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Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS I had to smile because I too can count on one hand the number of times we've had a hint of snow in the Phoenix area! Back in the 90's as I was driving to a clients house on Christmas Eve no less - it started snowing enough to stay on the ground (not much) but it was pretty cool!

Nov 18, 2020 01:23 PM #1
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When we first moved to Napa in March of 2001, it snowed !  The cats wondered, "What is this?"  Then it was all sunny and melted the next day.  A

Nov 18, 2020 01:39 PM #2
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Perhaps not as ridiculous, but I raised a hairy hairbrow while watching a Hallmark Chistimas movie set in a fictitious Viriginia city where it snowed ALL THE TIME.  While we do get snow storms about once a decade, to see a light, constant snow in a supposed Virginia town made me shake my head.

Nov 18, 2020 02:13 PM #3
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Yes, Jeff Dowler, CRS. White Christmas is coming... Global Warming or No Global Warming. We (may) only have about 8 years left I have heard from some reliable 'scientific' sources  so I say enjoy the snow in the time left remaining on the planet earth. Photo of me in Scottsdale Arizona (it snowed last year also).

 

Jeff Masich snow Scottsdale

Nov 18, 2020 02:21 PM #4
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I always felt so bad when my children were little because I worked for a trucking company and snow was a four-letter word. No I probably enjoy snow more than my kids do 

Happy Wednesday evening Jeff Dowler, CRS 

Nov 18, 2020 04:44 PM #5
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Jeff- coming from Houston, snow was a rarity. When we moved to Northern VA, I was like a kid in a candy store every time I saw snow. I loved taking walks when it was snowing. 

Nov 18, 2020 06:18 PM #6
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Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS, after moving from NY to FL, it felt weird to see Christmas trees and hearing Christmas music in am 80-degree weather. I miss watching the snowflakes.  

Nov 18, 2020 07:25 PM #7
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What a surprise THAT must have been Anna Banana Kruchten CRS CRB, Phoenix Broker . I can't say I miss the snow after living in New England and Minnesota for years.

Jeff

Nov 18, 2020 08:16 PM #8
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel 

I had no idea that they ever had snow in Napa. What a surprise...clearly it was to your cats!

Jeff

Nov 18, 2020 08:17 PM #9
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That's a great photo Jeff Masich-Scottsdale AZ Associate Broker,MBA,GRI  Thanks for sharing it...great memory!

Jeff

Nov 18, 2020 08:18 PM #10
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That's the movies Chris Ann Cleland !!

I used to enjoy it more when I was younger, Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS. I just got tired of all the cold.

Jeff

Nov 18, 2020 10:41 PM #11
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Quite a change from Houston, right Kathy Streib ?! I lived with snow most of my life til moving here to SoCal! Loved it as a kid!

Jeff

 

Nov 18, 2020 10:43 PM #12
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I get that Beth Atalay  I remember our firt Christmas here in Carlsbad. We always went out to cut a tree down, in the cold and snow. Here, I went out in shorts and sandals.

Jeff

Nov 18, 2020 10:45 PM #13
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Morning Jeff.

I just hate cold weather.  I know we'll get our share of cold weather, but the snow, while we get some, lately not as much as the last decade

Nov 19, 2020 01:06 AM #14
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These days in South Texas we seldom have snow... I can relate. Nothing better than listening to the song "Let it Snow, let is snow, let it snow". Have yourself a wonderful Thanksgiving and wishing you snow flakes soon......

Nov 19, 2020 03:02 AM #15
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Hi Jeff... I love my Christmas music month (after Thanksgiving). I, too, have been hearing Christmas music being played since early November... very jarring to me. One reason we moved to NC was to get away from snow... so I'm a happy camper when I don't see snow from one year to the next or if I do, it's so little that it's gone in 24 hours. As for those trips to see kids and grands in Colorado... well... have seen my fair share of snow storms and I still feel I can live without them.

Nov 19, 2020 03:38 AM #16
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Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS - I guess it takes a while to get used to Christmas in a warm climate.  I am down at our house in Florida right now and starting to see lights going up.

Nov 19, 2020 03:55 AM #17
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Hmm, I was in Sprouts yesterday but I didn't notice any Christmas music.  I don't recall what kind of music was playing, if any was, haha.  I was focused on getting my produce!

Nov 19, 2020 04:53 AM #18
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I kind of subscribe to that Christmas song ... "Let it snow... let it snow ... let it snow ... above 8,000 ft.  We need that water for the Summer months.  Just not in town to drive thru that white water!!

Nov 19, 2020 07:29 AM #19
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Good morning Jeff Dowler, CRS long before you got therea little over 50 years ago, I was living in Imperieal Beach and it snowed there. Rare, but there are times where it snows on the coast of California.

Nov 19, 2020 07:31 AM #20
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I'm with ya on the cold weather James Dray 

Same to you ba`B Ratliff 

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 09:05 AM #21
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Nina Hollander 

I haven't been out in stores much so hadn't heard any holiday music til the other day. I'm perfectly happy to see the snow on the mountains.

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 02:20 PM #22
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Jeff my wife loves to sing that song when it is snowing, that is until I try to hand her a snow shovel ....... LOL

Nov 19, 2020 04:34 PM #23
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Hi Grant Schneider  Have a wonderful time!

We often get cooler, and sometimes rainy weather on Christmas which helps. I don't need snow for the holidays!

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 05:26 PM #24
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Ha ha Brian England It's good to be focused.

I guess I noticed because I haven't been out in the stores much this month and it was the first time I noticed holiday music.

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 07:51 PM #25
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I get that Dan Hopper !!

Interesting Rocky Dickerson  I did a little Google research and there have been snow flurries in Carlsbad a number of times...seems like 1967 was the big year!

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 07:53 PM #26
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Ha ha George Souto 

It's one thing to enjoy it falling but quite another having to shovel it.

Jeff

Nov 19, 2020 08:18 PM #27
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Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS . Having lived much of my childhood in California (northern and southern) without any snow around, I understand your thoughts.  Although I am at a mindset that I enjoy snow - in the mountains but not on the roads.  I am okay driving in it, but many are not and having to watch out for out of control cars sliding through intersections, or people going way too fast with icy conditions, I look at snowy days with caution.  I am fortunate that my husband does most of the shoveling!

Nov 20, 2020 03:55 PM #28
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Hi Lynnea Miller 

I got pretty tired of dealing with the commuting in the snow and ice in Boston (I lived in the burbs for a number of years), and having to constantly watch for other drivers. And by the time I got licensed in MA (2002) I already was pretty sick of the snow and cold and showing homes in the winter (and trying to find parking) was not a treat.  No doubt there is a certain beauty about snow, I'm just happy to not have to deal with it any longer.

Jeff

Nov 20, 2020 04:33 PM #29
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A pandemic is a perfect time to be snowed in. So odd but true. :)

Nov 21, 2020 10:26 PM #30
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Jeff, at least we don’t have to make another excuse because of the pandemic and we can ride this out. :)

Nov 21, 2020 10:28 PM #31
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Jeff Dowler, CRS - From coast to coast you certainly experienced different types of extreme weather, beauty and friends. 

Gosh, from my earliest recollections, Frank always looked so old to me but looking at that Frank Sinatra recording you provided, he looks like a baby to me and I'm the old fart! The song brings back beautiful memories!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. 

Thanks, Jeff. 

Nov 23, 2020 12:38 PM #32
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So true Laura Cerrano 

Hi Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP  Yep he was pretty youthful in this recording. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Jeff

Nov 23, 2020 09:52 PM #33
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When I first read your title line, I said, "Where is Jeff?"  Like you, we get little snow here in Sacramento.  I can count on the fingers of one hand, the number of times I have witnessed it in my lifetime.

Dec 17, 2020 01:19 PM #34
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Hi Myrl Jeffcoat 

We see the snow on the mountains many miles away but nothing here...although I understand there has been some snow in years past. I grew up with it in the Northeast, and from many years in New England, and I can't say I miss it.

Jeff

Dec 17, 2020 02:16 PM #35
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The last forty years in Northern CA I have experienced 2 snow falls. One lasted 15 minutes, another 1 hour by noon all melted. On same latitude many places get down to zero F at night.

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