JJT, I thought your post was fabulous! Just what we come on the board for ... the memories of warm sand or the anticipation of hot sun ... something you don't get in Montreal in January - or November, it would appear!

Babalew - your "we blame Canada" made me laugh so hard! We blame the U.S. eastern seaboard, or Texas - yeah! Let's blame them - we get a lot of reports of "a storm front that started in Texas is building over the U.S. Midwest and will hit us with a bazillion cm's of snow by tomorrow evening" ! Gotta love it!

I remember sitting in the backyard in mid-to-late August and my daughter saying how she had seen The Geese (a clear sign summer is on the way out) and thought "this is waaay too early for the geese to be headed south .." Should've paid more attention to The Geese. They knew then what we know now - winter's acomin' early this year, folks! And it's gonna be a doozy!

Can't wait to grab that plane to MBJ in January where the only thing that's cold is the Red Stripe .. as it should be!

Keep calm, and carry on ... to JAMAICA!