I have grown to love the winter!!!

Yep, but that is becasue it is usually between 55-70 degrees here in the winter vs 100+ during the summer. Makes it hard to feel like going into the garage when it is hot enought to bake a chiken.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

its even for me. i have the boilers in the basement near my workshop so when the tenants put the heat on (which they always do) I’m warm and my parents don’t spend a cent. then in the summer its the basement so its nice and cool. and i have my lawn mowing business in the summer so more money for woodworking, but hockey is only in the winter. and the list goes on and on. but they are really even for me.

i miss the winter very much,because without winter there is no snow,and i love to play in the snow.plus i get really angery when it gets to hot.

-- Roper - master of sawdust-

Winter??? What are you thinking? Winter is cold and makes your blood thicker and causes your heart to work harder; a real bother after a couple heart attacks. Then there’s snow that has to be cleared, another bother. Then there’s the closed up house with stale air that begs for an open window. Then there’s snow. It keeps coming back. Then you have to heat the shop if you want to do any work and that costs money and glue doesn’t dry as well and finish doesn’t finish as well and banging your hand hurts more. Winter was made for hibernation. However, I like to eat and I always have to get up in the middle of the night so that’s out of the question.

Now, summer, that’s the way things should be. Sunny and warm with people out an about. And best of all is a GardenTenders wife who is so particular about her yard that I’m not even allowed to cut the grass.

Winter. Bah Humbug!

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I can’t figure out why you folks don’t insulate and air-condition your shops like we do with heating up north?
We can’t work when the temperature drops to 40 below here either, and parts of the summer also make shop work, slightly uncomfortable.

You will find that insulation will protect you from most of the extremes in temperature change, allowing you to use a small unit to control the inside temperature of your shop.

Cheers

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I love winter! Hot flashes help keep me warm. My paying job is normally the q word. We haven’t had significant snow in 18 years in my neck of the woods. Not much ice to speak of in the last three years. It’s almost like living on the west coast.

Summer -my paying job is way too demanding, everything is growing…planted too many zucchini this year. My paying job gets in the way and has taught me too many bad habits. Funny, in my younger days I was a sun worshiper…. Now I’m up around 5:30 am on days off, siesta in the heat of the day, and back out again in the cool of the evening.

Elaine

I lived in two places where there was extreme summers and extreme winters. Where I lived in California had extreme summer heat and North Dakota where they had extreme winter cold. Since moving to south east Iowa there is still some hot days in the summer and cold days in the winter. Nothing like the other places I lived. I really love the spring and especially the fall weather here. It is kind of nice to have all the seasons in morderation.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I agree with the grass part (alot), and the fact that I have completed almost nothing in the shop since it got nice out, but, dislike…. nah, not yet :)

-- Tom, Central New York

Nope. It’s winter here now. Let me just remind you.

Too cold to get any woodworking done in an unheated garage.
Days are short.
You get half way across the island only to find out the only road across is closed due to snow at elevation
The sun is at about eye level at noon
Winter storms here come from the Antarctic ( and penguins like it here )
A 1/4” of snow shuts the city down
..and here in Christchurch, the grass still grows in the winter…

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

I think there is wonder and enjoyment in all of God’s four seasons, especially where I am, in upstate New York. We have summers that top out at 95, and I’ve seen winters as cold as -20.

I welcome each one.

-- -Be Blessed!, Patrick

I like winter better too. Theres fewer things to keep you too busy to get in the shop. My favorite season is fall tho.

-- Steve-o

Don’t know what you are talking about, nice & cool down under.LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Here in Alaska the word summer is loosely used to define that well lit period between winter and winter. Tends to be very brief, this year seems to be no exception. As cool as it is the grass needs little mowing (once so far) and the garden is not making up at all. Even the green house is going slow. What to do. I know. More woodworking. We are headed out this week to dipnet our winter’s supply of salmon. I also love the winter for the same reasons as you. More time to play in the shop. Helps me detox from my job.

Mart

Summer, winter its almost all the same here in Seattle, Rain, Rain and more Rain

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

It takes a little of both to keep me happy.

-- Jarrod, Eagle Nest, NM http://anthologyfinefurniture.wordpress.com