What is your most favorite thing

[DVS]

You wanted snow?

OK, yes, I did edit the sign. It's Christmas, after all!


Shit, making a picture the size that Lit will allow is difficult. Sorry, if it looks kind of funky.


Oh, by the way, this was from a storm we had in 1978. There is no hill on the right side of the road. That is one of those drifts I mentioned.

 

[ammre]

You wanted snow?

OK, yes, I did edit the sign. It's Christmas, after all!


Shit, making a picture the size that Lit will allow is difficult. Sorry, if it looks kind of funky.


Oh, by the way, this was from a storm we had in 1978. There is no hill on the right side of the road. That is one of those drifts I mentioned.

I would LOVE to jump in that.
did you give a gander at the snowballwall i posted? on the snowball si coudl make out fo your snow piles..... ahhh

 

[DVS]

I would LOVE to jump in that.
did you give a gander at the snowballwall i posted? on the snowball si coudl make out fo your snow piles..... ahhh

Yes, I saw your wall. Quite impressive. I liked making forts, when I was a kid. My dad made me a form out of wood. We packed the snow into it, forming blocks. The fort looked like it was made out of white blocks. It was great.

But, I don't know if this particular snow storm would have worked for such things. If I remember correctly, it was pretty cold, which made it more fluffy or powdery snow. The highs of the day were only in the teens, but, still good for sledding.

And, the ice skating was great that year, too. Because it was so cold, there was very little worry that every pond was safe and skating parties were everywhere.

Ever been to a skating party? There's always a fire burning at the side with logs or bails of hay to sit on. The food depends on your regional area...we usually went the simple route, having hot dogs with smores for desert. Not much of a smores person, myself, but flaming marshmallows are pretty tasty.

There was also a grassroots "science" about hot blades heated from the fire giving you a smoother glide on the ice, because it would cut into the ice instead of sliding on top, where it could be rough.

I never did it, because I didn't want to damage my skate boots. I had to buy them larger, so I could grow into them. I wore many pairs of socks so they would fit.

Not that I minded, though. I was a bit of a whimp back in my kid days. I didn't like cold feet. I would take my skates off, warm my feet at the fire, then hurry and lace my skates up while my feet were still warm. It was a race to see if I could get out on the ice before my feet got cold.

Oh, I'm much more Domly, these days. Try me.

EDITED TO ADD:
I'll never forget the wooden sled my dad made. I think it had 2X6s as rails, and there was seating enough for at least 10. It was attached to the back bumper of our car, and my dad would ride us around town (we lived in a very small town, so traffic was light, especially after a big snow). As a safety precaution, there was always someone big enough to stop the sled from going under the car, if that event arose. Yes, those were fun times.

 

[graceanne]

When I was little we moved a lot. But we lived in Minnesota twice, two years each time. The first time we lived near this huge hill, and when it'd snow mom would take me and my sister and our sled over to sled down the hill. It's probably the only good thing I remember about the snow. There was even a small pond by it, and Miss and I would slid around pretending we were ice skaters. We had loads of fun.

 

[luxey313]

I don't know...

Where I live it never snows... but when it snows for everyone else during the holidays, this little girl goes to the beach.

 

[ammre]

Yes, I saw your wall. Quite impressive. I liked making forts, when I was a kid. My dad made me a form out of wood. We packed the snow into it, forming blocks. The fort looked like it was made out of white blocks. It was great.

But, I don't know if this particular snow storm would have worked for such things. If I remember correctly, it was pretty cold, which made it more fluffy or powdery snow. The highs of the day were only in the teens, but, still good for sledding.

And, the ice skating was great that year, too. Because it was so cold, there was very little worry that every pond was safe and skating parties were everywhere.

Ever been to a skating party? There's always a fire burning at the side with logs or bails of hay to sit on. The food depends on your regional area...we usually went the simple route, having hot dogs with smores for desert. Not much of a smores person, myself, but flaming marshmallows are pretty tasty.

There was also a grassroots "science" about hot blades heated from the fire giving you a smoother glide on the ice, because it would cut into the ice instead of sliding on top, where it could be rough.

I never did it, because I didn't want to damage my skate boots. I had to buy them larger, so I could grow into them. I wore many pairs of socks so they would fit.

Not that I minded, though. I was a bit of a whimp back in my kid days. I didn't like cold feet. I would take my skates off, warm my feet at the fire, then hurry and lace my skates up while my feet were still warm. It was a race to see if I could get out on the ice before my feet got cold.

Oh, I'm much more Domly, these days. Try me.

EDITED TO ADD:
I'll never forget the wooden sled my dad made. I think it had 2X6s as rails, and there was seating enough for at least 10. It was attached to the back bumper of our car, and my dad would ride us around town (we lived in a very small town, so traffic was light, especially after a big snow). As a safety precaution, there was always someone big enough to stop the sled from going under the car, if that event arose. Yes, those were fun times.

That sounds awesome. I'm from new jersey, so we get the occasional blizzard but not much... i went to school for a year in new hampshire, that's where the snow wall came from... we had a pond at that school and it froze over enough to skate on but i was chicken and i dind't have a pair of ice skates...
I'm a huge fan of bonfires though so having a bonfire in winter with ice skating near by and snow fort walls and stuff sounds friggin excelent.

 

[vogueboy]

Well, since the NHL lockout is still alive and well

And the rink fees are so damn expensive, I just hit the ice and play some outdoor shinny, or is that an Outdoor Beer League?

At any rate. It's ALL GOOD

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[Xelebes]

In Edmonton the snow is very dry and is very light. It is extremely rare to get a foot of snow - once every few years. We usually get skiffs of snow between 1mm and 5 cm.

Because of this, it wasn't very fun. The best thing we could do was make giant snowballs. That is, start with a small snowball and start rolling it sch that it collects up all the snow. It's great fun at recess time as we would have as much as 200 fellow kids pushing this monster bale of snow which can often weigh as much as 400 lbs... great fun.

However, such activities have now been banned due to a death in Calgary when a kid slipped underneath the boulder and got crushed. Just one freak accident and it ruined any of the fun that was to be had with the snow.

It doesn't snow very often here. We used to live in Saskatchewan where it would snow a lot more so we bought a snowblower. Since moving back to Alberta, we haven't pulled the snowblower since. It's been in the garage for 15 years now. Nowadays, we just use a leaf blower. It's much easier on the back.

What do I do when it snows? Go outside. When it snows, the temperature rises so that means it is much more pleasant to go outside and there is often no wind to encounter so the lack of a wind chill is a good thing. So I go outside and do the stuff I can outside.