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Your response to that first big snow event of the winter?

Sherlock77

Sherlock77

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If that's applicable to the climate you live in

We have a big dump of snow that came in today, the drive home from work was decent, but then... It was photography club night, so being a good Canadian of course I went, drove through the snow and rather slippery roads (I do have good tires), I hardly even thought of not going actually... My philosophy? Winter is part of life here, and I'm not going to put my life on hold - even a club meeting - just because of some snow... I am a confident winter driver, and driving through snow is just part of life

The next challenge is driving to work tomorrow morning, I do have another meeting tomorrow night that I can either attend in person, or do Zoom with at home on my computer, and the roads will probably be as gnarly tomorrow night, but then again (like above) am I going to hide all winter... Depending on road conditions it's 50/50 if I actually drive to that meeting...
 
It's almost Summer here and we're still getting snow and hail up from the Antarctic. The days are supposed to be between 27 and 32 celsius at this time of the year, not 9.
 
It normally snows a lot here in the winter, but even if it doesn't snow, it's below freezing usually from the end of November or early December until the first week or so of March. I live in one of the colder parts of my state and we get some of the most snow.

My initial response is "ugh..." but then at the beginning of December it turns into "Yay Christmas!"
Surprisingly, I don't think we've actually had a "white Christmas" here since 2017. Last year and other years it has snowed on Christmas but then rained.
Last year our big snowstorm came in January and it was the worst one we've had in a while.

I hired my own personal equipment to dig out my yard though:

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My reaction this year: Noooooooooooooooooooo dear God no! Why, why!!? Why do you do this to us!! :cryingcat:

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I don't know what happened to me, I used to love winter but I didn't get enough summer and sun this year, it was a short, cold summer and I'm thinking too much about shoveling snow in ice cold darkness for 6 months.
 
This was last year.
There is less snow on the ground in front of me because the snow here usually piles up into huge drifts when there is a lot of wind, which you can see on the cars. At one point during this storm I believe there was about 3 to 4 feet of snow on the ground and drifts up to over 6 feet.

 
Luca said:
I hired my own personal equipment to dig out my yard though:
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I love that picture, it reminded me of Ruby. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. On more than one occasion she saw something moving in a puddle so she put her nose in the water and sniffed trying to smell it.
 
Yesterday, I finished my bike-for-exercise ride at my shed, and put it away. The snow falling now will give me enough of a workout with the shovel that I can put off using the indoor bike for a day. I'll also be enjoying the general sound reduction. I'm relieved that I got all my chores done. My friends usually discover some lost tools every spring.
I generally regarded ice and snow as a sporting challenge, and enjoyed practicing. Those reflexes saved me from crashing on black ice twice. Looking back, I would probably have been wiser to just take a snow day from time to time, rather than share the higher average risk in traffic. One Taxi owner I knew took all his cars off the road in snow, despite the higher demand. His city did not feature snow-wise drivers.
 
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I love that picture, it reminded me of Ruby. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. On more than one occasion she saw something moving in a puddle so she put her nose in the water and sniffed trying to smell it.
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I'm glad you love it :)
I saw some of the photos you shared of Ruby. What a gorgeous dog.

Enzo is actually the sharpest tool out of any of my dogs, believe it or not... this was his first time seeing snow, and he decided to make himself a tunnel lol

I will have to upload it when I get home later but I have a video of him catching snowflakes! And a lot of videos of him frolicking in the snow.
My Newfoundland dog, Odin, is the biggest fan of snow out of all of mine though... most of them originated from warmer climates.
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I love that picture, it reminded me of Ruby. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. On more than one occasion she saw something moving in a puddle so she put her nose in the water and sniffed trying to smell it.
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I had a cat who did that, for reasons known only to him he would stare at water and then slowly lower his head and nose into it. I had to save him from drowning in his water bowl more than once.
 
Ruby wasn't mesmerized but she reacted to movement. Trained hunter. Yet when playing ball with her if you threw it too far she'd lose sight of it and go sniffing everywhere trying to find it.

I asked a vet if she might have trouble with her eyes and he burst out laughing. He said "She's a Nose Dog. There's nothing wrong with her eyes, they're just not the sense she relies on most.".

Besides her colouring that's the only real Sharpei trait she had, in the picture where she's sitting up take a look at the shape of the top of her nose. And she had one wrinkly eyebrow. :)

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I put Rue Dog on harness and we head out on a long walk just to hear the snow fall.

My response to other winter drivers: I assume you will do something stupid, so I am doing the smart thing of slowing down, giving you space, and not worrying my brakes.

In my region, you learn to drive on snow pretty early. And don't rely on 4 wheel drive just because you have it. Winter driving is a skill and takes practice.
 
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I've driven a FWD sub compact for the last ten years with rarely any winter driving issues...

Unless some of you remember the FWD truck company, where F meant four, more useless car facts :p
 
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I've driven a FWD sub compact for the last ten years with rarely any winter driving issues...

Unless some of you remember the FWD truck company, where F meant four, more useless car facts :p
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I also remember Road & Track deciding to always use FWD for Front Wheel Drive, and 4 WD for the other. More trivia: Many city busses are built by the Flxible company, which first made motorcycle sidecars that allowed leaning, but they couldn't use the correct spelling for copyright reasons.

My other reaction was to put up some ugly sticks beside my front yard, hoping to keep the neighbours from pushing their snow over the line and then playing dumb.
 
Sherlock77 said:
If that's applicable to the climate you live in

We have a big dump of snow that came in today, the drive home from work was decent, but then... It was photography club night, so being a good Canadian of course I went, drove through the snow and rather slippery roads (I do have good tires), I hardly even thought of not going actually... My philosophy? Winter is part of life here, and I'm not going to put my life on hold - even a club meeting - just because of some snow... I am a confident winter driver, and driving through snow is just part of life

The next challenge is driving to work tomorrow morning, I do have another meeting tomorrow night that I can either attend in person, or do Zoom with at home on my computer, and the roads will probably be as gnarly tomorrow night, but then again (like above) am I going to hide all winter... Depending on road conditions it's 50/50 if I actually drive to that meeting...
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I've done winter work in your part of the world (Red Deer) and further north in Sask (toward Athabasca). Snow and cold is part of the environment there. You either prepare yourself and adapt to it, or leave. I prefer to stay. Living in a tent at minus 40. Mercury freezing. Tree exploding. Icicles dripping from my mustache until I look like a walrus. Wolf prints the size of teacup saucers. Only way in and out is bush plane. People are horrified, but when I am in places like that, where death can be just around the corner, I just feel so ALIVE! And they don't understand that I am far more horrified at the thought of being in a crowd.

The winter up there can be beautiful. Just deal with it the best way you can, as you always have, and keep taking those great pictures. Be careful.
 
Hello everyone. I’ve added an additional snowboard for this year and have received my season pass for the resorts. Now it’s just a waiting game.

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I rode skinny, file-tread bicycle tires in conditions that had the streets almost empty, and pedestrians supporting each other. If I had a skid, I'd just put a foot down and slide along as a tripod until I could get it sorted out. The only thing I had to avoid was icy ruts hidden by new snow.
 
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