Off Topic Snow

[cd_david]

I love snow, here are some pics of New Years Day at our local golf course.
There definitely seems to be less frequency of snow compared to my youth but i may be romanticising.

Anyway I would love to live somewhere that had snow that stayed in the winter, we are lucky if we get a week out of snow when it comes here (NE coast of England).

 

[Bart B]

Right now,we have snow here in Belgium as well, and a few weeks ago we had 10cm, and it lasted for 5 days. maybe in the future Belgium will become your winter holiday paradise

 

[Sonnyonbass]

What's the matter? That golf course looks perfectly playable!

In fact it's snowing here as well now. (North of Holland)

 

[silverburst]

New Year's morning picture from my hotel room balcony. Alice Cooper and Fleetwood Mac did a concert at the hotel for New Year's eve.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Anyway I would love to live somewhere that had snow that stayed in the winter...

You say that now, but if you had it all the time, you might change your mind.

I love the look of snow and the Christmas season just wouldn't seem right without it. Skiing, skating, snowballs and sliding is fun, especially when you are younger. What I hate is driving in it, shoveling it and the general mess it makes in the springtime when all the sand and grit and stuff they put on the roads is left over, not to mention the pot holes and general horrible condition of the roads. Now I understand why there are so many "snowbirds" that go down to Florida for the winter!

 

[cd_david]

You say that now, but if you had it all the time, you might change your mind.

I don't think so, or i would like to hope not. Im prefer winter be a definite, not a blurring between autumn and spring containing sleet and grey skies.

Like i said i may be romanticising about my carefree youth but we used to get more and deeper snow for longer?????

I dont mind the current level of snow clearing and mark my words it doesn't need cold weather to make the UK roads any worse, I think recently there was an Antiques Roadshow special on parts of the A1 motorway

 

[Powman]

New Year's morning picture from my hotel room balcony. Alice Cooper and Fleetwood Mac did a concert at the hotel for New Year's eve.

I hate you...for many many reasons.

 

[Powman]

You say that now, but if you had it all the time, you might change your mind.

I love the look of snow and the Christmas season just wouldn't seem right without it. Skiing, skating, snowballs and sliding is fun, especially when you are younger. What I hate is driving in it, shoveling it and the general mess it makes in the springtime when all the sand and grit and stuff they put on the roads is left over, not to mention the pot holes and general horrible condition of the roads. Now I understand why there are so many "snowbirds" that go down to Florida for the winter!

+1

We had a green Christmas in southern Ontario. I have yet to use the shovel, and thats ok. I am not a kid anymore...so I don't care for the snow.

 

[tkarter]

5 inches of old snow plus the two we are going to get today. Too cold to enjoy being out to play in it.

tk

 

[the unrepentant]

i'm getting fed up of snow now, had it here in nottingham for about 2 weeks or so now bar a couple of days, i just want to get out on my bike, but i can't

 

[projectapollo]

Global Warming and the Snow in the UK

I'm here in Tennessee with Al Gore so I am an expert and can explain this. You see man-made CO2 emissions are causing global warming. This is melting the polar ice caps which has caused the ocean levels to increase slightly. This increases the surface area of the oceans -- this is where it gets complicated -- which causes CO2 absorption of the oceans to increase which causes global cooling, and increases evaporation, thus more snow. So, global warming is actually making it colder and more snowy. And now you can't play golf!! Pretty simple, really.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Love the snow - love it!!

Hope we get some more this week.

I thought it was great seeing it leading up to Xmas - especially as I have never seen a white xmas.

 

[Aussie Mark]

95 degrees here on Christmas Day.

 

[cellkirk74]

i'm getting fed up of snow now, had it here in nottingham for about 2 weeks or so now bar a couple of days, i just want to get out on my bike, but i can't

+1

I love snow and skiing, but we have no real mountains to ski on here.
So I do a lot of biking.
We had really cold/wet/rainy weather for the last months and that made me start to go running (and I do not like that much).

Anyway my little daugther loves the snow.

 

[the unrepentant]

+1

I love snow and skiing, but we have no real mountains to ski on here.
So I do a lot of biking.
We had really cold/wet/rainy weather for the last months and that made me start to go running (and I do not like that much).

Anyway my little daugther loves the snow.

I'm going to brave the snow and ice tomorrow, blast down some cross country routes and get PROPERLY muddy it's my skatepark riding that really takes the backseat this time of year, it doesn't rain all that much but it's never warm enough to dry out properly, so i've barely ridden for months

 

[DTG]

I live in a puddle called Sligo.it rains here most days.i really want to move to san fran but my wife wont,we have 4 inches of ice not snow ! And its - 7 2nite.every day it rains and the ice gets thicker.but hey I have a great life here and great family too so maybe I can just keep buying rain coats

 

[Powman]

I live in a puddle called Sligo.it rains here most days.i really want to move to san fran but my wife wont,we have 4 inches of ice not snow ! And its - 7 2nite.every day it rains and the ice gets thicker.but hey I have a great life here and great family too so maybe I can just keep buying rain coats

All the moisture is good for the wood in your bass guitars...

 

[cellkirk74]

I'm going to brave the snow and ice tomorrow, blast down some cross country routes and get PROPERLY muddy it's my skatepark riding that really takes the backseat this time of year, it doesn't rain all that much but it's never warm enough to dry out properly, so i've barely ridden for months

Skateparks? With a BMX or a skateboard? I have changed to longboards a long time ago but did some miniramp riding last summer. Since then I carry a board with me in the trunk of my car but barely ever get the time to skate.

I wish I could, but skating and most important falling is harder at 35 than it was at 16.

 

[2ndBassGuitar]

5 inches of old snow plus the two we are going to get today. Too cold to enjoy being out to play in it.

tk

What is an inch?...... where is my converter. What is that in centimeters? Seriously, there has been no real snow here this year (not like last year), and we get early springs on the left coast of Canada.

 

[ZiggyDude]

Snow is fun and cool in its own way. I don't mind driving in it (4x4 or an AWD Ford Edge). It was super fun watching my 2 year old discover it and become a snow work plowing through it in his new boots.

But, it can be heck on a gig schedule. I already had one job (Dec 19) snowed out this year. I have 6 gigs in January between the two bands and am wondering if they are all going to come through.

So - a two edged sword as they say.