I'm sick of this!

[Hammerhead]

I thought you love nature -

come to Toronto

[gladiatorgarg]

You are most welcome to India sir this is a versatile land n i bet you will enjoy..n get your bike as well if you wish otherwise you can hire it here as well

[essdee1972]

In Mumbai we are having the hottest summer I remember. Going out of the office for a smoke feels like a marathon. You are always welcome to enjoy the heat here....... and we'll manage to find some girls in flipflops and whatever!!! And chilled Kingfisher sitting in the sun...........

[timmy]

I want to go to Ooty, where it is not so hot!

[Skyman]

Bah....it's quite dirty where people gather.Very scenic where people are absent.

[seedha.admi]

Y U NO COME TO INDIA...

[xl_target]

Gentlemen,
It's not so bad, I was just venting. In a week or so, it will warm up (at least I hope so).

Then it will be Tornado season. Then it will get hot and humid (I've seen 112 deg F with the heat index). Then the Mosquitoes, Gnats, no-see-um's, Asian Ladybugs, Box Elder bugs, etc, etc, will come out in their multitudes. Then there will be a couple of days of idyllic "Indian Summer" after which the leaves will fall off the trees and it will snow again.

I think one reason why we don't have much strife in this state is because when two strangers meet, they always have something safe to talk about, to commiserate with each other about; the weather. It's always changing so there is always something new to talk about. You don't have to bring up religion or gun control or politics when you can just talk about the weather. Since there isn't much you can do about it, we tend not to get too excited about it. About the only time Minnesotan's get visibly excited is when deer hunting season is just around the corner. Ole might not even have got very excited on the day he married Lena (he might have smiled a time or two) but as November starts to roll around, he begins to act like a kindergartner. He runs around, pointing his fingers at his friends and yelling "bang" or making antlers behind his head with his own fingers, in which case his friends will point their fingers at him and yell "bang". So when Sven shoots Ole with his finger, Ole will roll his eyes upwards, jerk his head and pretend to fall over. After which they will both thump each other on the back and guffaw. All this is kind of strange, as generally Minnesota men will not let you get within arms length of them and touching, except for handshaking, is not looked forward to. Even after shaking hands, they will step back before they start conversing. See, there is all this space in Minnesota, why not use some of it?

Traditional Minnesota salutations:
"Cold enuf for you, Ole"? (in the summer this is usually "Hot enuf for you, Ole"?)
"Ya, Ya, Sven".

[TwoRivers]

In a "normal" winter (no such thing in reality), I'd expect to be well into breakup by tax day. This time, it's snowing a few inches at least every other day. Yes, "Death to Winter"..., we are with you all the way.

[essdee1972]

XL, just curious, from the names it appears there are a lot of people of Scandinavian ancestry in Minnesota?

[Grumpy]

A lot of people with Scandinavian ancestry in Minnesota ?
Betcha by golly ya.
Even the football team is called `The Vikings`.
"Minnesota is known for its relatively mixed social and political orientations, and has a high rate of civic participation and voter turnout. Minnesota ranks among the healthiest states, and has a highly literate population. The large majority of residents are of Scandinavian and German descent. The state is known as a center of Scandinavian American culture. Ethnic diversity has increased in recent decades. Substantial influxes of Asian, African, and Latin American immigrants have joined the descendants of European settlers and the original Native American inhabitants."
( Wikipedia )
A typical Minnesotan of Scandinavian descent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Princ ... single.jpg

[YogiBear]

Aloha,

The Wife is FROM Minneapolis.

She says "Minnesota is a Great state to be FROM"

It even snowed on May 1st as I recall.

Our friends there can't wait to come next January for 2 months.

Could be Worse, you could be in Duluth.

[xl_target]

XL, just curious, from the names it appears there are a lot of people of Scandinavian ancestry in Minnesota?

Ya, Ya!
Looking for a "Johnson" in the Minneapolis phone book is like looking for a "Das" in the Kolkata phone book. At least that is the easiest way to explain to a Minnesotan how common my last name is in W Bengal.
esdee, I don't have to go to India to enjoy Kingfisher beer. There is an Indian restaurant that has opened up nearby and the offer Kingfisher. It's too bad that I don't drink anymore as I have fond memories of hanging out at the United Services club in Navynagar, Mumbai and drinking Kingfisher.

Aloha,

Could be Worse, you could be in Duluth.

Yogi, My in-laws live up by Duluth. I've been up there several times lately and yes, they had significantly more snow than us, this year and most years.

..or you could have your fancy summer cabin on the shores of Lake Mille Lacs.
High winds causing severe wave action pushed rotten lake ice on shore and into homes on Mille Lacs lake

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Anyway ....the almighty rewarded my complaints with a smack upside the head and on Monday (5/13/2013) it was 98 deg F (approx 37 deg C). Dang!

[timmy]

Yeepers, Yumpin' Yimminy! What a thread, yah, shure!

[Grumpy]

They make microphones ..... Shure.

[Grumpy]

and, of course, there are LOADS more !