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grass is still growing in florida

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Z

zmister11

It's about mid January now and yet the grass is still growing here. Which is fine with me. More money lol. It was in the 70s today :D it felt nice out so I decided to push mow this yard instead of using the zero turn

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#2

Ric

Ric

zmister11 said:
It's about mid January now and yet the grass is still growing here. Which is fine with me. More money lol. It was in the 70s today :D it felt nice out so I decided to push mow this yard instead of using the zero turn
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Slowed down some, but still mowing here also. Done 18 this week so far.


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Z

zmister11

Ric said:
Slowed down some, but still mowing here also. Done 18 this week so far.
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Nice! It's been a pretty hot winter lol I think a cold fronts coming thru tomorrow though


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Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

Sure is! Some crews are still mowing weekly. All tho, it is getting cool at the moment.


#5

Ric

Ric

Lawnboy18 said:
Sure is! Some crews are still mowing weekly. All tho, it is getting cool at the moment.
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Yeah a lot of crews still running around here, seen half a dozen yesterday alone.


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Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

I see a ton here too. Where ever I go there is one some where. They mostly have a Hino truck with enclosed trailer. Lots of Exmark and Wright standers here.


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reynoldston

reynoldston

Lawnboy18 said:
Sure is! Some crews are still mowing weekly. All tho, it is getting cool at the moment.
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Things must sure be different in Canada then NY. We have 0 degrees weather and ground covered with snow. We did have a few warner days last week but nothing that grass needed mowing.


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Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

I am in FL at the moment (vacations).

In Canada right now it is very very cold. Last night it was -35 C which is about -37 F if I am correct. Very cold stuff.


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Z

zmister11

Lawnboy18 said:
I am in FL at the moment (vacations).

In Canada right now it is very very cold. Last night it was -35 C which is about -37 F if I am correct. Very cold stuff.
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Too cold for me lol


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reynoldston

reynoldston

Lawnboy18 said:
I am in FL at the moment (vacations).

In Canada right now it is very very cold. Last night it was -35 C which is about -37 F if I am correct. Very cold stuff.
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Now that makes a lot more sense. We are south of Canada and just a little warmer weather. I was looking out my front window and all the ground is white. I guess I will have to just dream about a nice Florida vacation and green lawns. My daughters took my wife and me a couple of years ago on a Disney vacation in Florida in the month of November and it was warm and green. Other then a wonderful vacation with my daughters I didn't care that much about Disney. Just too many people in one spot. :thumbsup:


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Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

zmister11 said:
Too cold for me lol
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I know, it's bad. My truck hasn't started in about 3 weeks. I don't know what is waiting for me. Probably a dead battery.

reynoldston said:
Now that makes a lot more sense. We are south of Canada and just a little warmer weather. I was looking out my front window and all the ground is white. I guess I will have to just dream about a nice Florida vacation and green lawns. My daughters took my wife and me a couple of years ago on a Disney vacation in Florida in the month of November and it was warm and green. Other then a wonderful vacation with my daughters I didn't care that much about Disney. Just too many people in one spot. :thumbsup:
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I have never gone to Disney. I go to Fl for the beach and the nice weather. I also love seeing lawncare companies and sometimes talk to them.
I don't think I would be able to go to Disney. It is just to big.


#12

Z

zmister11

Yeah I've only gone to Disney once and I've lived here all my life. I didn't care for it either


#13

reynoldston

reynoldston

I guess my big problem with Florida is. In my mine I see the whole state as one big Disney. A lot of houses, trailer parks, businesses and people and all a big money grab. I have friends that that go to Florida every winter and it seems all they talk about is one big social party, flee markets, and how many miles they ride their bikes. Yes I would think Florida has some country living also but why travel and spend money when I have that right here in NY.


#14

Z

zmister11

reynoldston said:
I guess my big problem with Florida is. In my mine I see the whole state as one big Disney. A lot of houses, trailer parks, businesses and people and all a big money grab. I have friends that that go to Florida every winter and it seems all they talk about is one big social party, flee markets, and how many miles they ride their bikes. Yes I would think Florida has some country living also but why travel and spend money when I have that right here in NY.
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When I think of NY I just see so many people walking all over the place and taxis all over the roads lol


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reynoldston

reynoldston

zmister11 said:
When I think of NY I just see so many people walking all over the place and taxis all over the roads lol
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Amen on that NYC and Long Island never been there and never will I hope. Now just go north and you will be in the Adirondack Mountains. (not Catskills) This is where I got my second home not Florida. Miles of roads with nothing but woods, mountains and no houses. You can jump on a ATV and go over a 100 miles in one day and never see the same place twice, just miles of snowmobile trails and some of the best ski slopes. Some of the best trout streams in the lower 48, good deer and bear hunting in the fall. Only bad part is some very healthy black flies and mosquitoes in the spring and early summer at what time of year I don't go up there. It all depends in what you or I like which can be very different. You like Florida, I like NY. I am sure you must have some nice back country in Florida when you get away from them retired northerner's that think they have to party , ride bicycles, and spend money all winter.


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Z

zmister11

reynoldston said:
Amen on that NYC and Long Island never been there and never will I hope. Now just go north and you will be in the Adirondack Mountains. (not Catskills) This is where I got my second home not Florida. Miles of roads with nothing but woods, mountains and no houses. You can jump on a ATV and go over a 100 miles in one day and never see the same place twice, just miles of snowmobile trails and some of the best ski slopes. Some of the best trout streams in the lower 48, good deer and bear hunting in the fall. Only bad part is some very healthy black flies and mosquitoes in the spring and early summer at what time of year I don't go up there. It all depends in what you or I like which can be very different. You like Florida, I like NY. I am sure you must have some nice back country in Florida when you get away from them retired northerner's that think they have to party , ride bicycles, and spend money all winter.
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Haha very true. I used to live in Brooksville fl. For a little while and theirs NOTHING out their lol. And I'm back to Brandon fl where I grew up and theirs a lot going on here but I wouldn't wanna live anywhere else. It would be nice to check out the country side of ny


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reynoldston

reynoldston

zmister11 said:
Haha very true. I used to live in Brooksville fl. For a little while and theirs NOTHING out their lol. And I'm back to Brandon fl where I grew up and theirs a lot going on here but I wouldn't wanna live anywhere else. It would be nice to check out the country side of ny
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I goggled earth Brandon fl. Looks like a lot of town to me. Goggle earth Reynoldston NY and you might see a little different.


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zmister11

reynoldston said:
I goggled earth Brandon fl. Looks like a lot of town to me. Goggle earth Reynoldston NY and you might see a little different.
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Haha I told you u theirs alot of stuff in brandon. Dang theirs nothing out their where your at lol


#19

Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

I have been to many different places in Fl. Marco Island, Miami (the worse!!!), Bonita Springs, Naples, Fort Myers and the Keys. I love the keys. Just the way people live there. Now, in Bonita Springs and Naples, it seems to be of higher social status. Nice cars and houses, a ton of stores with parking lots that are always full and restaurants everywhere. It never ends. I still haven't seen a more quiet part of Florida.

Miami is the worse. Plastic faces, and just too much money there. I hated it. Way too fake. The thing that annoys me the most is the infamous HOA board. That has got to go.

Back at home, I am glad to have a GF that lives on 3 acres of land. I don't like living in the city. I want to be able to do what I want when ever I want. I also want a huge shop/garage to store all my stuff and futur stuff. Can't do that in the city.


#20

Ric

Ric

Lawnboy18 said:
I have been to many different places in Fl. Marco Island, Miami (the worse!!!), Bonita Springs, Naples, Fort Myers and the Keys. I love the keys. Just the way people live there. Now, in Bonita Springs and Naples, it seems to be of higher social status. Nice cars and houses, a ton of stores with parking lots that are always full and restaurants everywhere. It never ends. I still haven't seen a more quiet part of Florida.

Miami is the worse. Plastic faces, and just too much money there. I hated it. Way too fake. The thing that annoys me the most is the infamous HOA board. That has got to go.

Back at home, I am glad to have a GF that lives on 3 acres of land. I don't like living in the city. I want to be able to do what I want when ever I want. I also want a huge shop/garage to store all my stuff and futur stuff. Can't do that in the city.
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You guys are funny. You talk about Florida like it's some high society place, all kinds of money floating around. You talk about Naples being a higher social status? Nice Cars and houses? That's funny. If you want to see all that your on the wrong coast dude. Try living from Daytona south to Miami, that's the fast life and where all the money is at. Try the Palm Beach area if you want to see cars, money and a higher social status. The west coast money is for wannabe money people.
Yeah you can live on the coast of Florida most any where and and see nice Cars and nice Homes but that's not the real Florida, you want to see the real stuff just move inland. I lived in a town where there is one convenient store and that was it. Right now its population as of 2012 was 1892 people. I've been in places in Florida where they still use outhouses.
The problem is the people that come to Florida and go the these high society places and assume the whole state is the same. They see what they want to see, talk bout how expensive it is to live here and complain about prices, they don't see the real Florida.


#21

reynoldston

reynoldston

Ric said:
You guys are funny. You talk about Florida like it's some high society place, all kinds of money floating around. You talk about Naples being a higher social status? Nice Cars and houses? That's funny. If you want to see all that your on the wrong coast dude. Try living from Daytona south to Miami, that's the fast life and where all the money is at. Try the Palm Beach area if you want to see cars, money and a higher social status. The west coast money is for wannabe money people.
Yeah you can live on the coast of Florida most any where and and see nice Cars and nice Homes but that's not the real Florida, you want to see the real stuff just move inland. I lived in a town where there is one convenient store and that was it. Right now its population as of 2012 was 1892 people. I've been in places in Florida where they still use outhouses.
The problem is the people that come to Florida and go the these high society places and assume the whole state is the same. They see what they want to see, talk bout how expensive it is to live here and complain about prices, they don't see the real Florida.
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Then in the summer they go back up north and brag to us about it then repeat it every winter. The type of people that surly wouldn't use a outhouse.


#22

Ric

Ric

reynoldston said:
Then in the summer they go back up north and brag to us about it then repeat it every winter. The type of people that surly wouldn't use a outhouse.
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Yeah, the typical yankee. People that wouldn't use an outhouse:smile: If they ever ended up in a place with outhouses they would probably never be heard from again. :laughing:


#23

Z

zmister11

Ric said:
Yeah, the typical yankee. People that wouldn't use an outhouse:smile: If they ever ended up in a place with outhouses they would probably never be heard from again. :laughing:
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Haha true!


#24

reynoldston

reynoldston

Ric said:
Yeah, the typical yankee. People that wouldn't use an outhouse:smile: If they ever ended up in a place with outhouses they would probably never be heard from again. :laughing:
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Now come on. A true older yankee knows what a outhouse is. -20 degrees with a strong wind, been and done that. Like I said Google earth Reynoldston NY. Canada sends that cold air down our way. I would think anyone in there 70's and 80's had used a out house in there life time along with the weekly bath with water heated on the wood stove if they lived on a farm. I know it was in the 50's when my father put our bathroom in with a bath tub. Nothing like modern times with indoor pluming and a daily shower with all the hot water you want. Now my parents came from Holland as children so I don't know what it was like over there, they never talked about it.


#25

Ric

Ric

reynoldston said:
Now come on. A true older yankee knows what a outhouse is. -20 degrees with a strong wind, been and done that. Like I said Google earth Reynoldston NY. Canada sends that cold air down our way. I would think anyone in there 70's and 80's had used a out house in there life time along with the weekly bath with water heated on the wood stove if they lived on a farm. I know it was in the 50's when my father put our bathroom in with a bath tub. Nothing like modern times with indoor pluming and a daily shower with all the hot water you want. Now my parents came from Holland as children so I don't know what it was like over there, they never talked about it.
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It's not the fact they or people don't know what they are, it's the fact they are still using them in more places than you can imagine.


#26

reynoldston

reynoldston

Ric said:
It's not the fact they or people don't know what they are, it's the fact they are still using them in more places than you can imagine.
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I did away with my outhouse and the plastic bag portable showers at my camp in the middle 90's. There are a lot of back country camps, everyday houses, and roads in this north country without electric or telephone service so with that all comes the outhouse. My camp now even has high speed internet now, people adapt. Now I would dare to bet money not one outhouse in the retirement community down there in Florida not that I am there to prove it, just a lot of bicycles. Now up her in the north country people seem to save things in their front and side yards, like old junk cars, appliances, mowers, and a lot of children plastic toys, with a lot of goats and chickens making a lot of poop.


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