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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:49 AM Original message |
People who live in small towns in very cold areas, such as Canada and near |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. why do you think that most canadians were born in July? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. I live in a small Canadian town |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. They snowplow the roads way out in the sticks? I am surprised. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It's a necessity |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You're not by any chance near Perth, are you? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's exactly where I am |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yes, my mother-in-law lives in Perth |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. i usually change my tires before it starts gettin nasty lol |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. yes |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Why do I ask? Because I've always lived in a very hot climate. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I didn't enjoy the cold much |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. you acclimate to whatever |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Having lived west of the Rockies for 43 of my 50 years, |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, but not every day |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Locals prepare for local weather |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. We visit Canadian relatives every other Christmas. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. The concept is snowplows, snowblowers, shovels and studded tires. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. Spent some time in a tiny town in New Hampshire |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. At Warp Nine, frost heaves aren't a problem. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. Even the nastiest Republicans can't cut snow-removal services. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Oh yes they can and it's been done in my city here in western WI. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. The plows are out in full force after a snowstorm |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. oh yeah, nothing around here is cancelled unless it's one heck of a blizzard |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. White-Outs and black ice are our main concerns when |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Toward the end of March, finding a place to put the snow is a big problem. n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. If you're totally unused to that kind of climate, you can be really clueless. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "How our experience, or lack of it, shapes the way we look at things..." |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. My DH has one of those "clam" fish houses, to me it looks like a plastic tarp on a sled |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The ultimate clueless. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. aren't ice fish somewhat inedible? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I guess they thaw them out before eating. :rofl: nt |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Similarly, I visited TN and |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Ice houses are a religion with some in MN. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. I don't live anywhere near Canada, but... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. I live on the Iron Range in Minnesota |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. Unpaved county roads get plowed too! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. I live in Northeastern Minnesota. We know how to clear snow here. Not only that, but the snowmobile |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. I moved from a little seaside town in California to Minnesota |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. My experience has been those areas have a super snow removal program... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
38. Canada is a small town? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Compared to China, it is! I could have worded it better. nt |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
39. Canadian Police car chases are wild in the winter |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. I'm not on the border, but it gets pretty cold here. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I was thinking of a medical emergency. nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Our roads are plowed. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Well, I can only speak for NH and VT |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Yup. If the rescue services can get people off Mt Washington mid winter, |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
48. Yes. They plow the roads. |
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