March '26 Chat -- Madness is the Different Drummer

[TheBac]

....and the fun begins. The bridge over the river by our house is now closed for reconstruction for the next 4-6 months. Yay. The detour isnt insane, just 5 mile total either direction, but it still sucks. Roni is hating it, not that I blame her.

 

[lutzjk]

....and the fun begins. The bridge over the river by our house is now closed for reconstruction for the next 4-6 months. Yay. The detour isnt insane, just 5 mile total either direction, but it still sucks. Roni is hating it, not that I blame her.

Yeah. We had that last year here. I think they said 90 days. Ended up being more like 180.

 

[2004LB7]

Yeah. We had that last year here. I think they said 90 days. Ended up being more like 180.

We've had a section of the 50 freeway near Sacramento that's been under construction for (officially) almost 6 years. But it's actually about 10 years now. They just rename the project and give it a new schedule. They are consistently closing a bunch of lanes and slowing traffic. Always the same stretch of freeway. With the time and money they've spent on it, you'd think there would be a brand new freeway. Nope. Same worn out rutted freeway as it's always been.

Whatever problems you think you have in your state, California can do you one better. Except for precipitation. We come dead last there

 

[JoshH]

Tom, I'll take the heat over the cold any day of the week. It got cold here the past couple of days (low of 29 today which I know is nothing for you notherners), and I would trade it for 100 degree high temps without question. Not to say I enjoy the crazy hot summers, but I prefer it to the cold, especially the freezing cold. I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

 

[Chevy1925]

Tom, I'll take the heat over the cold any day of the week. It got cold here the past couple of days (low of 29 today which I know is nothing for you notherners), and I would trade it for 100 degree high temps without question. Not to say I enjoy the crazy hot summers, but I prefer it to the cold, especially the freezing cold. I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

Its going to be 100* in phx this week. Im good with it as long as it stays 100 till end of may .

 

[TheBac]

You guys can keep that triple-digit crap.

 

[LB7StillAlive]

85 degrees when the sun goes down feels wonderful!! Cruise strips don’t really exist any more, but it’s perfect weather for such a thing.

 

[Cougar281]

Tom, I'll take the heat over the cold any day of the week. It got cold here the past couple of days (low of 29 today which I know is nothing for you notherners), and I would trade it for 100 degree high temps without question. Not to say I enjoy the crazy hot summers, but I prefer it to the cold, especially the freezing cold. I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

I'm the opposite. You can only take so much off when it's hot before you get hit with indecent exposure, and even that might not be enough. But you can layer up and add heat when it's cold.

 

[Chevy1925]

I'm the opposite. You can only take so much off when it's hot before you get hit with indecent exposure, and even that might not be enough. But you can layer up and add heat when it's cold.

I use to think that till i couldnt feel my fingers trying to wrench on crap lol.

I just hate the humidity. Swamp coolers and sweating dont do a damn thing for you

 

[lutzjk]

I’m over this roller coaster temp change

Mid 70’s and sunny Sunday
Snow yesterday
Well below freezing and more snow today wi

 

[1FastBrick]

We've had a section of the 50 freeway near Sacramento that's been under construction for (officially) almost 6 years. But it's actually about 10 years now. They just rename the project and give it a new schedule. They are consistently closing a bunch of lanes and slowing traffic. Always the same stretch of freeway. With the time and money they've spent on it, you'd think there would be a brand new freeway. Nope. Same worn out rutted freeway as it's always been.

Whatever problems you think you have in your state, California can do you one better. Except for precipitation. We come dead last there

Kind of like Like the Train to Nowhere that started around 2013 and in 2026 not a single piece of track has been laid... and as costed all tax payers 100's of Billions of dollars and no private Funding was ever secured like they promised...

 

[TheBac]

A lot of people in Cali got rich off that scheme. And we wonder why this country is 40T in debt. Id say 90% of that is graft, corruption or outright theft.

 

[2004LB7]

Kind of like Like the Train to Nowhere that started around 2013 and in 2026 not a single piece of track has been laid... and as costed all tax payers 100's of Billions of dollars and no private Funding was ever secured like they promised...

Yep. And I just saw recently that they finally just laid a short section of track and the politicians are throwing themselves a party and congratulating themselves for how good they are doing

 

[JoshH]

I'm the opposite. You can only take so much off when it's hot before you get hit with indecent exposure, and even that might not be enough. But you can layer up and add heat when it's cold.

That's what everyone who lives in the cold likes to say, but in my experience, it doesn't work as advertised. You layer up to get comfortable, then you start working and you get hot, then you start sweating, then you get cold, or like James said you can't do anything that requires dexterity because you can't feel your fingers. I don't mind sweating, so I'll take the heat over the cold any day of the week.

 

[malibu795]

85 degrees when the sun goes down feels wonderful!! Cruise strips don’t really exist any more, but it’s perfect weather for such a thing.

If you have working AC in the vehicle

 

[PureHybrid]

Worked outside quite a bit selling Christmas trees in December. Not really that bad, stay moving and you can usually get away with good gloves, bibs and a sweatshirt. When we get freezing rain is really the only time it's miserable. Much like working in extreme heat, you still need to take breaks. Working out in the cold where you need to use your fingers a bunch isn't really an issue I've personally had, we'd just get the trucks fired up and pull / tow them into the shop.

If I had to grow up the same way just in a different climate, I'd probably choose to stay in the North. No way I'd be able to sleep at night down in TX / AZ with no A/C.

 

[036.6turbo]

Grew up in Michigan, lived here all my life. Always enjoyed the changing of seasons etc.

High school friend moved to Fla right out of school. I visited him years later. I asked him how he liked Florida. He said it's no different than Michigan.

Obviously that answer surprised me, so I am like "what?".

He says "yeah, in Michigan we go outdoors in the summer, but stay indoors all winter with the furnace running. In Florida we go outside all winter but stay indoors in the summer with the A/C running. No different."

But a few years later he relocated again to Wisconsin, so.......................


Sadly, he passed last week of cancer.

 

[malibu795]

Sadly, he passed last week of cancer.

My condolences

 

[036.6turbo]

My condolences

Thank you.

We hadn't seen each other in years, one of the few benefits of social media we stayed in touch.

His take on the differences in weather conditions always stuck with me.

 

[malibu795]

Thank you.

We hadn't seen each other in years, one of the few benefits of social media we stayed in touch.

His take on the differences in weather conditions always stuck with me.

I've got a lot off friends that are in the same boat, social media be it SC/IG/FB are our main forms of communication..

Almost the " this could have been an email" played out in life.