I wear shorts every day but when it gets below 75 I put on shoes and a sweatshirt.

Back in the 70s I took a golf vacation with some friends to Myrtle Beach. The weather there can be iffy. 75 and sunny one day, 45 and cloudy the next. One day we were on the golf course and it was one of those 45 and cloudy days. We were all bundled up in sweaters, long underwear and rain suits. We came to a tee where the group in front of us was just walking off the tee. We noticed that they were all in shorts and short sleeved golf shirts. As we were waiting in the tee, a ranger came by and chatted. We mentioned that the group in front of us appeared to be underdressed. He said one word, "Canadians"

It was only hot for about six months. And I don't know where you live, but the only bugs I see in The Villages are love bugs which are around for about two weeks.

I'll take hot and humid any day over temps in the 30s and 40s.

It always amazes me that some people move to Florida and complain about the hot weather. What did they think it was going to be?

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We have very similar pedigrees, only mine started in Syracuse.. college Rochester, work Endicott and Atlanta.. Villages. only my blood hasnt thinned out yet. Haven;t even thought about turning on the heat yet

The cooler weather is quite refreshing to me after the long hot and humid summer we had down here in TV.

Cooler is fine. Yesterday it was 72 and it felt great. The problem is when I go out in the morning and it's 35 or I go out at night and it's 44.

My brother who is still up north feels that 40 is comfortable whereas at 40 I'm staying in the house or bundling up.

A few years ago I had a Fairbanks layover followed by a Ft. Lauderdale layover. In FAI the temp was 40 and people were out in shorts and T-Shirt. Couple days later I’m in FLL and eating outside at a touristy ocean restaurant. I’m in short sleeves. The waitress said “aren’t you cold” I said it’s 70 degs and she said “I know, it’s freezing.”

It’s amazing we live in a country that is so vast the temp difference from one end to the other is huge. I think my record is Nome, AK at -55degs to be followed 24 hours later with a Palm Springs layover at 85degs. Not many countries have 140 deg temp spread.

Most people would be better acclimating themselves to whatever weather they are in , there is an old survival saying never become to comfortable in your environment , meaning the more heat or AC you use , the more you need. I turn AC off after dark and have never had heat on more then a few morning to get the chill out for about 15 minute . I also do all my biking and walking in afternoon no matter how hot and no cold drinks even if I’m at the beach . I find it much easier to enjoy the outdoors because of this and it’s no hardship at all , I’ll be 82 tomorrow and very much enjoying the outdoors no matter what the temperature is

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