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at140

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6. Yeah hot & humid is bad but

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Sat May 25, 2019, 03:42 PM

May 2019

I can go from air-conditioned house to car to restaurant. Or during summers in Florida, I do my outside chores early morning.

Many more people die in extreme cold weather than in hot summer weather.

I had lot more mosquito bites in Chicago than in northern Florida. Because here we have fully screened lanai's. We enjoy outside breeze without any bugs biting.

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Seriously who likes freezing cold weather? [View all] at140 May 2019 OP

Better than steamy hot hot hot humid weather, IMO hlthe2b May 2019 #1

When living in NY customerserviceguy May 2019 #11

I do Skittles May 2019 #2

You must be younger than me at140 May 2019 #4

nah, I am in my sixth decade Skittles May 2019 #19

You are just a baby compared to me! at140 May 2019 #22

I do, I do, I do rurallib May 2019 #3

Yeah hot & humid is bad but at140 May 2019 #6

Fellow Chicagoan here -- I don't like freezing cold winters either, whathehell May 2019 #5

I miss all the great restaurants and at140 May 2019 #7

I think I'd feel the same way.. whathehell May 2019 #24

You sound like me. Ohiogal May 2019 #8

Yep. whathehell May 2019 #23

The heat can be oppressive. wendyb-NC May 2019 #9

What you said rang a bell in my head at140 May 2019 #12

Love the winter and all it has... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2019 #10

Funny post but keep in mind at140 May 2019 #13

The winters of '77 and '78 got me... I had to go mitch96 May 2019 #14

Consider Jacksonville area! at140 May 2019 #15

I'm not femiluar with the Jax area.. mitch96 May 2019 #20

I dislike bugs I can't identify so it's north for me. I can always add layers of clothes in shraby May 2019 #16

My experience with bugs in NE Florida at140 May 2019 #21

I like cold weather. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #17

The moderate and dry temperatures of Coastal California is why I would never Tikki May 2019 #18