Rough Life

[larbud]

Ha.

[Bjeanj]

Hahahahahahahaha!

[mixsonci]

Love it

[John_W]

Actually that is so true!! Then I drove to the golf course in my Tampa Bay Lightning cart.

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[Malsua]

You think that's tough?

I have to knock 2-3 inches of snow off the maple buckets when I get home tonight. Sheesh. It might take me an extra 4 or 5 seconds. By the time it's tomorrow, probably be another couple more. It's like there's this white haired frosty looking guy with icicles hanging off his nose just trying to make it a little bit harder.

[Hape2Bhr]

You think that's tough?

I have to knock 2-3 inches of snow off the maple buckets when I get home tonight. Sheesh. It might take me an extra 4 or 5 seconds. By the time it's tomorrow, probably be another couple more. It's like there's this white haired frosty looking guy with icicles hanging off his nose just trying to make it a little bit harder.

Isn't it early for the maple run?

[nick demis]

Been down here since mid November. Had an equestrian facility in Massachusetts. Boy I miss plowing driveways, shoveling out gates to paddocks, chopping ice from water buckets and just plain old freezing my butt off.

[Cheapbas]

Cute, and congrats of the sports teams. Just to set things straight, people “up north”don’t even think about you. They are 0% preoccupied with people down south, whereas people down south seem to be preoccupied about people up north.

[CFrance]

My brother, who lived in Safety Harbor, FL, had what we in Michigan would refer to as "Jim's obnoxious period." It ran from October to May, as he related his temperature and sunshine level on a weekly basis while asking us about ours. October to May is pretty much how long winter runs in Michigan. Florida was always our aim, but I swore I would never subject friends and family up north to that repulsive bragging. We only discuss with other Floridians about how lucky we are to be here!

[richs631]

Ha.

I’m stealing that one

[Malsua]

Isn't it early for the maple run?

I'm in NW New Jersey, Highland lakes. Our climate up here at elevation is colder than the rest of NJ(It's why there are two ski resorts) but for us the run starts end of Feb.
It also depends on weather. Tapped last weekend and probably got 5 gallon the next day. That said, the high temp has never been over freezing since. I expect this week we will get a decent run as it's going to be in the high 30s/low 40s during the day and below freezing at night. This is ideal for a run so next weekend will be the first boil.

We only tap 9 trees, 4 of them are doubles. Since this will be our last year at it as we are finally going full time in TV, I wanted to be sure we didn't miss any.

Typically we do up to around 2 gallons of syrup and the last of the run we use for Candy. We typically tap every other year because, frankly even after giving away a lot of syrup we still have some left from last time.

[knippme]

Ha.
I am grateful to be in Florida.

[JoeinFL]

Tough life indeed. Hahaha
Thanks for sharing.

[John_W]

...Just to set things straight, people “up north”don’t even think about you. They are 0% preoccupied with people down south, whereas people down south seem to be preoccupied about people up north.

I have to disagree with you on that one. In 2010 when this was my home in Baltimore, I couldn't wait to move to Florida and I did in 2011.

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[Rlheinz19@yahoo.com]

I'm in NW New Jersey, Highland lakes. Our climate up here at elevation is colder than the rest of NJ(It's why there are two ski resorts) but for us the run starts end of Feb.
It also depends on weather. Tapped last weekend and probably got 5 gallon the next day. That said, the high temp has never been over freezing since. I expect this week we will get a decent run as it's going to be in the high 30s/low 40s during the day and below freezing at night. This is ideal for a run so next weekend will be the first boil.

We only tap 9 trees, 4 of them are doubles. Since this will be our last year at it as we are finally going full time in TV, I wanted to be sure we didn't miss any.

Typically we do up to around 2 gallons of syrup and the last of the run we use for Candy. We typically tap every other year because, frankly even after giving away a lot of syrup we still have some left from last time.

Bring some south for your new neighbors. We'll be down in a couple of months. Lol

[Spalumbos62]

About the amount we currently have in canandaigua,ny....drove down 5 & 20 from Geneva to Canandaigua last night in a white out....worse ever. It was hilly, icey, zero visibiability, had flashers on,couldn't pull over, because couldn't see the side of the road.....yeah, can't wait to get back to TV!😊

[dadoiron]

Been down here since mid November. Had an equestrian facility in Massachusetts. Boy I miss plowing driveways, shoveling out gates to paddocks, chopping ice from water buckets and just plain old freezing my butt off.

Definitely not!!!!! 😎

[SteveT]

Cute, and congrats of the sports teams. Just to set things straight, people “up north”don’t even think about you. They are 0% preoccupied with people down south, whereas people down south seem to be preoccupied about people up north.

What a completely uninformed opinion. That might be true for you (people up north are 0% preoccupied with you) which isn't surprising based on your comment. I guess you didn't realize MILLIONS of people from "up north" including "SNOWBIRDS" come south every year for as long as possible (1 week to 4 months) because they are preoccupied with the south and can't wait to get here. I live up north and can confirm they are preoccupied with the south. I have lots of friends that constantly ask me about my time in Florida. Meanwhile, I don't recall a native southerner ever being curious about life up north.

[EviesGP]

Actually that is so true!! Then I drove to the golf course in my Tampa Bay Lightning cart.

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So, do you root for the Bucs or Ravens??? My nephew(NJ) played HS football against Flacco.

[jimjamuser]

Cute, and congrats of the sports teams. Just to set things straight, people “up north”don’t even think about you. They are 0% preoccupied with people down south, whereas people down south seem to be preoccupied about people up north.
Sorry, I never felt that way or EVEN feel that other people feel that way. But, maybe you are right and I am off-base about that. It seems that it would be hard to prove which is correct?

[jimjamuser]

I have to disagree with you on that one. In 2010 when this was my home in Baltimore, I couldn't wait to move to Florida and I did in 2011.

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Baltimore seemed to me to be a "tough town" to live in even in the summer. Maybe it improved from what I remember?

[jimjamuser]

About the amount we currently have in canandaigua,ny....drove down 5 & 20 from Geneva to Canandaigua last night in a white out....worse ever. It was hilly, icey, zero visibiability, had flashers on,couldn't pull over, because couldn't see the side of the road.....yeah, can't wait to get back to TV!😊
Now, that is a real tough day - hopefully not a whole tough life?

[Madscout1]

Do you live in Geneva or Canidagua?

[John_W]

Baltimore seemed to me to be a "tough town" to live in even in the summer. Maybe it improved from what I remember?

It's a blue collar town, but we love our O's and Ravens. 40 miles from Fedex Field and the Redskins, a 100 miles from Philly and the Eagles and a lot of Steelers fans always looking for work in Maryland and yet, since the Ravens started in 1996 they have sold out their 71,000 seats to every game. A lot of cities can't say that.

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[jimjamuser]

It's a blue collar town, but we love our O's and Ravens. 40 miles from Fedex Field and the Redskins, a 100 miles from Philly and the Eagles and a lot of Steelers fans always looking for work in Maryland and yet, since the Ravens started in 1996 they have sold out their 71,000 seats to every game. A lot of cities can't say that.

https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mtbank16_top.jpg
Thanks, and that was a great picture. I remember Baltimore from the 60s as being the # 1 crime city. Maybe I am remembering it wrong and maybe it changed when you were there.

[Rodneysblue]

Bravo!

[Pairadocs]

Ha.

Love it, thanks for posting that !

[big guy]

I can honestly say that the coldest, snowiest winter in northern Ohio along Lake Erie, I never thought about the people in Florida. And in central Michigan, cold weather started in August and ran until June. We lived there. I remember the company that moved us asked why we would want to live in a place that had only 2 seasons, winter and July.

[John_W]

Thanks, and that was a great picture. I remember Baltimore from the 60s as being the # 1 crime city. Maybe I am remembering it wrong and maybe it changed when you were there.

I lived in St. Petersburg in the 60s, my parents left Baltimore when I was nine years old. However, I moved back when I was 39. A lot of yuppies have moved to the city and live there because of the night life, the Inner Harbor, Johns Hopkins Hospital or Johns Hopkins University (they're located about 5 miles apart). Most older folks have gone to the suburbs.

If you go to one of the sports games, O's or Ravens, the Inner Harbor or the bar district known as Fells Point, you'll probably be OK. Anywhere else, keep alert, even JH Hospital is in a bad area. Fells Point reminds me of Savannah Riverfront.

Fells Point

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Inner Harbor

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