Winter Sucks!

[RC]

We got 8 inches here just north of Toronto but that's nothing. My folks live in Wasaga Beach, south side of Georgian Bay. They received 4 feet of lake effect snow! My mother couldn't open the front door. It took my father 3 hours to snowblower the driveway from the rollup garage doors to the street!

[azfencer]

In Arizona it's been in the 70s all week. We groan about how cold it is early in the morning when we have to go to work and it's only mid-40s.

You don't have to go all the way to the southern hemisphere for warm weather!

[Mengarath the Dragon]

The temp here hasn't risen above freezing for a week. Snow is still on the ground. And they turn the heaters off at our club location (which is in a really old drafty building and not too warm to start) at 6pm sharp. I was wearing my big winter coat on top of all of my fencing gear between bouts. I practiced fleches to stay warm until my legs cramped up and I can hardly walk today. It's not been a good week.

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Mengarath the Dragon

Life is to short to be ordinary.

[vegan]

yeah rick, thats the way!!!
I myself have no car (living in D.C. it is mostly not needed), however I have exprienced my bike lock freezing shut about 4-5 times. I am waiting for the time I can't get it back open! It is cold and windy here, and the weather guy keeps saying it will snow - - - but none yet. I am hoping I get to go to practice anyway. Club is closed for the holidays (BAH HUMBUG!!) so I have to find another place to fence that I can get to in the cold and the wind.
Good day
may your car doors remain openable and my chain never freeze.

[Fleche]

Zelda, Summer is nice and all, but the last week we had 30-38 degrees Celsius heat, and for fencing, this is not good. It was about 8 o'clock at night, and we were sweating just from doing a light warm up (I'm warm enough all ready thank you!). Then we put on our electric foil gear . . . What I'd give for a front zip jacket . . .

A little snow would be nice . . . i've only seen it here once . .

[Mengarath the Dragon]

If you want snow, you can have some of ours! Please! 12"+2"+4"+5"+2"=25" Over the past two weeks and it hasn't risen above freezing the entire time, so no melt off for us. Today I had to give my roommate a lift 'cause his car wouldn't start. I don't blame it, is was -12(F) degrees out! Can I have your adress so I can stuff myself in a box and mail myself to you?

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Mengarath the Dragon

Life is to short to be ordinary.

[Fleche]

That song "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas . ." Here, it is just a dream. In fact, the last time it snowed was in June and EVERYONE was out in the snow and playing with it and making snow/dirt men . . I was unfortunate enough to walk for half and hour in the snow. However, it was to get to fencing, so it's not that bad . .

still, I think you would be complaining when you got here that it was too hot

[Zelda]

flesche where are you? I've fenced in 35C heat in a tin shed, its not fun, but its fencing, and thats all that matter, admitting my coach is paronid about us getting enough liquid, but anyhow.

[Fleche]

I'm in the ACT . . hot in summer, cold in winter, and no real inbetweens . . . nice place though.

I don't really care about the temperature, I just complain about it because I can. I end up ignoring the heat, and then suddenly I'm cooking!

If it's one thing I'm known for here, it's fencing, fencing and more fencing . . luckily my friends fence as well, so they don't mind as much when I talk about it constantly

[saberkid]

lol it was 70 deg when i left sacramento, almost hot