Rassenfrassen storm that's not going any damned where.
Gronk.
I grew up in South Florida and I know from green grass and I know from dead, burnt grass.
::snicker:: Sort of like when I lived in Ohio and people there would complain about humidity.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 3:35:02 am PDT #4602 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
flea - Aug 21, 2008 3:57:49 am PDT #4603 of 10003
information libertarian
I am an Ocean Person, subset Atlantic, subset New England. I do Cape Cod (sandy) or Maine (glacial) very well; I am okay with this southern Outer-Banksy thing, but it's not the same. (For one thing - mosquitoes! Too hot!)
Sue - Aug 21, 2008 4:00:24 am PDT #4604 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I like all ocean, but I do favour the wild North Atlantic over all else. But not to swim in. Swimming in it is just crazy--in August and September it's just warm enough to go in without instant getting hypothermia.
Sue - Aug 21, 2008 4:07:47 am PDT #4605 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I think I have reached the end of the internet already this morning...
Fred Pete - Aug 21, 2008 4:12:09 am PDT #4606 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I like oceans because there are beaches there. And I'm a big fan of beaches.
Haven't been around deserts much. But anywhere there's lots of sun can't be all bad.
Theodosia - Aug 21, 2008 4:51:38 am PDT #4607 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The first time I went to a desert (with stereotypical sandy soil) I kept having the intense feeling that if I just went over the next hill, the ocean would be in view.
In my defense, I was quite young, and any time I'd been in landscape like that (think wild Jersey Shore parks), the ocean HAD been just over yonder. :-)
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2008 5:09:33 am PDT #4608 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And don't tell me SF has seasons. They're all weird and in the wrong order.
Yeah, the SF "seasons" weirded me out for the 1 1/2 years I lived there. Besides my time in SF, I've spent my whole life in the Midwest, and I love the seasons here. Although people in Chicago look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them winters are too mild here... I mean, it very rarely gets below 0 F.
Gudanov - Aug 21, 2008 5:22:51 am PDT #4609 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I'm not an Ocean person, I'm a mountain person. Give me cool, dry air, small streams of water, and stunning vistas.
I'd like the Midwest, well the Missouri section of it, better without summer. Fall is my preferred season here. Summer here is often quite brutal with high temperatures and ridiculous amounts of humidity.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2008 5:29:55 am PDT #4610 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Why was the gymnastics gala only, like, three routines???
Amazing, right? They throw this big ol' gala for twenty minutes...
Tom Scola - Aug 21, 2008 5:31:05 am PDT #4611 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I grew up in the Ramapo "Mountains" of New Jersey, and I get disoriented when I look around and I'm not surrounded by hills. Being surrounded by tall buildings helps, though. I also wouldn't be able to stand not living near water, even if I don't go in it or on it very much.