tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3644660023558512892..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Time for the Spring PlantingSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60286361142113328032018-02-27T17:39:32.626-05:002018-02-27T17:39:32.626-05:00I always envied the snowbirds. If you could be nor...I always envied the snowbirds. If you could be north - seriously north, not Atlanta or something - in the summer and in Florida in the winter, I think that would be perfect.Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13697167679581067892018-02-27T10:20:26.070-05:002018-02-27T10:20:26.070-05:00On the other hand, I don't want to live on Cre...<i>On the other hand, I don't want to live on Crematoria, and unlike Florida, I don't need an AC unit large enough to recreate the Titanic iceberg. </i><br /><br />There is that. It's a stereotype that people who move to Florida for the warmer weather <i>haaaate</i> when it cools off, while natives tend to be OK with the change of pace. I used to have an officemate from Bahston and when it got cold he was ready to move farther south. I've never seen weather with mornings under freezing for more than two or three days, so it's kind of a "blink twice and it's over" thing here. It's not like we have to plan for driving on ice, have snow tires, crankcase oil heaters and all that. <br /><br />And, truth be told, I have done century bike rides (100 miles) in July and August, when it feels like the blacktop on the road is softening. I've been offshore on a boat during the "dog days of August" when it's over 90 by 9AM and dead calm, so it's not like the summer is "Crematoria will kill you" for real. Roofers and construction guys who work outdoors don't go unemployed for the summer (but they do look at your funny when you ride by on a road bike).<br /><br />As it is, I'm trading our summer for our winter, while folks up your way are trading winter for the summers. A few more Irmas and I may think that's a bad trade and try to move north. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-23124506563435949802018-02-27T09:51:33.860-05:002018-02-27T09:51:33.860-05:00Woke up today in Philly to frost on the windshield...Woke up today in Philly to frost on the windshield. <br />And I have a tiny bit of envy that you can start planting at this time of year. <br />On the other hand, I don't want to live on Crematoria, and unlike Florida, I don't need an AC unit large enough to recreate the Titanic iceberg. <br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60996352421914086562018-02-27T09:00:10.314-05:002018-02-27T09:00:10.314-05:00I don't know if I should admit this in a publi...I don't know if I should admit this in a public forum or not, but here goes... I planted green onion sets last night. In Central Indiana. There. I said it.housefitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852283106091749269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-75282436244800509422018-02-27T07:46:08.724-05:002018-02-27T07:46:08.724-05:00There are those stories of the Minnesota mosquitoe...There are those stories of the Minnesota mosquitoes raping full grown turkeys while standing flat footed on the ground. They're too big to swat, but maybe double tap them with a .22? <br /><br />OK, true story: my wife volunteers at a clinic. There's another woman there who came from Africa and said she couldn't stand Florida because there were so many more "creepy crawlies" than where she came from.<br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-38192400803342765272018-02-27T06:07:21.607-05:002018-02-27T06:07:21.607-05:00There will be a greenhouse up at the White Wolf Mi...There will be a greenhouse up at the White Wolf Mine in AZ. I hope to keep the bugs to a more manageable size. Florida bugs are simply larger and more aggressive than they are anywhere else - with the exception of Minnesota mosquitoes, which are as large and aggressive as Messerschmitts.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-61151019250325133042018-02-26T23:10:38.439-05:002018-02-26T23:10:38.439-05:00We have enough room to plant veggies, but I'm ...We have enough room to plant veggies, but I'm not much of a gardener, and neither is the wife.<br /><br />Back in Illinois all my hot rod buddies said the same thing about summer and winter. Winter was work-on-the-car time, and spring, summer, and fall was play-with-the-car time.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com