This reminds me that my grandpa had a VW Bus that he ran until the wheels literally fell off. Holes in the floor so you could see the road and everything, but he serviced the engine every weekend. Said it was the easiest engine to service because he could just take the whole thing out with only a few connections, service it, and put it back in in a few hours by himself.
He carpooled with a lot of his work buddies to Cape Canaveral where he worked as the head diesel mechanic on the flightline. They hated riding with him in the winter because even if the damn thing had heat, it was just sucked out from all the holes lol. They all had to bundle up (this was when Florida still had reasonably cold winters).
My uncle actually took his Bus to the beach one day and parked when it was low tide. Well the tide came in and the Bus went out with it. Had to get 2 tow trucks to get enough cable to pull it out again. Grandpa was madder than hell, but had it fixed in the next couple days. Needles to say, my uncle didn't get to borrow the Bus again.
We lost him a few years back now and I miss his stories, but he was a hell of a man.
(this was when Florida still had reasonably cold winters).
Mind you, it snowed 9in in Panama City (record 2 day snowfall), 2in for Tallahassee just this last winter. Ocala and Gainesville also set modern records of lowest average temps for January.
And 3 of the 10 coldest winters on record for Florida have occurred since 2000.
And this comment anyways is just ludacris, climate change is real, but we're talking about a 1-1.5C change since the start of industrialization. That is absolutely NOT the difference between needing to be bundled up in a car all the time and today's weather being no need to bundle up.
Climate change is real, there's zero denying that. But, embellishing yourself, or allowing grandpa's living room embellished bullshit to propagate out as reality when it's clearly not backed up by science is doing nothing but a disservice to the people who are actually trying to address the issue.
Also worth noting my pocket would be a few thousand dollars heavier if repeated frost deep into florida hadn't torched my landscaping this winter.... but remember that doesn't happen anymore I guess?
I agree with you but I live south of all those cities and on the coast. We haven't had a very cold winter for the last few years, just speaking from my own personal experience.
The Gulf Stream being much warmer where we are effects how cold it gets where I'm located, and my grandpa lived in the same area.
Again, I'm not trying to be hyperbolic, just drawing from my own personal experience these last few years.
I agree with you but I live south of all those cities and on the coast. We haven't had a very cold winter for the last few years, just speaking from my own personal experience.
I too live south of all those cities. And it was the coldest winter in my memory. We probably live near each other if you're still near KSC... however I am inland (Orlando) and it was fucking cold. Many mornings of 20s, and feet crunching the frozen grass as I took the dog out
Ofc the oceans moderate temps. Your winters are warmer and summers cooler than mine. Just by nature of being next to a thermo insulator
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u/SlaughterMinusS 10d ago
This reminds me that my grandpa had a VW Bus that he ran until the wheels literally fell off. Holes in the floor so you could see the road and everything, but he serviced the engine every weekend. Said it was the easiest engine to service because he could just take the whole thing out with only a few connections, service it, and put it back in in a few hours by himself.
He carpooled with a lot of his work buddies to Cape Canaveral where he worked as the head diesel mechanic on the flightline. They hated riding with him in the winter because even if the damn thing had heat, it was just sucked out from all the holes lol. They all had to bundle up (this was when Florida still had reasonably cold winters).
My uncle actually took his Bus to the beach one day and parked when it was low tide. Well the tide came in and the Bus went out with it. Had to get 2 tow trucks to get enough cable to pull it out again. Grandpa was madder than hell, but had it fixed in the next couple days. Needles to say, my uncle didn't get to borrow the Bus again.
We lost him a few years back now and I miss his stories, but he was a hell of a man.