Snow Sucks!

[steveo777]

9 inches here in the suburbs of Boston! Is it June yet? Snow serves ZERO purpose after about the age of 12

Speak for yourself!

I ski and snowmobile.

[Enigma869]

Speak for yourself!

I ski and snowmobile.

I'll tell you what I tell all of my friends who ski and snowmobile...keep the fucking snow up in the mountains where it belongs! People don't need to be skiing or snowmobiling through my cul-de-sac

[Ratgirl]

Low 80s here.. Rest assured we get a couple days here and there of cold weather (50s).

[Jana]

Yep, it's shorts weather here, except several days last week. All I'm asking for is fall weather during our winter season, for God's sake.

[Jubilee]

Looks like the worst is over here in the middle. Snow began to fall on Tuesday, wind gusts 40-50mph, blizzard warning for Wednesday. I don't know how many inches we ended up with, but about 3ft of it drifted into my driveway over night last night. Guess how I spent my morning Currently, the temperature is about 7 degrees - and falling.

Good luck to you guys in the Great Lakes area and on the east coast...you're gonna need it.

[diezynueve69]

10Dec09...all-time low at +/- 70...warmth & mobility vibes your way ...

[Playitloudforme]

17 degrees on my walk to work this morning. Which is a bitch and a half considering for the past 31 years I didn't do below 50. Me and my great ideas, movin' to Seattle. BUT...crystal clear. It is gorgeous out there! Mt. Ranier looked fabulous on the bus ride in this am.

I am looking forward to my first real snowfall in 31 years. I intend on making a snow angel, then cursing myself for not wearing waterproof pants, getting sick, and taking the next week off work with a rotten cold. Joys.

[WalkInMyShoes]

17 degrees on my walk to work this morning. Which is a bitch and a half considering for the past 31 years I didn't do below 50. Me and my great ideas, movin' to Seattle. BUT...crystal clear. It is gorgeous out there! Mt. Ranier looked fabulous on the bus ride in this am.

I am looking forward to my first real snowfall in 31 years. I intend on making a snow angel, then cursing myself for not wearing waterproof pants, getting sick, and taking the next week off work with a rotten cold. Joys.

Have fun!

[Andrew]

Last time Hobert was snowed in was 1986

[Playitloudforme]

17 degrees on my walk to work this morning. Which is a bitch and a half considering for the past 31 years I didn't do below 50. Me and my great ideas, movin' to Seattle. BUT...crystal clear. It is gorgeous out there! Mt. Ranier looked fabulous on the bus ride in this am.

I am looking forward to my first real snowfall in 31 years. I intend on making a snow angel, then cursing myself for not wearing waterproof pants, getting sick, and taking the next week off work with a rotten cold. Joys.

Have fun!

LOVE the pic! Thanks! (and yes I will have fun!)

[artist4perry]

well John, your southern loss is our gain, I guess. I love the south and would never consider leaving it.

No loss for me dude. Just like the south is your home, the great city of Boston is mine. I was simply displaced on planet Mars for 13 long months. I was so fucking elated to come back home that I pulled my car over on the interstate to kiss the fucking ground when I entered my home state of Massachusetts. I was never so happy to be surrounded by people with moronic accents I could understand (as opposed to the moronic southern accents I couldn't understand).

John, despite your bad experiance with one part of the South..........that is not everywhere here, and you must understand that those of us who live here love it. By the way, I don't have a deep southern accent, as a matter of fact I hardly speak with a southern accent at all except for when I am showing out making fun of accents. I understand you don't care for it down here. But I am not overly fond of some northern behaviors in the states up above the mason Dixon line either. Rude folks come in many places, I have lived, north, south, west and overseas.........not one place has cornered the market on perfect behavior. Just human. Good and bad.

I just always hope more for the good. Sorry for the snow you guys have, send some here after school is out, I would love to play in some. Just keep the ice!

[steveo777]

Speak for yourself!

I ski and snowmobile.

I'll tell you what I tell all of my friends who ski and snowmobile...keep the fucking snow up in the mountains where it belongs! People don't need to be skiing or snowmobiling through my cul-de-sac

Errrrr, you do have a point there.

[SherriBerry]

Speak for yourself!

I ski and snowmobile.

I'll tell you what I tell all of my friends who ski and snowmobile...keep the fucking snow up in the mountains where it belongs! People don't need to be skiing or snowmobiling through my cul-de-sac

Errrrr, you do have a point there.

I live in a town well known for its world class skiing (downhill and heli) and snowmobiling, but even the inhabitants who love winter sports would be happier to keep the snow on the mountains and off the roads. Most people here own a snowblower and last January I kept driving past my house because the snow was so high I couldn't see the houses from the road - I would have to look down the driveway to make sure it was mine! When I was a kid, I used to race downhill, but once I hung up my skis, I stopped looking forward to the snow. And there are no such things as snow days cancelling anything east of Vancouver and the lower mainland up here!

Right now it's 5 degrees F and the other day it was 1.4 degrees F, but that isn't really very cold - at least we had blue skies and sunshine to make up for it. I think I would like living in Hawaii between November and March and coming home for Christmas!

[ScarabGator]

well John, your southern loss is our gain, I guess. I love the south and would never consider leaving it.

No loss for me dude. Just like the south is your home, the great city of Boston is mine. I was simply displaced on planet Mars for 13 long months. I was so fucking elated to come back home that I pulled my car over on the interstate to kiss the fucking ground when I entered my home state of Massachusetts. I was never so happy to be surrounded by people with moronic accents I could understand (as opposed to the moronic southern accents I couldn't understand).

John, despite your bad experiance with one part of the South..........that is not everywhere here, and you must understand that those of us who live here love it. By the way, I don't have a deep southern accent, as a matter of fact I hardly speak with a southern accent at all except for when I am showing out making fun of accents. I understand you don't care for it down here. But I am not overly fond of some northern behaviors in the states up above the mason Dixon line either. Rude folks come in many places, I have lived, north, south, west and overseas.........not one place has cornered the market on perfect behavior. Just human. Good and bad.

I just always hope more for the good. Sorry for the snow you guys have, send some here after school is out, I would love to play in some. Just keep the ice!

Good post!!!!

[ScarabGator]

Low 80s here.. Rest assured we get a couple days here and there of cold weather (50s).

damn, when it gets in the 50's we pulling out the long johns!!!!

[Angel]

OK, I'll admit.....seventeen degrees below zero this morning.....yeah, that sucks a little bit...

[Jana]

well John, your southern loss is our gain, I guess. I love the south and would never consider leaving it.

No loss for me dude. Just like the south is your home, the great city of Boston is mine. I was simply displaced on planet Mars for 13 long months. I was so fucking elated to come back home that I pulled my car over on the interstate to kiss the fucking ground when I entered my home state of Massachusetts. I was never so happy to be surrounded by people with moronic accents I could understand (as opposed to the moronic southern accents I couldn't understand).

John, despite your bad experiance with one part of the South..........that is not everywhere here, and you must understand that those of us who live here love it. By the way, I don't have a deep southern accent, as a matter of fact I hardly speak with a southern accent at all except for when I am showing out making fun of accents. I understand you don't care for it down here. But I am not overly fond of some northern behaviors in the states up above the mason Dixon line either. Rude folks come in many places, I have lived, north, south, west and overseas.........not one place has cornered the market on perfect behavior. Just human. Good and bad.

I just always hope more for the good. Sorry for the snow you guys have, send some here after school is out, I would love to play in some. Just keep the ice!

Good post!!!!

+2 Southern people are good people. My mom had an accent and so do all of my extended family on her side in Georgia. I hardly call it moronic.

[Angel]

+2 Southern people are good people. My mom had an accent and so do all of my extended family on her side in Georgia. I hardly call it moronic.

Southern accents are sexy....

[Memorex]

I lived in the south (Alabama) for a year and a half and hated it. Some nice people - many backward people (in my opinion). When people stopped talking to us because of the color of one child my wife babysat, knew it was time to leave.

I was born in Southern California and lived there (except for those 18 months) my whole life. Until about 3 1/2 months ago, that is. We moved to Minnesota. All I can say is, what the fuck???? This is a level of cold that I just don't care for and don't comprehend yet. And it's only -5 here right now (-178 with the breeze, it seems). Does sliding down the street on your way to work as you put on your brakes count as snowmobiling?

On the other hand (which is frost-bitten), incredible schools compared to So Cal and 3 times the home for the price.

I'm still in that California mindset where I feel like all the snow will go away in a few days and it will warm up. Guess I better get over that until about April.

[Michigan Girl]

I lived in the south (Alabama) for a year and a half and hated it. Some nice people - many backward people (in my opinion). When people stopped talking to us because of the color of one child my wife babysat, knew it was time to leave.

I was born in Southern California and lived there (except for those 18 months) my whole life. Until about 3 1/2 months ago, that is. We moved to Minnesota. All I can say is, what the fuck???? This is a level of cold that I just don't care for and don't comprehend yet. And it's only -5 here right now (-178 with the breeze, it seems). Does sliding down the street on your way to work as you put on your brakes count as snowmobiling?On the other hand (which is frost-bitten), incredible schools compared to So Cal and 3 times the home for the price.

I'm still in that California mindset where I feel like all the snow will go away in a few days and it will warm up. Guess I better get over that until about April.

I am LMAO!!!!

NOMOSO for me and I'm really sad about it!!!

[Suzanne]

well John, your southern loss is our gain, I guess. I love the south and would never consider leaving it.

No loss for me dude. Just like the south is your home, the great city of Boston is mine. I was simply displaced on planet Mars for 13 long months. I was so fucking elated to come back home that I pulled my car over on the interstate to kiss the fucking ground when I entered my home state of Massachusetts. I was never so happy to be surrounded by people with moronic accents I could understand (as opposed to the moronic southern accents I couldn't understand).

John, despite your bad experiance with one part of the South..........that is not everywhere here, and you must understand that those of us who live here love it. By the way, I don't have a deep southern accent, as a matter of fact I hardly speak with a southern accent at all except for when I am showing out making fun of accents. I understand you don't care for it down here. But I am not overly fond of some northern behaviors in the states up above the mason Dixon line either. Rude folks come in many places, I have lived, north, south, west and overseas.........not one place has cornered the market on perfect behavior. Just human. Good and bad.

I just always hope more for the good. Sorry for the snow you guys have, send some here after school is out, I would love to play in some. Just keep the ice!

Good post!!!!

+2 Southern people are good people. My mom had an accent and so do all of my extended family on her side in Georgia. I hardly call it moronic.

+3

[Triple S]

I live in a town well known for its world class skiing (downhill and heli) and snowmobiling, but even the inhabitants who love winter sports would be happier to keep the snow on the mountains and off the roads. Most people here own a snowblower and last January I kept driving past my house because the snow was so high I couldn't see the houses from the road - I would have to look down the driveway to make sure it was mine! When I was a kid, I used to race downhill, but once I hung up my skis, I stopped looking forward to the snow. And there are no such things as snow days cancelling anything east of Vancouver and the lower mainland up here!

Right now it's 5 degrees F and the other day it was 1.4 degrees F, but that isn't really very cold - at least we had blue skies and sunshine to make up for it. I think I would like living in Hawaii between November and March and coming home for Christmas!

Little bit different today, eh Sherri? I don't know what your snow removal service is like there - but just wait 'til you move here and have to deal with 3 feet of snow and street crud blocking your driveway (not to mention navigating all these lovely hills). I don't know how many times I wanted to throw my shovel at the snow plow as it went by. I hate the kind of snow we get here - usually wet and heavy. I never purchased a pair of winter tires all the years I lived in Calgary - all seasons worked just fine. Here you definitely need them! On the other hand, the winter temps are much milder than Calgary.

[Enigma869]

I lived in the south (Alabama) for a year and a half and hated it. Some nice people - many backward people (in my opinion). When people stopped talking to us because of the color of one child my wife babysat, knew it was time to leave.

I knew it was time to leave within two weeks. It started with the local barber shop and me just innocently looking to get a haircut. Hearing people throw around terms like "nigger boy" (not a term I even heard growing up in the inner city), my neighbors asking our contractor if my family and I were "white folks", and 973 people asking which congregation we belonged to within 30 seconds of meeting us told me I was definitely in the wrong part of the country. That's to say nothing of the KKK retail store that is apparently thriving in South Carolina.

To all the fine folks on this board who are from the south, I'm sure your experience is a whole lot different, simply because that is home to you. Just like the road rage and everyone flipping everyone off in the Boston area doesn't phase me one iota, because it's home. You're blinded to a whole lot of things when it's your hometown. Charlotte NC wasn't my hometown (thank god), so it was quite easy for me to escape and get back to where people were judged on things other than the color of their skin or which god they prayed to! Snow is my cross to bear for living in my liberal home state

[bluejeangirl76]

You're blinded to a whole lot of things when it's your hometown.

Yeah, that's certainly the truth. I can easily sit here and say there was stuff about the south that really surprised me and that you yankees gotta be some of the rudest people ever, but at the same time, people are going to find things about my region they don't like too, so I guess it's all subjective.

[Jana]

You're blinded to a whole lot of things when it's your hometown.

Yeah, that's certainly the truth. I can easily sit here and say there was stuff about the south that really surprised me and that you yankees gotta be some of the rudest people ever, but at the same time, people are going to find things about my region they don't like too, so I guess it's all subjective.

I used to be friends with a court reporter who was from Jersey. And one night when we were all at happy hour she ran into a fellow New Jersyite. And they were carrying on how much they missed New Jersey where the people in the toll booths just yanked your money out of your hand without saying anything instead of down here where they politely said, thank you and have a good day.

[WalkInMyShoes]

I lived in the south (Alabama) for a year and a half and hated it. Some nice people - many backward people (in my opinion). When people stopped talking to us because of the color of one child my wife babysat, knew it was time to leave.

I was born in Southern California and lived there (except for those 18 months) my whole life. Until about 3 1/2 months ago, that is. We moved to Minnesota. All I can say is, what the fuck???? This is a level of cold that I just don't care for and don't comprehend yet. And it's only -5 here right now (-178 with the breeze, it seems). Does sliding down the street on your way to work as you put on your brakes count as snowmobiling?

On the other hand (which is frost-bitten), incredible schools compared to So Cal and 3 times the home for the price.

I'm still in that California mindset where I feel like all the snow will go away in a few days and it will warm up. Guess I better get over that until about April.

Uh....maybe by June. The year I graduated from high school, we still had snow under the shrubs on the north side of the house on June 10. Of course, it was 95 degrees about 3 days later, and humid...

[StevePerryHair]

You're blinded to a whole lot of things when it's your hometown.

Yeah, that's certainly the truth. I can easily sit here and say there was stuff about the south that really surprised me and that you yankees gotta be some of the rudest people ever, but at the same time, people are going to find things about my region they don't like too, so I guess it's all subjective.

I used to be friends with a court reporter who was from Jersey. And one night when we were all at happy hour she ran into a fellow New Jersyite. And they were carrying on how much they missed New Jersey where the people in the toll booths just yanked your money out of your hand without saying anything instead of down here where they politely said, thank you and have a good day.

My inlaws are from jersey too, and they live in this area now too. When they moved here they'd complain that the grocery check out people were too slow and spent too much time talking to the customers. They missed the jersey cashiers who just whip the groceries through quickly and get you in and out of there quickly. I'm from northwestern PA and I have never been anywhere more rude than the Northeast. I do find them entertaining to visit though.

And I have never heard more racist things come out of ANYONES mouths the way I have my husbands northern family. I think it's unfair to ding the south for that one.

[X factor]

Granted it IS colder the farther north you get, but in my southern state I woke up to a morning temp of 19 with a wind chill of around 8! And today, IN THE SOUTH, we'll reach a balmy high of 28!
Yeah...we have NO IDEA what cold is in my neck of the woods!

[kgdjpubs]

+2 Southern people are good people. My mom had an accent and so do all of my extended family on her side in Georgia. I hardly call it moronic.

Southern accents are sexy....

Well, good to know at least SOMEONE thinks that. General feeling around here is I could be quoting Shakespeare and still sound like an idiot....

[Enigma869]

And I have never heard more racist things come out of ANYONES mouths the way I have my husbands northern family. I think it's unfair to ding the south for that one.

There are clearly racist people all over this country and in every corner of it. That said, I promise you that you won't find a KKK retail store ANYWHERE outside of the south! I believe that we're a racist country, and am not sure that will ever change. I've traveled to every part of this country, and in my opinion, racism is a bit more overt in the south than any other place I've been to. It's definitely the only place I've ever been where complete strangers use the word "nigger" out in public, during casual conversations. For what it's worth, my father was also very racist (he's been dead for 25+ years) and was as Bostonian as it gets. Again, there are people like this everywhere, but I've never found it to be part of the culture the way it was when I lived in the south. For the record, those of you who live in Florida don't count, because that's not really "the south", in spite of its geographic location. Florida probably has far more people from other parts of the country living there than they have native Floridians. I don't even think people who live north of Florida in places like GA, NC, and SC consider Florida "The south"!