Snow Sucks! Some people have a romanticized of this dreadfully cold & wet substance. Fuck THAT!
Here's what some of you southerners (native) think of Snow
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Here's some reality:
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Better start digging!!!
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I live 50 miles from a ski resort. I know what snow looks like.
wolf39us, I guess you are not an Alpine skier. :lol: Solitary
Quote from: "wolf39us"Snow Sucks! Some people have a romanticized of this dreadfully cold & wet substance. Fuck THAT!
Here's what some of you southerners (native) think of Snow
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Here's some reality:
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[ Image (//http://m.cdn.blog.hu/ki/kikiface/image/Chicago-Home-Snow-Slush.jpg) ]
Better start digging!!!
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I live in Dallas so I guess I have to say that I am a southerner...reluctantly.
We got a doze recently of the problems with ice and snow. My mother that visits my dad in a nursing home everyday couldn't drive in the stuuf and it really hurt her and him because they spent 5 days apart due to the weather. I broke my back (metaphoricly) clearing driveways and sidewalks in my neighborhood and my my mom's neighborhood. My 15 year old dog couldn't walk on the ice so he emotionally shut down. I told him he couldn't keep it in(dog poo) for the entire winter. He was going to have to do his business no matter what the weather was outside.
All and all it was a big pain.
The south doesn't do snow and ice well. The roads are not constructed very well. Not only are they undrivable but when the ice clears millions of huge potholes appear. As a rule people in the south can't drive let alone drive on ice and snow. They can't even drive in a hard rain very well. I don't know how many big ass 4 wheel drive trucks I saw wrecked or stuck in the last week or so, but is was quite a few. Add to the fact that redneck assholes that think that they are John Wayne make things even worse. Road rage went off the charts down here. Down here drunk driving isn't a crime its a sport.
A North Carolina winter.
What I expect:
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What usually happens:
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Cold? Check. Obscured sun? Check. Snow? A couple inches, maybe. (Everyone still freaks out, though. People ransack the grocery stores the instant the first snowflake hits the ground. Also, these people drive like idiots over ice)
Snow is awesome. You are clearly not thinking with a clear head.
Quote from: "Solitary"wolf39us, I guess you are not an Alpine skier. :lol: Solitary
I do enjoy snow skiing actually lol.
I've done a ton of it... it was the only thing keeping the joy in an otherwise depressing time of year!
I couldn't agree more. I hate snow for various reasons, but for skiing it is heavenly. :shock: :lol: Solitary
After I got out of the Navy I worked for Provo City as a firefighter. Robert Redford was just then establishing Sundance, the Osmonds were big, and they both owned businesses and properties all around the area, which we were expected to protect. We covered Sundance ski resort with our ambulance and our rescue; the Ski Patrol then wasn't what it is now.
Redford wouldn't pay for the ambulance or medical runs, the Osmonds gave us shit all the time when we inspected their properties for fire code compliance, Redford tooled around in this Corvette lookin' all cool and shit, and Provo was overrun with douches from California lookin' all cool in cowboy hats and sunglasses. Redford is an asshole, the Osmonds are assholes. Fuck him and fuck his smarmy ski resort.
Later at a new job in the Ogden area I taught an advanced first aid class. Most of the people were potential ski patrollers- they had to have the certificate to apply for training. Every one of them was a pissy little douche that wanted to be ski patrollers so they could get free ski time, and wear the jacket and shit.
A few years after that, after going to school and earning my Aircraft welding certification I worked at Hill Air Force Base. One of the people I worked with was a ski patroller. He was a fucking show off dickhead that continually bragged about his skiing skills and walked around wearing Vuarnet "glacier glasses" and his Ski Patrol jacket.
I guess you might get the idea that I am not impressed with Alpine skiiers.
Quote from: "Solitary"I couldn't agree more. I hate snow for various reasons, but for skiing it is heavenly. :shock: :lol: Solitary
When I first started learning I was always nervous on the larger slopes. While trying to learn how to brake with those skis (I was taught to "V" my skis inward to stop/slow down). There was one time I was trying to learn how to slow down and wasn't cutting my skis enough, unfortunately this meant extreme speed down a busy slope with no way to stop!
Holy shit is that scary! lol
Quote from: "wolf39us"Quote from: "Solitary"I couldn't agree more. I hate snow for various reasons, but for skiing it is heavenly. :shock: :lol: Solitary
When I first started learning I was always nervous on the larger slopes. While trying to learn how to brake with those skis (I was taught to "V" my skis inward to stop/slow down). There was one time I was trying to learn how to slow down and wasn't cutting my skis enough, unfortunately this meant extreme speed down a busy slope with no way to stop!
Holy shit is that scary! lol
He! He! You're not alone. Going down hill out of control at warp speed is scarier than skydiving, and way more dangerous. When I first started skiing an instructor thought I was experienced because I didn't start until I was 52 years old. When we were learning to snow plow he would stop everyone that didn't do it right accept me. I had no idea how to stop so I just fell down and had to walk a mile on skis to get back to the group. :lol: Next time I went after learning before with a young friend that was an extreme skier and former ski instructor. He took me to a steep mogul hill after he saw I was skiing very well. I did everything correctly and made it to the bottom in one piece to my surprise.
He took me to a snowboard only part to show off and had me wait at the bottom until he came down. I heard him yelling and looked up and he was coming through the air about 15 feet high with the ski patrol chasing him. I went straight down the hill and caught up to him in a tuck. When we stopped the Ski Patrol took our passes away. He laughed at them and told them I was a beginner and they couldn't even catch me much less him. We didn't care because we were both wore out. I too hate elitist smug skiers and like snowboarders more than skiers. I had a brand new pair of F3 Head skis that were really fast. I loved skiing until I lost my sense of balance to a pituitary adenoma next to my brain. I have not recovered it back. :evil: I'm not kidding when I say it is scarier on steep hills and more dangerous than sky diving even when I did skydiving when younger. Solitary
Quote from: "stromboli"After I got out of the Navy I worked for Provo City as a firefighter. Robert Redford was just then establishing Sundance, the Osmonds were big, and they both owned businesses and properties all around the area, which we were expected to protect. We covered Sundance ski resort with our ambulance and our rescue; the Ski Patrol then wasn't what it is now.
Redford wouldn't pay for the ambulance or medical runs, the Osmonds gave us shit all the time when we inspected their properties for fire code compliance, Redford tooled around in this Corvette lookin' all cool and shit, and Provo was overrun with douches from California lookin' all cool in cowboy hats and sunglasses. Redford is an asshole, the Osmonds are assholes. Fuck him and fuck his smarmy ski resort.
Later at a new job in the Ogden area I taught an advanced first aid class. Most of the people were potential ski patrollers- they had to have the certificate to apply for training. Every one of them was a pissy little douche that wanted to be ski patrollers so they could get free ski time, and wear the jacket and shit.
A few years after that, after going to school and earning my Aircraft welding certification I worked at Hill Air Force Base. One of the people I worked with was a ski patroller. He was a fucking show off dickhead that continually bragged about his skiing skills and walked around wearing Vuarnet "glacier glasses" and his Ski Patrol jacket.
I guess you might get the idea that I am not impressed with Alpine skiiers.
Surprisingly I agree with you for the most part. :wink: Solitary
I love snow and ice! Without them I'd be out of business :-D
I used to love snow till i came to colorado and had to walk in that shit and stand waiting on buses in it, freezing my ass off, my hair frozen solid, etc. fuck old man winter!
I love snow, but then I am a very warm person so the cold doesn't bother me.
thats what I said in oklahoma. I walk around in a T shirt in 50 degrees, but try waiting on a bus in minus 12 degrees, windchills 30 below, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
or falling on your ass on black ice. ugh
Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"thats what I said in oklahoma. I walk around in a T shirt in 50 degrees, but try waiting on a bus in minus 12 degrees, windchills 30 below, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
or falling on your ass on black ice. ugh
Don't know how cold it was, but got caught on a mountain during a snow storm... my beard and shirt was frozen solid to me.
Doesn't get that cold here, but it snows. There is a difference between chilly with snow and a blizzard.
So you're the one stealing all of Vermont's snow! Give it back! :axe
Seriously, though, snow does suck, especially when it forms black ice. UGH!
Quote from: "Shiranu"I love snow, but then I am a very warm person so the cold doesn't bother me.
Same. *polar bear fist pound*
Yet so many people here have such a low tolerance for cold. They start freaking out when it's like 60. That's t-shirt weather! I've known a girl who said she was cold indoors at like 75. Like shivering cold. WTF.
I grew up in the high deserts of central Oregon, so I was quite used to winters with 2 feet of snow, shoveling it, driving in it, etc. Now that I live in the valley, I miss the hell out of it.
We just had quite a snow in for where I currently live. Got 6 inches last Friday, and it stayed, pure and white and fluffy, all the way until the following Thursday. It was cold enough that it didn't stick well for snowball fights or snowmen, or pack into ice on the roads. Not bad for driving (not like that shit that happens at 30 degrees, where it slushes and then turns right to ice), but they still closed all the schools Friday, and kept them closed until the following Friday. Of course, part of that was freezing fog (now THAT STUFF SUCKS!!!), and then this last Thursday, freezing rain right before everything finally warmed up and melted.
5 days off school...The kids loved it, but THAT was the only reason I wanted the snow to go away. There will be enough time off in a week!
Anyway, although the reality of snow is often less than fun, lots of work, and sometimes retards that cause accidents, I still love it.
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "Shiranu"I love snow, but then I am a very warm person so the cold doesn't bother me.
Same. *polar bear fist pound*
Yet so many people here have such a low tolerance for cold. They start freaking out when it's like 60. That's t-shirt weather! I've known a girl who said she was cold indoors at like 75. Like shivering cold. WTF.
my sister and mom are like that. if its below 80 they needs a sweater. me if its above 80 I'm miserably hot.
Grew up with it, so it has always been a part of my life. Just one of those things. Don't miss it if not there, though. This year is the first time I thought about buying a snow blower because of my age. Fairly mild winter so far, so we'll see.
Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"my sister and mom are like that. if its below 80 they needs a sweater.
How is that not a medical condition??? That'd be normal for like, a lizard or something, but a human?!
I really like snow.
Skiing in the Italian alps in around a month, can't wait :)
I love snow
Especially when it's at night. I like to stand on the back porch and just watch it fall. It's always quiet, so peaceful
Lol I live in NJ. We get pretty heavy snow every year. Not as bad as upstate NY, but still a lot. I love it though. Snow is my favorite kind of weather. (and I got stuck walking through snow and freezing rain for 2+ hours yesterday trying to get home from the Trailer Park Boys live christmas show.)
Snow makes me happy. People have actually yelled at me for saying this, Seriously. I am not going to apologize for loving the snow. I love it, it is beautiful and clean and it makes everything quiet. It will always put me in a good mood and I will always be a little sad when it stops snowing.
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"my sister and mom are like that. if its below 80 they needs a sweater.
How is that not a medical condition??? That'd be normal for like, a lizard or something, but a human?!
Adaption to whatever is normal for you. Try going around in 120 degrees weather. You'll be able to deal with it a lot less than people who are accustomed to it. :)
Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 50 degrees, but try waiting on a bus in minus 12 degrees, windchills 30 below, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
Units! I need units!
I wonder if places with an 80 degree celsius difference in temperature even exist on earth. They probably wouldn't be considered very habitable, at any rate.
Quote from: "Jason78"Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 50 degrees, but try waiting on a bus in minus 12 degrees, windchills 30 below, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
Units! I need units!
LMAO
you foreigners with your communist measuring system. we use Fahrenheit in this country the way god intended. LOL
Quote from: "Mermaid"Snow makes me happy. People have actually yelled at me for saying this, Seriously. I am not going to apologize for loving the snow. I love it, it is beautiful and clean and it makes everything quiet. It will always put me in a good mood and I will always be a little sad when it stops snowing.
You just have to remember:
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Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"Quote from: "Jason78"Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 50 degrees, but try waiting on a bus in minus 12 degrees, windchills 30 below, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
Units! I need units!
LMAO
you foreigners with your communist measuring system. we use Fahrenheit in this country the way god intended. LOL
Bitch please, real men use Kelvins.
Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 283 kelvins, but try waiting on a bus in minus 248 kelvins, windchills 238 kelvins, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
FIFY. :wink:
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 283 kelvins, but try waiting on a bus in [s:2h5euzug]minus[/s:2h5euzug] 248 kelvins, windchills 238 kelvins, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
FIFY. :wink:
Fixed your fix :P
Quote from: "Plu"Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"Quote from: "hillbillyatheist"I walk around in a T shirt in 283 kelvins, but try waiting on a bus in [s:2or8xplr]minus[/s:2or8xplr] 248 kelvins, windchills 238 kelvins, with snow blowing in your face. LOL you can't wear enough clothes to get warm in that shit.
FIFY. :wink:
Fixed your fix :P
Derp. :oops:
:shock: :lol: Solitary
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"Quote from: "Plu"Fixed your fix :P
Derp. :oops:
:rollin:
Quote from: "Plu"I wonder if places with an 80 degree celsius difference in temperature even exist on earth. They probably wouldn't be considered very habitable, at any rate.
I left syd aust on a 44c day in dec and arrived 20 hours later in anch alaska during a cold snap of -20f. Each managed to cope with their respective weather situation, but I suspect that wouldn't be the case if they had to experience those extremes shifting from one season to the next. It would be harder on cars, building materials etc. due to expansion and contraction from temp extremes.
Quote from: "Plu"I wonder if places with an 80 degree celsius difference in temperature even exist on earth. They probably wouldn't be considered very habitable, at any rate.
Oymyakon, Verkhoyansk, Yakutsk have registered temperature amplitudes above 100°C and it's pretty normal to experience temperature differences around 80°C during the same year. Yes, those places are inhabited!
In Moscow I have myself experienced temperatures up to 38-40°C in summer and around -30°C in winter (before accounting for the wind chill, that is). I love Moscow in winter, not so much in summer.
Since I live in Los Angeles, I have none of this "weather" of which you speak.