'm not saying they don't exist around here, but it's rare.

On one of those trips, I saw my first "flying cockroach" and freaked out.

So, the weather down south is awesome. So are the woman (especially in Miami), and I had tons of fun. But I could never live down there. I'm just not used to all that. I guess you could call it "climate shock"

(BTW: I'm not trying to insult anyone from the south, I just didn't grow up that way so it was a startling revelation that I was uncomfortable with. I'm sure there are upscale areas where bugs are limited)

Rhino · « **Reply #7761 on:** December 13, 2008, 03:50:15 AM »

Quote from: relic2279 on December 13, 2008, 02:08:25 AM

I live in Cleveland, and the temps can dip below 0F often. Though wind chill makes it SOOO much worse.

I remember going to get Burger King one day and went out to my car, left, came back turned on the TV and they said it was -4F outside. I was like WTF? It didn't feel like -4F. Though, it was a dead calm night. That same winter, it was like -1F or hovering around 0 but we had a blizzard and winds were at 15mph and I had to shovel the driveway. It felt like I was gonna die from hypothermia after 3 mins of being outside. It chills you to the bone.

You know what though? That is kind of a benefit for me. On top of making someone hearty, it's the climate swings I like in my region. In the summer, it can be 100+, in the winter, it can be below 0. But that limits what I like to call "the bug factor". I hate bugs with a passion. Between the age of 21 and 24, I took road trips often. I liked driving, and I liked going on vacations. A few of my trips were quite far from Cleveland. Florida, NY city and Midland Texas. I also went to LA, but I flew there. But it was an awaking. Before I took these roadtrips, I had never seen a cockroach or a rat in my life in the wild. I'm not saying they don't exist around here, but it's rare.

On one of those trips, I saw my first "flying cockroach" and freaked out.

So, the weather down south is awesome. So are the woman (especially in Miami), and I had tons of fun. But I could never live down there. I'm just not used to all that. I guess you could call it "climate shock"

(BTW: I'm not trying to insult anyone from the south, I just didn't grow up that way so it was a startling revelation that I was uncomfortable with. I'm sure there are upscale areas where bugs are limited)

im from central minnesota myself , and i agree lol

Peccato · « **Reply #7762 on:** December 13, 2008, 04:43:44 AM »

I was just saying we have fucked up weather here. I live in Oklahoma. Even though it doesn't really go below 0, we have huge temperature change in really short periods of time. It goes from 70 and sunny to and ice storm the next day. But then again that's where we get those awesome little things they call tornadoes.

AkumaisDaGr8est · « **Reply #7763 on:** December 13, 2008, 04:48:58 AM »

over here we get really shitty boring ass gets dark too damn fast rainy weather...takes the fun out of the day

relic2279 · « **Reply #7764 on:** December 13, 2008, 04:56:17 AM »

Do you live in the US? If so, the Pacific Northwest? I remember when I was in LA in Dec, it started getting dark at like 3-4pm. I was like WHAT?!. And add rainy to that, I think of Seattle.

beezer08 · « **Reply #7765 on:** December 13, 2008, 06:01:00 AM »

So yeah, just finished watching a full anime series for the first time in about 6 months. In that span the only anime I watched was weekly episodes of Naruto, Bleach and Major(whenever a new episode was subbed). No idea what caused it exactly, but anime had just bored me for a while there. I'm guessing it had to do with me not watching any amazing shows yet this year(except for Major S4), less free time or the fact that I've been into gaming more on my PS3.....but I still find it strange that I went so long.

On another note, upper level classes are a complete pain in the ass. The amount of material covered on each exam is pretty staggering and I actually have to study now to get at least a B on them (wanna keep my GPA close to 3.7). Put that together with multiple major group projects and you have one pretty annoyed college student here. I'm glad I only have 1 final left, but it all starts again in January. On top of that I now need financial aid for the first time since I don't have enough $$ to cover next semester's tuition with my current jobs.....fucking tuition hikes.

forevr · « **Reply #7766 on:** December 13, 2008, 08:07:13 AM »

People living below 58 degrees north should not be allowed to complain about winter

Rhino · « **Reply #7767 on:** December 13, 2008, 04:42:50 PM »

lol whats wrong with winter i love it. cant wait for the ice to get thicker so i can do som ice fishing.

mgz · « **Reply #7768 on:** December 14, 2008, 05:34:02 AM »

cant wait for some good snowing out here so i can bust out my nice skis, ive only gotten to use my nice new skis a couple times because last ski trip of my season from 2 seasons ago got my knee fucked up via evil snow mobile tracks.

Right ski caught in 8 inch deep snow mobile track, as the rest of my body was turning left on a black diamond while going nice and quick long story short i fucked up 2 of the ligements or tendons w/e in my knee, but managed not to tear my acl.
And havent gotten to ski since

fohfoh · « **Reply #7769 on:** December 14, 2008, 10:05:45 AM »

Lots of snow here, good powder too. But windchill is -40 Celcius with windchill. That shit freezes my toes in 30 seconds of leaving a car, and exposed body parts begin to get numb within a minute.

Lucerin Red · « **Reply #7770 on:** December 16, 2008, 06:48:39 PM »

I know it's old, but this song totally rocks

fohfoh · « **Reply #7771 on:** December 17, 2008, 12:19:41 AM »

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why did you link us to the black and white super grainy version of the song?

Lucerin Red · « **Reply #7772 on:** December 17, 2008, 10:14:58 AM »

because I felt like it

Peccato · « **Reply #7773 on:** December 19, 2008, 02:53:35 AM »

So I went and took the ASFAB test for getting into the military. It was a lot easier than I had expected it to be. I was the only girl taking the test and the first one to finish. I actually finished 30 minutes before anyone else did. I made a really high score too which means I am pretty much eligible to pick whatever job I want. No I just have to go get my physical thing over with, which hopefully I will have done next week.

relic2279 · « **Reply #7774 on:** December 19, 2008, 03:24:05 AM »

Are you really planning on joining the military? What branch? My dad and brother are in the marines and my brother in law is in the ohio national guard.

I took the asvab once since all my buddies were doing it but I had no intentions of joining as I grew up with a father who was drill instructor. It was almost a competition to me.

Congrats all around regardless. Just get your ass through basic...

Peccato · « **Reply #7775 on:** December 19, 2008, 02:01:27 PM »

I will be joining the Navy. Not sure what job I want to do yet, but it seems like the Navy nuclear program is a pretty good option. I just don't know if I want to do the same thing as my little brother. One of my older brothers joined the Navy a couple of years back, but the kicked him out 3 days into boot camp.

I thought about joining the Air Force since we have a large base here, but fuck it. I don't really care about moving out of state anymore. The family members that I like either already have or are about to.

I have a couple of Marine friends who served in Afghanistan. One of them just got recalled too. It really sucks to see him go. He will be going in March to serve another tour.

navyblue69 · « **Reply #7776 on:** December 19, 2008, 08:02:12 PM »

congrats n good luck

mgz · « **Reply #7777 on:** December 20, 2008, 01:47:35 AM »

Quote from: Peccato on December 19, 2008, 02:01:27 PM

I will be joining the Navy. Not sure what job I want to do yet, but it seems like the Navy nuclear program is a pretty good option. I just don't know if I want to do the same thing as my little brother. One of my older brothers joined the Navy a couple of years back, but the kicked him out 3 days into boot camp.

I thought about joining the Air Force since we have a large base here, but fuck it. I don't really care about moving out of state anymore. The family members that I like either already have or are about to.

I have a couple of Marine friends who served in Afghanistan. One of them just got recalled too. It really sucks to see him go. He will be going in March to serve another tour.

dont worry the antichrist as one of the baldwins calls him aka obama has a plan to withdraw ...

Peccato · « **Reply #7778 on:** December 20, 2008, 04:34:12 AM »

I'm not worried about going into combat at all. If I were to go, it would be as a combat medic of sorts. That and more than likely I will get stuck on a ship.

mgz · « **Reply #7779 on:** December 20, 2008, 05:10:27 AM »

poor pec stuck on a ship with all those seamen