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coeur_de_lion

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26. The last summer I spent in NJ (think it was 1993)
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:02 AM
Jul 2013

It got up to over 100 in my house . . . . we had no central air because up north you don't have it in older houses and generally don't need it -- a box fan in the window will suffice. Freakishly hot summer that year.

I had to get up several times a night, dunk myself in a cold bath and go back to bed.

It was miserable.

Now I'm in Florida and anyone here will tell you, we cherish our A/C. Can't live without it for a single minute.

But Mary, I wouldn't trade all of our miserably hot summers for a single winter up there in the snow.

I hate being cold and I especially hate driving on a foot of ice for months. That was my last winter up there, just as miserable as my last summer.

I'm not coming back I don't care how many George Zimmerman's get off Scott free.

It upsets me a little when people say "Florida screwed up". Florida didn't. A handful of Floridians screwed up.

But I think Zimmy will move out of state. It simply isn't safe for him here. There are a handful of states that would welcome him and let him kill as many black 17 year olds as he wants . . . I won't name names.

But if he stays here his life isn't worth a plug nickel. If he stays he won't live out the year, that's my opinion.

Blood Brothers [View all] H2O Man Jul 2013 OP
... handmade34 Jul 2013 #1
thanks H2O Man Jul 2013 #3
Big K&R! Sissyk Jul 2013 #2
thank you! H2O Man Jul 2013 #4
Ah, the voice of reason speaks coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #5
When something happens, H2O Man Jul 2013 #8
Exactly coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #10
Best way to respond to Trayvon Martin verdict? Vote coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #6
Stop & Frisk Me. Jul 2013 #7
Two weeks ago, H2O Man Jul 2013 #9
Be the change you want to see in the world coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #11
Right. H2O Man Jul 2013 #14
I Don't Know If You Saw This Me. Jul 2013 #17
almost makes me want to move back to NY coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #24
COLD? Me. Jul 2013 #25
The last summer I spent in NJ (think it was 1993) coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #26
I'd Say I Wish You'd Come Back North Me. Jul 2013 #27
Another K&R Cleita Jul 2013 #12
Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2013 #13
some of us are there mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #15
Really glad you'll continue to fight coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #16
Thank you mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #18
Awwwww! you made my day! coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #19
Sometimes things like H2O Man Jul 2013 #21
Cranky and Snarley came to my house mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #23
Well said malaise Jul 2013 #20
Yeah. H2O Man Jul 2013 #22
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