YEA SNOW!

[SleepyArcher]

Yup just plain idiots out there. Some lady almost hit and totaled my car. Thank goodness to my keen loke fast ninja like reflexes and a snow bank to save me. She drove out of an apartment complex driveway without stopping. I hit my brakes, swerved and skidded to the oposite side of the road where the snow bank stopped me from hitting the steep ditch. She just stayed there in the middle of the road until i got out of the snow bank and then drove off faster than i could get her plate. No damge to my car that i can see.

[Lord Clisto of York]

Glad your ok Lord Fondlebottom.

We are getting more snow here in the Milwaukee area today, 4 to 6 (been snowing since about 1:00am)  and Wednesday andother 4 to 6. LOL....  This is on top of the total of 17 plus we already got in the last 4 days... Got to love Wisconsin behind the cheeder curtain.

Sir Clisto

[Storm]

Don't know who the original author is for this, so don't know who to credit. I am sure many of you have seen this. It has a tendency to show up in e-mails this time of year...

   
Aug 12: Moved to our new home in Minnesota. It is so beautiful here. The landscape is so majestic. Can hardly wait to see it with snow. I love it here.

Oct 14: Minnesota is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves are turned all the colors and shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful country and saw some deer. They are so graceful, certainly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.

Nov 11: Deer season will start soon. I can't imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon. I love it here.

Dec 2: It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white. It looked like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won), and when the snow plow came by, we had to shovel again. What a beautiful place. I love Minnesota.

Dec 12: More snow last night. I love it. The snow plow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here!

Dec 19: More snow last night. Couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work. I am exhausted from shoveling. Damn snow plow.

Dec 22: More of that white chit fell last night. I've got blisters on my hands from shoveling. I think the snow plow hides around the curve and waits until I'm done shoveling the driveway. weed kicker!

Dec 25: Merry @*!!@#@! Christmas! More friggin snow. If I ever get my hands on that son-of-a-belch who drives that snow plow, I swear I'll kill the bastard. Don't know why they don't use more salt on the roads to melt the ice.

Dec 27: More white chit last night. Been inside for 3 days except for shoveling out the driveway after that snow plow goes through every time. Can't go anywhere, car's stuck in a mountain of white chit. The weatherman says to expect another 10" of the stuff again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow 10" is?

Dec 28: The friggin weatherman was wrong. We got 43" of that white chit this time. At this rate it won't melt before next summer. The snow plow got stuck up the road and that bastard came to the door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the chit he pushed into the driveway, I broke the last one over his head.

Jan 4: Finally out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on the way back a damned deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. Did about $3,000 damage to the car. Those friggin beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters had killed ALL of them last November.

May 3: Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from that lousy salt they put all over the road.

May 10: Moved to Arizona. I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would want to live in that God-forsaken state of Minnesota.

[lady serena]

Thanks for sharing that Storm that was really cute. 

[groomporter]

Christmas will be white. It can stop snowing now.

[Capt. Bacardi]

That is why we are going to Arizona for Christmas.... 

[Toarmod]

It's going to be a purrrrrfect weekend im so looking forward to getting my snowmobile out.

[Synnovea]

Nessa, Nessa, Nessa...I haz solutions 4 U! 

I disagree to all positive points to snow

1) I hate wet pant cuffs get tall boots
2) I hate snow in my shoes  Again...boots
3) I cannot tolerate the cold  Just need a couple more subzero days for your blood to thicken in order to tolerate cold 
4) I drive a Kia The Kia should be your "summer" car...need 4WD
5) I don't do snow sports (see #3) What's wrong with you?!? You live in Minneesoooota...
6) I drive A KIIIIIAAAAA (it needed repeating)  Again I can't stress the 4WD thing
7) I work in a biz casual environment.  Dress shoes + Snow = unhappy Nessa  Wear the tall boots you bought for #1...bring dress shoes in bag.

Snow is wonderful!!  It is pretty and fluffy and makes my dog squirrely - it is a joy to watch her romp in it.  It can make for stressful driving and cursing of idiots who forgot their winter driving skills but...all par for the course when you live such a place as here.  I love Minnesota and all of it's season changes.  Winter (obviously) happens to be my fave (and not just cuz all all my seasonal allergens are obliterated).  I am not fond of subzero days but don't mind them so much if there is actually snow on the ground.  However, I keep reminding myself we need the subzero days to freeze the lakes so we can zoom across them on sleds.    Now, just a few more inches and the trails will be perfect!

[groomporter]

Yeah just a few more inches and they won't find the bodies until Spring 

[Ren Jen]

I'm actually kind of excited.  Tomorrow is my last day of watching other peoples' kids for the year.  I hope it stays above like 5 at least so I can take the kids sledding a few times over the break.  Their idea of outside time in winter is helping to shovel the drive or stomping around the back yard.  It would be fun to see what they think of getting go fast down a long hill.  Little twerps put on their stuff and came outside to demonstrate their version of help this AM at 6:30 am with me. 

[Phelyp, Lord Maydestone]

Storm!  That is the same thing I have seen except change Minnesota to NW Ontario!  I kid you not.  More of the white kaka falling as I type this.  Will get one of the boys in the neighbourhood to shovel it for me and save my crippled back!

[Lord Figaro]

Reading this makes me sooooo glad we're in Arizona now. We did get a little snow. But it's already melted away. If I want to see it, I can look at it on top of the mountains that are around us. No more dealing with it, than I have too. Thank you dad-in-law. Glad to hear your okay though Sleepy, and no damage to your vehicle. Some people should have a summer only drivers license. And even then, only on odd or even days, so you'll know what days to avoid the idiots.

[William_MacKean]

Found a dead squirrel in my yard the other day.  Nothing but the tail showing.  She was nose-down in the fluff.  Prolly froze in the night.

It's gonna be one of those winters.

[Noble Dreg]

Toarmod and Synnovea are good people, smart people, I trust them.  Perhaps I was a bit harsh in my response to their love of snow and snowmobiles.  I looked out the window last night and watched the soft flakes dance on the white blanket covering the ground with the carress of a lovers touch.  I thought "maybe this snowmobile thing is ok after all".  So I got the Solstice out of storage, rolled down the windows, dropped the rag-top and shut off the heat.  Bundled up like a spaceman I tore down the streets at full throttle sliding and spinning on the ice.  I turned onto the 94 ramp and hit the freeway, got up to 85 in no time...yep, I was right, winter pretty much sucks...

[Toarmod]

Toarmod and Synnovea are good people, smart people, I trust them.  Perhaps I was a bit harsh in my response to their love of snow and snowmobiles.  I looked out the window last night and watched the soft flakes dance on the white blanket covering the ground with the carress of a lovers touch.  I thought "maybe this snowmobile thing is ok after all".  So I got the Solstice out of storage, rolled down the windows, dropped the rag-top and shut off the heat.  Bundled up like a spaceman I tore down the streets at full throttle sliding and spinning on the ice.  I turned onto the 94 ramp and hit the freeway, got up to 85 in no time...yep, I was right, winter pretty much sucks...

LOL
Were you wearing a helmet? Ya sure you betcha need to be wearing a helmet rated fer da snowmobiles dont cha know.