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[Euclid]

UA1975.
Mazel tov to @YankyDoodle on the incredibly beautiful Bas Mitzvah, but people in Florida need to have babies in the winter. 

It's not even summer yet and it's unbearable already. How anyone lives there is beyond me

[Dan]

So sticky and gross.

And @Kovi is allergic to the place. Broke out in a heat rash over all his exposed skin.

[YitzyS]

but people in Florida need to have babies in the winter. 

What? Aren't there only people in Florida during the winter?

[Lurker]

It's not even summer yet and it's unbearable already. How anyone lives there is beyond me

The same way you live in NJ in the winter. You go from your heated house to your heated car, to your heated office and the heated store, to your heated shul, and then back to your heated house. The only difference is I'm not lugging around a heavy coat which makes me uncomfortably warm in all those heated places.

[Dan]

The same way you live in NJ in the winter. You go from your heated house to your heated car, to your heated office and the heated store, to your heated shul, and then back to your heated house. The only difference is I'm not lugging around a heavy coat which makes me uncomfortably warm in all those heated places.

Instead you're uncomfortably cold in any grocery store or you're sweating buckets walking to shul on Shabbos instead of being ensconced in a cozy coat while you walk.

[Euclid]

Instead you're uncomfortably cold in any grocery store or you're sweating buckets walking to shul on Shabbos instead of being ensconced in a cozy coat while you walk.

No one walks to shul in South Florida. Everyone scooters, even adults. Was fascinating to me; definitely smart though.

[Lurker]

Instead you're uncomfortably cold in any grocery store or you're sweating buckets walking to shul on Shabbos instead of being ensconced in a cozy coat while you walk.

I live in a grocery store, and it's a comfortable 72 degrees 24 hours a day. And I'll take my 7 minute shvitzy walk over bone numbing cold any day and twice on shabbos.

[Lurker]

No one walks to shul in South Florida. Everyone scooters, even adults. Was fascinating to me; definitely smart though.

Depends on the community, but definitely a very prevalent and growing trend.

[Dan]

I live in a grocery store, and it's a comfortable 72 degrees 24 hours a day. And I'll take my 7 minute shvitzy walk over bone numbing cold any day and twice on shabbos.

It helps when you get to set the temperature.
Only bone numbing if you have the wrong coat. It's always 72 inside my knee length parka.

After a 7 minute shvitzy walk, I'm uncomfortable for the rest of shul unless it's nice and cool.

[EliJelly]

After a 7 minute shvitzy walk, I'm uncomfortable for the rest of shul

Isn't that what you guys call a מחוקק?

[Lurker]

It helps when you get to set the temperature.
Only bone numbing if you have the wrong coat. It's always 72 inside my knee length parka.

After a 7 minute shvitzy walk, I'm uncomfortable for the rest of shul unless it's nice and cool.

Gotta cater to all the OOTers and snowbirds who don't like cold stores 

I definitely dont have the wrong coat. I haven't owned one in over a decade.

My rabbi's gotten harassed enough that the thermostat in shul is set to 68.

Short story is it sounds like you've been shopping and davening in the wrong places in FL....

[Lurker]

Isn't that what you guys call a מחוקק?

Depends where you shvitz

[EliJelly]

Depends where you shvitz

I'm talking about the most painful, what a great term. They say that in Israel's terrible summer heat you can see many people walk with one foot on the curb and the other on the gutter

[Yehuda57]

The same way you live in NJ in the winter. You go from your heated house to your heated car, to your heated office and the heated store, to your heated shul, and then back to your heated house. The only difference is I'm not lugging around a heavy coat which makes me uncomfortably warm in all those heated places.

For me this is hogwash. The second you step foot outdoors into a FL summer, it knocks you out. It's not just about discomfort, it's a physically draining experience that takes a little while to recover and reacclimate from - even if it is just a short walk. Even a polar vortex doesn't do that to you. Yes, it's cold, but it doesn't wipe you out in that way. And you can wear layers and mitigate the cold, whereas with the heat, even if everyone dressed like it was pre-cheit, it still wouldn't really help.

[aygart]

everyone dressed like it was pre-cheit,

another issue with the heat.

[Dan]

For me this is hogwash. The second you step foot outdoors into a FL summer, it knocks you out. It's not just about discomfort, it's a physically draining experience that takes a little while to recover and reacclimate from - even if it is just a short walk. Even a polar vortex doesn't do that to you. Yes, it's cold, but it doesn't wipe you out in that way. And you can wear layers and mitigate the cold, whereas with the heat, even if everyone dressed like it was pre-cheit, it still wouldn't really help.

another issue with the heat.

👆 גם אני מצטרף להנ״ל

[Yehuda57]

another issue with the heat.

But that applies to NY/NJ's heat as well

[aygart]

But that applies to NY/NJ's heat as well

Not to the same extent IME

[Yehuda57]

Not to the same extent IME

FL does have more of a "beach town" atmosphere. SoCal has the same issue without the extreme FL heat

[Dan]

But that applies to NY/NJ's heat as well