| Re: M O N D A Y C H A T 11 . 06 . 23 |
Subject: Re: M O N D A Y C H A T 11 . 06 . 23 by TommyT-Bone on 2023/11/6 13:57:03 Cool and crisp outside this morning. Started off mid 60's and headed to mid 80's with reduced humidity here in the tropics. Having lived in Florida for 44 years my blood has lost it's tolerance for cold weather but I can get used to it gradually. I also have a closet full of clothes that can handle temps from 0* to 100+*. Comes in handy when we go to Alaska where we often woke up to the 40's. Haven't been around snow in awhile nor do I look forward to it. It all goes back to 1978 when I came down for Christmas to visit the inlaws. After opening presents we laid around the pool and jumped in every once in awhile. Fired up the bbq and lounged around drinking adult beverages in the afternoon. It was then that I had the reckoning that I could get used to this. Through the years I learned to suffer the Florida summers to get to treat of Florida winters. People of means have figured out how to escape the summer and return for the winter. Hence the name snowbirds. The snowbirds have returned. Unfortunately millions of others have found out the secret I learned back in 78 and flocked to Florida to live year round. Now overcrowded and laying the natural habitat and farmland to waste, this once beautiful sanctuary is now littered with housing developments and shopping centers. Some call it progress. I say it's getting progressively worse. Wow ..... Where did all that come from?  |
