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Icebot 02-05-2015 05:55 PM

Do you like the snow?
 
I know some people like the snow, love it, can't stand it, etc. I used to love the snow as a kid, but now, not so much, especially driving in it. What about you?

Spike Spiegel 02-05-2015 06:03 PM

Snow's fine as long as it doesn't turn to ice...

IndigoErth 02-05-2015 06:13 PM

It's ok as long as I don't have to deal with it much. Was a little disappointment that my area got gypped on the northeast (U.S.) snowstorm a couple weeks ago. We've had very little snow this year, however I don't care for it when it snows too often. I would gladly take one big snow for a week and then let Spring start.

Gunpowder 02-05-2015 06:32 PM

Since it only snows about once every five years where I am, I love it. If I lived up North and saw it all the time, I imagine I wouldn't.

Toitlefan 02-05-2015 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth (Post 1416891)
It's ok as long as I don't have to deal with it much. Was a little disappointment that my area got gypped on the northeast (U.S.) snowstorm a couple weeks ago. We've had very little snow this year, however I don't care for it when it snows too often. I would gladly take one big snow for a week and then let Spring start.

I got screwed from that storm also. They cancelled work that day and we got 4". Then Monday it dumped over a foot of snow and I had to go into work. I'm prepared for it but it seems most businesses don't know how to prepare. You'd think they'd have it down by now.

ssjup81 02-05-2015 11:11 PM

Growing up in Richmond, I actually really liked snow. We didn't get it too often, and we were almost always guaranteed a snow day. My area was never too bad, but some of the students lived in more rural areas of my county, so the school buses couldn't get there easily, hence why they'd just give the entire county a snow day.

Having lived here in Yamagata these past nearly 3 -4 years...I think I'm starting to get sick of snow. It starts snowing in about late November on and off up until spring. This year hasn't been as bad as say last year, but when it does, it piles up so much and I hate shoveling. lol

That aside, I'm trying to get a new job and move to Tokyo. The winters are milder down there...similar to maybe how Richmond gets snow.

Netkeeper 02-05-2015 11:38 PM

I love the snow, always have. Only seen it a handful of times in my life, and even after being snowed in when I needed medical attention, I still love it. If that wasn't going to change my mind about the snow, nothing will. It's wonderful.

ssjup81 02-05-2015 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Netkeeper (Post 1416987)
I love the snow, always have. Only seen it a handful of times in my life, and even after being snowed in when I needed medical attention, I still love it. If that wasn't going to change my mind about the snow, nothing will. It's wonderful.

My father grew up in New York. He loathes snow. As a child, I never could understand why. Snow, to me, was always fun to play in. For him, it meant a lot of shoveling for his parents since they got it so much and so often and snow days were a rarity (unheard of actually, according to him, when growing up). I think I get it now. lol

A person who lives in a place that seldom gets snow more than likely will enjoy it more than say someone who's faced with it all winter, every winter.

DarkFell 02-06-2015 12:13 AM

We got graupel one year. http://weather.about.com/od/g/g/graupel.htm
I've even seen some light snow flurries on Christmas Eve some years ago.
But the last time my city has seen and received any real substantial amount of snowfall was in January of 1985.
It doesn't really get cold enough for snow here.
It even feels odd to type that we're practically thirty years overdue. :'

IndigoErth 02-06-2015 12:58 AM

I have to say it kind of made me laugh (or was that a mild variation of annoyance...) couple weeks ago when the news channels were talking about NYC as if they never faced the prospect of getting snow before. :lol: Come on guys... :roll: You have seen this before. If it was Atlanta again I could understand. Ok, and maybe a city's roads are harder to clear out than elsewhere, but still.

And then people were supposedly mad over the weather emergency closure when they didn't get "enough". :lol: Silly people, I love the closures. Whole family stays cozy at home, it's so quiet outside, something that is prob rare for a city. Savor it! :D Then go out and hunt for Turtle tracks. :tlol: (But if you follow the tracks to their home at least be nice and take them hot chocolate.)

joefsas 02-06-2015 02:08 AM

Don't get snow very often in the south of England so when it does show it's face it's kinda cool :)

Hahaha, cool...see what I did......Ill get my coat :P

MsMarvelDuckie 02-06-2015 02:29 AM

Snow? What is this snow you all speak of? Please explain. (No, kidding. But as we rarely ever see any REAL snow, it's almost a supernatural phenomenon around here. Seen it all of maybe a dozen times in my entire life.)

That white crap we usually get here is not "snow" but ice, usually. Lots and lots of ice- little crystals of it that freeze, melt on the way down, freeze again, and then pile up to make thick layers of it. Then it thaws after a day or so to turn into nasty slush, before refreezing AGAIN, and it's just a nasty cycle until the weather warms enough to melt it all and get rid of it. Hate that. Cars can barely drive on it (not that anyone here knows how to drive on slick or snowy roads to begin with) and people freak out like it's the end of the world, and turn into utter idiots. I mean, more so than usual.

Prowler 02-06-2015 02:37 AM

Dunno. Never experienced it.

Candy Kappa 02-06-2015 03:15 AM

It's okay during Yule times, but beyond that I'm not too fond of snow. Especially when it causes traffic issues and delays.

ice under the snow is worse.

BubblyShell22 02-06-2015 08:41 AM

I despise the snow and always will. I hate it when the snow gets slippery and I almost fall or when there's ice underneath it. Just a pain all around.

Leonardo322 02-06-2015 08:49 AM

I like to look at the snow for part of the year, and then enjoy the Spring and Summer. Snow is okay if you don't have to drive in it.

lindz247 02-06-2015 02:46 PM

Let it snow!

Mew 02-06-2015 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lindz247 (Post 1417220)
Let it snow!

Yup!
I assume you can relate to this: NO SCHOOL!

Candy Kappa 02-06-2015 03:02 PM

I think the only time I've experienced a School Closed incident due to snow, was when I was taking my bachelor in the UK... 2 inches of snow and the whole city crumbled in chaos, trains had derailed and there was fires...

in Norway, if you are delayed by snow for school, you should not be later then 30 minutes, even if you have to dig yourself out.

Fang Wolf 02-06-2015 06:24 PM

No I don't like snow + there can be ice under it!.
(Now I want summer)

Jester 02-06-2015 06:35 PM

I like snow well enough....if I'm home to watch it fall and maybe play in it later. If I have to drive in it....I HATE IT!!!

IndigoErth 02-06-2015 06:42 PM

Ice is the worst. :ohwell: The worst winter we had was one back when I was still in high school, think it was the winter of '93/'94. It snowed a bunch, melted a little, froze up, snowed more on top, melted some, froze up, snowed more... It was like an evil layer cake of death that eventually devolved into a thick layer of ice.

I've always had rather sucky balance on ice and broke my glasses via falling trying to get to my damn bus after school. Then after I got home went to see my mother and sister who were in the backyard and quickly broke the backup pair. :x And ended up with a little bit of a black eye...

Lethal Lullaby 02-06-2015 06:46 PM

I like snow.

Machias Banshee 02-07-2015 07:56 PM

Love the snow. Gives us some snow days at work, and I just spent half the day making a HUGE snow castle/fort thing in our back yard. Machetes, Hot Mocha and blue ice makes for a fun day off. :D

Leo656 02-07-2015 08:11 PM

It's pretty through the window, but that's it. People don't go to the gym when it snows. That little "blizzard" we had last week cost me about $200 that I really can't afford to lose. Winter can go f*** itself.

pandaderek 02-08-2015 02:59 AM

I like to visit places with snow, but forget living in places that snow. I live in Southern California and I'm in a bad mood when it's below 70-degrees (and above 80). The weather in Southern California, right now, is the best weather, for me.

lindz247 02-09-2015 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MewMeow (Post 1417226)
Yup!
I assume you can relate to this: NO SCHOOL!

Uh-huh! Every year we go to a park where this huge hill is... :D

plastroncafe 02-09-2015 08:22 PM

Snow's great.
The idiots who can't drive in it, but insist on being on the roads anyway...those people I don't love.

Luigiperps 02-09-2015 08:26 PM

I would if I didn't live in freaking Wisconsin. Wisconsin sucks.

ProactiveMan 02-09-2015 11:36 PM

I've only seen snow a couple of times, but it was pretty. It only snows in a few select parts of Australia, and I don't live anywhere near them.

TheCanadiandrome 02-10-2015 02:14 PM

i f*cking hate it! enought already goddamn it! i hate how cold it is, i hate having to clean up after it! it's worse than having a kid or a pet! just plain f*ck off already! good-bye winter hello Spring!

like i saw on the news earlier, an open letter to snow which ended:

"perhaps next year we can just be friends, for now please lose my address!"

BubblyShell22 02-10-2015 05:02 PM

Yes, exactly. And we're going to get more snow this week and into the weekend. Go away already!

lindz247 02-11-2015 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22 (Post 1419726)
Yes, exactly. And we're going to get more snow this week and into the weekend. Go away already!

Woohoo! Bring it on!

AT-Man 02-11-2015 10:43 AM

Snow itself is pretty COOL, but cold weather and everything that comes with snow is not.

Whatswiththeheadbands? 02-11-2015 11:28 AM

I love the snow.

TheCanadiandrome 02-11-2015 04:18 PM

it's fine only if you're not the one cleaning it

BubblyShell22 02-11-2015 04:37 PM

Going to get lake effect snow tonight. Could get three to six inches. Nooo!

pennydreadful 02-11-2015 04:55 PM

I can't vote on this at all as we don't get any snow at all where I live - not even slushy ice masquerading as snow.

BubblyShell22 02-11-2015 04:58 PM

I envy you, Penny. I truly do.

IndigoErth 02-11-2015 04:59 PM

Poor Boston has had so much they're supposedly running out of places to put it from plowing the roads. I'm sure they'd be glad to share with those without. :D


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