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LogDog75

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32. I was lucky to buy here when I did

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #30)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:34 PM

Dec 2025

I purchased a condo/townhouse in September 2002 just before I retired from the AF and just before the real estate market took off. It is expensive to here but considering the other parts of the country I've lived in I'll gladly pay the sunshine tax to continue living here.

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Going on record today...Officially sick of winter... [View all] MiHale Dec 2025 OP

i am eagerly awaiting my first snow-hike... ret5hd Dec 2025 #1

first snow-hike of the year report: ret5hd Dec 2025 #24

Winter hikes are great Woodwizard Dec 2025 #31

"A 17 novel winter" - ah, that's a clever indicator! Tho, sorry you're snow swamped already electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #2

I'm going into cold weather with more firewood House of Roberts Dec 2025 #3

👍 MiHale Dec 2025 #10

Same Here ProfessorGAC Dec 2025 #4

You know it...👍 MiHale Dec 2025 #11

Every year I forget what a pain in the butt snow can be, then it happens and I go, *Aw, bloody hell*. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #5

Just after getting rid of approximately 2 tons of black walnuts... MiHale Dec 2025 #12

That is wild to me. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #20

That was my first response when I got up Tuesday and saw the 4-5 inches we got Monday night. Xavier Breath Dec 2025 #22

It is really unreal Grim Chieftain Dec 2025 #6

3 more months of Diamond_Dog Dec 2025 #7

My Goddaughter who lives in Muskegon said they got dumped on -- about 12" in about 9 hours. catbyte Dec 2025 #8

This is too early... MiHale Dec 2025 #18

Reading some_of_us_are_sane Dec 2025 #9

I spent two hours yesterday shoveling snow. I've had enough. Borogove Dec 2025 #13

If we were intended to live anywhere it MIGHT snow, we would have fur. TomSlick Dec 2025 #14

We do have fur. Just not very much. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #23

When do you indulge True Dough Dec 2025 #15

Love that idea... seeds already purchased and grow tents in action.... MiHale Dec 2025 #19

There is snow predicted here in Durham, NC mnhtnbb Dec 2025 #16

KnR Boomerproud Dec 2025 #17

We are too. Yesterday we got stuck in a snow drift out in the middle of nowhere. Emile Dec 2025 #21

I'm officially ready for it to be over MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #25

Same here from Chicago. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2025 #26

Got tired of snow and cold. multigraincracker Dec 2025 #27

Hey, mgc... MiHale Dec 2025 #34

I don't care for winter very much LogDog75 Dec 2025 #28

Have friends in SD. multigraincracker Dec 2025 #30

I was lucky to buy here when I did LogDog75 Dec 2025 #32

In my experiance an early winter is usally doc03 Dec 2025 #29

I hope you are right. They say December is going to be bitter cold. Emile Dec 2025 #35

I love winter but then I don't have to deal Tree Lady Dec 2025 #33