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This may be my first Shoutbox inspired thread. Danny mentioned freezing highways, Sundance mentioned snow on the bayou (yes it would make a good song title). I feel for you southerners. But ..
Up here in the winter wonderland (Michigan) it has been a pretty brutal winter. Lows well below zero for weeks. More coming. Too cold to salt the roads (won't melt and if it does it freezes shortly after so worse off in the long run), and the winds are causing snow drifting over the roads anyway .. maybe I'm getting old, but I don't remember this cold of a winter in my life. Actually had trouble getting home tonight.
I ain't sayin' the sky is falling, but this ain't normal! Normally it's between 15-30 degrees this time of year, now every morning before I get in the car I see -6, -14-, - eleventy-seven ..
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You ain’t the only one! We are running about 15-20°F below normal here also. We normally run about 25-35°F at this time of the year but now we are –2 to 15°F with wind chill factors down to –25°F. This ain’t normal!
We will have a heat wave tomorrow, up to 25°F then back to below 0-15°F for all of next week.
Adding to my misery level is the fact that my brand new snow blower, used on 6 times, has been in the shop for 2 weeks waiting for a new electric starter. So the wife and I have been shoveling snow every day this week. We are too old for this crap!
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up. Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
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You guys are a bunch of wusses. I lived in Calgary Alberta for 12 years and saw -46 actual temp one week. Not to say I liked it though...
I'm now back in SoCal where I grew up and lets see, it's now what...hmmm you guys don't want to know. Oh ok, at 10am it's 63 heading for a high of 79.
Maybe I'll go down to the beach in Hermosa, have lunch at Scotties while watching the girls skate by on the Strand.
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I really need that.
How much is real estate where you live?
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ROG, been there and done that. You should ask what it costs for a parking space. As much as a full-size flat rent in most places in the US. At least the last time I checked, that's what it was.
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On the plus side, I just saw a bald eagle out hunting a few minutes ago .. just a few blocks from home. Better keep the smaller dog inside for a while.
Earlier I went to Port Huron for Chilifest; there are people there having bed races, with pajamas on! Got to enjoy it somehow I guess.
As an update, we're going to hit a balmy 19 (at 9PM) which is 10 degrees above the projected high for the rest of the week. Enough is enough!
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Did somebody say, "CHILI?
Thanks, don't mind if I do.
I brought my own spoon...
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I grew up in Southern Alberta and moved to Calgary after high school in 1965.
Been there pretty much ever since, putting up with cold winters. But the very day I retired in Nov 2011, I hopped in the motorhome and headed south.
I now stay someplace warm in the winter. Life's too short to put up with cold weather if you don't like winter sports.
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Did somebody say, "CHILI?
Thanks, don't mind if I do.
I brought my own spoon...
Right on the money Mac. You can’t beat a good hot bowl of chili on a cold day! I mean hot temperature wise and spice wise!
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Yeah, there were 30 different Chili's to try out at the fest.
I couldn't sample all of them, but I tried. Then came home and made some more last night.
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I'm with Scott, gonna be 72 here today in Oceanside Cal. It is more expensive here, but all things are relative. Sometimes in the mornings it drops down alllllll the way to 45 degrees, but then the dreaded heat wave kicks in and it climbs to an unearthly 75 some days geez what a unforgiving winter. But you say how are the summers? Man oh man the heat and humidity are killers here, Why just this last summer we had a whole week where the temps soared into the 90s!!! Top that off with having to put up with a typical day around 80 degrees. Man i am not sure how much of this i can take!
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About 30 years ago I moved from Pennsylvania (where there were fist fights over the parking spaces people spent hours shovelling out before the snow froze into one solid block of ice) to North Carolina, where the weather is much like the Napa Valley area of California, but the cost of living is much lower.
Today it is 45 degrees fahrenheit (about average for this time of year). We have all 4 seasons, but winter is short.. normally only cold enough for a winter coat in January and February...the rest of the time I wear a light jacket. By mid April, everything is blooming again.
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43 deg F up here in Chesapeake this afternoon, Pat.
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And for Sunday brunch I made a vat of Mac's patented killer chili. Meat and heat. Beans on the side.
And that is rharv's fault.
thankyewverrmuch, rharv!
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Mac,
I love me some good chili! The last time I made it, I subbed black beans and corn for kidney beans. It was pretty tasty.
A few days ago I made a big pot of 16 Bean Soup. That was so good that I decided that the next time I make chili I'll use the 16 (or 15) beans in it.
You wouldn't perchance be willing to share your chili recipe would you?
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Here was my solution to the brutally cold weather we've been having:
Bean and vegetable soup - Slow Cooker 15 Bean Soup
1-lb bag 15 bean blend (use only the beans; discard seasoning packet), picked over and rinsed 1 large onion - diced 2 tblsp. minced garlic 1 bag baby carrots, sliced into round (approx. 2 cups) 4-5 stalks celery 1 red sweet pepper - diced 1 yellow sweet pepper - diced 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tblsp. rooster sauce 1 teaspoon dried thyme (or 1 tablespoon fresh) 2 bay leaves 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 32 oz. boxes vegetable broth 2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes 4 leaves (7-8 oz) Swiss chard or kale, stems removed, cut in 1/2" wide pieces 2 tsp. salt
Add beans, veggies and other ingredients to crock pot. Cover, and placed filled slow cooker insert in refrigerator overnight (8-12 hours). Remove from refrigerator, return to slow cooker, and cook on low for 8-10 hours. Stir in Swiss chard or kale, cover and cook 20-30 minutes more, until Swiss chard is cooked. Salt to taste, if needed.
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And for Sunday brunch I made a vat of Mac's patented killer chili. Meat and heat. Beans on the side.
And that is rharv's fault.
thankyewverrmuch, rharv!
--Msc yerverrwelcum Chili is like firewood; it should warm you at least twice.
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My sister from Clio, MI just sent me this:
A Michigan Poem It's winter in Michigan And the gentle breezes blow. Seventy miles an hour, At thirty-five below. Oh, how I love Michigan When the snow's up to your butt. You take a breath of winter air And your nose gets frozen shut. Yes, the weather here is wonderful, So I guess I'll hang around. I could never leave Michigan 'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!
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