En4cer71 said:
Yeah, I have to worry about this too. Soon it will start dipping into the low 90s here and 80 by January... Brrrr
When I was in Chicago in Feb, I braved the cold every night for a walk and a smoke. Had to drink alcohol 'cause if I drank soda or water, it would freeze!
That's great!!! I'm a died in the wool south Georgia boy, but I've always loved cold weather. Not BEING cold, but being bundled up and warm and outside when it's cold as hell and you pretty much have the world to yourself. You'd probably like one of my favorite winter cigar walks:
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Various. At home the house is completely surrounded by a five foot apron of deck with a five foot cantilevered hip roof so there's always a dry, warm or cool spot as the season provides. Also, picnic table at the fire pit circle and another picnic table outside my shop/shed. Winter time I really, really enjoy my nocturnal "dog walks" on cold clear nights - bundle up, pick one of eight willing dogs (usually one of the six large ones as they are a better source of heat), step out the door and begin strolling, almost always ending up lying on my back in a deep dry pile of leaves, head resting on a rock or log, dog snuggled up against me, cigar burning bright. If you don't live in the middle of the woods like we do, this option might be difficult, or at least get you into odd conversations with your neighbors or the constabulary as to why you are lying in their azaleas at midnight. On the other hand, I've come damn close to discovering the meaning of life on some of these jaunts.
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