Hahahaha.
It was close to 70 here today, in greater Charlotte. Had to hurry home from the market with our vanilla ice cream (apple pie accompaniment tomorrow), so it wouldn't get all melty.
Why do you people live in the north??
I love snow. Ice...not so much. I'm eating some vanilla ice cream right now. I bet the bugs are a lot bigger where you are. Besides, I get really *itchy when I'm hot. Just ask Mr Freak.
Errr...bugs?....no, you 'win' again. Minny has the world's biggest, meanest mosquitoes. I dare ya to try to prove me wrong.
I think it's because of those 10,001 lakes? Breeding grounds everywhere.
But down here? Not so much; tends to be dry-ish. Plus, we have excellent bats that keep our airspace safe and clean.
And screened porches.
Darlin', when I say 'down here', I'm talking NASCAR country. Me and my Better Half live in North Carolina...Lake Norman, to be precise.
Mind you, I grew up (debatable!) in the Upper Midwest, and have spent meaningful time in Minnesota, so I know from skeeters. I got scars to prove this.
So when I suggest that y'all have bigger, meaner, and more skeeters in Minny than we do down here in The Piedmont, I ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
Sugar, when you said 'down here' I knew you weren't talkin' 'bout your privates! When I say 'up here', I'm talking about SPAM country, don't cha know. Me and my other half (I'm the better half...like your wife) live in Rochester, MN, ...near Silver Lake to be precise. The Med City.
I grew up in the Iowa, but have lived in California, Kansas, Texas, Indiana, and W. Germany. The last 10 in Rochester. I haven't been bit by a skeeter in 3 years. (if you remember the coffee thread, I'm guessing that's why) Didn't your mamma ever tell you not to scratch the skeeter bites? That's how you get scars! And I'm not whistlin' Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Happy Turkey Day..
And I got my tickets...section 108, row 35. See ya there.
