drjaws

March 26th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^

No. That's perfect snowmobile/sledding/skiing/snowboarding/ice fishing weather.

I never understood the "I moved away from Michigan to **insert location that feels like a sauna year round** and I'd never move back" sentiment.

A) they sound like a massive wuss and crybaby who most likely isn't strong enough physically or emotionally to survive and thrive here and

B) I have lived in those warm places and it sucked. The lack of seasons was depressing.

PapabearBlue

March 26th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

Or they just think being that cold sucks and would rather live somewhere warm than shuffle around all miserable pretending to be a macho man about a voluntary situation that theyve chosen to subject themselves to.

drjaws

March 27th, 2015 at 8:48 AM ^

Papabear, I'm sorry if you felt the need to try to be macho. My advice would be to stop and just be yourself.

I love it here, and I never want to leave. Other people don't want to be here. Those people should leave the state and leave the amazing natural resources of this state to people like me who want to live here.

Mr. Yost

March 26th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^

There is a difference between Michigan and Florida.

Way to generalize and make it one or the other.

Plenty of us have found states outside of Michigan with four seasons, better seasons than Michigan actually...same cold/snow...but also a beautiful spring, a nice summer and an amazing fall.

I'm enjoying our high 60s/low 70s degree days...mid-40s a night, right now. Just like I enjoyed having some snow back in January. I'll love it when it's hot as balls and just when I start to complain we'll get a beautiful fall.

I've lived from Michigan to Florida...I like it in the middle, still get seasons. Spring and Fall seem to be the longest, and get a little bit of everything. No threat of snow in April, yet not pouring sweat when I get into my car like I used to do when I lived in Orlando.

WolvinLA2

March 27th, 2015 at 1:05 AM ^

Bullshit.  Snow sucks.  Sure, there are some fun things you can do in the snow. But don't bring up skiing or snowboards because there is very little decent skiing in Michigan and even if you said the Boyne/Nubs type places qualify, I can get to better ski resorts from my house in LA in less time.  So that's out.

Shoveling, driving in, walking in and all around dealing with the snow sucks a lot.  Even people who love living in Michigan know that this is true.  I love Michigan, and I would move back if the circumstances were right, but it would be in spite of the snow, not because of it. 

You think the lack of seasons is depressing?  You know what else is depressing?  When your pants are wet up to the knee from the snow or your tires locking up at the wrong time and ending up in a ditch or smashed into the car in front of you (or worse). Or having your BBQ rained out or needing a completely different wardrobe for different parts of the year.  You like swimming?  You get to do it 4, maybe 5 months out of the year.  When you're looking at dirty, brown snow, I'm looking at palm trees and 75 degrees.  Poll the whole freaking world and ask which place is depressing. 

Let it be known that I'm not hating on Michigan, I'm only hating on drjaws for insinuating that anyone who decides to move out of the snow does so because they are a wuss or a crybaby.  I think you're a crybaby for not living in fucking Greenland, tough guy. 

And for the record, California doesn't feel like a sauna year round, in fact most of it never feels like a sauna, it's just pleasant all the time.  It gets hot where I live in the summer, but there's no humidity so our hot weeks are no worse than yours.  And we have no mosquitos.

BuckNekked

March 27th, 2015 at 7:45 AM ^

I negged ya becqause I do LOVE the snow. I love shovelling. I love going in my back yard and setting up the tip up then playing hockey with the boys all day on a Saturday. I dont mind driving in it I dont mind walking in it. I LOVE snow. Oh and yea California sucks. They couldnt pay me to live there.

drjaws

March 27th, 2015 at 7:57 AM ^

Nice job getting personal. You sound like you maybe need to take some anger management classes. You also sound like a wuss. Complaining about Mother Nature. I get it, you don't like snow in your vag.

I love winter. I love the snow. I love snowmobiles. I plow snow, I don't shovel. I love the cold weather. I love being outdoors in the snow. I love when it melts and the excitement of Spring coming. I have lived in those "warm places" (Cali, NC, Tennessee) and they suck. You couldn't pay me to live there.

And if your pants get wet up to your knees, you're doing it wrong. They have these things now called "boots."

Crybaby.

drjaws

March 27th, 2015 at 8:55 AM ^

Not hating on people who leave. Don't hate anything but OSU and ND. I was commenting on the people who live in Michigan but whine all year round about winter, or the jack-holes who think they're something special because "when I'm looking at brown snow" they're on the beach. Good for you, glad you like it, but in no way shape form or fashion do I envy any of that.

I have lived that life. It sucked. I hated it. You like it. Good for you. You couldn't pay me enough to move to Cali, AZ, Florida etc.

drjaws

March 27th, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^

I just got back from a week on SD. Evenings were nice (50-55 degrees) but it was 93F on Thursday and with the smog and humidity and felt like you were breathing car exhaust in an attic in on a hot day in Mississippi.

WolvinLA2

March 27th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^

You certainly were hating on people who leave Michigan because of the weather.  You said we were "wusses" I believe.  And in your post above you said I didn't "like to get snow in my vag."

I know CA isn't for everyone.  It's perfect for my tastes.  There are also a lot of reasons people don't like it, and I'm not going to judge them or call them names (like you have been doing) if they don't appreciate the same things I do or don't want to deal with the negatives.  Some people say "I can't stand LA because I hate all the congestion."  I get that.  To me, the positives outweigh that stuff, just like to you, the positives of Michigan outweigh the inconvenience that snow brings (even if you love doing stuff in it, you can't deny that stuff like wet feet, sweeping/scraping off your car, etc aren't an inconvenience. 

The point of my post above was not to debate MI vs CA (or anywhere else).  It was simply that leaving one state for another doesn't make you a wuss and what makes someone depressed (for you, lack of seasons) could be seen as a positive for someone else.  Have some fucking perspective.

WolvinLA2

March 27th, 2015 at 11:12 AM ^

My point was that where you choose to live doesn't make you a crybaby.  You seem to imply that if you value warmth at all, you are a crybaby.  So why not move to Greenland? 

BuckNekked

March 27th, 2015 at 7:41 AM ^

Im with ya Jaws. Michigan is great because I love winter and summer sports and just as I get sick of a season it changes. Also I couldnt give up that first cold sunny October day where you can pull out the hoodie nor that first warm spring day you can pull out the golf clubs. I could not live in a place where "winter" is a 50 degree day with clouds then its right back to 90 and humid.

Mr. Yost

March 26th, 2015 at 11:21 PM ^

Hackett needs to put the Spring Game on the last possible Saturday.

  1. Better chance for better weather
  2. If we're going 4 hour practices - this gives more time for recovery

It also would've been smart this year because you can space the 15 practices out and get more time with the team. More time for rention and learning.

Put the spring game as late as you can. Last week of April or something.

scottmaure

March 27th, 2015 at 7:33 AM ^

I've never been able to make the spring game before but this year, hopefully, will be my first. Serious questions. Where is parking available? Is there a entry fee( donation etc)? Concessions open?

MgoRayO3313

March 27th, 2015 at 7:56 AM ^

Parking is/was available the last several years. Just parked kitty-corner at Pioneer HS for like 5$. There is no entry fee and from what I remember concessions were open. I don't remember seeing anything for donations other than opportunities to contribute to Mott. Technically it is the Mott Spring Game. Also usually local HS kids selling things, etc around and inside the stadium.



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