Guess I'm getting old LOL

[Theinkman]

Here in Minnesota us old-timers don't talk about the cold much. Prefer to talk about the other 5 months of the year.

 

[dieselchief]

east central mn here. was 28 below three mornings ago. no cotton mouths, copper heads, gators or scorpions. God gives us plenty of free oak in this region to raise the global warming situation. fwiw.

 

[JDeere]

Getting older is definitely different than the younger days. I use to live for the colder weather and spent a lot of time in the mountains. The colder it was the better for hunting whitetail in Texas. Now days a cool morning is much better than a cold morning thanks to the older age and blood thinners. I can't wait for the warm days to return just give us some rain. I have a lot of trees to cut from last years drought...

 

[Ks5shooter]

Below 40 degrees = reloading and a pot of soup or stew.

 

[Big Wes]

"You have to be tuff to get old!"

 

[Mark_Mark]

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nearly spit out my coffee!

 

[Theinkman]

east central mn here. was 28 below three mornings ago. no cotton mouths, copper heads, gators or scorpions. God gives us plenty of free oak in this region to raise the global warming situation. fwiw.

-28 keeps a lot of the riff raff out doesn't it?

 

[Charlie98]

The ice in Arlington was terrible!!!

My daughter had surgery in Carrollton Tuesday, so I was driving back and forth from McKinney to Carrollton every day that week. The back roads were in better shape than the tollway for a day or two.

 

[kcofohio]

My daughter had surgery in Carrollton Tuesday, so I was driving back and forth from McKinney to Carrollton every day that week. The back roads were in better shape than the tollway for a day or two.

For the southerners!

 

[gifbohane]

Yesterday, I found out that a close friend that I grew up with (actually we didn't grow up) had passed on.

Went down to my workshop to size amd depirme. Immediately got a stuck case in my Redding die....should have known better than to do this when I was preoccpied.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

For the southerners!
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Yes, do all those things.

Also, call ahead and reserve a spot in the ditch into which you can skid.

Those ditches fill up fast ...

 

[Charlie98]

Those ditches fill up fast ...

...and then the body shops. Might as well reserve a rental car, too, while you are at it, before they run out.

 

[cfullgraf]

If my greyhounds won’t go out in the cold, I won’t anymore. They are such “Florida” girls and my aching knees will not protest any more

 

[Austin Albright]

I finally have to admit that my old bones can't take it like they used to. In the past when it was going to be extremely cold outside I would put firearms and ammo that I wanted to test in my jeep in the evening and test the next day. This time I chose to sleep in and stay inside. Those tests can wait until it gets a bit more hospitable out there. Not -12*F with a 30 MPH wind! Global warming my foot!!! Guess I'll make a nice moose meat stew to pass the time. Rant over.

You're a much tougher man than me. Me and my brother in law wimped out when it was 32 but is was a little windy.....
Sincerely yours
hereafter known as the wimp dog

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Yesterday, I found out that a close friend that I grew up with (actually we didn't grow up) had passed on.

Went down to my workshop to size amd depirme. Immediately got a stuck case in my Redding die....should have known better than to do this when I was preoccpied.

My sincerest condolences man. That’s rough.