It's a cool 70 degree days here in sunny phoenix arizona..

hey man.

lol.

it's warm here as well in sydney... but a kind of balmy warm...

paintsprayer said:

damn.

But its so pretty:




Winter is my favorite season.

I just spent 2 minutes searching my soul for traces of envy bout your weather



came in from walking the dog in the crisp 11 degree morning air with the incredible carolina blue sky and the zillions of stunning ice crystals all over everything


can't seem to find a trace of envy there for your weather man

Mach said:

Nope.

Enjoy yourself, Mick!

68 degrees for the high today, and sunny.


Going here this weekend (Hillsborough River park)

i won't bitch... the forecast is great! it's lovely and sunny and mild
i am going to go hang the rest of my christmas lights outside

It's in the 60's here. I'm going for a 10 m run at one. Get to wear shorts. (It's too cold to run in the morning, below 50 degrees!)
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I went ice skating today for the first time in like 20 years and it was almost 50 degrees. It was a blast. Here is a video of my first few shaky steps (but I got better as the day progressed I swear )

http://www.youtube.com/wa...FxJyV1QwFI

Sounds nice. I can't get into the chilly winter thing this year. Usually I don't mind.

I need to just get over it and go outside. I really want to get the gear for cold-water kayaking, but it's so expensive. I am taking a snowshoeing course next month, though.

In the meantime, I finally dug out my stupid gymwear and have resigned myself to a mill-treading existence for a few months.

lovemachine said:

That looks like fun (except for having to figure out how to stop)!

Are the lakes usually frozen solid there by this time of year?

I've never iceskated outdoors. Our lakes rarely freeze.

Dean's hot!


But he didn't bust his ass once on that video. Can we get a real America's funniest home videos style ass busting?

lovemachine said:

That's awesome!

I generally go skating once every few years or so. I still have skates. I always forget how hard it is on the ankles.

lovemachine said:

Does that youtube also include you falling through the ice, because it doesn't look very solid right now.

I wouldn't want warm weather right now. Who wants 70 degrees during X-mas time? (besides those southern hemisphere people ) I'm jealous of all the people who have snow right now.

Anyway, it's WAY too warm here in Holland, and I keep wishing it would get cold and snow. I know it won't though.

Mach said:

Mach!

It's been cold here too, but it's supposed to warm up and go into the 40's.

lovemachine said:

Haven't been ice skating in YEARS, but used to love it when I was younger.

minneapolisgenius said:

I was a little worried as well but after a few measurements the ice was a good 5 inches which is more then enough for people.

Snow is all melted... it's 65 out today and sunny



I love how it can be 18 degrees and snow covered one day and then BAM !,
in the 60's - 70's and sunshine melting the snow away just 2 days later here

lovemachine said:

Oh ok. It looks like it's fading off into melted lake behind you there though.

L.A., baby.

minneapolisgenius said:

That's a rough spot of ice that was melting and then refroze. 90 percent of the lake was very smooth. It was really fun skating across it which is over a mile the long way.

MickG said:

That sounds nice! But what about August?

NDRU said:

I'm starting to really like the hot weather.

MickG said:

Some people do, like my girlfriend. But I was raised in LA & now I'm in the San Francisco area, so I can't really deal with any thing beyond 60's or 70's

NDRU said:

Well, with humidity, a bay area, ofcourse upper 70s 80s is stifeling. Out here, where it's dry, low or no humidity, upper 70s can seem a little chilly. Perfect weather out here is 98 degrees because that's what the basic body temp is.

It's a dry heat. Those are not just words.