Sick of Winter Rant

schwarcw
schwarcw Posts: 7,335
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
I've had enough of Winter! I am a lazy slug, I can't get motivated to do much around the house. I've been leaving for work before it's daylight and returning home well after dark. We're just insanely busy at work. I can't complain about the lack of business or worries about my job. But still, I'm just down. Not even the thought of buying some new audio toys excites me. My Steelers won the Super Bowl which gave me a smile, but not the adrenaline rush to go out and burn some sofas in the downtown streets. I guess I've got the Winter blues!! Or, I'm getting old.:(

Who else is getting their **** kicked by Winter???
Carl

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,987
    edited February 2009
    Eh, it's cold and I don't like it cold. I'll admit it.

    Beer. That'll make it better. :D
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2009
    I hear you; we've had close to 20 inches of snow/ice in tha last 9 days. Not something we get too often around here. I'm ready for SPRING!!!!!!


















    P.S. Audio purchases ALWAYS excite me ;)
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2009
    BIG TIME. I am really sick of it this year for some reason. More than ever. Just think Carl, for me only 4 more months to go.
    Michael ;)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited February 2009
    This WINTER has sucked big time. I'm tired of cold gray days.......pot holes and heaved pavement on the streets. Salt everywhere......it's so dry around here every time I take my winter jacket or shirt off I get stinging little pin **** of static electricity shocks. Flaky skin, irritated sinus's.....burning eyes.







    That's why I drink on the weekends.....:D:):D. Hang in there Carl!!! :)

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2009
    Yea, its terrible here too. I can only take the motorcycle out about twice a week, the rest of the time its in the low 40s! Little too cold for me to take the hour ride to school in.

    /sarcasm
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited February 2009
    is your company hiring.... unemployment sucks, but ata least I have time to enjoy my rig...
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited February 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    I guess I've got the Winter blues!! Or, I'm getting old.:(

    Who else is getting their **** kicked by Winter???

    I resemble this remark!
    Try me on the work hours.....I work 3rd shift.
    Leave in the dark.....come home in the dark.
    Feel like a freak'in Vampire!

    My heat and electric bill is huge......Van uses extra gas in the cold.
    Yeah I'm plenty sick of winter!!
    Running outta indoor things to keep me occupied. :mad:

    Not to mention I've been sick 2x in the past 3 weeks with sinus. :mad::mad:

    .

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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited February 2009
    Carl sounds like you have SAD.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited February 2009
    This should pick up your spirits.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zC2ubNuQQ

    This pass was an 8.10 @ 169 in street trim!!


    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited February 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    **** it, then bug Justin again and ask him to change your screen name. :rolleyes:

    Everyone likes a lil ****....but no one likes a smartass! :D

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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited February 2009
    I hear ya man, winter is getting old fast!
    When i'm working, i'm outside driving all across my state for the majority of my time, and damn does this weather make it less then desirable, it's fun at first for me, but that fades quickly. Come on summer, or even spring for that matter!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2009
    Carl,, sounds like a visit to an audio establishment is what you need to pull out of the "funk" you are in,,down here in Georgia,when I get the blues,, I just go outside and shovel the snow during wintertime.:p
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    I'm so on board. This winter has sucked. I'm so over every single day wearing multi layers of cloths just to keep warm. I'm tired of it. Spring can't come fast enough.

    I'd much rather deal with the heat.
    Dan
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited February 2009
    We NEED the sun for melatonin.....the lack there of is what brings us all down.
    Just can't wait to get out in the yard and fuss over my trees and bushes.

    Hard to complain about mowing grass once a week after the sucky winter months! :D

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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited February 2009
    Carl,You might try dropping a tube amp in your rack,that would warm your heart and let you slip away and get over these Winter Blues for just a little bit.

    It's forecasted to be close to 70 here on Saturday

    The bike is coming out of hybernation:D
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,482
    edited February 2009
    Hey Carl! This winter has been nasty. The neighbors dog uncovered part of the lawn and we just stared at it for awhile.

    I got a bad virus this year, was sick for weeks. Still recovering. I also get winter depression. The wife sticks me under the grow lights in the basement every now and then. The RAS get togethers have been good.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2009
    Gonna be 80 today.
    Sean
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    Carl,

    Its a little cool in South Ga. today, high will be 55 or so, but going to be 70 on Sunday.....come on down.

    hehehehehe

    RT1
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    We've had 2, REPEAT TWO snowsorms come thru S.C., and it was 21*f when I left the house this a.m. @ 7:30, so Y'all can just BITE ME! Especially YOU AL GORE!!!
    Ya big ****!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    We've had 2, REPEAT TWO snowsorms come thru S.C., and it was 21*f when I left the house this a.m. @ 7:30, so Y'all can just BITE ME! Especially YOU AL GORE!!!
    Ya big ****!

    Global warming doesn't mean its going to start being 80 degrees all winter long......

    I like the cold weather myself, no bugs:)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2009
    Carl, your rant worked; from a low of -4 yesterday, look what we have in the next few days :D:D:D

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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    I've had enough of Winter! I am a lazy slug, I can't get motivated to do much around the house. I've been leaving for work before it's daylight and returning home well after dark. We're just insanely busy at work. I can't complain about the lack of business or worries about my job. But still, I'm just down. Not even the thought of buying some new audio toys excites me. My Steelers won the Super Bowl which gave me a smile, but not the adrenaline rush to go out and burn some sofas in the downtown streets. I guess I've got the Winter blues!! Or, I'm getting old.:(

    Who else is getting their **** kicked by Winter???

    Smoke a doobie!! You will be happy
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited February 2009
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    I got a bad virus this year, was sick for weeks. Still recovering.

    I hear ya there!
    My sinus's have been hell this winter......been sick for the past 3 weeks.
    We get a warm spell for a day or two....I feel good....then it's gets cold again......sinus flairs up all over again!

    I'm sick of being sick!!! :mad:

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2009
    Lorthos wrote: »
    Global warming doesn't mean its going to start being 80 degrees all winter long......

    The global warming crowd brought those kinds of comments on themselves, because every time there's a hurricane, or every unseasonably hot day they come out of the wood work screaming "see! see! global warming!!" So you can't be surprised when people do the opposite.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2009
    I'm actually enjoying the winter in Colorado. It is often 20 degrees one day, 72 the next and 30 with snow the next.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited February 2009
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    Gonna be 80 today.

    Well Happy Birthday!
    :p

    Back on topic:
    pod78-1.jpg
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited February 2009
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    Well Happy Birthday!
    :p

    Back on topic:
    pod78-1.jpg

    Nice knuckle detail on the finger-

    Shirtsleeve weather in OK today, Sunny, 67 F & perfect walking weather.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,459
    edited February 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    Smoke a doobie!! You will be happy

    Get busted by the local Warminster, Pa sheriff. You will not be happy. :rolleyes:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited February 2009
    :D
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    Gonna be 80 today.

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2009
    exalted512 wrote: »
    Yea, its terrible here too. I can only take the motorcycle out about twice a week, the rest of the time its in the low 40s! Little too cold for me to take the hour ride to school in.

    I used to like riding my bike in that temperture range. It seemed to run well, and I wore long underwear for sking under a full set of leathers. It was the only time of the year I was really comfortable on the bike.
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