Does anyone else hate summer?

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Hot, humid air. Bad emough.
Ants... if you leave one scrap of food anywhere, you get a trail of 700 ants.
Traffic... more tourism, more crazy drivers.
Spiders... walk out of the front door and into a new spiderweb every morning.
Nothing good on TV except inane reality shows and repeats of stuff that wasn't that great the first time.
Only movies in theaters are special-effects laden blockbusters with lousy storylines and worthless teen sex comedies.
That "useless" langour you get during the endless hot afternoons.
That "roasted skunk" smell that wafts in during the night.
Rattlesnakes.
Mosquitoes.
Visiting relatives.
Anyone else can't wait for the fall?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. I've done my research,

and it looks like Winnipeg is my ideal city. Coldest place I could find that's still civilized - sort of.

It can't start snowing soon enough for me, although I'll settle for cool, leaves turning, the promise of cold while I have cool.

I hate a/c, I hate the long hours of sunlight, I hate the heat, the humidity, the fucking tourists who turn up everywhere, and the fact that "House" is in reruns.........................

[ccharles000]

2. I also hate this time of the year.

I wish NC got more snow than it does. :(

[rurallib]

12. I was down in Greensboro once when it snowed

what a hoot. Looked like a ghost town.

[eauclaireliberal]

3. I'm a winter man myself

When I'm humid and sweaty I become a major league asshole. Ask my wife-I hate summer.

Cold and bitter wind. Love it. Once the snow is shoveled, settle in the living room with a good book and a cup of tea.

[quakerboy]

4. very very much so

Though I prefer winter, myself.

[InvisibleTouch]

5. No way.

It's the only time of year when I'm actually comfortable and content. Can never be too hot or humid for me - I totally bask in it! Sadly it only lasts for 3 months, and the rest of the year I kinda creep around slowly because I'm too cold to move. I'm definitely living in the wrong climate.

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18. Well you should live in

Hawaii... always warm and humid there.

And if you really want heat and humidity, Manila.

[InvisibleTouch]

53. Actually I've been meaning to move to south Florida...

...for the last 20 years or so. It's about the world's perfect place, as far as I'm concerned. Just those bothersome financial details keep holding me up. :/

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. My least-favorite season, by far.

I love winter.

Fortunately, it hasn't been too bad up here this summer.

[RebelOne]

7. Never liked summer. Maybe when I was a kid because school was out.

Give me some cold, cold air. I love wintertime. Though we have had a nice few days here in North Georgia. Since the weekend, the morning temperatures have been in the high 50s to middle 60s and afternoon temps in the middle 80s with very dry air. But that is all going to end within the next couple of days and we'll be back in the 90s.

[truedelphi]

27. Summer would indeed be tolerable if it wasn't so often in the

Nineties or even higher.

[sarge43]

8. If we ever have one.

I can do without the excessive heat and humidity, but I love

all the green growing things

windows open

the color

star gazing

not having to suit up like an astronaut to go outside

the taste of a freshly picked tomato

Fall is lovely, too, but much too short.

[Capn Sunshine]

9. Far beyond my comprehension

[NJmaverick]

10. No

school is out and people are on vacation, so there is less traffic and school buses.

the weather allows me to be outside and participate in outside activities like bicycling and roller blading and walking

vacation time and water fun

longer days

BBQ and eating out

summer beer

sun shine

[femmocrat]

11. I loathe heat and humidity. This summer has been cool and wet though.

Not bad at all. We have hardly used the AC.
And everything outside is lush and green. No burned out lawn or wilting flowers.
I wouldn't mind summer at all if it stays like this.

[Patiod]

14. Ceiling fans every night

I remember hearing that climate change would affect the Northeast like this - lots of rain.

Unfortunately, the veggies are rotting.

[femmocrat]

15. Ah, that's a shame about your veggies.

Mine are doing OK, but the tomatoes are very slow to ripen this year. Heard on the local news that this is the second coolest July on record.

[zanne]

38. My veggies aren't doing well, either.

And we planted a huge garden this year. So far, all I have is broccoli, cauliflower, radishes and leeks. My squash and cucumber plants died. I'm also in the northeast and anybody around here who won't admit that climate change is happening is just denying reality.

[rurallib]

13. I love winter and fall for many reasons

For one allergies. Seems like the warm & humid makes it much harder to breathe.
But here are a few others:
1) I live near a college town. While summer school is getting more popular, life is fun during the school year.
2) All my life I preferred indoor sports to outdoor sports. Never cared for fishing & hunting. I am an old racketball and basketball player.
3) I like to wear sloppy sweatshirts and jogging pants and sit under a blanket with cats.
4) Quit watching baseball back when homers were like singles and still don't care for it. Prefer college football.
5) Nothing like a bowl of chili on a cold day.
6) Fall is so damned pretty for a short spell

[Patiod]

16. During summer, I'm glad I'm a woman

Underwear + nice cool dress + comfy sandals = Dressed For Work

Sitting out on the deck outside the bedroom, which is up in the trees, with a good mystery and glass of Pinot Grigiot (heavy on the ice)

The Phils on the radio (we miss you, Harry)

Floating around my friend's pool on a Sunday afternoon, debating inanities like whether Matthew McConnehy is Hot or Not

Did I mention sandals/flip-flops?

Grilling steaks on our little gas grill, slicing some Jersey tomatoes and boiling up some fresh white Pennsylvania corn

A nice empty parking lot at work, while all the people with kids are on vacation (at the same time, crowding up the parks and tourist areas, but de-crowding the workday world)

Our cat thermometer showing the temp



My SO likes the winter, though....probably because he doesn't get to wear sundresses and sandals

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19. that is cute!

[Patiod]

20. So is your avatar! (nt)

[oregonjen]

21. Love it! Our cat was on our patio yesterday in the 90 degrees pose

It was 92 yesterday in Portland. :hi:

[tabbycat31]

22. love the cat thermometer

[truedelphi]

25. Underwear??

I thought that stuff was for winter...

[Patiod]

33. When you're wearing a short summer skirt

Underwear is VERY important.

Well, underPANTS are very important.

[Bertha Venation]

26. try grilling the corn, here are two ways

1. in the husk

2. shuck it, remove all the silk, slather it with butter, salt & pepper, wrap it in heavy foil

I think ten minutes, rotate, ten minutes, rotate, oughta do it. :P

[Patiod]

32. We did that once and it was DELICIOUS

will have to do again soon.

[armyowalgreens]

48. I like the monsoon season but hate 115+ degrees.

[Iggo]

17. Summer.

Minimum clothing.

That's comfort for me. And also a feast for the eyes...know'm say'n?

[raccoon]

23. Well, I don't like it much. Mainly because of the heat and humidity

of an SC summer. This summer, so far we've been lucky; it hasn't been too hot most of the time, and we've had low humidity much of the time. Last year we were lucky too with the low humidity.

"Traffic... more tourism, more crazy drivers."

WHere are you, in a coastal city?

"Nothing good on TV except inane reality shows and repeats of stuff that wasn't that great the first time."

Agree.

"Only movies in theaters are special-effects laden blockbusters with lousy storylines and worthless teen sex comedies."

IMO, that's about all that's at theaters any time of the year these days.

"Mosquitoes."

Agree.

And one thing that REALLY gets me about summer is how effing hot your car gets in parking lots, or just parked at home if you don't have a garage.

"Anyone else can't wait for the fall?"

I love fall, but it seems to not last very long here.

If you think summer is bad now, be glad you didn't live in the pre-AC age, like us geezers and geezerettes. :-)

[Rosie1223]

24. You forgot Road Construction

But I like summer.

[EndersDame]

31. could you imagine how hard it is for those guys

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46. Well, at least I'm not in the asphalt or roofing business in the summer...

So I guess that's one good thing about it.

[EndersDame]

50. I used to do outside labor int the Texas Summers

I also had to take the bus (ie wait 30+ mins outside waiting) It givess you a new perspective on the heat

[fizzgig]

28. i hate the heat and mosquitoes, but i don't mind summer

less traffic here because a lot of the college kids are gone and my neighborhood is quieter for the same reason.

it hasn't been too bad this summer as far as the weather goes. the heat held off until a couple of weeks ago and we've gotten plenty of rain. however, because of the rain, it's been a bad year for mosquitoes and moths.

[mdmc]

29. summer is my least favorite season

I love the fall because it is the furthest season from summer.

[EndersDame]

30. All of that Malaise can be solved with a dip in the ocean or lake or swiming pool

I am soooo much a summer person
I love the BBQS
The parties on hot summer nights with your crew and some drinks
I love simming (I loooove Barton Springs it stays 68 degrees year round)
The sound of secadas in the air
Fireflies in the night
All of the bands big and small go on tour
Summer beers

[texanwitch]

34. We have semi summer all year long.

I like when it is 40.

[Chan790]

35. I am a summer-hater.

I could live for spring and fall. I like cool but mildly temperate.

[KansDem]

36. But Summer is a-coming in, let us sing "coo-coo"...

Here, maybe this will help:
Nat King Cole: "Summer Is A Comin' In"

[SidneyCarton]

37. Summer in California's Inland Empire is 4 Months of crap.

100+ degree temperatures

Sweltering Humidity

Air Quality roughly equivalent to that of Ypres during a German gas attack

Dust, dirt grime, dead brush on all the hills

And the furtive search on the horizon for the inevitable plumes from the next wildfire.

The IE is nice in the fall, beautiful in the winter, but miserable in the summer.

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45. My sister lives in Riverside

and my niece and her 3 children. I feel sorry for them, living in San Diego while they live in Riverside. My sister has developed a cough and almost asthma since living there and she doesn't smoke. I feel really sorry for the kids growing up in such poor air quality. I don't think I could live in Riverside at all. It's at its best in the winter as you say, with the nice views of the snow-covered mountains, but even then I find Riverside dull. And it's pretty right-wing country, or at least it used to be.

[SidneyCarton]

51. The county is usually very RW.

Yet it went blue in 2008, so go figure. Riverside City is a bit of a mixture, it's a college town, with an artsy, eclectic downtown. There isn't so much to do here, UCR students gripe about that regularly. The city is renovating the Fox Theatre, which dates from the 20's and turning it into a performing arts center, so maybe things will improve in that department.

I'm sorry about your sister's lungs, my wife has some of the same problems, and I do not foresee staying here any longer than it takes to get my Ph.D.

Which part of town does your sister live in, I live up by the University.

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52. My sister lives off of Limonite

in the "Jurupa Hills" area, just north of Limonite Ave. Not far from the Jensen-Alvarado Ranch, just in the hills north of that. I read somewhere that at one point Riverside was the largest city in California, population wise. I guess that was about 100 years ago or so. I can think of worse places to live (Bombay Beach, CA or Gila Bend, AZ) but Riverside would never be on my wish list of places to live.

[jakefrep]

39. I don't mind it.

The weather is mostly nice, and it's my least-busy time of year at work.

[Forkboy]

40. I despise it.

x(

[Tikki]

41. Love Summer....Hate Winter....

The cold hurts.

'bout 7 miles from the Pacific...so if it gets real hot...I just go to
the beach and roll around in the Ocean..


Tikki

[KamaAina]

42. Republican Stepdad does

those of you chiming in here may wish to consider that... the only way we were able to get him to come to Hawai'i was by bribing him with Pearl Harbor and the Mighty Mo (who would have thought a repuke would be a military history buff? :sarcasm: )

[bif]

43. With the winters we have in Michigan, no.

I love summer. BBQ. Sailing. Gardening. Bike riding. What's not to like?

[seemunkee]

44. It is what it is

The seasons change, nothing to be done but enjoy what the Earth gives us.

[Captain Hilts]

47. I prefer the cold. nt

[madinmaryland]

49. I HATE winters. And I live in Maryland where it is not like being in New England and

further north.

I just fucking hate the cold! I hate it getting fucking dark at 4:30 in the evening.

:grr:

And I hate driving in freezing rain and snow.

:grr: