@mycya4me@shahnm The worst part of that is “cold pants,” when you walk to your car on really cold days (like the kind we get in NH during a polar vortex ) & when you sit down, your pants feel like frozen metal & send a nasty chill bolting through your legs. No. Fun.
@catthegreat@ragingredd I have seen some of that, You get a layer of snow, then you have some Freezing rain on top of that. Then the snow goes crunch! I have not seen that in many years, in fact getting snow is getting rare, maybe a dusting!
If there has been any significant snow, then parking is much worse than usual and moving the car means that you’ll likely have to dig out another parking spot.
If there hasn’t been snow, then meh… about the same as going out in Summer except more comfortable due to lower temperatures and humidity.
@chienfou@ETFrisco@yakkoTDI I can understand the thing about those Northerners from New York and Wisconsin, but where do you go South from Georgia? Well there is the Florida “panhandle” but that might just be part of the gulf after tonight so Georgia might have more gulf ocean frontage soon. (not to make light of a serious storm, but, serves you right if you move to a place where average land elevation is less than 10 feet about MSL and storm surges are 20+ feet).
You can still be part of the Escape Committee, and flee to somewhere that’s at least different. (I cannot recommend Tennessee.) If you’ve endured Florida, you might actually like Texas.
@werehatrack@yakkoTDI was writing a long story and for some reason page on iPad cleared and think I lost TL;DR message so maybe spared you guys.
Summary:
Escape committee, however you define it, is important.
Having a connection to people “there,” wherever that is, is important.
You don’t want to be “alone” in a new area. Even if you are with an
SO, it just ends up being hard on both of you. Some people are better
socially than I, so might be easier.
Obviously practical stuff like cost of living, climate, employment opportunities would be first so won’t dwell on that here.
Simple long answer: going somewhere else MIGHT be a great step to do. But not easy, and has risk. You would need some sort of a ”pull” to make that step. You know people there; you have a new job that is promising; you decide to get a degree in some field of art or science; you want to open a pottery studio.
@werehatrack@xenophod So this one time, at Area 51, (kind-of like at band camp) I was hanging out with our aliens that may or may not be there. they wanted to go outside and play, and I said, no, it’s friggin’ cold out there. It’s Nevada, it’s like 40F, that’s almost frozen. And first they said “what is that in Kelvin? we don’t like your arbitrary system!” So that already got us off to a bad start. But under orders from the secretary that will disavow all knowledge of the mission, I said it was OK and they decided to go outside and play in the desert. A weird game kind-of like soccer but with lasers. They said this is way warmer than Pluto, have you been there? I hear you don’t even call it a planet anymore! What’s up with you guys?
I work from home now, but when I used to commute from northern Virginia into DC it was always a bad day when the sunset first got so early that when the train came out of the tunnel it was dark out. I hate winter for a lot of reasons, but “gets dark so early” is way up there.
@kostia I was WFH for about 20 years before I retired, and always had daytime natural light even if days were short. Yes, SAD was a thing I felt sometimes in long stretches of cloudy weather. But that weather pattern not as common lately it seems. Also for the dark periods, occasional travel if you can, to other places helps that either for work or for vacation.
But yes for a very “dark” time at work, I had to be in a place with no windows all day. In Winter, it would be dark when I drove to work, would be inside all day, and then would be dark again when I drove home. That is very hard, and honestly, something humans should not be forced to do on an ongoing basis. If you are in that situation, find a way out, even if it means changing your job (which is what I did when some old friends rescued me to join their new almost-startup)
@ragingredd It’s really not so bad. (I hit colder than this on later trips). True Northerners or Canadians (Eh?) would laugh at me thinking this was cold.
Being in Alabama means if we get a (once every several years) prediction of a half inch of snow (which will generally last less than 24 hours on the ground) all the local grocery stores are cleaned out of white bread, peanut butter and bottled water!
@chienfou@werehatrack hmm… Alabama. Why am I not surprised it would be the white bread?
EDIT honestly I have friends and a relative from Alabama. but I still talk to them anyway.
Soooo Coldddd…
@shahnm Yep I agree!
@mycya4me @shahnm The worst part of that is “cold pants,” when you walk to your car on really cold days (like the kind we get in NH during a polar vortex
) & when you sit down, your pants feel like frozen metal & send a nasty chill bolting through your legs. No. Fun.
@mycya4me YES! Another NH person here, hate the frozen pants! That and super crunchy snow.
@ircon96 @mycya4me @shahnm Why do you keep your pants in the freezer?
@ircon96 @mycya4me @pmarin @shahnm NH is the freezer.
@mycya4me @ragingredd crunchy snow! core memory unlocked (upstate ny)
@catthegreat @ragingredd I have seen some of that, You get a layer of snow, then you have some Freezing rain on top of that. Then the snow goes crunch! I have not seen that in many years, in fact getting snow is getting rare, maybe a dusting!
If there has been any significant snow, then parking is much worse than usual and moving the car means that you’ll likely have to dig out another parking spot.
If there hasn’t been snow, then meh… about the same as going out in Summer except more comfortable due to lower temperatures and humidity.
How about the 1st 3 plus Cold, Icy roads,
/showme irritable bowel syndrome
@medz Does that get worse in winter? I haven’t heard that before.
Or is that just the worst part of going anywhere, regardless of season?
@xobzoo
Drivers on the road acting like they’ve never even seen winter weather before.
@reidk5307 Yep that sounds like the South!
All those Northerners coming down here from places like New York, Wisconsin and Georgia.
@yakkoTDI Then there are those of us who are hardy and have dignity.
@yakkoTDI RIGHT! Snowbirds from Michigan and other northern states that own their “winter” homes down here. They drive SO SLOW.
@ETFrisco @yakkoTDI
Damn those pesky speed limits.
@chienfou @ETFrisco @yakkoTDI I can understand the thing about those Northerners
from New York and Wisconsin, but where do you go South from Georgia? Well there is the Florida “panhandle” but that might just be part of the gulf after tonight so Georgia might have more gulf ocean frontage soon. (not to make light of a serious storm, but, serves you right if you move to a place where average land elevation is less than 10 feet about MSL and storm surges are 20+ feet).
@chienfou @ETFrisco @pmarin I didn’t move here. This is where mom fired the birth cannon and I have been here ever since.
@yakkoTDI
You can still be part of the Escape Committee, and flee to somewhere that’s at least different. (I cannot recommend Tennessee.) If you’ve endured Florida, you might actually like Texas.
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI was writing a long story and for some reason page on iPad cleared and think I lost TL;DR message so maybe spared you guys.
Summary:
Escape committee, however you define it, is important.
SO, it just ends up being hard on both of you. Some people are better
socially than I, so might be easier.
Simple long answer: going somewhere else MIGHT be a great step to do. But not easy, and has risk. You would need some sort of a ”pull” to make that step. You know people there; you have a new job that is promising; you decide to get a degree in some field of art or science; you want to open a pottery studio.
@chienfou @ETFrisco @pmarin @yakkoTDI HEHEHE!
Too many UFOs.
@xenophod unanticipated falling objects?
@werehatrack @xenophod So this one time, at Area 51, (kind-of like at band camp) I was hanging out with our aliens that may or may not be there. they wanted to go outside and play, and I said, no, it’s friggin’ cold out there. It’s Nevada, it’s like 40F, that’s almost frozen. And first they said “what is that in Kelvin? we don’t like your arbitrary system!” So that already got us off to a bad start. But under orders from the secretary that will disavow all knowledge of the mission, I said it was OK and they decided to go outside and play in the desert. A weird game kind-of like soccer but with lasers. They said this is way warmer than Pluto, have you been there? I hear you don’t even call it a planet anymore! What’s up with you guys?
@pmarin @werehatrack @xenophod well 40f is 441.x in Kelvin!
I work from home now, but when I used to commute from northern Virginia into DC it was always a bad day when the sunset first got so early that when the train came out of the tunnel it was dark out. I hate winter for a lot of reasons, but “gets dark so early” is way up there.
@kostia I was WFH for about 20 years before I retired, and always had daytime natural light even if days were short. Yes, SAD was a thing I felt sometimes in long stretches of cloudy weather. But that weather pattern not as common lately it seems. Also for the dark periods, occasional travel if you can, to other places helps that either for work or for vacation.
But yes for a very “dark” time at work, I had to be in a place with no windows all day. In Winter, it would be dark when I drove to work, would be inside all day, and then would be dark again when I drove home. That is very hard, and honestly, something humans should not be forced to do on an ongoing basis. If you are in that situation, find a way out, even if it means changing your job (which is what I did when some old friends rescued me to join their new almost-startup)
@kostia Yes I have driven in late Rush hour DC traffic (4p-6p). & once in the rain.
But I prefer that than driving in Boston, Mass any time.
Easy, it’s cold, miserable, people not knowing how to driving. Being dark doesn’t bother me, but HATE being cold
@ragingredd It’s really not so bad. (I hit colder than this on later trips). True Northerners or Canadians (Eh?) would laugh at me thinking this was cold.
Being in Alabama means if we get a (once every several years) prediction of a half inch of snow (which will generally last less than 24 hours on the ground) all the local grocery stores are cleaned out of white bread, peanut butter and bottled water!
@chienfou Well, that’s different. Usually it’s bread, milk, and toilet paper.
@chienfou @werehatrack hmm… Alabama. Why am I not surprised it would be the white bread?
EDIT honestly I have friends and a relative from Alabama. but I still talk to them anyway.
@chienfou @werehatrack BTW @pmarinI want to Blame you for the Storm hitting FLA. what do you have to say about that!
@chienfou @pmarin @werehatrack In Colorado bananas are on that list for some reason.
Having to leave the grittiest and best murder series I’ve ever seen. That would suck.
@debdamndeal wait; what is it? And Why do I have to stop in Winter?
No special reason I reckon. It would just suck. I would probably get stuck somewhere. And freeze my tits off. Ooops toes!!!
The days being so much shorter, and the travel time being so much longer because of the snow and ice makes me a sad boi
Getting stared at because I’m walking around in a t-shirt when it’s 40° outside. Or if I’m at home in a tank top when it’s 55° outside