Okay that's IT! I am sick and tired of the damned WIND!

underpants

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Wed Mar-26-08 08:13 AM
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Okay that's IT! I am sick and tired of the damned WIND!

This started over a month ago around here (Richmond VA) with a couple of horrific windstorms. Horrendously tough to sleep and our daughter was waking up every 10 minutes

Now my early morning runs have turned into engineering sessions the night before trying to figure out how to avoid 20 MPH head winds the next morning. This weekend on the Blue Ridge Parkway I turned around at my half way mark (6 miles) only to be braced by a screaming wind (hadn't noticed it when I had it at my back :eveilgrin: ) and started slowly cranking back

:grr:

Got I am so *#(($*BN@##)#(NG SICK OF IT!

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AggieGal

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Wed Mar-26-08 08:19 AM
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1. I don't like the wind either

It is the main reason I keep my hair long enough for a ponytail. I can't stand my hair blowing around like a tornado dancing on my head.

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End Of The Road

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Wed Mar-26-08 08:27 AM
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2. I can't sleep when the wind is howling

There's something really disconcerting about it -- like it's out to get you. A nurse once told me that the patients in mental wards get more agitated when it's really windy. Hmmm...maybe it's time I see a therapist.

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irish.lambchop

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Wed Mar-26-08 08:31 AM
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3. I'm grateful for it

when it dries my clothes on the line or when it's going with me while raking leaves. Not so happy when I lose power, though.

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RadiationTherapy

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Wed Mar-26-08 09:49 AM
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4. The average person farts 12 times a day.

Maybe you need a doctor?

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Sequoia

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Wed Mar-26-08 10:09 AM
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5. Oh! The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Home sweet home just about to me.

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Midlodemocrat

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Wed Mar-26-08 10:14 AM
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6. I hear ya.

I am beyond sick of it. I wish it would die down so I could hang the laundry outside. (Dryer won't be fixed until Monday) Now, if I do it, it will end up in Norfolk.

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underpants

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Wed Mar-26-08 10:49 AM
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8. Could be hard to esssplain

Honey, we got a package from Norfolk...your undewear is in it

:bounce:

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The2ndWheel

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Wed Mar-26-08 10:31 AM
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7. I love wind

Not sure what the order would be, but snow, fog, and wind are the top three weather situations that I can't get enough of.

"Now my early morning runs have turned into engineering sessions the night before trying to figure out how to avoid 20 MPH head winds the next morning."

Keeps your creative juices flowing too. You have to try and figure out, hours ahead of time, what you're doing, where to go. You can't just flick on the TV and be told what to do.

That's another one. Wouldn't mind getting rid of weather reports. I might not even mind a boring sunny day if I didn't know it would happen ahead of time.

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alarimer

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Wed Mar-26-08 10:55 AM
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9. Then don't move to Corpus Christi

or, I suppose, anywhere on the Texas coast in the spring.

The last few weeks have seen numerous cold fronts blow in, including wind speeds up to 50 mph. Winds are normally no less than 20 mph here this time of year and often higher, depending on the location and strength of fronts. Great if you are a windsurfer or just a surfer, not so great for other water sports like kayaking, my personal favorite. Calm days are a rarity until summer.

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hippywife

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Wed Mar-26-08 11:04 AM
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10. Living out here in the open plains...

I can sure feel for ya. Sometimes it blows out here so hard for days on end it does set my nerves on edge just to hear it, let alone deal with it.

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Shine

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Wed Mar-26-08 11:12 AM
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11. I hear ya, cycling in a head wind sucks, too.

you have my sympathies.
Maybe you could have the Bob Seger song "Against the Wind" as your theme song on your iPod as you're running.
Maybe it'll give you extra energy.

:D

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