Holy Crap

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/02/2018 at 19:15 • Filed to: None

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My mom lives in NH, and this is the weather report for where she lives.

This is crazy.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:18

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Well, I’m here in Chicago and that forecast was looking GOOD to me until Friday night.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:19

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Live Free or...screw this we’re moving to Florida.

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 01/02/2018 at 19:20

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No, not that - anything but that.

Ash78, voting early and often > WilliamsSW 01/02/2018 at 19:23

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That’s how it happens. Then you’re too old and infirm to move again.

My granny turned 96 the other day. Nobody else in the family is within 600 miles of her, and she can barely move.

Still living at home. And voting. *shudder*

itschrome > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:27

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Meh, it’s no different here.

wkiernan > Ash78, voting early and often 01/02/2018 at 19:32

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That’s how they, I mean we, get you.

That’s how they got my parents. They came to Florida from Cleveland sometime in January or February. Now you know when it first snows it is so beautiful, but after a few months instead of shining white fresh soft snow there’s months-old filthy slush everywhere you look and your fingers are either numb or sore all day and you’ve had enough. So they came to visit on vacation and, what a contrast, the weather was heavenly, it was like Paradise. Right?

So they go back up North and get ready to move, and by the time the school year’s out and everything is arranged it’s August. By the time they hit South Carolina it was 90° F and 90% humidity and they had another seven hundred miles closer to the tropics yet to go, and mosquitoes everywhere, and we all realized that we had made an awful mistake. But it was too late to turn back.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:33

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come on down

8)

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 01/02/2018 at 19:33

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My grandmother picked up and moved from Florida to Oregon at the age of 75 - my grandfather was the one who dragged her down to FL to begin with, and she hated it. So, after he was gone, she moved all the way across the country to a place that she had never visited, and didn’t know anyone. She loved it.

And yeah, I gotta get out of IL before I’m too old to move myself...

gin-san - shitpost specialist > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:33

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I take it then that this place is Vermont is real close to NH?

Those are some big temperature swings, but here’s my shithole for the next few days:

The only thing I really have no patience to deal with are how uselessly slow people become in this city if there’s a tiny bit of snow or a hint of rain. This is gonna be a really, really slow week.

WilliamsSW > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/02/2018 at 19:38

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Damn that’s tempting

ttyymmnn > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/02/2018 at 19:39

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Just across the river that separates the two states.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 01/02/2018 at 19:46

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Yep. I’ve barely left the house all week

Ash78, voting early and often > wkiernan 01/02/2018 at 19:46

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My family lived there for work when I was a kid, but my grandparents moved down because, well, that “just what you do” (for 90% of all middle class or better Northeastern retirees, this was A Thing for almost 100 years. Just look at the endless Seinfeld subplots...)

As a Florida native, I never understood it. Here in AL we have better people, lower costs, and four seasons.

Wait, it’s going to be 10 degrees again tonight? And I can drive to FL in 8 hours? Hmmmm...

That’s we/they get you/us. Florida is like a bad drunken hookup that ends up in pregnancy. Cold weather is a helluva drug.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 19:52

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I’ve always wondering why the Vermont border was so weird on one side, I guess I’ve never zoomed in on the map enough.

Is NH similar to VT?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 20:00

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I know my car starts at -15, because I’ve done it. That’s getting into the really cold category, but not really fucking cold (RFC). RFC is -25 or below, that’s when you don’t go outside unless it’s life or death.

TorqueToYield > wkiernan 01/02/2018 at 20:09

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A lot of retirees are what they call snowbirds. With a condo or small house in both Florida and VT or New England or wherever.

Florida for the winter, up north for the summer. Best of both worlds.

Florida is beautiful in the winter, New England is beautiful in the summer. Perfect.

Tekamul > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/02/2018 at 20:09

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Connecticut river on the East, lake Champlain on (most of) the West.

Wiggly borders up and down

OPPOsaurus WRX > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/02/2018 at 20:09

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NH and VT are both just the mountain areas of Northern Massachusetts

Tekamul > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/02/2018 at 20:10

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Cold is annoying, but too hot has no escape.

TorqueToYield > itschrome 01/02/2018 at 20:11

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I mean, it’s winter in NH.

It’s cold, but not crazy out of the ordinary cold. They get those temps at least a couple times a year.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 01/02/2018 at 20:12

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Same!! Off work last week, work from home today and tomorrow too.

Back to school Monday or later?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Tekamul 01/02/2018 at 20:21

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Shit, I really have a terrible memory. I just looked it up on Google Maps and have come to the conclusion that I’m a moron.

The sad part is I’ve used the border crossing which technically goes into NY but immediately crosses into VT over Lake Champlain, so I’ve driven over this wrinkly-ass border enough that I should know how not-straight it is.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/02/2018 at 20:44

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*Mass-holes

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 01/02/2018 at 20:55

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Monday. Should be back to normal cold by then. 30 is going to feel like shorts weather compared to this crap.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 01/02/2018 at 21:09

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Yep. That’s the bright side - 32 will feel balmy.

Stay inside and warm!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 21:14

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no, THIS is crazy.

user314 > ttyymmnn 01/02/2018 at 21:33

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Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh:

There’s also a fair bit of ice on the Three Rivers, very unusual for January.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 01/02/2018 at 21:46

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I’m on it!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Tekamul 01/02/2018 at 21:49

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It’s not hot here yet

Tekamul > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/02/2018 at 23:01

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Rouses Point.

Don’t feel bad, there’s a lot of VT that’s forgettable.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 01/03/2018 at 00:19

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time to break out the goofy hat.

note: 1 rabbit died in the making of this hat. praise be to that rabbit

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/03/2018 at 00:32

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Just watch your back

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Tekamul 01/03/2018 at 18:44

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Just felt stupid is all; whenever I’m in VT I feel good. My friends and I are generally in the Stowe/Smugglers Notch area and we’ve been to Burlington a couple of times, too.

All I can say with certainty is that there’s some good eatin and drinkin around there. My standout is still the Prohibition Pig which was a little further away but I generally enjoy the VT craft beers and distilleries.