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OldBaldy1701E

(9,752 posts)
20. That is wild to me.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:32 AM
2 hrs ago

As I am always soaked by the time I actually get all that gear on. I absolutely hate it because I am always starting out wet when I go out in this weather.

At least during the summer, I can be wet outside. This time of year, that is a death sentence.

But, I have to say I am amused by your description of the mosquitoes here. They don't seem to be as big as the ones from there swamps of N.C.. But, like the ones from home, they seldom bother me. I never did figure out why this is so, but they don't seem to go for me as much as some others.

Of course, nowadays I have to be extremely careful. Thanks to neuropathy, I can't feel them on me anymore like I used to.

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i am eagerly awaiting my first snow-hike... ret5hd 18 hrs ago #1
"A 17 novel winter" - ah, that's a clever indicator! Tho, sorry you're snow swamped already electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #2
I'm going into cold weather with more firewood House of Roberts 17 hrs ago #3
👍 MiHale 16 hrs ago #10
Same Here ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #4
You know it...👍 MiHale 16 hrs ago #11
Every year I forget what a pain in the butt snow can be, then it happens and I go, *Aw, bloody hell*. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #5
Just after getting rid of approximately 2 tons of black walnuts... MiHale 16 hrs ago #12
That is wild to me. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #20
That was my first response when I got up Tuesday and saw the 4-5 inches we got Monday night. Xavier Breath 47 min ago #22
It is really unreal Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #6
3 more months of Diamond_Dog 17 hrs ago #7
My Goddaughter who lives in Muskegon said they got dumped on -- about 12" in about 9 hours. catbyte 17 hrs ago #8
This is too early... MiHale 5 hrs ago #18
Reading some_of_us_are_sane 16 hrs ago #9
I spent two hours yesterday shoveling snow. I've had enough. Borogove 15 hrs ago #13
If we were intended to live anywhere it MIGHT snow, we would have fur. TomSlick 14 hrs ago #14
We do have fur. Just not very much. Ocelot II 26 min ago #23
When do you indulge True Dough 14 hrs ago #15
Love that idea... seeds already purchased and grow tents in action.... MiHale 5 hrs ago #19
There is snow predicted here in Durham, NC mnhtnbb 13 hrs ago #16
KnR Boomerproud 7 hrs ago #17
We are too. Yesterday we got stuck in a snow drift out in the middle of nowhere. Emile 1 hr ago #21
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