Some Ohio info you may find interesting... (Cleveland, Cincinnati: house, construction)

[OneWayOut]

I just recieved an email from a friend this afternoon with these statements on Ohio, so true!

All I have to say is "Go Bucks!"

You might be from Ohio (pronounced O-hi-uh), if:

You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!

You know all the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter and
construction.

You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candied ones.

"Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south."

You know if other Ohioans are from southern or northern Ohio as soon
as
they open their mouths.

You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine,
Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in
Cincinnati!

"Vacation!" means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deer
hunting in the fall.

You measure distance in minutes.

Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.

Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.

You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. For example:
"Where's my coat at?"

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as corn, pork, beer, and
Jell-O
salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what 'pop' is.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow. (Amen!)

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one
page
but requires six pages for sports.

You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

If you actually get these jokes -- then forward 'em to your OHIO
friends!

[paintballer1708]

LMAO that was good. Now with the potholes, they are really getting those taking care of in most areas. Esp in the towns that are really taking off. LOL thanks, oneway. Those were good.

[Need_affordable_home]

On a serious note, OH isnt that cold. I have a friend that lives there and says winters are mild, about 20 degrees. I checked OH now and its fall and the temps are 60s high, 40s low. Not bad.

[grammy164]

Abviously your friend doesn't live around Lake Erie. Actual temp means nothing--you have to figure the wind chill. N_A_N--I lived in Ohio for over 20 years. I live in Florida now. I don't think you understand how cold any place up north will feel to you and the cold in Ohio is a damp cold. Ohio is a very nice state, but you have to know winter is winter--and it's cold in the winter in Ohio.

[HAS]

Originally Posted by Need_affordable_home

On a serious note, OH isnt that cold. I have a friend that lives there and says winters are mild, about 20 degrees. I checked OH now and its fall and the temps are 60s high, 40s low. Not bad.

I really depends on what part of OH you're talking about. Southern OH...not so bad. Where I live (Painesville, OH...near Cleveland RIGHT NEAR THE LAKE)...absolutely awful. The temps aren't SUPER bad. We have the occasional sub-zero day, but usually we stay in the teens and twenties. It's the wind that makes it so bad. With wind chill factors, we are easily in the single digits on a regular basis. And the Lake Effect snow is bad too.

It all depends on where you live. Those average numbers mean nothing when you live extremely close to the lake. Right now, for example, we are getting Lake Effect snow while the rest of OH is in the fifties!

[Donna7]

I'm typing this at 5:12 p.m., just af few minutes after the last post, and it is NOT in the 50's; it is 29 degrees F. and snowing lightly. I live in Wayne County. I don't know where the 50's are today; maybe Southern Ohio. Dark, dreary, and cold - a lovely combination...for an Edgar Allen Poe story or perhaps Doctor Zviago.

[htlong]

i worry about global cooling myself

[OneWayOut]

Yeah, it's 39 wonderful degrees in Toledo right now, cloudy with snow flurries. It is only October too... I can remember -5 last New Year's eve. January averages in the 20's for highs. Ugh. Dark, dreery, and freezing is an understatement.

[HAS]

Originally Posted by Donna7

I'm typing this at 5:12 p.m., just af few minutes after the last post, and it is NOT in the 50's; it is 29 degrees F. and snowing lightly. I live in Wayne County. I don't know where the 50's are today; maybe Southern Ohio. Dark, dreary, and cold - a lovely combination...for an Edgar Allen Poe story or perhaps Doctor Zviago.

Yeah, sorry, meant to say in southern OH, not in the rest of OH. Actually, I don't even know what southern OH is like right now. Over the weekend it was in the mid-50s and sunny while it was about 38, windy, and all clouds here.

[Need_affordable_home]

My friend lives in south east Ohio where winters are mild. I may move to this location or settle down in West Virginia. Florida has no real winter and is nice in the "winter" but summers and falls are very hot and springs are hot. I am sweating now as I type this and would like a little cold for a change