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Old Mar 19, 2020 | 02:44 PM
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First day of Spring in Flagstaff, Arizona....




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Old Mar 19, 2020 | 03:55 PM
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I like Flagstaff but I would not
want to live there.
Oviedo Fl...87 degrees sunny.
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Joseph....Yea, we all have different tolerances. I moved from So Cal about 30 years ago. It was a big change, but I don't mind the Winters that much. My Dog loves the snow.....as you can see. 87 degrees would be a major heat wave here....but the humidity is what would kill me there. Sounds like it's perfect for you....

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Joseph....Yea, we all have different tolerances. I moved from So Cal about 30 years ago. It was a big change, but I don't mind the Winters that much. My Dog loves the snow.....as you can see. 87 degrees would be a major heat wave here....but the humidity is what would kill me there. Sounds like it's perfect for you....
Over the years I have run thru Flagstaff in
the winter and have vacation there in the
summer. It was a adjustment moving to Fla
but after 25 years living here, if it gets to 60
degrees I am cold. In my travels I have run
in minus 40 degrees and have gone home and let
the truck run for a week for fear of it not starting.
I know cold weather and snow.
Enjoy
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Old Mar 19, 2020 | 04:37 PM
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Here in the great PNW, the beer virus capitol of the world, even we are Sunny and 60 degrees today. It freaking rocks!

I like and spend a fair amount of time in the snow but I wouldn't want to live in it.
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I grew up outside of Chi-town so I know snow, I sort of love it, it's a nature thing.
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I grew up outside of Chi-town so I know snow, I sort of love it, it's a nature thing.
On my birhtday some years ago I was running
thru a blizzard and I stopped at a truckstop in the
evening. I jumped out of the truck into a hole of ice
snow and water. I had cold ,wet feet.
I did not like snow or nature that day
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Originally Posted by road pilot
On my birhtday some years ago I was running
thru a blizzard and I stopped at a truckstop in the
evening. I jumped out of the truck into a hole of ice
snow and water. I had cold ,wet feet.
I did not like snow or nature that day
Lol that's what galoshes are for!
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Joseph....you just aren't meant for Winter weather.....
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Plenty of white stuff there - . Was 71* here today.
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Originally Posted by Hitman_396
Lol that's what galoshes are for!
Truckers wear western (cowboy) boots.
Galoshes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We moved from NC to Flag and then back to NC. I was never bothered by the winters there.

I do remember a pretty good snow in late January, 2010. It started snowing Sunday evening and when it finished snowing Friday afternoon, we had just under 5' accumulation. We had a few roofs cave in from that one since there was already snow on the roofs. And the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation were especially hard hit. Even with all that, I still had over 1/2 of my 450 employees that still made it to work the whole week and many who did not come in lived where roads were closed.

I remember being out on Saturday and saw a guy with a snow blower on his roof!! You don't want to arm wrestle him if he can haul a 250-300# snow blower onto his roof.
But after the snows each year Freddies and Galaxy both generate some nice car get togethers!
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Originally Posted by Route99
I remember being out on Saturday and saw a guy with a snow blower on his roof!! You don't want to arm wrestle him if he can haul a 250-300# snow blower onto his roof.
LOL that is some real dedication!

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Truckers wear western (cowboy) boots.
Galoshes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha yeah galoshes, the snow boot!
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Snow? 85 here today. Pool temp 90.
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Hey Larry......I dug up some photos from the 2010 Winter. The ground is flat under the snow in the pictures and the lights buried in the night shot are 3 feet tall.....remember, this is Arizona.....




By the way, the Galaxy is closed, and the car clubs had a falling out with Freddy's, so we will be trying something new this Summer......but who knows what will happen next????
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79 degrees here in the Garden State.
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