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On cold winter days do you think about the Florida Keys and Key West?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M Best Comment
No, I go there instead
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
No I don’t. I’d be thinking about alligators if I start dwelling on Florida. Oklahomans have been finding alligators for a few years now. A young man I worked with was living on a ranch for room & board doing chores after his day job. They kept finding dead chickens in the chicken house & started watching. There was an alligator in the chicken house and they killed it. Less than 3-foot long but there’s a nearby lake, no telling how many more in this area that haven’t been found. The TV news didn’t even want to report on it because of so many other finds. I guess it is old news now.
FurryFace · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti they probably wanted to avoid Panic from people about the Alligators
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FurryFace · 61-69, M
@Stereoguy maybe in a fast golf cart
SW-User
Nope
I relish when it gets cold here cause I can’t stand our brutal summers
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SW-User
@Stereoguy that’s our typical winter temp
Summers are 105-108
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bowman81 · M
No. I think of a friend who lives near there but I don't like that country. Okay, maybe to visit for a week or two. I would rather spend the time in the Northwoods with the woodstove warming my behind.
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@bowman81 yes I see so many rural cabin photos interior and exterior and would love to spend a couple weeks in one with plenty of wood and food to cook and other things I need like cozy fleece blankets. That seems like such a peaceful way to spend a few weeks in the winter.
JustNik · 51-55, F
LOL every great once in a while when it gets dangerously cold, I think it would be nice to pop somewhere just a bit warmer, but I don’t like hot hot. J said the other night he’d happily be sitting on a beach in Hawaii but I reckon he’d be fine with the Keys. 😂
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4meAndyou · F
Nope. When I think of Florida, I think of sticky sweaty clothes, monstrously huge cockroaches and other bugs, and snakes and gators. I would only enjoy it if touring all the seafood restaurants. I would probably like that.
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MasterLee · 56-60, M
No but I did go there and scuba with the aquanuts once. Miserable diving.
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MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Stereoguy poor viz
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Magenta · F
No. Never wanted to go to Florida.
I think about Arizona (They have great trails) or some southern state I can ride in. 😁
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meggie · F
I actually like visiting the seaside in the winter
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@meggie Exactly. It's as if I am experiencing the ocean on its own terms, directly and "purely", without the distraction of a crowd.
meggie · F
@DrWatson exactly. There are a few beaches with wind shelters where you really can sit and enjoy the sea with hardly a soul in sight.
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Yes. The redfish are inshore in large schools during the winter...sight casting to them with a fly rod is a pure joy.
FurryFace · 61-69, M
yeah i think about you and your wife lounging around soaking up the Sun
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No, not really crazy about Florida.
@Stereoguy Right,

In my case, I haven´t retired , yet and I am actually looking for more job opportunities / sources of income.
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@Stereoguy Thank you so much. That´s very kind of you. Likewise.
Carissimi · F
No. I dislike hot and humid weather as much as I dislike freezing cold and snow and ice. I need a temperate climate.
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Carissimi · F
I’d like seasons, with mild winters , not below freezing, and summers not above 80F, with low humidity. I don’t know if such a place exists. @Stereoguy
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glad18 · M
Yep!

And I'm only a few hours drive from there. Anything in the 50s or lower is positively freezing!
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SW-User
I think about spring, starting my seeds inside, my greenhouse and how I'll be able to spend more time outside when the weather is warmer. I will never see Florida or other places far away. I think about what I know will happen. :)
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@Stereoguy I always found it funny that people needed rest from a vacation. lol

As for your neighbors, maybe they didn't go as far or do as much to tire them out?
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Funlov · M
No lov all the four seasons couldn’t imagine being somewheres were just warm all the time not for me anyways
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exexec · 61-69, C
No. I think about the next week when it will probably be back in the 70's. Our hard freezes last a day or two.
akindheart · 61-69, F
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akindheart · 61-69, F
@Stereoguy i know. We went down for the pub crawl and pitched our tent in a shell rock lot
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SarithBorn · 18-21, M
no. i think about how glad i am that it isn't summer or a heatwave. 😇
A lot more often than that ;-)
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SoSophie · F
yeah it sounds nice and warm!!
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Lilymoon · F
@Stereoguy it's dark and snowy here. with not a green tree or a flower in sight. *sigh*
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TheLordOfHell · 41-45
Hell naw, those places are too hot
TheLordOfHell · 41-45
@Stereoguy Thank you! Not to worry, summer will be here before you know it
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TheLordOfHell · 41-45
@Stereoguy Hahaha definitely
SW-User
Well I'm in the UK but I did go there when I s 6yrs old, with family. So I can say that I've been, lol. I remember driving across the 7 mile bridge. Is that still a thing? 🤔

We did the whole Disney experience, the Everglades, etc.
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