Morning Pipe

[oldtimer]

Hello all.
It's 21 deg F this morning in Eastern Ohio. Cold but a good cup of black coffee, my Kirsten and Prince Albert makes for a good wake up.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It hit the 80's here this weekend. I had to service the lawnmower and put a new wheel on the wheelbarrow. My Spring bulbs are all blooming, and I got the ground broken for the early crops. It's about 50F right now, and the morning coffee is steamy.
Happy day, ya'll!

 

[Infantry23]

I have no idea what temperature it is here as I've been stuck inside my office since 0400 with no exterior view and certainly NO PIPE SMOKING ALLOWED to at least allow me to think of happier times ?

 

[bullet08]

I'm still thinking about what to have for breakfast.

 

[stevecourtright]

One thing about working from home that is nice, is that one has time to do things that we could not do during our commute. My commute was by bicycle or train to the Chicago Loop. No pipe smoking allowed on the train and coffee from a "water" bottle just isn't the same. Now, I get to sit with my better half in our sun room with a steaming cup of the good stuff. Time for a bowl in the morning in addition to coffee time will take another crisis, like retirement...

 

[kcghost]

One thing about being retired, you really don't care what the temperature is and everyday is Saturday.

 

[telescopes]

This is my daily view of our skies. Blue with no clouds, 350 days a year. If I step in the front yard it is mountains and blue skies. No bugs, no distractions, just a shallow existence of leisure full of fine dining, bike riding, golf, and pipe smoking. This is the Coachella Valley aka, Palm Springs. My own special corner is Palm Desert.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

This is my daily view of our skies. Blue with no clouds, 350 days a year. If I step in the front yard it is mountains and blue skies. No bugs, no distractions, just a shallow existence of leisure full of fine dining, bike riding, golf, and pipe smoking. This is the Coachella Valley aka, Palm Springs. My own special corner is Palm Desert.

I am envious. I just wasn't made to the few weeks of bitter cold we get a year. My coat is better suited for the likes of there or Hawaii. We sued to go to Tucson in February to escape cold snaps, and the gem shows. It was always cool to go swimming in February and send pics back home top make those freezing in the frigid 40F winter hell feel jealous. I, I just don't understand why people like to live in areas where it gets so cold. It can't be good for you.

 

[telescopes]

I am envious. I just wasn't made to the few weeks of bitter cold we get a year. My coat is better suited for the likes of there or Hawaii. We sued to go to Tucson in February to escape cold snaps, and the gem shows. It was always cool to go swimming in February and send pics back home top make those freezing in the frigid 40F winter hell feel jealous. I, I just don't understand why people like to live in areas where it gets so cold. It can't be good for you.

As I roll into retirement, we will either get a boat and put it into a slip in San Diego and keep our condo in Laughlin or get a summer place at Table Rock Lake. Either way, I haven’t seen real snow or rain in over two decades.

 

[telescopes]

One last thought. California politics are everything they say it is. Contrast that to the Palm Springs living experience. It I s like wise everything you could imagine as well. Such a decision. It makes one wonder whether to stay or go. But Nevada and Arizona or just down the road. But they can’t compare with the easy easy living one has living here. It is heavenly.

 

[Old School 3319]

My morning pipe is usually about 4 am right after pouring a cup of coffee as I head to the bathroom to start the day

 

[fireground_piper]

I am envious. I just wasn't made to the few weeks of bitter cold we get a year. My coat is better suited for the likes of there or Hawaii. We sued to go to Tucson in February to escape cold snaps, and the gem shows. It was always cool to go swimming in February and send pics back home top make those freezing in the frigid 40F winter hell feel jealous. I, I just don't understand why people like to live in areas where it gets so cold. It can't be good for you.

I always say I enjoy the cold winters because it keeps the reptiles and insects small or non-existent. I'll take bear, deer and medium sized cats over the amount of snakes, spiders and other various reptile/insect that lives down south. So when it's freezing for a while, I tell myself that's the payoff.

 

[danimalia]

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This is my daily view of our skies. Blue with no clouds, 350 days a year. If I step in the front yard it is mountains and blue skies. No bugs, no distractions, just a shallow existence of leisure full of fine dining, bike riding, golf, and pipe smoking. This is the Coachella Valley aka, Palm Springs. My own special corner is Palm Desert.

Doesn't it get hot, hot, hot in the summers there, though?

Really, I have always felt the East Bay Area where I live has some of the best weather. You will pay for that weather, though. San Diego is also a great weather area as long as you don't go too far inland towards the desert.

 

[alaskanpiper]

No Morning Pipe for me.

 

[BarrelProof]

I am envious. I just wasn't made to the few weeks of bitter cold we get a year...

...those freezing in the frigid 40F winter hell feel jealous. I, I just don't understand why people like to live in areas where it gets so cold. It can't be good for you.

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Here I am excited that I’ve been able to wear shorts and flip flops for the last week now that highs are in the mid-20’s.

 

[telescopes]

Doesn't it get hot, hot, hot in the summers there, though?

Really, I have always felt the East Bay Area where I live has some of the best weather. You will pay for that weather, though. San Diego is also a great weather area as long as you don't go too far inland towards the desert.

Yes. August and September are brutal.

But the mornings are nice, even in the summer. By morning, I mean from 5-10. I ride a motorcycle. In the summer, I rise up early and head south to the mountains which are really close. Once up the mountain, the weather drops in temperature to something very pleasant. I can then head to the beach areas or really anywhere else I want. Coming back home Is another matter. It is a hard 20 minute ride from the mountain zone to my home. The end part of that ride is the harshest. If I make the ride home after dark, all is good. But if I come home during the afternoon, well, there is no such thing as a "dry" heat. It is called a Kiln.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I am envious. I just wasn't made to the few weeks of bitter cold we get a year. My coat is better suited for the likes of there or Hawaii. We sued to go to Tucson in February to escape cold snaps, and the gem shows. It was always cool to go swimming in February and send pics back home top make those freezing in the frigid 40F winter hell feel jealous. I, I just don't understand why people like to live in areas where it gets so cold. It can't be good for you.

Actually, it IS good for you!

Why Cold Weather Is Actually Good for You

Many Canadians find the long winters challenging, but did you know cold weather can actually be good for your health? Here's why.

www.readersdigest.ca

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I eagerly await spring and warmer days to come,this fricking winter was colder than expected, even here on the southern coastal area at nights temps are are still plummeting to 5f ,

 

[Old School 3319]

I live in the midwest (southern Illinois) we get the worst of all the season humid sticky summers and cold winters. We had our first good snow in over a decade but even at 20 and 30 deg I sleep with the window open.

 

[anotherbob]

One thing about being retired, you really don't care what the temperature is and everyday is Saturday.

not true when I was having an early retirement in my 20's I found that not everyday is Saturday because Saturday is the day when you go out you think why are so many people out right now? And then realize it's a Saturday and you should have gotten your shopping or hiking done some other time.