Good morning snow puppies and all of you who, like me, are snowless

[susandennis]

It seems the world is divided into two camps - those with lots and lots of snow and us. Better than the usual camps of those who want Americans to go to other countries and kill people and us.

joyofmacs has spent the morning shoveling snow and estis talks about digging his car out. The digging of the car is something I can grasp but the snow shoveling has always been a confusion for me.

Once, when I was married, we had a beautiful snow on a Saturday morning. This was in Charlotte, North Carolina - we didn't see much snow - more than Seattle, but not much. It was about 6-8 inches and it was just wonderful. We had food in the house and booze and no where we needed to go. It was a perfect snow and I was really enjoying just looking at it. When all of a sudden my husband comes in from the front yard. He's standing in front of me announcing that he has made the ultimate sacrifice for me. He's shoveled the front walk for me. I looked out the window and yes, he had totally ruined the beautiful snow! I was so pissed. Why oh why?!!! He was a bit dumbfounded at my reaction. But, to this day, I cannot understand snow shoveling.

When I lived in Minnesota, there was lots and lots of snow - I was in heaven. (I only lived there 18 months but I managed to make it over 2 winters). There was no snow shoveling. We walked on top of snow. It was pretty darned easy. And it kept everything pretty.

I remember driving was easy too. First of all it was an amazingly flat place. But if you skidded off the road, you just skidded into a snowbank. Some kind Minnesotan (and there were tons of those) came along and got you out and on you went.

Comments

[estis.livejournal.com]

I suspect if Joy had tried to walk on top of her show she'd sunk in up to her Assonet.

[susandennis]

Ha! I forget that it is not first thing in the morning there... You have had a while to get the brain going and that's why you can offer up such bon mots so early in the day...

Assonet... ha.

HAH! snow

[joyofmacs.livejournal.com]

Our snow is FLUFFY, not STUFFY!

Yes, you do sink up to your ASSonet here. So much dumped in one storm. BLAH I am hating it other than the fact is is 'perty and it got me a day off.

As for shoveling, round here in suburbia it is almost a challenge to see who gets it done quickest, the most shoveled, highest snowbank, etc.

A snow badge of honor if you will. Many of the menfolk gaze upon their shoveled driveways with such pride.

The poor paper delivery woman! She had to fling the paper out her car window. She could not get near the mailbox. So we dug it out, along with the fire hydrant.

For beauty's sake we left the back untouched. (hah I lie, we could not take any more and decided since we had plenty of oil no one need walk in the back yard.

But there is hope in this blanketed land. On Saturday it is expected to reach 50 degrees. A virtual heat wave. Hopefully a lot of this stuff will melt away.

I am also wondering where all the enterprising young folk are. Sitting on their duffs playing gameboy or similar. Would of gladly given a kid 25 bucks. Why in my day....

[1forward2back.livejournal.com]

unlike, maybe jesus, we can't walk on snow. you SINK. then it gets in your boots. then your feet get wet. then when enough people tramp on it, it turns to ice. then if someone slips on your walk you get sued. that's why you shovel. if you saw cars skid into each other and cause a 6 car accident, you wouldn't think driving in snow is easy. Snow plows were stuck in the streets yesterday.

if you only look at snow its pretty, when you have to live with it, it's a pain. I feel badly for the people who could not get to dialysis yesterday, not to mention other life or death problems. not all cities and towns are prepared for snow.

[kitashla.livejournal.com]

LOL, trust me Charlotte has seen plenty of snow this winter. More then I ever want to see again, but as a Floridian, I am biased.

The ice/snow is just now melting from the blizzard which means I can once again go out. Honestly, I think the snow wouldn't be too terrible if we (the area) were prepared for it. Unfortunately, we aren't. We end up like we were a couple of months ago, with no power for a week.

Charlotte area gets snow and the whole world falls apart.:) Everyone has to go out and buy their toilet paper and milk. *grin*

[susandennis]

You know, since I left Charlotte, you guys have had long stretches with no power. I remember the power going out with the occassional ice storm. I had some friends who worked in the corporate offices of Duke Power - we would raze their butts to death. But days and weeks without power - not something I would find fun at all! I could live without the lights and maybe without the heat but NEVER without the computer, the internet connection and the TV.

I was raised in Winston-Salem and my Dad traveled a lot. It was about the same kind of place as Charlotte. Seldom snow but paralized with the first flake. The grocery stores would be packed. My Mom would skip the groceries and head right for the liquor store.

No power for a week?! I'm now ever so much more grateful for my uninterupted power...

[dlanor.livejournal.com]

We are also snowless, which is fine with me. Been there done that in past years. Although the mountains still need it and that is where it should be.

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Well, I am a native Californian, via, Texas, Arizona, and now Florida, so snow is a total mystery to me. When we were full-time RVers, we got snowed in in Medina Texas once because they were not equipped for snow, and it snowed quite a bit. The first day it was fun, but got old really quick. Walking the dog took on a life of it's own!!!

I saw it snow once in Tucson, and it stuck. It was beautiful because it was such a novelty.

We worked two summers in Yellowstone, and it snowed every month there during the summer. Not enough to impede anything. Buffalo jams were the only thing stopping traffic.

That is my total knowlege of snow. Never even saw it til I was 26 and went up to the Sierras.

[kyrielle]

Now, HERE is a way to shovel snow!

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=canyoncat&itemid=424815