[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by GypsySoul22

Vermont's summers are a pleasure. I grew up on Long Island and those are some brutal summers..

Here, not bad at all!

Vermont's humidity cant compare to LI humidity, which can't compare to Florida's humidity.

Granted, we have some beauts on LI, but the entire summer is not 'Bad hair season' like it is in FL. LOL

[Skadess1]

Originally Posted by atypicalLIer

I flew into Orlando in July 1998 during the huge brush fires. I-95 had just reopened that morning, and I had to head to Daytona, and then into St John's County.

Stepping out of the ORL I experienced the 'slap you in the face with a hot, wet towel' sensation. I have NEVER, EVER experienced humidity that bad in VT. The mechanical door opened and I stepped from a pleasingly cool air conditioned terminal into what felt like an antechamber of hell's suana.

The drive north on I-95 from Daytona up into St John's was eerie, if not alien. Smoke wafted across the roadway, burned palms provided views of undamaged homes, and dead animals spotted the roadway. I saw my first (dead) wild boar on that trip.

To bring this full circle -- next time I complain about a cold VT morning, I will delve into the old memory banks and recall what FL in July felt like. May I never curse the cold again!

i was living in daytona still that summer and i got evacuated too. everything closed down i was out of work because of it and jut going to the gas station on my way out my car was completely covered in ashes... it was HORRIBLE

[ex-springfielder]

I seen nights on the 4th of July where it was too cold to sit out and watch fireworks without a coat on, frost the second week of June and the first week of September. Summers in vermont are generally very pleasent but Vermonts defining season is winter. Over the past twenty years winters have been milder but with still a sprinkling of years with below freezing temps that last for days. The short days never change though, by halloween it's dark at 5:00 pm, at Christmas it's dark at 4:30 and not light until 7:30 AM and for me that's always the worst part of winter. I've skied and snowmobiled when it's below zero, I've always cleaned my own driveway and shoveled my walks but I've always hated the short days. Winters are what made yankees hard, you had to raise and store enough food in three months to last the rest of the year and cut and haul firewood by the tens of cords for heat. You wear a heavy coat and gloves and boots for five months of the year and by february cabin fever is at it's height and you try to remember what the lawn looked like without snow. Yet there are times when I've stood outside in subzero temperatures on a night that was still as the dead with a sky filled with stars in the crystal clear air and marveled. But to describe it in seven words,"if it just wasn't so damned long".

[stormy night]

Not everybody does.

[gentlearts]

I know what you mean. Winter in VT, or any of the New England states, is beautiful compared to other places. I'm in NE Ohio where the sun hardly ever shines all winter. I remember the bright sun and clear blue skies of the New England winters...perfect for skiing and keeping ones spirits up.

[Skadess1]

I am excited to be spending my first winter in Vermont this year. I know it will be alot better than the previous 29 "winters" I have spent in FL

[Sherylcatmom]

Originally Posted by Skadess1

I am excited to be spending my first winter in Vermont this year. I know it will be alot better than the previous 29 "winters" I have spent in FL

I'm a Miami Beach native. Even though I've been in Northern New England for 22 years, every time it snows, I'm like, "Whoa, magic!"

[Summerz]

Originally Posted by Skadess1

I am excited to be spending my first winter in Vermont this year. I know it will be alot better than the previous 29 "winters" I have spent in FL

I did not write this, just thought I would pass it along 4 fun.

Diary of a demented snow shoveler.....


> December 8 6:00 PM
> It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down
> from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9
> We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've > ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!

> December 12
> The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on
Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.

> December 14
> Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to-20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed
up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.

> December 15
> 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.

> December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.

> December 17
> Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

> December 20
> Electricity is back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out.. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

> December 22
> Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white **** fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to ****. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to
hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the ******* is lying.

> December 23
> Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.

> December 24
> 6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a ***** who drives that snow
> plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish
> shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.

> December 25
> Merry f---ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight - Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow!
> Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.

> December 26
> Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

> December 27
> Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

> December 28
> Warmed up to above-20. Still snowed in. The ***** is driving me crazy!!!

> December 29
> 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

> December 30
> Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the
> broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.

> December 31
> I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

> January 8
> Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?

[Skadess1]

exactly why i will be renting where snow shoveling and plowing is included in the rent hehee... and if i don't like it I can always move back to FL .... not like that would ever happen

[Summerz]

Originally Posted by Skadess1

exactly why i will be renting where snow shoveling and plowing is included in the rent hehee... and if i don't like it I can always move back to FL .... not like that would ever happen

Good for you great idea.