Re: Here and Now...What's Happening?
Ahh, Modwitz, I fully resonate with your sentiments re snow!Posted by modwiz (here)
We had snow in the Catskills for what seems like a week. A lot of work for this fellow. Shoveling paths, cleaning cars and digging out the wood pile. I'd rather be delousing myself. Itchy now? LOL
I will move in the near future. At least to a place where shoveling is not a solo effort, but preferably a snow-free environment.
Anyway, for all of you people who do not have to deal with snow, that means move it, I offer what may be pretty pictures for some. For me it is white dirt.
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My little friend. He doesn't help with the shoveling, just watches the house.
His name is Johannan
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I was brought up in North East//UK, where we had MUCH snow, EVERY winter.
Yup, its 'very pretty', when it first falls,....then there is, the shovelling, the freezing on surface, partial thawing, more snow, more freezing, making it trecherous underfoot. & eventually, the filthy slush.
I recall twice, when I was a youngster, there being 8 ft snow drifts, in the back yard. Now that was exiting,...for a seven yr old!!
(+ no school,...yippee- but we went anyways, & built tunnels in the snow!!)
I have lived down South for many years now, and smile when people get exited,- by 'a few inches of snow'.......every few years!
P.s. Have you thought of 'using your powers' to train Jonathan to asist in the 'handling of snow'?.........seems only fair.......lol
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P.P.S.
Couldn't resist this, figure it was written for/by you?..lol
[ "Here is the tale of one man’s experience with a White Xmas…..Enjoy!
DEC 20th
It's starting to snow!!
YES, we WILL be having a white Xmas—Hoora!!
The first of the season and the first we've seen for years the wife and
I took out our hot toddies and sat on the porch watching the fluffy soft flakes
drift gently down clinging to the trees and covering the ground.
It's so beautiful and peaceful.
DEC 24th
We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white glistening snow covering
as far as the eye could see. What a fantastic sight, every tree and bush covered with
a beautiful white mantle. I shovelled snow for the first time ever and loved it.
I did both our driveway and the pavement.
Later that day a snowplough came along and accidentally covered up our
driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved.
I waved back and shovelled it away again.
The children next door built a snowman with coal for eyes
and a carrot for a nose, and had a snowball fight, a couple just
missed me and hit the car so I threw a couple back and joined in their fun.
DEC 26th
It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temperature
dropped around minus 8 degrees. Several branches on our trees and
bushes snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shovelled our driveway again.
Shortly afterwards the snowplough came by and did his trick again. Much
of snow is now a brownish-grey.
JAN 1st
Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon became
ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tyres for both our cars.
Fell on me arse in the driveway.
Went to a physio but nothing was broken.
JAN 5th
Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought her a 4x4 to get her to
work. She slid into a wall and did considerable damage to the right wing.
Had another 8 inches of white sh*** last night.
Both vehicles are covered in salt and iced up slush.
That b ****** snowplough came by twice today. Where's that bloody
shovel?!
JAN 9th
More f***king snow! Not a tree or bush on our property that hasn't been damaged.
Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a paraffin heater which tipped over and nearly torched the f ***ing house.
I managed to put the flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands.
Lost all my eye brows and eyelashes.
Car hit a f ***ing deer on the way to casualty and was written off.
JAN 13th
the F ****ing B ****** white s ***e just keeps on coming down!!
Have to put on every article of clothing just to go to the post box.
The little ***** next door ambushed me with snowballs on the way back
- I'll shove that carrot so far up the little pricks arse, it'll take a good surgeon hours to find it.
If I ever catch the a**hole that drives the snowplough I'll chew open his chest
and rip out his heart with my teeth.
I think the b ****** hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shovelling #and then he accelerates down the street like Michael "f***ing" Schumacher and buries the f***ing driveway again!
JAN 17th
16 more sodding inches of f***ing snow and f ***ing ice and f***ing sleet and God knows what other white s**** fell last night!!!
I am in court in 3 months time for assaulting the snowplough driver with an ice-pick.!
Can' t move my f ****ing toes. Haven't seen the sun for 5 weeks. Minus 20 and more f ***ing snow forecast.
F*** THIS, I'M MOVING
P.S. ** Moral of the story,.. be careful what we wish for?!! (things are not always what they seem?!!) " ]
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