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View attachment 1715415472 I was fine with winter until about 10 years ago,our first cruise. I had no idea what i was missing. Then a few winters having to work outside finished it off.
winter whiner? You dam right, i earned the Privilege to complain. Couple rounds of frostbite here and there and i have had about enough.
When I say winter whiners, you have to take into consideration who I am and where I come from. Born and raised at 69 degrees north, long winters, learned to deal with it as a kid, played outside in the winter, dug snow caves as a boy, as a grown up started work helping my dad with snow removal when I was 16 years old. Then spent time in the military. I have over 50 nights in sleeping bag in tent wintertime with snow, one had to watch the kerosene oven in the tent all the time. After that worked on fishing boats outside in the winter. Sitting in snow welding, you name it. In addition I am part Lappish, so winter, snow and cold and being outside is in my genes. Heat on the other hand, that bothers me, then I am the whiner. Comfortable outdoor temp for me for doing manual continuous labor is 50 - 65 degrees. 80 degrees and I am passed out.
How many times do you think I have had a nail bite from my fingers freezing, I do not have figures for it, but it is more than a couple, far more. The thing is to dress right, and accept being in a winter country, and do things so you get as little trouble as possible. Then it is not a big issue at all. If it is still a big issue, you live in the wrong place. I lived with snow and winter until I passed 51 and my wife dragged me to this place. The place where Mexicans sit in their cars in 90 degrees with the windows open, and with a wool cap down over their ears and insulated winter jacket. Understand it I can not.
I'll take winter and snow any day before living in this fire pit not knowing if I will wake up tomorrow or if someone else will come and scoop up the ashes of me.
Bill