Minnesota. We don't need no stinkin' concrete...

Ultradog MN

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Location

Twin Cities

• Dec 1, 2018

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I sold the engine out of this hulk tractor so went up to our property yesterday to pull it.
It made me realize how fortunate we are here. The ground is froze hard so you can use a floor jack Anywhere and it won't sink in.💩

 

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carpenter

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Yep, and no muddy feet.
I also am from Minnesnowta.

 

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flying belgian

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Yep, Minnesota here too. Walk right in the living room with your boots on. No muddy tracks.

 

SweetFeet

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Right - but there is the frozen toe factor... drop a hammer on 'em and you'll shatter 'em. LOL!

Also a MinneSNOWtan and dislike winter a bit more every year.

 

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rossow (mn)

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

And you can jack vehicles up without wheel chocks ... because the tires on the non-jacked end will be frozen solidly in place. (Just kidding -- you should always use chocks in case of a sudden winter thaw.)

 

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Russ from MN

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Bemidji MN

• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

We were going to leave this morning for the warm SW, but the snow in Nebraska has us delaying till Monday! Maybe go ice fishing one more time.

 

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tomturkey

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

As far as it is from northern to southern Minnesota, I'm sure it is like two different climates. gobble

 

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westga

Member

• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

In the mid 60s here. Thank God for concrete.

You northerners are some kind of tough.

 

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matthies

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Not to nice here in NE Nebraska this morning. Monday should be better.

 

Gary Mitchell

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

My wife's from Mower Co. She said she'd never go back. (in MO. now) gm

 

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JMS/.MN

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

You meant the hammer will shatter, right?

 

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coshoo

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

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JerryS

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Yessir, you are one lucky U-Dog. It's 75 here today.

 

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tim s

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

My Dad Living here in Ohio, Hated Cold weather and Snow, He would say that if he ever won the LOTTO he would buy a motor home and wire a snow shovel to the front of it,, and drive south till some one would look at that shovel and ask "What the heck is that thing on the front" and that is where he would stay...

 

Tom in TN

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Location

Southern Middle Tennessee

• Dec 1, 2018

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I lived in Stewartville, MN (just south of Rochester) for three years back in the early 1970's. A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to move back up there. I QUICKLY declined the gracious offer. The winters in Tennessee are too cold for me. Minnesota's winters are ridiculous.

I loved the people and the summers, but no thanks for the winters.

Tom in TN

 

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RM-MN

Member

• Dec 1, 2018

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Think 3 or 4 different climates. In 100 miles the early planting season starts a week different. First frost in the fall is often nearly that same difference.

 

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RM-MN

Member

• Dec 1, 2018

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Watch the ice thickness. With the past few warmer days there are thin spots developing.

 

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coshoo

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• Dec 1, 2018

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A "sudden winter thaw"? In Minnesota in December? Really? lol

 

db4600

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• Dec 1, 2018

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Originally made famous in ?The Treasure of Sierra Madre? with Humphrey Bogart. Immortalized in ?Blazing Saddles?.

 

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ss55

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• Dec 1, 2018

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Snowmobiling, ice fishing, broom ball, snow shoeing, and cross country skiing are fun outdoor winter recreation activities in MN. Raising livestock in winter, not so much. I think the first guy that thought "If I build furniture and cabinets indoors during the winter I will could be a lot more comfortable than If I work with livestock outside all winter", was a guy on the right track.

 

SweetFeet

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Tom in TN,

You made a wise, wise decision.

 

SweetFeet

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Yep... when they are -20?, we are at a purely tropical -15?.

Sorry, couldn't resist... winter here gets darned cold at times - all across the state. Pretty sure I heard the radio DJ say the other day that MN is the third coldest state. Bah-Humbug... not a distinction that I care for. LOL

FROM SOME WEBSITE (Bummer alert):
It is because Minnesota and North Dakota get so exceptionally cold in winter, that they place just behind Alaska for the lowest annual average temperature.

 

SweetFeet

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Jim,
Too funny! But upon reflection... probably all of the above will shatter.

 

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JMS/.MN

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

MN is about 200 miles wide, but 400 miles N-S. In the early days of farming I remember telling my lender that one nice thing about winter was that everything is concrete! We didn"t have a paved cow yard then.

 

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rossow (mn)

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Global warming, you know, if you believe Al Gore. I expect warm winters in Minnesota will happen any century now.

 

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JayinNY

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

We don't need no stinkin badges!!

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Its cold there,,,,you need a hot cup of coffee,,and a nice slice of zucchini bread

 

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Kansasredneck

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Snowmobiling, ice fishing, broom ball, snow shoeing, and cross country skiing are also summer activities. Minnesota has experienced snow in every month. I grew up on Buffalo Ridge in Lincoln County, and can remember having a snowball fight on the 4th of July when I was a tot.
I can remember one year when the nightly news carried the temperatures from Anchorage Alaska and International Falls. I F was often the colder.

 

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SodBuster87

Member

• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

Currently Winter storm warnings out right now in Dodge County, Minn. Wind is crazy. Can't hear yourself think over the howling. Called home, clear as can be up there. Picked the wrong week to come down.

Sod Buster

 

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730virgil

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• Dec 1, 2018

• #1

yea about 2 weeks after it we get it in northern IL

 

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Ken Christopherson

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• Dec 1, 2018

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MN here, too. About 50 minutes north of Minneapolis/St. Paul... Been snowing here since early October.. Lakes have been frozen near me for a while, and just saw my first portable ice shanty out on one down the road from me today... Not too often we are ice fishing just after Thanksgiving the last number of years. Kind of feels good. I always joke when my relatives from TX come up and complain about the cold... I just tell 'em - "It ain't so much the heat, it is the humidity that will get you!"

I spend a lot of time outside for work, so I have developed some thick (or dead) skin over the years.. I can remember in the mid 1990's, we had a cold spell that brought -65 or so wind chills... And we were having a jolly time riding snowmobiles to and from the ice shack in the middle of the night catching MONSTER Walleyes! Still get the cold, but don't get out fishing as much...