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Old 02-19-2011 | 08:46 PM
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why is winter sooooooo long?

I miss my 8..... 5 more weeks....arrrgg.
Old 02-19-2011 | 09:16 PM
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Old 02-19-2011 | 09:23 PM
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Old 02-19-2011 | 09:29 PM
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Winter is long because summer is short!
Old 02-19-2011 | 10:49 PM
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winter is long.. which is why i prob wouldnt have an 8 if i didnt drive it in winter lol.
Old 02-19-2011 | 11:04 PM
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Thats why I moved south where there is shorter winters
Old 02-19-2011 | 11:27 PM
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we had temps in the 40's ( lasted only 2 days ) and had a pretty good melt, so i took it out, but man its sooooo cold now
Old 02-19-2011 | 11:46 PM
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We just had a 65 degrees day then it shot down to 35 today. Now there's snow coming in the next few days.

It just wont stop snowing!
Old 02-20-2011 | 09:23 AM
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ITs been about 60-70 degrees here.. gotta love it.
Old 02-20-2011 | 09:25 AM
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Man i cant wait till winter is over. The snows finally melting though which is good but its stilll kind of cold. Let the mods and polishing begin !!!
Old 02-20-2011 | 10:09 AM
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Screw it, I could not wait lol so I'm driving now. I got the new re760 potenza and all I can hear is rocks being slammed underneath my car. Awesome tires
Old 02-20-2011 | 11:41 AM
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No salt on my baby - waiting for spring!!!!
Old 02-20-2011 | 12:22 PM
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actually in the northern hemisphere Winter is Shorter than summer-




but that will change because of precession



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Old 02-20-2011 | 12:30 PM
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Maybe I should have said why does winter SEEM so long?
Old 02-20-2011 | 06:47 PM
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Tell me about it. Too cold and slippery to do an oil change. Car is caked in salt. And I'm getting 6" tonight too dammit!
Old 02-20-2011 | 07:19 PM
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Man this is weird, plus 1 (33f) and tomorrow with the windchill its minus 23, mother nature is pmsing
Old 02-20-2011 | 07:28 PM
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we had 50 degrees and sunny on Thursday everything melted and by Saturday it was blowing snow sideways with 50mph winds - now we have a winter weather advisory for tomorrow with 3-5" on the way -GREAT
Old 02-20-2011 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by akruger
we had 50 degrees and sunny on Thursday everything melted and by Saturday it was blowing snow sideways with 50mph winds - now we have a winter weather advisory for tomorrow with 3-5" on the way -GREAT
yeah man we had the same issue with the winds, but yeah you're just across the lake so maybe it came from your direction... i honestly cannot wait for 75 degree weather
Old 02-20-2011 | 09:21 PM
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I'm so glad I moved from Colorado to Nevada last year.. First year of my life to not see 1 flake of snow all winter. It gets "cold" here but I can barely call 20-30 degrees cold compared to winter in most other places.
Old 02-20-2011 | 09:36 PM
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I'm so glad I moved from Colorado to Nevada last year.. First year of my life to not see 1 flake of snow all winter. It gets "cold" here but I can barely call 20-30 degrees cold compared to winter in most other places.
lol, cold where you are.. Im sitting on -20 right now :crying
Old 02-21-2011 | 02:29 AM
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Yea that's why I said "cold". :P

In Colorado it gets cold but just not as cold as Canada, the coldest I saw there was maybe -10 but that didn't happen often, more likely to be around 0.

Its pretty funny living here after living in a colder area, when its 50-60 degrees people are in beanies and hoodies/jackets and I am going around in shorts and a tshirt.

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Old 02-21-2011 | 07:02 AM
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my winter lasted about 2 weeks. not long at all
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