To all the New Englanders carping about the snow - STOP IT!

[Rabrrrrrr]

You're damned lucky to have the snow that you have. The rest of the country should be so damn lucky.

I get so angry when people piss and moan about "ooh, too much snow, whine whine whine."

It's winter - you're SUPPOSED to have snow!!

At least, I think so.

I love winter, and I've had very little snow this year...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Hatalles]

1. I live in the Bay Area...

And I can't stand this "ideal" climate.

I'd like snow... I'd like rain more often. Dear God, a few sunshowers would be perfect.

[havocmom]

2. The parched earth where I am is already cracking like summer

I am in Montana. Snow would be good. We have some rivers that stopped running two years ago.

[Cha]

I'm sorry you're so Dry out there!

We are pretty lucky weatherwise here in New York.

I hope you get some relief soon.

[Cha]

13. Duplicate...

Again ..sorry it's so bad out there..I had no idea.

[loro mi dicevano]

3. New England's complaining, well, come to Minnesota!

You get some of the coldest temperatures in the US, AND snow! THEN you can complain.

:P :P

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. It is snowing in Chicago AGAIN!!!!!

I am going to go to the window and blow all this damn snow east to New York to make you happy, damnit to hell. I am sick of snow and cold. It makes my mood pissy....

Tomorrow is the St. Patrick's Day parade...the temperature is expected to reach a high of 30 degrees. Still the eejits will dye the Chicago River green....some corporation has bought the rights this year.

:eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Yet another reason to hate Chicago

Sorry, meaning no offense, but of all the big cities in the US, Chicago is the only one I actively despise. Some I hold in apathy. But Chicago - yuck. And allowing people to dye the river - that's sooooooo fuckin' lame.

Maybe it's cuz I'm a Cheesehead and had to deal all the time with those &@(%^#^$ FIBs, and because they are now destroying my hometown, and maybe because I've lived in and visited REALLY COOL cities in my lifetime (including the capital of the world, NYC), but man, my distaste for Chicago lowers a little bit more every year.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Yes...but New York????

:puke:

Note. I am a FIB. Go Cubs go!!!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. Our parade is the 20th-I hope the hell it's above 30 by then

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. And the South Side Irish parade is Sunday....

A real warmup for that....31.

:eyes:

Been snowing here, but not the accumulation that you have. Thank the gods....

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. There has only been one winter worse in my lifetime

well, two: 1995-6, and 1977-78. Of course, I loved the winter of '78 because we were out of school for two weeks because of the blizzard, and the sledding and skiing were great!

it should be in the mid-40s by now...

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Same here, re the temperature... lothes in

I HATE having to wear heavy clothes in mid-March. A while ago it was snowing like hell.

Worst winters in Chicago were 1967 (The Great Blizzard) -- 26-plus inches) and 1978-79...the year that brought Michael Bilandic down as mayor.

[Lizzie Borden]

5. I live in WI. and I'm sick of snow

and it's snowing again. We are totally fed up with winter, so you can have our snow. We won't really miss it. Having lived in New England myself (MA. and ME.) I think I'm qualified to say that they really have had a hard winter.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. It is the 3rd snowiest winter on record. It SUCKS.

Snow should stay in the mountains of NH, ME, and VT, and NOT on the streets of Boston. :grr:

[Zomby Woof]

10. Plus...

They chose to live there, so they should buck up!

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. That's right! A little "personal responsibility" would be in order!

They could learn something from the good Christian republicans in our government, like Newt Gingrich, and Rumsfeld, and Condi, and our illustrious president, and Ashcroft, and Rush, and etc.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Many of us have family responsibilities.

For example, I cannot move anywhere (even to where my love lives) because I am caregiver to my 93-year-old mother.

[Zomby Woof]

16. But you also don't carp in endless threads about your climate

That is the point... it's the people who CAN change their situation, and yet COMPLAIN endlessly, that is the target of Rabrrrrr's wrath.

He is wrong about Chicago though. :P

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. But I dislike seeing my city dissed.

And the references to FIB -- which means fucking Illinois bastards.

[Zomby Woof]

20. Chicago rules

I prefer it over self-important, overdone, overhyped, over-everything NYC any day.

Go Cubbies!

And best wishes to you in all the hard work that goes into taking care of your mother, and hoping she is doing well.

(I was wondering what FIB was...cool.)

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Chicago is great....

...but right now I wish I was in Oklahoma City....as horrendous as that may be.

Location is a state of mind. My love takes good care of his father, who is 90.

I HATE the term FIB. We only call Wisconsinite Cheeseheads. Much less insulting.

[Zomby Woof]

25. The state of mind thing is valid

My mind is in California, my birthplace and once-and-future home.

Great genes in yours and his family... longevity!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. I can withstand any crappy weather New England dumps on me

You couldn't pay me to move away from the best schools, world class restaurants, gorgeous beaches, awesome skiing, fall foliage, excellent museums, beautiful architecture, top notch public transportation, and history around every corner. And if you want physical beauty, New England has plenty of it!

It's just that the weather sucks, people have a glass-is-half-empty attitude up here, and with our sports teams winning all the time, we NEED something to complain about! :D

[kiraboo]

21. Ummm, excuse me. It's mid MARCH!

Maybe you just don't know what we're dealing with here. It was zero degrees when I woke today. Trying to back out of my driveway involves a small prayer, because there are six-foot piles of snow blocking my view of oncoming cars. And remember, our first frost occasionally arrives in AUGUST. Think that over and maybe you'll have more compassion!

okay, saracasm off. but I still think you don't get it!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

22. Your first frost is in AUGUST?

:wow:

Our first frost is usually the week before Thanksgiving. What a difference a few hundred miles makes!

[kiraboo]

24. Well, not usually. But I've been here for fourteen years and it's

happened twice. Our average first frost date is supposed to be September 15th. I suppose that's about right. Bah!

[kiraboo]

26. I spend Thanksgiving in Westwood every year.

I love Cambridge. Used to hang out with a crowd from Harvard, years ago. If you live there, you're lucky.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

31. I love it here-it's a great city

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Dude, I'm from Wisconsin. I think I understand Winter.

I'm not unfamiliar with snow in October, nor with snow in May.

I'm familiar with the Interstate being closed at least once a year, sometimes more.

Plus, as I said in the original post, which you perhaps didn't notice - I'm also speaking as a person who loves winter and loves snow, so obviously and of course I'm also biased toward "more snow is better".

[kiraboo]

35. It's "Dudette". And I'm speaking as one from the West Coast.

Mayhap that's the difference between us. I do know lots of kids who love winter in all it's glory, and even a couple of adults. You must be one of them!

[Capn Sunshine]

27. SNOW? WTF?

I've heard of this "snow" you speak of.
Frozen water, falls from the sky?

[greatauntoftriplets]

29. Not a damn bit funny.....

to those of us who are gettting snow tonight.

Should we poke fun at you for rain and landslides? Earthquakes?

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. I thought it was funny!

I remember a time when it was so cold, we had to put lit charcoal under the LP tank so that the LP would continue to flow and we could have heat, because it had gotten so cold it was liquifying.

[greatauntoftriplets]

34. Only a damn Cheesehead would do that.

No one from Chicago.

:eyes: proves my damn point.

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. ROTFL!

Touche!

Sorry for dissing your city. I really don't like it, but I shouldn't be so nasty about it. It's just my impression. It's not for me. But many fine and wonderful people - such as yourself - live there and love it.

[uppityperson]

28. carping about in the snow?

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. That's no carp! That's my mother!

:7

Kudos to you for finding the most appropriate image available on the 'net!

[Dukkha]

36. Snow sucks the sweat off a dead hog's Balls!

Enough Already!

Spring Equnox is only 10 days away so I better not see ONE snowflake then or I'll run outside with a shotgun blasting the sky! :mad:

[Canadian Socialist]

38. But but there is no climate change!

Hello! I talk to farm people all the time in my job. They KNOW there is very definitely climate change. I was talking today to a woman who (with her husband & children) have been farming in Manitoba for over 40 years. They lost their crop last year in August from frost. In southern Manitoba. I lived there for 20 years. It was NEVER cold in August in southern Manitoba in August. In fact, it was so hot that I used to sleep in my bathtub, covered in cool water. But, recently, the climate has very decidely changed. Where I live now, in Calgary, our temps are at least 10-20 degrees above what they've been in the last 100 years. But it's not just that. Last year, we had snow every month of the year. Stop and think about that. Snow in July and August.