I finally realized that I am a Floridian
 

I went out to get the mail yesterday and thought that it was incredibly cold. I was thinking that it must be 40 degrees or lower. I got home and checked the outdoor thermometer and saw that it was 61.

Been here eight years and can't stand it when it gets below 75.

Up north 40 means a lightweight jacket. Anything above 50 is summer :a040:

Stuck at home in UK. instead of TV.

Freezing, and with central heating set on max.

61 would be a heatwave here!!

I am with you. Anything below 75 is freezing!

I realized I was a Floridaian about ten years ago on my first trip through The Villages. I left central Michigan, drove straight through, and the outdoor thermometer in my car went up 99 degrees. True story.

Back in Maryland we usually stopped golfing in late October or early November, most times it snowed on Thanksgiving. I remember my last year, I moved here in June 2011 and that year, the day after New Year's January 2, 2011 I played golf. When I got to the course it was biggest crowd I had ever seen, bigger than in the summer. The parking lot was packed and the golf pro was running around like a chicken. It was suppose to 50 today in the Baltimore area.

When I got to the pro shop the pro was collecting money, then ten minutes later I was my car putting my shoes on and the pro drove up in a cart and said, this is your cart, your group is on the tee, I couldn't believe I was going off so quick. He was doing everything himself at golf course that day. I guess normally they have only a few golfers and he runs the whole show, this day there was a big wait, so being a single really paid off. My usual golfing partner didn't want to play.

I looked back at the weather that day when I teed off and we thought it was balmy.

Sunday, January 2, 2011, 12:00 pm — 6:00 pm Baltimore, MD

46 / 46 °F
More clouds than sun.
Humidity:53%
Barometer:29.96 "Hg
NW Wind:8.078 mph

I am stuck up north in Westerm, MA until after the holidays. I played golf last Thursday to get in a December round and extend my very long streak of at least one round per month spanning several years, which is a difficult feat when not full time in Florida. It was the best day in the long term forecast, 28 degrees out when I got up and it got to the high 40’s in the afternoon for a short time before the sun started to disappear. This time of the year it gets too dark to golf by about 4:20 and frost delays usually last until at least 9:30. That leaves only about two hours and fifteen minutes of t times one can get in a round before dark. I called every course in a 40 mile radius of our home before getting a time, and only got that because someone called in and cancelled. We had to golf with hand and toe warmers to get us through the round. This AM when I got up it was 21 degrees and the ground is now covered with snow, so no more golf until New Years in The Villages. Can’t wait to get the Holidays in the rear view mirror and start the long drive south. I will be the idiot driving around in my golf cart with shorts and a T shirt in January : )

That's what I call my wife(who was born and raised at the Canadian border in Maine), and has only been here 2 years. If it gets below 75, she contemplates wearing sleeves and pants. Cheers!

I'm from Maine also and agree with your wife.

We "arrived" here late at night on January 7th 2017 after traveling through and outrunning a major snow storm that followed us from N Carolina through Georgia to begin the rest of our lives. On January 8th we woke up for our usual walk at around 7AM in our temporary rental in Nucky's world and it was 31 degrees and the sprinkler water was frozen on the driveway. I immediately requested a refund for the rest of our lives but it was an AS-IS final sale so we're still here. It was 17 degrees in NJ that same day so it was a little bit better here.

I canceled my golf game today. It was sub-40 when I first went outside. Tee time temps were supposed to be mid-40's or so. That's pretty cold. But I played high school and college golf in Ohio. We had to finish our seasons by April or so, so we got used to playing in some really nasty, cold weather. But now I can't stand to play sub-60...in spite of my ToTV name. LOL!! So I guess I'm officially a Floridian. :)

So its not just me.

Grew up in NYC where 40 degrees was wear a light jacket and spend the day outside weather.

Been walking 1/2 mile each morning to get the mail from previous day and than go home and have breakfast.

Now have breakfast and wait for weather to warm up before venturing outside.

This morning had some early errands and actually wore a down jacket.

who would have thought. And we are only here 10 months

I agree, I've been here almost 19 yrs from the Syracuse area and if it wasn't for TV I'd definitely move farther south.. winter hear sucksss brrrrr....lol

Moved from NY to West Palm Beach in 1995. For the first few years I went swimming at the beach on Christmas Day.

When I was kid in Northwest Missouri 61 swimming weather! Now I expect the pool to heated if down to 61.

Old limbs don’t work good when there numb? :icon_wink: especially my back!

When I lived up north I never zipped up my jacket until it hit 32 or below.
When we first moved to FL in 1997 I used to pray for a cold front to come this far down.

Now, after 23 years, I am officially a Floridian. Anything below 60 is unacceptable. ☺️

me too. Loved Maine but I don't miss the snow and cold.

It was the same temperature this morning as it was at my other home in Canada!!!!

I’m reading all these posts, and smiling and nodding my head as I read each one!

Born in Buffalo NY, lived 24 years in Upstate NY. Moved to Atlanta 28 years, now at TV...and we freeze if it’s below 65-70. Would not move back north for anything! Chilly morning outside today! 🥶🥶🥶

It may also have to do with aging😊

61? Throw in some rain and it sounds like a fine summer day in Seattle.......

I had to buy a neck scarf today to make it bearable to walk the dog. The dog LOVES the cold.

A few years ago when I first got to TV we went on a day trip to Daytona to the beach. The temperature outside was about 75 and sunny, the water temperature about 70. My friends were complaining it was a little cool. I said I was going into the water and they thought I was totally crazy. I told them this is as warm as it ever gets up north so it felt great to me. Having lived hear for a few years would not do it again.

I noticed that 60 feels colder in Florida than it does up North when I was just visiting TV. Not sure why that is the case but it does seem there is usually a breeze down here. Comparable temps in the summers feel cooler down here too.

Let me guess wearing shorts and sandals. 😌

[QUOTE=tophcfa;1870964]I am stuck up north in Westerm, MA

Where in Western MA? I'm from the Springfield area.
It took less than a year for me to acclimate to the weather here. First of all, I love the heat. But anything under 75, and I'm probably in a light jacket or sweatshirt and jeans. I just don't like the cool weather.

I went to college in Northern PA and would only wear an old red Scout Jacket all winter. No matter what, I was always warm. Today, I find myself putting on the extra clothes to keep warm. But I have to ask - Why is there a wind on the coldest days of the year but a breeze on a hot day is hard to find?

I wish I had my dog's winter coat! He's outside all day now. A month ago barking to come in out of the heat by 10 am.

I was retired for a year before we moved here, and living in VA, we could play most of the year. I retired in late February and we had some playable days. I ran into some guys from work one day and they asked how my golf game was. I told them I was playng in the 60's. When they looked at me with disbelief, I said "If it's colder than that I don't go out."

And your point is? It’s nice to have cold weather after 10 months of brutal hot sticky weather with
bugs!

You and i will NEVER be a floridian, we will always be from away! I am from Boston and lived in Maine for 20 years. And i was ALWAYS refered to as a "flatlander"

And shorts weather starts at 50 degrees!!!

[QUOTE=geofitz13;1871305]Grew up about 15 miles north of Springfield in Northampton (actually was raised there, still have not grown up). Now split time between the Villages and our Log Home in the Bearkshires. Still golf in the greater Springfield area often. Played Oak Ridge in Feeding Hills last Thursday.

I know I'm becoming a Floridian. I've got to deal with this for a few more months until I can come down for good, although I'll be there in a week.

It's not even enough to push, just enough to make it cold and miserable.

Imagine after 23 years!

The only ice I want is in my drink.

Back in the 70s and 80s I played a lot of winter golf on Cape Cod. They usually get very little snow because of the salt air what snow they get disappears pretty quickly so many golf courses stay open year round. I definitely played a few rounds with the temperature in the thirties.

I read a great book about a journalist who moved to St Andrews with his family. There was (possibly still is) a character there who played golf 365 days a year regardless of weather. One day during a blizzard a friend asked him what hole he thought George was on that day.

And don't forget about the numerous polar bear clubs up north (in Boston they are the L-Street Brownies) that swim in the ocean year round.

Maine is different. I spent a summer in northern Maine once. I learned that there were three kinds of people there. Natives, southerners (people from Portland) and those "from away".

You could have been born in Boston and moved to northern Maine when you were two years old, lived there for 50 years and you were still "from away".