Taking a little vacation at the beach next weekend...

[Iggy]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.

[don_p]

We went back up to Michigan for a family reunion a few weeks ago. It was downright cool in central Michigan.

[jeepers]

I just literally just now turned my heat on IN AUGUST IN ST LOUIS. This is unheard of at this time of year.

I'm not kidding. Right now, our low tonight should be around oh, say 78. Daily heat indexes of 'you've got to be kidding if you think that I'm leaving my home's A/C"....Normal is high 90's with indexes anywhere from 103 to 113. Our high today was about 65!

Low tonight forecast to be 49.

Weirdest summer here in the five I've spent thus far. Just plain strange. I'm sending my kids to school tomorrow with a coat. I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole.

[kenpoman]

been one of the coolest summers in Atlanta in years.
not a single day over 100, a very few in the upper 90s.

overall AC bills are the lowest in 6 years.

[GregMartin]

2 weeks of summer this year.

June 21-27
August 16-22

The rest never broke 80's

[avergbear]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, near naked women, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.

[GregMartin]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.
Don't forget piping plovers.


mmm... roast plover. < \lip smack >

[Darkscream]

Coldest Summer in History here - and it felt cooler than that.

[Iggy]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, near naked women, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.

I live near Detroit. The only thing in that list I ever see is seagulls. And they just crap all over everything.

[Mountain Soldier]

Don't forget piping plovers.


mmm... roast plover. < \lip smack >

Piping Plovers... Wish they would go extinct so they could stop shutting the beaches down.

[avergbear]

I live near Detroit. The only thing in that list I ever see is seagulls. And they just crap all over everything.

Well…perhaps we can make some kind of a deal.

I’ll trade you 2 weeks free rent in Florida (off season) for 6 city blocks in Detroit.

[GregMartin]

Piping Plovers... Wish they would go extinct so they could stop shutting the beaches down.
Wouldn't be as fun zipping my ATV through the beach sand if I didn't hear the crunch of plover eggs as their nests fly up in a cloud of dust all around me.

[GregMartin]

Well…perhaps we can make some kind of a deal.

I’ll trade you 2 weeks free rent in Florida (off season) for 6 city blocks in Detroit.
What in God's name is wrong with you?

[avergbear]

What in God's name is wrong with you?

I had a weak moment.

[doodle5]

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.

Five days of heat in Long Beach, CA mostly overcast all summer, beginning to get cool again.

Odd weather this summer for here.

doodle

[opsyscw]

Stop, Al, stop!!!!

AlGore needs to stop his war against Global Warming Now! He won! He should withdraw!

Just like Desert Storm when we stopped short of taking out Saddam. But Al went too far and is causing it to be too cool now.

He needs to start giving away all those carbon credits so the earth will warm up.

[wayoverthehill]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.Watching the Cubs today. 57 in Chicago with a 15 MPH wind out of the north. Absolutely ridiculous.

Hot in Texas though. Only got up to 87 today so we're having a cool spell too.

[spinach]

If it came down to being a street bum, a hobo, or a beach bum...
I'd choose beach bum.

a beach bum can get food, simply by making a fishing pole just from crap you normally find on the beach

and palm fronds make a decent hut, if you use vines and branches
and you can always get stuff that washes up on the beach.

Now a street bum has to hold a sign, and pester people at freeway exits- and faces trouble with the police and possibly with rowdy gangs.
and a hobo has to worry about being thrown off the train in just about anywhere, in any type of season.
Plus trains are noisy, smelly, and dirty.

A beach in Fla is the place to be on 'permanent vacation'.
I bet some CEO's under pressure dream of taking a year and being a beach bum.
Of course, they are probably thinking Brazil, or the Caymans and having a nice cash account that the IRS knows nothing about...

[troy]

Global warming is now only in California...and my wifes boobs when I rub them.

[Samm]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.

Looks pretty decent to me...

http://www.accuweather.com/us/mi/caseville/48725/forecast-15day.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&zipchg=1&metric=0

[Samm]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, near naked women, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.

Have I got the place for you! ;)

[Darkblade]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, near naked women, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.that depends. I'm going to the vicinity of Nome Alaska next July. going to set up a beach box sluice and dig gold out of the sand for at least one week. hopefully two. kind of hoping for a stormy winter up there to concentrate the gold a bit. temps should be 50 at night and 70 by day and rainy.

[nortman]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.
With our latest temperature drop, I'm guessing your going to be in some cold weather clothes.

[nortman]

Who takes a vacation and goes to the beach?

I see the beach every day and it’s nothing but sand, sunshine, ocean, seagulls, near naked women, pelicans, and fresh air.

God, how I miss the snow.
:evil:
I hate you. "Near nakedness" only happens here for a few brief months.

[nortman]

Well Iggy, I guess you should take a trip south for your vacation soyou can go to some warmer climes................how about coming to Ohio? :mrgreen:

[GregMartin]

Looks pretty decent to me...

http://www.accuweather.com/us/mi/caseville/48725/forecast-15day.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&zipchg=1&metric=0
68, 65, 74, 74, 73, 73.
Great fall weather.

The cold winds off of icy Lake Huron will make lovely beach weather at 65 degrees.

[Iggy]

Well…perhaps we can make some kind of a deal.

I’ll trade you 2 weeks free rent in Florida (off season) for 6 city blocks in Detroit.

Sounds like an unfair trade. My conscience forbids. ;)

[Iggy]

Looks pretty decent to me...

http://www.accuweather.com/us/mi/caseville/48725/forecast-15day.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&zipchg=1&metric=0

Woohoo! Looks pretty good! About 15 degrees cooler than normal, but tolerable. :)

[Iggy]

Well Iggy, I guess you should take a trip south for your vacation soyou can go to some warmer climes................how about coming to Ohio? :mrgreen:

Ohio is just like Michigan except we have the homeless instead of the Amish.

[JenyEliza]

been one of the coolest summers in Atlanta in years.
not a single day over 100, a very few in the upper 90s.

overall AC bills are the lowest in 6 years.

Yep. Lived here ince 1968. Coolest summer here I can remember.

My kids have already taken jackets to school with them. Weird stuff.

[CaptPops]

When ever I go to northern Minnesota to visit my cousin, I go on the fourth of July, so I will be there for both days of summer.

[DaveKlassix]

Don't forget your swine flu mask. >:)

[Cutiepie]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.




Iggy just pack the parka. You know it will be cool.

[Cutiepie]

been one of the coolest summers in Atlanta in years.
not a single day over 100, a very few in the upper 90s.

overall AC bills are the lowest in 6 years.



it has been strange to not have 100+ degree weather.

[Samm]

that depends. I'm going to the vicinity of Nome Alaska next July. going to set up a beach box sluice and dig gold out of the sand for at least one week. hopefully two. kind of hoping for a stormy winter up there to concentrate the gold a bit. temps should be 50 at night and 70 by day and rainy.

I hope you are not mortgaging the house to grubsteak your expedition... :neutral:

[goeagles]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.
Michigan does have a lot of beautiful beaches.
Grand Beach was a favorite of mine.

[Samm]

Michigan does have a lot of beautiful beaches.
Grand Union was a favorite of mine.

Yeah... and this time of year there are hardly any flies...

[goeagles]

Yeah... and this time of year there are hardly any flies...
Those flies can be brutal.
I meant Grand Beach, by the way.

[Darkblade]

I hope you are not mortgaging the house to grubsteak your expedition... :neutral:first week is about 2600 dollars due to plane fares and stuff but the second week would only be 900 dollars. the beach miners get an average of 1 ounce a day but if they are on the ball it runs from 3 ounces to rare storm finds of up to 13 ounces. that means my first week should pay for the trip a little over half way through if i dont get distracted by the salmon, char, grayling, trout, and so forth or go inland for a chance at some nuggets and blueberries and a bear or moose attack.

[Darkblade]

i don't want to spend more than two or three days inland if that. the beach is the steadiest gold out there that does not require skill or luck to find. any Cheechako can get gold on the beach.

Cheechako - A person on their first trip to Alaska, or the Yukon. Or a person who is in Alaska, or
the Yukon, for less than a year. Primarily used as a word meaning
novice or "green-horn."

[Samm]

i don't want to spend more than two or three days inland if that. the beach is the steadiest gold out there that does not require skill or luck to find. any Cheechako can get gold on the beach.

Cheechako - A person on their first trip to Alaska, or the Yukon. Or a person who is in Alaska, or the Yukon, for less than a year. Primarily used as a word meaning
novice or "green-horn."

That definition is not entirely correct... there are some folks around who have been here for years who are still Cheechakos. ;)

[Darkblade]

I've heard about them :)

[jimjames418]

Michigan does have a lot of beautiful beaches.
Grand Beach was a favorite of mine.
It is a beautiful place. But there are frost warnings out for the next three nights.

[Darkscream]

Speaking of Global Warming - or not - as the case may be...
Farmer's Almanac is predicting a frigid winter !!!

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/a/frigid-2010-forecast-how-cold-will-the-winter-weather-be

At least for the MidWest anyway.
Doesn't look too bad for the eastern seaboard.

[Darkblade]

That definition is not entirely correct... there are some folks around who have been here for years who are still Cheechakos. ;)i thought you were going to tell me it was inuit for some nasty swear word like mother f-bomber or something. :lol: like seal poop eater or something.

[Samm]

i thought you were going to tell me it was inuit for some nasty swear word like mother f-bomber or something. :lol: like seal poop eater or something.

Yes... something like that... but with "and too stupid to know better" tacked on the end. :D


The term Cheechako is pretty much out of style these days, but while you are down there on the beach sorting through sand, don't be too surprised if some local Eskimo calls you a "silly gussik." ;)

[Darkblade]

i saw one of those survival dudes (bear grylls) eat bear poop and deer poop. he will one day eat something and get a parasite that turns him into a walking scrotum or something.

[Samm]

i saw one of those survival dudes (bear grylls) eat bear poop and deer poop. he will one day eat something and get a parasite that turns him into a walking scrotum or something.

Nothing wrong with bear or deer poop if you are starving. Parasites can be gotten rid of once you get home; death is kind of permanent.

Seriously... the high Arctic Eskimos used the frozen still loaded intestines of seals as trail food. They would cut it into lengths, freeze them and gnaw on it when they got hungry. Very nutritious. Sort of how the interior native use smoke dried fish. I have no knowledge of whether they acquired parasites from doing that, (I know you can get trichinosis from under cooked walrus meat) but in the high Arctic, they did not have a lot of other choices. Everything that didn't kill them was food.

How did we get here from "going to the beach"? :think:

[nortman]

Ohio is just like Michigan except we have the homeless instead of the Amish.

Tha Amish make better baked goods.

[F_Rat-46]

Nothing wrong with bear or deer poop if you are starving. Parasites can be gotten rid of once you get home; death is kind of permanent.

Seriously... the high Arctic Eskimos used the frozen still loaded intestines of seals as trail food. They would cut it into lengths, freeze them and gnaw on it when they got hungry. Very nutritious. Sort of how the interior native use smoke dried fish. I have no knowledge of whether they acquired parasites from doing that, (I know you can get trichinosis from under cooked walrus meat) but in the high Arctic, they did not have a lot of other choices. Everything that didn't kill them was food.

How did we get here from "going to the beach"? :think:

Maybe that explains why Eskimos rub noses instead of kiss. I bet their breath would knock a buzzard off a manure spreader at 20 paces!

[samurai7]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.

Coolest August I've experienced since 1976.

That "global warming" sure makes for some cool summers!

:))

[PredFan]

Casevile Michigan right on Saginaw Bay. Beautiful sandy beaches.

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had any idea when global warming was going to come back. I'd hate to be sitting on the sand wearing a parka again.

Talk to Al Gore.

He seems to be in some sort of psychic unity with the planet.

[sironin]

You should try Hawaii someday, Iggy, if you've never been.

They've got just about every type of beach possible at a wide range of temperatures. They've also got pretty much every climate available on the planet.