Kind of. I live in perpetual summer, our weather is basically "summer - summer pro plus", that's it. So I don't know if I'd dislike cold or winter more.
I mean it's almost July and it's still 37C close to dusk. Nights are hot too, I live in an area with what I call the pressure cooker weather, it's sort of the bottom of a wide valley surrounded by rainforest hills, so heat has nowhere to go, there's no wind so it simply recirculates like in a pressure cooker, nights below 30C are rare so it's technically always hot and ~90% humidity, looks like steam during the day but it's "clouds" forming at surface level, the city is mostly covered in smog and industrial chemicals, it smells terrible and is harmful, so much it burns your throat or lungs if you inhale too much, wearing a simple face mask helps a bit but it can't filter the stench... if I had to describe I'd say it's a mixture of burnt diesel, pure bleach and the smell angle grinder discs leave behind when you cut through metal pipes. The only animals living in the city are rats, everything else just died or left, even pigeons, they can only be seen downtown a bit far from the industrial areas.


I got used to it, not that I can do something about it, like, I can't cool the planet. No AC either, it's insanely expensive to both get the equipment and run it, not like in the US that houses already come with central HVAC by default.

We got mesh screens on all windows to prevent mosquitoes and other bugs from entering, they replace the standard glass panels, and metal roller blinds in case of rain or storms.

It even affects lighting, this happens:
Low quality LEDs in my country run insanely hot, add a 40C ambient temp on top of that and they simply crack in half or melt, seen both, or straight up dim to candle intensity or shut off due to brownouts, our house is almost at the far end of a rural line so we always get hit by brownouts, one of the reasons we still use incandescents, the most used circuits are on relay AVRs but they still dim if the sag is too pronounced, tx can only increase voltage by 20%, it's meant for a 200V low input so it can boost it back to 240, sometimes it drops to ~160, good thing is lamps last for way more than their rated hours. 

We had a Kenmore refrigerator in our old house- it was original to the construction of the house in 1976. The ice machine / water dispenser stopped working around 2006, and was never replaced, so I guess that was always a bit of an annoyance

When we moved, we took it with us and used it as our "spare" fridge in the garage.

Unfortunately, at around 46 year mark (2022), it started cycling on and off constantly and the freezer stopped holding temperature (especially in the summer months- the freeze-thaw cycles were brutal). We wound up getting rid of it through our utilities "appliance buyback" program. I believe we got a $150 rebate on it, even in its nearly-dead state.

We also have a 2006 LG front load washer / dryer combo. We swapped them out last year for a "deluxe tower" LG unit that was mispriced at Lowes (there was a sale going on, and someone f'd up big time- we got a $3K appliance for just under $900). My entire household agrees that a) it doesn't wash as effectively, and b) that we should get around to reinstalling our old units (they currently sit in the garage, unused, but they do work). The washer needs a new fill valve, as the one it has is VERY loud / close to failing. Otherwise, they're both mint.

Apart from that, we have a 2016 Miele Futura Dimension dishwasher that has given us ZERO problems and a 2005 GE Two-Door convection oven. Zero problems whatsoever and a very intuitive menu, but its control panel (plastic) is starting to look worse for wear. I've had to tape a few buttons back on as the plastic is cracking / becoming brittle which is leading to some of tje buttons breaking off with use. Our newest kitchen appliance is our fridge, which is an LG from 2020, which replaced a HORRIBLE Samsung fridge from 2011. No issues with it yet either, cross my fingers it stays that way.

I’m a winter person 🥶, I do like summer but summer my way!, a couple of weeks ago it was hot here, 28 degrees, but it was fully cloud covered as with a strong breeze, that was my perfect summer’s day 🥳
Warm enough to be outside in a T-shirt, a strong refreshing breeze and absolutely no direct sun burning down on you!
If every summer could be like this each day I’d be happy!
But I think the air is just fresher and healthier in winter, and darker nights means more lights 👍

Summer is most certainly my least favorite season. I don’t do any sports, and I hate literally anything at all that makes me sweat, even just a little bit.

@Maxim
Holy crud it is hot out now. And my school is having graduation this week, outside of course… 

Thats super cool! I hear things are wEiRd over there, I have seen many pictures on here of strange Japanese lighting things. Take some pictures for us!

Hi MR lamp! I watch your videos on YouTube

I’m in Sweden and I was thinking about going on vacation in my van this summer. The plan is to go Norway and then Finland in the way home. I could definitely come by and see if there’s something  I’d enjoy I’m a huge fan of bigger fluorescent lights, 36/40W and 58-65W is my favorite. I definitely need more fixtures and more specifically industrial ones! I’d be happy to come by this summer sometime!

You can dm me anytime

Agreed there. Our Kenmore fridge turns 45 this year and shows no signs of slowing down. The newest appliance in our kitchen is a 1993 KitchenAid dishwasher, made the year before Hobart spun the division off. Washer and dryer are a set of Kenmores from 1985 and they actually get the clothes clean. None of the appliances have electronics to fail, everything is simple to work on, and parts are cheap and abundant. Whenever something breaks I've gotten it going again in an afternoon, although I've had to be patient while waiting for the replacement part. Probably the hardest thing to fix was one of the roller shades in a bathroom window - the spring snapped, and finding a replacement rod was nearly impossible. I eventually lucked out and found a good one at an estate sale, but for the better part of a year the shade was stuck 3/4 of the way down...

VERY impressive your fridge has lasted so long.  We also have a Kenmore, but ours is from 1996 when my parents first moved into the house.  Still going strong, although it cycles on more than it used to.  We also vacuum the underside-mounted coils frequently to keep it from running hotter than necessary.

Definitely my brother is about all of the appliances you mentioned and more and that also includes electric clocks as well.
He has quite a collection from brands like Rival, Toastmaster, GE and others.
Along with appliances with 70s colors like harvest gold and copper tone to the 80s with the off white and wood grain designs.
He enjoys tinkering with them in his shop and repairs them whenever he can get the parts. To my surprise there are a lot of people out there who make a hobby out of small appliances and if you know the right people they can help you find replacement parts good quality OEM parts.

NICE!!  I've always liked the Toastmaster brand myself.  Speaking of woodgrain, I actually used to have a woodgrain Sunbeam Mixmaster hand mixer, which I gave away not too long ago as it just wasn't powerful enough.  It only had a 160W motor, which wasn't worth much when trying to mix cookie dough or other thick batters.  But yeah, the woodgrain design is one of my favorites!

@wide-lite 1000 - Ohio had 93°F, while my neck of the woods had a high of 102°. Funnily enough, my area didn't even get an "excessive heat warning"- multiple counties a tad westward (York) got warnings that temps could get up to 115°! 

Also, even though the temperature physically did not go higher than 102°, the "feels like" index was at a 109°! 

 @Wingnut : It doesn't get like this often but it does happen from time to time . Oh , and regarding Wal-Mart , how's about this one :        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RzcvFLPg1A