Sayonara summer...........

[Oldpath05]

I can do without two or three snow storms a week myself, I致e moved enough snow to last me, doing it when it痴 0F isn稚 all that much fun really. I haven稚 found this summer bad at all, I have ac in the house and the car so if I知 working outside and need a break I go inside for few minutes.

I do certain things different times of the year, my circulation isn稚 the best so staying outside in the cold for me means trouble, so I知 kinda house bound when it drops to 20f and below and that痴 why I知 moving south. I have had frostbite more than once..

Plowing snow can be fun if you have the right equipment but living in a poor state very few have the right equipment, could say the same thing about a hot humid day, can be nice if dont have to work a real job. I hit the shipyard 7 AM and start grabbing welding gear, sweat runs right off me and dirt sticks on, I cant stand it, in a few years that'l all be over retirement is getting closer.

My younger son loves the hot humid weather, takes the doors and top off his Jeep and rides around Portland then goes to his temp summer job, rides around in a warehouse that has AC driving a forklift, well yeah who would mine that. My older son might have the worst if he gets a big order of cedar shingles, he dont care for summer either, starts that big diesel engine up in the morning, that gives off heat, then the sawdust starts blowing around and your best friend is a back scratcher, he also has a snowmobile so the more snow the merrier for him............

 

[cqaigy2]

Nice is that part of the Great Lakes?

Lake Michigan, the "Riviera of the Mid West".

 

[Jstpssng]

Plowing snow can be fun if you have the right equipment but living in a poor state very few have the right equipment, could say the same thing about a hot humid day, can be nice if dont have to work a real job. I hit the shipyard 7 AM and start grabbing welding gear, sweat runs right off me and dirt sticks on, I cant stand it, in a few years that'l all be over retirement is getting closer.

My younger son loves the hot humid weather, takes the doors and top off his Jeep and rides around Portland then goes to his temp summer job, rides around in a warehouse that has AC driving a forklift, well yeah who would mine that. My older son might have the worst if he gets a big order of cedar shingles, he dont care for summer either, starts that big diesel engine up in the morning, that gives off heat, then the sawdust starts blowing around and your best friend is a back scratcher, he also has a snowmobile so the more snow the merrier for him............

I drive past the guys out working on paving crews with the sun and hot asphalt on those hot summer days and wonder how they can do it; I would be passed out in the ditch long before noontime. Right now I'm trying to get caught up on all of the things that I had planned to do this summer including moving my woodshed so that I can start filling it; I've had to go through my list and cull out the least important things.

 

[atsah]

Plowing snow can be fun if you have the right equipment but living in a poor state very few have the right equipment, could say the same thing about a hot humid day, can be nice if dont have to work a real job. I hit the shipyard 7 AM and start grabbing welding gear, sweat runs right off me and dirt sticks on, I cant stand it, in a few years that'l all be over retirement is getting closer.

My younger son loves the hot humid weather, takes the doors and top off his Jeep and rides around Portland then goes to his temp summer job, rides around in a warehouse that has AC driving a forklift, well yeah who would mine that. My older son might have the worst if he gets a big order of cedar shingles, he dont care for summer either, starts that big diesel engine up in the morning, that gives off heat, then the sawdust starts blowing around and your best friend is a back scratcher, he also has a snowmobile so the more snow the merrier for him............

No real job for me, I put my time in already..

 

[Budweiser John]

One thing about Michigan you can count on year around, if you don’t like the weather, wait until tomorrow.
This summer however was brutal for weeks on end with 90 to 95 degree days, very sporadic rain and little releaf from the heat at night.
Finally this week, some mid forty’s morning tempetures and highs in the seventy’s so off my butt to get caught up on three months worth of outdoor work in thirty days. Like has been stated by a prior poster, the to do list is getting pruned.
Oh well, what ever will be, will be. Patted the snow gear on be butt today and commented, time to wake up kids, snow’s com-men. YEA.

B. John

 

[Barnbuilder]

Yep sick of summer since May. Soaking wet at 9am till you get home and shower.
You guys please send us some snow this year. The twins are praying for it every night at bedtime.

 

[Sigarms]

My younger son loves the hot humid weather, takes the doors and top off his Jeep and rides around Portland .

Your younger son has no idea what heat is LOL

I always thought AC for cars was for wussies.

Forgot what NC could be like when I was younger and moved back when I was older. No AC and moved back down to NC in June.

When it's over 90 and humidity is over 70, "open air" riding isn't fun at all. with two windows open, it was like driving with a blast furnace going off in your face, no cool air to evaporate your perspiration. Called my parents the next day after I moved down and told them I was coming back up to our local car dealer to find a car with AC because mine didn't have any LOL

 

[MossRoad]

Nice is that part of the Great Lakes?

Yep. The sunset coast of Lake Michigan. On a clear day, if you'd look right about over that boat, you'd see the Chicago skyline.... about 60 (sixty) miles across the lake.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's one from September 26, 2015 a little further south of St. Joseph, at Weko Beach in Bridgman, MI.

One of my better iPhone5 photos....

That little flat line at the horizon is the sun. Click on the picture to see it full size. I was very happy with the details in the birds.

Enjoy!

 

[Alan W.]

Been miserable all summer here. Lotsa rain and heat. Usually we have a dry summer with Sept being the driest month of the year. Humidity in our holler is bad even if it cools down at night.
I could not be happy where there was no season change. I enjoy the changes. Im already curious what this winter will bring.

 

[Jstpssng]

Funny thing though, the 80' heat that I whine about all summer feels nice when my wood stove is doing it's thing in January.

 

[spitter]

I HATE THE SUMMER!!!!! I can't weight for the first morning I can see my breath. As a carpenter you can always put on more clothes or just dress right in winter when it's 100 and 100% humidity there is now way to get cooler. I was just doing layout last week and the sweat was dripping on the print.I have a few wusses on the crew that cry when it's cold just tell them work faster the heat is in the tools.:drink:

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
When I did a brief stint with a tree service the guys all wore heavy felt pack steel toed boots and spent a lot of time standing around drinking coffee and complaining about their feet being cold. Being the FNG I was running around doing all of the scud jobs in my rubber boots and never had a chance to get cold.
They would get in the truck and run the heater which would make them even colder as their heavy clothes and boots would insulate them from the heat.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

^^^
When I did a brief stint with a tree service the guys all wore heavy felt pack steel toed boots and spent a lot of time standing around drinking coffee and complaining about their feet being cold. Being the FNG I was running around doing all of the scud jobs in my rubber boots and never had a chance to get cold.
They would get in the truck and run the heater which would make them even colder as their heavy clothes and boots would insulate them from the heat.

If there is anyone tougher than a guy working for a tree service company in Maine, I'd like to know who it might be. I can't imagine anyone needing normal tree service in the Maine Winter, unless it's some sort of desperate emergency...I can't imagine even walking to mailbox in that weather, let alone trimming and felling trees under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. At least they aren't under enemy sniper fire...

'Bout forgot...I hate Winter.

 

[tractorshopper]

Grew up in Michigan. Would be in shorts and t-shirt probably at 60 degrees. Could only swim in Lake Huron for short period each year that it actually warmed up enough. Don't remember the cold affecting me much as we lived outside all day as kids in the snow.

Moved to South Carolina after 7th grade. June 6th. Learned what hot really was. Couldn't go outside for more than 10-15 minutes at a time that first summer in mid-day. Was miserable. Stayed in the house with AC on 65 all day. Went to the lake one time with the youth group. Was hotter than my bathwater. Couldn't believe it. Very very different.

Eventually, my blood thinned out and I developed the tolerance for the heat and humidity. The winters here are mild compared to MI, but they are cold to me now.

Went back to MI one winter in January and it was 8 below the 3 days I was there. Had to buy a new coat to handle it and it was extreme now that I'm not used to it. Funny how perspectives change.

When we moved to SC, we didn't have air conditioning in our car. That didn't last long. Dad went to trade it in and they really didn't want it. Couldn't believe it didn't have AC. Told him it was useless. We already figured that out....

Now my AC is intermittent in my truck and I've been suffering for about a month here. Will be glad when we get into the 80's. Will be sweet relief.

 

[atsah]

If there is anyone tougher than a guy working for a tree service company in Maine, I'd like to know who it might be. I can't imagine anyone needing normal tree service in the Maine Winter, unless it's some sort of desperate emergency...I can't imagine even walking to mailbox in that weather, let alone trimming and felling trees under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. At least they aren't under enemy sniper fire...

'Bout forgot...I hate Winter.

There are a LOT of guys up here that go out at 5:00am every morning year round, start there skidder at 0F and spend the day twitching logs in four feet of snow, old open station Timberjack skidders with a steel seat, they put there lunch on the engine to heat it up, brutal cold..

 

[2LaneCruzer]

There are a LOT of guys up here that go out at 5:00am every morning year round, start there skidder at 0F and spend the day twitching logs in four feet of snow, old open station Timberjack skidders with a steel seat, they put there lunch on the engine to heat it up, brutal cold..

That's why you guys won the war...you're so tough; especially you country folk who make your living by the sweat of your brow (I suppose in the Winter you can't call it sweat) and not lollygagging around in a rent subsidized apartment.

 

[atsah]

lollygagging around in a rent subsidized apartment.

Unfortunately I have seen the lollygagging around people more and more in the city's and suburbs when I go there and that isn't often. I live in Corbin Gore near the Canadian border so none of that stuff here, just hard working people making not a lot of money. It's a tough place to live financially, I worked in MA for 28 years in electromechanical engineering, there you can make four times what people make here.

 

[cqaigy2]

I like working outside when the temp is cooler, i'd rather put on cloths if i get cold. Except when welding outside, not moving much when it get in the teens i would get cold, my feet would get cold etc, unless you caught on fire, then it would feel nice warm, until you put yourself out.

 

[k0ua]

We went from a high of 95 yesterday to a forecast high of 58 today.

Yep, summer just went away like someone turned a switch. Sure was a rapid change.