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Originally Posted by katie45
It is August in MO....why should the weather be any different than any other August in MO? August is always the hottest month, and February is always the coldest month. 
You'd think anyone living in this area would have figured that out by now.  |
Actually, Katie, anyone living in
any area knows this but that doesn't mean that we like it any better.
I
hated the heat in CA and knew it would be worse here with the humidity but I had no idea how much worse it would be. My understanding is that it is hot pretty much everywhere...according to the weather forecasters, it's even hot in the northern states even though it is said to not get
as hot. For me, though, any hot is a hot I don't like. The problem with those northern states for me is that they also have colder winters...well...COLD WINTERS...VERY COLD WINTERS
and for a very long time! So, I say, "Thanks but no thanks!"
Anyway, the purpose of this thread was written to alert people on the day that the first heat warning had been given. That gave opportunity for us to all commiserate together in our shared misery. I doubt you meant any harm and your statement
was true about August and February but it did come across a little "snippy" because of the last thing you said:
"You'd think anyone living in this area would have figured that out by now." Even if you wind up telling us that you didn't mean it that way, that statement
was a put down whether it was followed by a
or not.
If you've hung around this post very long, you've seen that we work hard to keep things friendly around here and some of us (myself included!
) are bolder to speak up than others when we perceive potential problems. Our purpose is to protect our little forum and all of its members...including you, if you stick around and join us in our
nice, little forum world!
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Originally Posted by whowants2know
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Not a good way to welcome anyone to the forums is it? Maybe its the heat that is making tempers rise (along with the thermometer)... |
To WHO this may concern...
I know I just explained to Katie why her comment was seen as "snippy" in the words of L J. I made a similar response as L J once when someone else made a similar type comment with a smile at the end. She wrote back to say that she didn't mean it that way and I apologized, as I said I would if I was wrong. She wasn't scared off and is a big part of our little family today. Let's hope Katie is another nice person who will stick around and contribute much to this forum.
I appreciate you being brave enough to speak up when you perceived something wrong just as we have when we did. It isn't easy to do
any time much less when you already know you're in disagreement with someone. It's hard say things when you're upset without being hurtful... and I must say that accusing others of "bashing" the new kid is coming on pretty strong. I hope others will respond without anger and we can all move forward from here unscathed.
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