Dreaming of a White New Year....

monster · 12-31-2007, 11:22 PM

as we went to the fridge to get the bubbly at 11;50, we noticed it had started snowing. As we put the kids to bed half an hour later:

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 03:43 AM

Isn't that lovely.

I've never seen the snow before. To me it seems magical, but I guess to those that have to deal with it all the time it's not always quite so magical.

TheMercenary · 01-01-2008, 04:42 AM

It is really beautiful.... for about 2 days. Then people have to begin to move in it. The sun comes out in the day. The snow turns to mush in the streets, then it freezes. Then it turns grey and nasty. Then it snows on top of the ice. People crash. The soft snow gets a hard crust on it of frozen ice. Then the plows come buy and pile up the snow around your car and driveway. They also throw salt on the road that makes some of the ice melt. Now the snow is nearly black in the road and icey. By the end of the first week you wish it was summer again.

monster · 01-01-2008, 03:06 PM

There is now a 6foot+ sleddable snow mountain in the center of that pic.

We have been playing all day. (we got about a foot in the end and it's so sticky it's still 3" deep on top of the thinnest branches). More pics in a bit.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-01-2008, 03:47 PM

I like your attitude. When winter brings snow, don't bitch and curse it... PLAY in it.

Griff · 01-01-2008, 04:19 PM

Punch Bug yellow, no punch back.

monster · 01-01-2008, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Punch Bug yellow, no punch back.

The kids beat you to it (they say slugbug round here, though

) :p
-it's been there for a couple of days. Helped dig it out this afternoon -the southern visitors had no idea how to clear snow and needed to get on the road before my neighbor's nephew arrived to clear the snow.

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 05:31 PM

My kids do punch buggy too. Where in the world did that stupid custom come from? And who made up the ever changing rules to the game???

monster · 01-01-2008, 05:56 PM

Here's that view this evening, and a slightly blurry shot showing just how beautiful and fun it is

(blur because I turned the flash off, couldn't be arsed to get a tripod). My arms ache from building that mountain....

monster · 01-01-2008, 06:01 PM

I know, thanks

Who's Queen?

monster · 01-01-2008, 06:06 PM

two last ones

Radar · 01-01-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I know, thanks

Who's Queen?

The top one with you sitting on the pile of snow reminds me of the Saturday Night Live fake commercial for "Colon Blow" cereal and "Super Colon Blow"

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 05:58 PM

It certainly does look beautiful monster.

Lucky you.

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 06:02 PM

ok, well all I can think of is where the point on that thing went to...and it's not too pretty.

Sorry, I must be getting back to my old filthy minded self or something.

monster · 01-01-2008, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

ok, well all I can think of is where the point on that thing went to...and it's not too pretty.

Sorry, I must be getting back to my old filthy minded self or something.

Yeah, it's not the best pose is it?

12-31-2007, 11:22 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Dreaming of a White New Year.... as we went to the fridge to get the bubbly at 11;50, we noticed it had started snowing. As we put the kids to bed half an hour later: Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2008, 03:43 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Isn't that lovely. I've never seen the snow before. To me it seems magical, but I guess to those that have to deal with it all the time it's not always quite so magical. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-01-2008, 04:42 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	It is really beautiful.... for about 2 days. Then people have to begin to move in it. The sun comes out in the day. The snow turns to mush in the streets, then it freezes. Then it turns grey and nasty. Then it snows on top of the ice. People crash. The soft snow gets a hard crust on it of frozen ice. Then the plows come buy and pile up the snow around your car and driveway. They also throw salt on the road that makes some of the ice melt. Now the snow is nearly black in the road and icey. By the end of the first week you wish it was summer again. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-01-2008, 03:06 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There is now a 6foot+ sleddable snow mountain in the center of that pic. We have been playing all day. (we got about a foot in the end and it's so sticky it's still 3" deep on top of the thinnest branches). More pics in a bit. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2008, 03:47 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I like your attitude. When winter brings snow, don't bitch and curse it... PLAY in it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-01-2008, 04:19 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Punch Bug yellow, no punch back. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-01-2008, 05:31 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	My kids do punch buggy too. Where in the world did that stupid custom come from? And who made up the ever changing rules to the game??? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-01-2008, 05:56 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Here's that view this evening, and a slightly blurry shot showing just how beautiful and fun it is (blur because I turned the flash off, couldn't be arsed to get a tripod). My arms ache from building that mountain.... Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2008, 06:01 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I know, thanks Who's Queen? Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2008, 06:06 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	two last ones Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2008, 05:58 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It certainly does look beautiful monster. Lucky you. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-01-2008, 06:02 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	ok, well all I can think of is where the point on that thing went to...and it's not too pretty. Sorry, I must be getting back to my old filthy minded self or something. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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