People who are totally being gypped out of winter check in here.

[mainegreen]

I should be wearing sweaters now and going snowshoeing. Instead it's raining and the stupid grass is still growing. I wonder if my mom's lawn will need to be mowed this January?

x(

[FedUpWithIt All]

1. The kids and i did not even wear coats yesterday.

:shrug:

Interesting times, interesting times

[SPKrazy]

30. Yet Here In The South

we wore coats, froze our butts off with the north wind

something ain't right Fedup!

;-)

[FedUpWithIt All]

33. Indeed, Southpaw

:hi:

Not right at all...

[SPKrazy]

38. No It's Not!

Ohio should be freezing, and we should be shirtsleeves


:pals:

[renie408]

36. Are you sure that wasn't just 'comparatively' freezing?

I was freezing today and then I came in and saw that the thermometer said it was 52 degrees outside. I realized that I was just freezing because up until the past couple of days it has been in the 70's. How far south are you? We are in upstate SC.

[SPKrazy]

37. I Scraped Frost Off My Window

the wind blew from the north and it was in the 20's yesterday

I'm in Arkansas

we are getting the cold air I guess

not totally unusual, but we usually don't keep it long.:pals:

[renie408]

41. Oh, no....20's is REALLY freezing, not comparatively freezing

I think you guys in the middle get more 'real' weather than we do here. Here we switch between Less Warm and Humid and Hot and Humid. That's about it. That's why we have historically really treasured our once or twice yearly three inches of snow.

[SPKrazy]

42. Yeah, The Only Thing Between Here and The Rockies

is a few hills in Oklahoma, just enough to stop a lot of winter weather but you are right, we have either warm gulf moisture making us sweat in the summer, or even in the winter at times, or we have cold air from the north and west

[crim son]

2. I'm happy as can be

in the mist and rain. Do as I do and turn the heat down to sixty degrees. Then you can wear your sweaters inside!

[mainegreen]

4. We were talking this xmas about people buying snow machines so they could have

a 'white cristmas'!

We can't turn down the heat. It's central in our building and we're on the top floor. I'm suprised spanish moss isn't growing in here!


PS
I hope you had a nice holiday!

[crim son]

49. I was kidding about the heat!

Not about the lack of snow, however. I had a rather nice holiday considering the circumstances. And you? Extra fun this year?

[cwydro]

29. Hey Crim!

Merry Christmas! Haven't seen you lately...hope you had a good one.

[crim son]

50. Hi dear one!

I've been catering to the whims of my children and my visiting parents so I've been very busy. I had a decent holiday with no mishaps other than my mother becoming mildly ill last night. How was yours?

[SPKrazy]

31. Stay Extra Cold!

raining in Maine

Is it the rain in Maine stays mainly on the plain?

No that is Spain, well, the rain in Maine stays Spainly on the plain?

mist and rain. Not bad

Frost on my window this morning.

But not a bad day still COLD

[crim son]

51. Mist and rain = GOOD.

If I were back out west I'd only have January, February and March left of the gloomy weather. Here, it could be crappy until June or beyond once winter sets in. I'm thrilled to find it postponed.

[SPKrazy]

53. Late Winters, What Fun!

The west is the best!

:pals:

[renie408]

3. OMG!

Up until a couple of days ago, it was SEVENTY degrees here! We had a thunderstorm the other day, for chrissake! We live in far upstate SC, but up until the past couple of years ago we could always count on at least a few snows a year. My poor kids have almost forgotten what snow is like.

[MountainLaurel]

5. So much for moving to the frozen north

Mr. Laurel and I were looking forward to snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and other cool things once we moved to Maine. My parents in WV have gotten more snow than we have (which at Chez Laurel is about 0.5 inches). Apparently, we must move to Quebec to get a white *#$@ing Christmas.

[mainegreen]

7. This has been by far the weirdest winter I've seen in Maine.

Here's hoping for a massive January cold snap. The pond is taunting me. It knows I want to skate but refuses to freeze.

[MountainLaurel]

15. I'm hoping too

Not only does our yard look like crap (it was seeded in September and there are still many bare patches), but I'm not used to having to worry about ticks in the middle of winter (and I moved here from 500 miles to the south).

[tinfoil tiaras]

6. Mississippi gets screwn every year weather wise

Mid december-70 something degrees. :wtf:

[cwydro]

8. Does it count if I live in Florida?

We are having rain and this is the dry season. Totally confused.

[mainegreen]

10. I guess, but it's not *quite* the same.

;)

[cwydro]

16. Actually chilly tonight..

I'm wearing a long sleeve T-shirtB-)

[chiefnonot]

21. Brrrrrr!

[chiefnonot]

12. That is not hard!

[mainegreen]

13. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[chiefnonot]

19. Thanks.

[cwydro]

14. Hey!

Welcome to DU!

No not hard. Just a strange winter for us in south Florida...usually dry here this time of year. Tired of drying my dog out...sheeesh...

[chiefnonot]

18. Oh, I'm sorry, it is hard to relate....

[nytemare]

54. It still has been much warmer than usual, this time of year

It has cooled off some since last night, but the last two weeks have been 80 degrees. I'd like to wear some of my sweaters!

I saw that the Daytona area had a couple of tornadoes. Strange weather, indeed.

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. The trees are budding, and I was in a short-sleeved shirt on Christmas Eve.

No jacket at all yesterday, but it rained and rained and rained. It's cooler here today, but the grass and shrubs are starting to grow now. :(

[SPKrazy]

32. Now It Will Freeze!

that will help things I'm sure

It hasn't been warm here in Arkansas lately.

[ironflange]

11. Same here in Calgary

We had a brief cold spell in November, down to about -25 C, with lots of snow, but it's hovered around freezing since then, no more snow, what's left is a hard crust. Last winter was hardly cold at all, I didn't have to plug my car in at all (that's how we judge winters, how much we have to use the block heaters). Back in the olden days, we could count on several long cold spells every winter; I remember one time, 1969 or so, Edmonton went through the entire month of January never going above zero F. :scared: Here in Calgary it was nearly as bad, but we made it to 2 one day. We hardly ever get that cold stuff any more, I almost miss it. I don't miss it enough to move to Winnipeg, though.

[mainegreen]

22. Does anyone actually voluntarily move to Winnipeg?

:rofl:

[SmileyBoy]

58. My brother just moved to Winnipeg.

I like Winnipeg. Most underrated city in all of Canada.

[everythingsxen]

17. Not to be overly PC here...

but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people#Roma_and_crime

The popular image of Roma as tramps and thieves unfit for work contributed to their widespread persecution. This belief is often cited as the etymological source of the pejorative gyp, meaning to "cheat", as in "I got gypped by a con man."

Spreading my holiday power of being a jackass. :D


Global Warming FTW!!

[mainegreen]

20. I'm not totally sure they didn't steal my winter!

I keed! I keed!

I've never been good at the PC thing. I use the words I grew up around.
Plus there's not to many Roma in Maine.

:shrug:

[everythingsxen]

44. LOL I know

I figured as much. :shrug: I just thought I would say something politely before someone else did in a less polite way. :o

[uppityperson]

43. my first thought also.

cheers!

[Little Wing]

23. gypped! It's a gotdamn BLESSING!

KEEP IT UP!

[mark414]

24. 45 and sunny on x-mas here in wisconsin.....

we had a massive snowstorm a little over a month ago but virtually no snow since then...and it's all gone now anyways...

[cwydro]

25. I do sometimes miss the days when I would wake up the dogs

and strap on the skis and head up the mountain. I was a devoted cross country skier and hated when we had a warm winter.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

26. Delaware got rain yesterday!

But the sun was out today and got in the high 50's.

[MrSlayer]

27. I'll not be complaining about the nice weather.

You can have all that snow and cold bullshit. Particularly since I'm working outdoors. I don't miss it or feel ripped off at all, I love it.

[graywarrior]

28. Wish I was back in Portland, ME shopping at Wild Oats and hitting the video store

instead of watching old people have car accidents all day on route 41 in Sarasota.

[mainegreen]

39. We just got a whole grocer too!

And the public market lives on. I love this city. Every week I go to the cheese chop, the butcher, the fishmonger, the vegtable stand, the brewer outlet ;). It's got that nice european/american city flavor.

Florida, on the other hand..... I feel your pain.

[graywarrior]

46. I was in Portland this summer. My best friend lives there.

We watched Whole Foods being built. So, they opened the new building?

[Goblinmonger]

34. Hate to be the killjoy here, but "gypped" is pretty bigoted

Guess it takes someone of bohemian ancestry to be offended, but saying "gypped" is no differed from saying you got "jewed." Just thought I would expand some horizons.

On edit: thought I looked through all the posts to see if it was mentioned and I missed it. Must be too many vodka slushes.

[graywarrior]

35. What about goblins?

:rofl:

[Goblinmonger]

40. I loves me goblins

that's why I monger 'em.

[graywarrior]

45. Ha!

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

59. are you saying we're all drunks?

"Must be too many vodka slushes."

I mean I am, but...c'mon not all of us!

[texanwitch]

47. We had a cold time here.

It is 41 now, and today was coat weather.

The wood burning stove feels good, wish we could share.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

48. I'm in my double big fat ribbed flannel jammies with my fuzzy

wuzzy fur slippers and I'm still cold

I'm tellin' ya, sixty degrees in the Islands off of Key West is a killer. Wanna know how bad? I shut off the A/C on the boat this afternoon!

[Zookeeper]

52. We finally had a little snow last week, but it's mostly gone...

my kids were trying to sled on grass today.

[BlueStorm]

55. Please... I'm freezing in my house...

But yet, we have some very mild weather here in GR....


Blue

[Ariana Celeste]

56. I've been going out barefoot

and in tshirts. x(

there should be some damned snow!

[SmileyBoy]

57. I've never been so happy to be screwed out of something.

Hell, I wish EVERY winter had daily high temps of 35 degrees up here in the Vast Frozen Wasteland!!!

[Skittles]

60. ME, ME

believe me I am always read for a winter after an 8 month Texas summer and this one has been a HUGE disappointment

[MnFats]

61. isn't 'gyped' something of a slur on Gypsies? IN any case..

...it's very very mild here...a half-inch of snow in some places and it will be 40F tomorrow.
....i recall Christmases that were -25F following a raging blizzard.
....i'm sure we'll pay for this in January.

[wildhorses]

62. calling for snow tomorrow in the higher elevations---

thankful to live in the valley :hi:

[Crabby Appleton]

63. had about 3 days of light rain

[Mad_Dem_X]

64. Right here!

I am sick to death of wind and rain, and temperatures in the 50's. Goddamn global warming!

[malta blue]

65. WTF

where is my freaking snow???
:mad:

I want to build a fort with the little one.

[CabalPowered]

66. I buy new skis and what does it do.. rain.

Grrrr... :mad: