A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall CoffeeHouse 2140--is it Spring yet???

if our bridges and overpasses gets ice on them here the mayor comes on tv and urges every one stay home! we see snow here about once every 10 years. and it is in such small amts we count the flakes and not the feet of snow.

The dumb thing they did here was.....well they moved the high school from the "bad snow" area, to the "really, super bad snow area". And it's 25 minutes longer of a bus ride.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO, even if it's not that bad in my town...school might be canceled because the super bad area gets three times as much snow as we get.

Smart people at the Board of Ed.....

When I was 17 we got a monstrous blizzard that was a white out...they shut down the interstates and me and my friend walked to the next town on the empty interstate....that was really weird.

I like to look at snow far away. Year before last (I think) we had snow that stayed for a week. That is nearly unheard of and a first in my lifetime. It was only a dusting and it didn't stay covering everywhere but it did stay under some of the cooler, shadier places. I am just up from a nap.

Have you ever lived somewhere really snowy Tina?

Yes, Loz. I grew up here. But as an adult (Is a 23 year old an adult?) I moved to Conn, and NY for a total of 5 years. I lived in Rochester, NY for two of those with lake effect snow measured in feet rather than inches. I lived in Conn when the state was closed down for 3 days due to an ice storm. I am actually surrounded by mountains with ski resorts where I am right now. But I live below the basic snow line and I like it. I can go snow skiing and to the beach and bask in desert Sun in Palm Springs all on the same day if I was so inclined. Winter that is easy to leave behind.

The snow isn't as bad to me as the cold....it's the cold I REALLY hate.

Cool that you live in such an all around accessible spot!

move to NC. We get snow once in a while which is great.

Do you know, this time 9 years ago I was getting ready for my wedding tomorrow. It wasn't cold......chilly and rainy, but not bitterly cold like it is now. Not sure what possessed me to pick November as my wedding month!

didn't we decide you're crazy?

That's true! That must be why I picked it. Can't think of any other reason.

my oldest daughter planned her wedding around the local high school football schedule.

My niece asked me today why she wasn't at my wedding! She's 7, I've been married 9 years. Told her she wasn't even a twinkle in the old mans eye.

I wonder at what age the time factor is really realized by children. My grandson, who was born in February 5 years ago, has a hard time understanding why is sister, who was born in April 9 years go is older than he. He keeps saying but Feb. comes before April.

i don't know sheri. but they are like that.

on the christmas in the tropics/southern hemisphere, we spent almost 6 years in the tropics. i have pictures of my girls in bathing suits sitting on santa's knee

Evening all.It was really foggy this morning.I took a practice test in driver's ed. and I missed no questions. I'm ready to pass the test.

Cool, Enrique. Do you have an appointment yet?

naw--the reason you picked the month of Nov. is "temperary insanity".

That is what my friend said that marriage is.--she is happily married, but that is what she told me and my cousin on her wedding day---some 35 years ago.

hi everyone ~ I've been here off and on tonight but have been too tired to post.

I planned both my pregnancies around hunting season.

enrique, when you go to take the driving part of your test your instructor will probably try and yack your ear off to see how distracted you get. that's what mine did. just pay attention to what your doing. even if you have to be a bit 'impolite' by not keeping the converstaion going. just tell him, hold on a minute until I parallel park, or whatever. your not going to be graded on your manners.
what a cute story about the girls in swim suits on santa's lap. I do LOVE to hear about other's traditions. especially from far away places.

merme, I'm the same way today. I've been reading post but just haven't had a whole lot to say today.

I'm off to bed. later guys.

Night!

Don't remind me about hunting season! I'll be glad when it's over and I have my husband back again.

Way to go Enrique!

And I couldn't imagine it being so warm at Christmas. It would freak me out. All I've known my whole life is cold and snow.

I've been reading a lot and not posting too much. Just haven't been really "posty" lately. I go in spurts.

This morning I thought my apt felt chilly but didn't think much about that as I am often chilly. So I went out in my sweatshirt and oh wow! The wind was so bitter cold it ripped right through my sweatshirt. I couldn't believe it! It all looked so sunny and bright out there and I was unprepared for that blast of artic air! And, it was lots worse when I was coming home after dark. No wonder it is chilly in my apt!!

When I was 6, we moved to Miami for a year. Us Northern kids thought Christmas in FL was very unusual -- not to mention the unavailability of Christmas Trees more than a foot tall. My folks bought one of the early versions of an artificial tree -- all in aluminum, with a color wheel to light the thing up because you couldn't put strands of lights on it. We all laughed alot about that unusual Christmas which included a trip to the beach, but it was still Christmas, with Santa and everything else.

Merme

I can't imagine myself celebrating Christmas out north with the snow and the chilly air and the frostbite.

Southern kids have bikes and skateboards on their lists and northern kids have sleds and snowboards on theirs. But most everything else is about the same nation wide.