Originally Posted by
brad192
I always chuckle when I hear Floridians complain about the cold weather. Any temp below 50F and it's "too cold" to do anything. Hey, come spend a winter here in MI - 4 to 5 MONTHS of temps below 50F, as well as the normal winter stuff - snow, ice, sub-zero wind chills (and sometimes actual temps!), car frozen to the driveway, mounds of cleared snow higher than a house, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I love this state & all the great seasons we have here, but that stretch between Jan. 2nd & April I could hibernate through. Tried a mid-winter break in FL one year & it was great! - until I had to return to MI & deal with the winter climate again. I remember returning from that trip to the aftermath of a 9" snowfall the previous day. The drive home from the airport was dicey at best, and when I reached my house there was a 2 foot drift covering my driveway. I couldn't even get my car off the street until I shoveled it out, thinking all the time that less than 12 hrs. previously I was sitting on Main Street in my shorts & t-shirt eating a Casey's dog in the 80 degree sun...
...or maybe it's just a perspective thing.;)