It's just starting to snow here! I'm excited, but I'm also hibernating for the day. I'll watch it out the window. :)

Well, we are now over 2 feet of snow. I love the quietness of snow falling. And how it looks. However, I am tired of shoveling it.

I am loosing my patience in having to constantly keep up with the snowfall. It is just not stopping. :freak: :snowballfight: :anothersnowman:

Well choice number 3 works for me...LOL! ...and yes, I have really seen snow, and I always say, "If I want snow I'll go to it I don't want it comin to me...that goes for most of the time...but I don't mind snow at least a few times a year...and I do enjoy snow skiing! Does that answer your question? LoL!

Um, Honey... it's hit.
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:cold:
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:snowballfight:

Hate
The
Snow!!!!

:sigh:

It must be hard to live in a place that isn't really designed for this sort of freezing, snowy weather. How heavy is the steel plate? We've used everything from cinderblocks to firewood to weigh down the backs of rear wheel drive vehicles. When I had a rear wheel drive car I used to put a couple of big bags of kitty litter in the trunk for snowy days. The cheapest bargain brand stuff I could find. Bags of cement work well too if you put them in plastic so there's no mess if they tear. Also, if you don't have a basement or a well insulated crawl space under your house you might want to let one of your household faucets drip overnight. That's usually only necessary if it gets down to below 20F

Yeah, I had a fun drive home Sunday night. You would've freaked out if you had been in the truck with me. I was a little surprised that even the highway was covered. Unfortunately it was melted by mid morning Monday.

The next round has just started. The sleet is coming down pretty good in my area now and the roads are starting to get slick again. It looks like central AR will have a nice sheet of ice on the roads for rush hour in the morning. I usually put concrete blocks in the back of my truck, but I'm leaving it in the garage tomorrow and riding in with a coworker who has front wheel drive. I would think your toolbox in the back should help with the weight, so you'd probably be fine with just a little added firewood.

I'm definitely leaving my faucets dripping the next few nights. We haven't had temps this cold in over 25 years. It appears we're gonna have around 5 consecutive days with the high temps below freezing and the lows in the teens and single digits. I think I would use the worklight under the house idea if I had a crawl space. It can't be any more dangerous than the Christmas lights! ;) R told me today that alot of pipes froze in the dorms at the medical school last night and it was the biggest mess! And those dorms are only a few years old. Have you seen the heat tape that you wrap around the pipes and then plug into an outlet?

Yes, Jack....

I have found, in my automotive studies, that a 5/30 or a 6/31 viscosity is ever so much better.

And You may wish to consider a 3/4 steel plate....it looks pretty good with a set of them on a crisp white linen table cloth.....go on, try it! :simplelaugh:

What might REALLY be cool would be to put the casket in the back of the truck with me inside and I could pop up the lid and wave to people just before they swerve off the road. . :thud:

With ever snow flake, with ever negitive degree.. I hate snowy winters more and more..

It's going to be -22 tommorrow morning.. and there is black ice.. People shouldn't be where it is -22.. and ice you can't see until you are spinning off the road or flat on your back in the parking lot..


I'm wearing pants to work because of the weather.. I had to go buy another pair... I wasted money on pants..

Enough is enough..

You could move to Texas and sweat Your hiney off in July and August.......<giggle> :cold:

I agree. It's abnormal and NOT natural for there to be negative degrees. Humans are not designed to withstand freakin' negative degrees. :wtf:

Your cold and ice is only for 12 weeks? That's not a bad deal, I'm thinking. :thinking:

No! No! Nooooo! Don't let it fool you! On paper it looks okay. But you have to remember that winter weeks are kind of like dog years. One week of snow and ice and cold is like a month of nice weather. Every November/December I tell myself that's it no big deal, it won't be long before spring is here. And then in January I start asking myself how long it's been and isn't it time for spring? In February I'm sure it's time, but it's not. Then March comes and we all start wearing short sleeves when the temp gets above 45F because we're sure the warm weather is right around the corner. Then when we recover from getting sick from wearing short sleeves in the winter weather we go back to telling ourselves and each other that it's just about over. Then we finally hit April and it's still cold but they say that it's spring so we try to act like we're warm.

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One has to understand that come March, when it is 40 degrees people will be wearing shorts and tee shirts. If the roads are clear then it is nice out (even if there is 4 feet of snow) I try to think positive. Generally Jan Feb and March are the hard core winter months here. Last year was way worse and not normal. Having said all this sometimes we have snow before Halloween!

Snow on the ground and 16 degrees here. Fun moving weather! (I mean that.)

I like snow. I just don't so much want it delivered to me. I'd generally rather go to it. :cold: I don't think I could live where there's snow most of the winter -- much less where you have to dig out your car, shovel your walk, or FFS shovel out your house because there's snow higher than the front door -- and keep my remaining sanity. I don't know how y'all who live in such conditions do it. I'd go nuts. I'll take the fire ants and palmetto bugs any day if that's what the options are. :watereyes:

My brother and sister-in-law are in the process of moving to Laramie, WY for my brother's job, and I'm fairly certain they're nuts. A Georgian and a Floridian moving to Wyoming in January???

I'm guessing that this is not an audience that would appreciate my complaints about the fog having not lifted for three days and how the damp 40's temperatures mixed with the wet air creeps in through every window and crack and through gloves and coats and stuff.

I agree. Once the chill from dampness gets into your bones, you're done for. It's shivering, icicle city for you, bucko.

Brrrrr....

We still have some frozen "snow" from the week before Christmas. It has been too cold for it to melt. Def the "coldest" winter I can recall.
There are some flakes blowing around out there right now, but it is not expected to accumulate. I think this is the first day in a few weeks it has been "warm enough to snow" LOL...

Blessed are the wood choppers!!!!:cuttree:

Woman.. don't tempt me..

I've been craigslisting apts in your area for about a year now!!!

If I could have found a cute lil craftman ANYTHING in my price range.. I do belive I would pack up the kiss of cats and the butch and head that way...

Nods.. Nods..

Dog years.. that is it exactly...

There has been snow and ICE.. (My new personal phobia) on the ground for two freaking months... But it feels like 100 yrs...

Sigh.. It get's up to 20 and there is partial sun... It's like spring break.. everyone is out sunbathing..

Nods..

The coldest winter I ever spent was in savanna, ga...

I was frozen for 4 months..

more on the way-
 

You could also use cardboard boxes - its what we do (Jess is brilliant!!)

Break the box down flat... slushy wet nasty shoes have a place to live!

That reminds me... have boxes at ready...

We're supposed to get some snow( beginning Friday- Saturday ) also. So after the last lil bout of 18 or so inches we are a tad better prepared...

Icemelt.. check
Food.. check
Movies.. check
Extra wood.. check
Daddy wood.. grin
Happy snowbunny.. check check

Try to make the best of it Miss Bit! Our lil guys do NOT like their feet wet, so finding a dry patch to haul them to is kinda fun. I need a double puppy papoose!