Comments on: Snow!

By: mrrules

mrrules — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:05:02 +0000

Nice piece of writing. It almost makes me homesick. :-)

I definitely prefer the memory of walking to the Metcalfe St office in the snow, to that of walking across the Mitel carpark/windtunnel in -40. (Of course, I haven’t used my “kenny” jacket since leaving Ottawa, and it’s +24 as I write this.:-)

Prior to moving to Ottawa, snow meant something that you drive five hours to, ski for the day (in -4), then drive home (or back to the lodge) from. In the two winters I was in Ottawa, I lost all interest in skiing; there’s something about skiing in -40 (and -50 on the chairlift) that removes the desire for this activity.

Ho hum. Guess it’s time to slip, slop, slap[1] and sit in the ozone-layer-less sun for a bit.

-g.

[1] Slip on a shirt, slop on sun sunscreen, and slap on a hat — government advertising campaign.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:06:09 +0000

I know, but hey, it’s not as much fun (for me, anyhow). ;)

‘sides, I refuse to get hooked on LiveJournal again. Being anonymous limits my options, thereby allowing more time for things like studying. ;)

Wait. I’m posting on LiveJournal again. Damn. Noooooo!

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:09:23 +0000

IHNJ, IJLS “NETBLK-CARIBOO”.

You don’t even need an invite code to create an account, you know :-)

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:55:34 +0000

I like snow. Snow is good. But only if it’s on-demand snow.

I don’t want to come home in the evening and have to shovel large amounts of it. I’d rather just be able to drive … oh, say 20-30 minutes out of town to the mountains, rent a cabin for the weekend, and play in the snow (ski, dogsledding, etc.)

I wish I lived somewhere that I could do that.

Oh wait. I do. ;)

(hello from BC)

By: pegs

pegs — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:59:04 +0000

I agree with Candice.

By: tinyjo

tinyjo — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:42:46 +0000

Now you see, I don’t like snow but then I live in England where snow is a very different experience. While it’s falling, it’s *really* unpleasant to travel through, particularly for me as a cyclist. Then it will lay there for maybe a day or so being an impediment on the roads after which it will recede to dirty slush that stays in the gutter and on the edges of the road and in odd piles on the pavement and so on. This stuff is just the right consistancy to splash on you when driven/riden through and then stick to your clothing feeling cold and wet and unpleasent until you get to where you’re going and shake it off.

Also, of course, days when it snows over here are the coldest ones, which I also don’t like. Give me summer any day! Still, I have to say, you do make it sound appealing over there – a testament to a well crafted post :)

By: gally99

gally99 — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:29:14 +0000

I like snow too. You’ve put it so much more thought provoking than I could without really bringing the brain out for a good jog. You’ve also articulated things that I’ve felt but never quantified.

I like fresh snow, and mixing it with fresh maple syrup up at the mills. I think everyone should experience that :)

By: sungo

sungo — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:28:31 +0000

it seems that winter here in the capital of the retarded world has decided to begin with a little herd culling. the snow we’ve gotten thus far has been brief, cold, and windy. largely, its served to get suv drivers to roll their DETH MOBILES in really spectacular ways. it seems that, as a friend’s ex once said, intelligence is water soluble.

By: funos

funos — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:07:18 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Nothing says peace on earth like snow seen falling under a streetlamp.
Montreal in a snowstorm is a beautiful sight.

By: halfjack

halfjack — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:05:56 +0000

I like the way it makes motorists skid off of cliffs right next to perfectly servicable bus stops.