Raise your (cyber) hand if you hate snow!

Nope! It’s coming down in big lofty flakes right now, and I love it!

[Keeps hand down]

I see your point, but you can’t hate snow completely. There’s nothing like waking up to find that two or three feet have turned your yard into a white desert. It’s quite surreal. Hell, if you don’t want it, give it to me. I came up to VT specifically for snow, and I’m really disappointed about how little we’ve gotten. I’m about ready to start making sacrifices to the snow demons.

First snow that can really be called a snow coming down right now. We haven’t’ had a big snow for two years here, and I miss it. It’s so beautiful.
[So my hand stays down as well.]

But, after a while enough is enough. Fresh snow is lovely, but the black slush three weeks later isn’t.

<<< is desperately hoping for a snow day tomorrow, so Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

I love my part of Arizona.

No snow.

It’s nice to “head to the snow” from time to time, but living in it stinketh. I feel ya, supermouse.

<Hands up, enthusiastically>
Snow = Cold
Cold = I hate
One reason I live in California, no snow.
Well,there is snow in Tahoe and the Sierras.

i love snow as long as i know i don’t have to go out and drive in it. beautiful to look at. great writing inspiration. i even like it if i have to go out for survival groceries, just knowing i’ll be in for the day after my trip. learn to love it.

be the ice crystal.

Astro, you don’t count. You’re a mailman. It’s in your job description to hate snow.

I like snow. Bit I have to go to it, it doesn’t come to me.

I hate snow and snow sports.

This time of year I love snow, but by mid February I get pretty tired of it. I love looking out at snow when it first falls, and no one has put footprints or tire tracks in it. It’s really beautiful then. I love how it sparkles.

Unfortunately, once the sun comes up and people head out to their jobs, it gets scraped off the roads, and sits on the side in an ugly grey-black mound… yuck!!

(sitting on hands paws?)

I love, love, love snow. I love how it looks. I love how people stock up on bread and toilet paper when its arrival is imminent. I love how quiet and peaceful it looks.

Ship your snow to me, SM~!

I’m raising my (cyber) hand as high as it can go. No snow! No snow! No snow! And there isn’t much worry of getting any, EVER, here in Phoenix, Arizona.

@BlueFreedom. Never, ever, say never. Link

I hate snow

Maybe it’s because I’m dyslexic, (and I haven’t slept in a few days), but I could have sworn that sign spelled out Fuck Wiener.

My hand is raised high. I don’t like cold weather. It’s damn near impossible to skateboard in snow. Driving in it sucks. It snows here in middle Tennessee a couple times a year maybe 2 or 3 inches and you would think its the end of the world. People freak out and buy up all the bread and toilet paper Kroger and Wal-Mart have. Its a mess. If I want to see snow I think I’ll just go to Gatlinburg.

@Snoopy – Looks like it’s time to revise my previous answer above. We almost never get snow in Phoenix and I guess the residual snow at Skyharbor Airport in the article you submitted didn’t amount to anything really. As far as the other location it mentioned, in the northeast part of the valley, that would have been around the Carefree, Cave Creek, North Scottsdale area and I actually did drive up there to see it and touch it. But, as the article said, that really isn’t considered part of the greater Phoenix area.

@BF sure, sure….if that is what you want to believe….It seems like you are due. Might want to stock up on the toilet paper, my friend :)

<sitting on hands, typing with nose> snow lover here, one of the 5 times a year that I am most homesick for the northeast

Usually I love snow… at least until people ruin it with plows and sand, which just makes it look gross.

However… considering that the economy has caused our county road crews around here to “cut costs” resulting in $2000 in damage to my car two weeks ago because they couldn’t spend $1000 in staff and salt to make sure the roads were not pure ice… I’m not the biggest fan right now. Oh and I wasn’t the only one who received such damage. Our county had over 200 wrecks reported in about 3 hours due to this—If I had $2k in damage, imagine another 200 people and their damage. Ugh. Obviously I’m still a little peeved and venting. My excuses. Right now snow is just not my friend :(

Snow lovers; Since Thursday I (and 300,000 others) have been coping with life without power. Temps. in the teens for several nights and every exterior surface coated with ice. Power was restored this afternoon. I had an immediate shower, after having given myself a daily morning sponge bath with a teacup of boiled water (from the bathtub I had had the sense to fill.)

It was all pretty exhausting; leaping out of bed at 3:00 AM to either rebuild or stoke the fire, peeing into a yogurt container and throwing the contents outside, emptying the sump pump hole by hand, and then straining the water (filled with grit and gravel) so that I could flush a toilet once a day. Once the sun set, it was terrible. I had, luckily, one little battery-operated radio and a land line phone, but ended going to bed by 8:00 and trying to read, unsuccessfully, by either flashlight or candlelight. I am really too old for all of this.

My extra money, such as it is, will now go to a guy with a chain saw and a pick-up truck to clean up the really severe damage done to trees, downed, limbs and a general mess. More snow and ice predicted for tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Sunday.

I am ready to donate my knees to the Smithsonian. Yesterday, MIlo went in and out in the same motion. As his rear legs were exiting, his front quarters were returning to the 55˚ area near wood stove.

There are still 48 homes with no power, one belonging to a friend who is ready to go sit on an ice floe and let nature really take its course.

Praise the Lord for the Subaru.

I feel like such an ass for whining about my dang car now…

Maybe to lift a few spirits though, I just received this email (which may be a repeat for some) but made me laugh:

Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller
>
> December 8, 6:00 PM
> It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the
> wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the
> window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven.
> It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt
> like newlyweds again. I love snow!
>
> December 9
> We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow
> covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic
> sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world?
> Moving here was the best idea I’ve ever
> had! Shovelled for the first time in years and felt like
> a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This
> afternoon the snowplough came along and covered
> up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to
> shovel again. What a perfect life!
>
> December 12
> The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a
> disappointment! My neighbour tells me not to worry-
> we’ll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on
> Christmas would be awful! Bob says we’ll have so much
> snow by the end of winter, that I’ll never want to see
> snow again. I don’t think that’s possible. Bob is
> such a nice man, I’m glad he’s our neighbour.
>
> December 14
> Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature
> dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The
> wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shovelling the
> driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplough
> came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I
> didn’t
> realize I would have to do quite this much shovelling, but
> I’ll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I
> wouldn’t huff and puff so.
>
> December 15
> 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4×4 Blazer.
> Bought snow tires for the wife’s car and 2 extra
> shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants
> a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think
> that’s silly. We aren’t in Alaska , after all.
>
> December 16
> Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the
> driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed
> for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
>
> December 17
> Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere.
> Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets
> on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try
> not to irritate her. Guess I should’ve bought a wood
> stove, but won’t admit it to her. God I hate it when
> she’s right. I can’t believe I’m freezing to
> death in my own living room.
>
> December 20
> Electricity is back on, but had another 14 inches of the
> damn stuff last night. More shovelling! Took all day. The
> damn snowplough came by twice. Tried to find a neighbour
> kid to shovel, but they said they’re too busy playing
> hockey. I think they’re lying. Called the only hardware
> store around to see about buying a snow blower and
> they’re out. Might have another shipment in March. I
> think they’re lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the
> city will have it done and bill me. I think he’s lying.
>
> December 22
> Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more
> inches of the white shit fell today, and it’s so cold,
> it probably won’t melt till August. Took me 45 minutes
> to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to
> piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again.
> I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow
> on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says
> he’s too busy. I think the asshole is lying.
>
> December 23
> Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The
> wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this
> morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn’t she tell me
> to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think
> she’s lying.
>
> December 24
> 6 inches – Snow packed so hard by snowplough, I broke the
> shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch
> the son of a bitch who drives that snow plow, I’ll drag
> him through the snow by his balls and
> beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides
> around the corner and waits for me to finish shovelling and
> then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and
> throws snow all over where I’ve just
> been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols
> with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching
> for the damn snowplough.
>
> December 25
> Merry f——ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop
> tonight – Snowed in The idea of shoveling makes my blood
> boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by
> asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my
> shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think
> she’s a fricking idiot. If I have to watch ‘It’s
> A Wonderful Life’ one more time, I’m going to stuff
> her into the microwave.
>
> December 26
> Still snowed in.. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was
> all HER idea.
> She’s really getting on my nerves.
>
> December 27
> Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber
> came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me
> $1,400 to replace all my pipes.
>
> December 28
> Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The BITCH is
> driving me crazy!!!
>
> December 29
> 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it
> could cave in. That’s the silliest thing I ever heard.
> How dumb does he think I am?
>
> December 30
> Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he
> is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating
> I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow
> shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. Nine
> more inches predicted.
>
> December 31
> I set fire to what’s left of the house. No more
> shoveling.
>
> January 8
> Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they
> keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
>

Hope some of you enjoy this. I know I did.

I did laugh, but man, that is too close to true. I have neither a husband nor a Bob, however, and Milo says his back hurts.

@dlm Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

thank goodness we have a snowblower! :)

Holding hand up high! Not only for the usual reasons, but my husband plows snow as part of his job. If we get a big storm, I don’t see him for days : (

Anyone who doesn’t drive slow in a change of weather conditions is not thinking straight. It’s basic driving. You have to slow down in a change of weather such as rain, fog, or snow. For me I don’t like the snow. Living in Chicago we get a pretty decent amount of it and this year Illinois is cutting down on salting streets with the excuse “It’s too expensive.”. Terrible excuse if you ask me. If they salted the roads they could be saving lives.

I love that you said: colder than the dickens.

If I could place my hands below the floorboards right now, I would.

I grew up in Chicago and went to school in Minnesota. So I know snow. I live in the bay area now, and while it drops to 32 at night (boohoo for me! I know!), no snow as of yet.

This morning I saw a photo slideshow of Las Vegas getting a ton of snow. It made me nostalgic. Ah, winter.

@hypeserver RE salt
We are hearing the same thing in our area. Here is an interesting article addressing the issues of why there is a shortage/increased cost. See link

One municipality in our area is not going to salt “flat” steets. I would like to assure them that ice is still slick on “flat” roads as well…....

Yes and no matter how much you slow down sometimes.. wrecks still happen. I was only driving 10mph (or maybe less!) when my wreck a few weeks ago happened.

@dlm thanks that was really funny!!

I hate the snow. I am totally in the wrong state!! lol!!! can’t drive to scared since my car accident and can’t breath due to the cold, because of asthma, and hate to have to keep up with the darn wood stove.lol!! aww the joys of Maine.NOT!!!!

@snoopy Illinois does know they can buy pellets for much cheaper right? It’s still expensive, but less then $48 a ton. Also since when is $48 a ton expensive to Illinois…...oh right after our Governor tried stealing all that money….I forgot….

@hypeserver Yeah….I don’t really get it either? The article lists, among, reasons for the severe shortage and price increase a week or two here and there were there were shut downs at the salt production sites.

That doesn’t add up….?

snoopy It appears our corrupt governor (not our first mind you) seems to have something else up his sleeves perhaps.