Got snow?

Yeah Fred, I have a 22 horse John Deer garden tractor, with a cab and a SNOW BLOWER on the front. I can drive the tractor, and open up the driveway, and stay warm and dry. NOOOOO, don't do the walk behind one! I live on a very large hill, and going down is easy, coming up with that walk behind is murder! Riding is a blast!:-D

Good one, Tux! LOL

That next storm is going South of us, so we won't be getting any.. I am just so happy to share ! But then, I'll have to remove the OLD gas in it, so I can mow grass this summer.. Oh, what can I say???:-D
Here is what I use: It can really move the snow... That is, when we have snow! This pic is from Dec.

 

Thats just it though, I know most of the UK is not equipped for snow.
But there's no need for how they react.
We don't have snow chains here, I drive on all weather tires which help a little but it's not hard to drive in a few inches of snow, you just have to take it easy.

It makes me laugh here how the first snow fall there are hundreds of accidents, I think to myself "This happens every year people, WTH are you doing?"

My first experience driving in snow on the wrong side of the road lol, I had a round trip of 5 hours, at night with snow comming down hard and already upto an average of 4 inches on the road and drifts upto 3 feet.
It was tiring but I got us there and back safely.

Having said all that, when snow is down, the rules change and shit happens very suddenly.

On a lighter note, I saw 5 young dear crss the road yesterday , fallumped across the road in front of me and twoddled off into a snow covered field...THAT is why I love snow, it's just so purdy :-D

 

This makes me wanna http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy290/lotzasmilies/crazy_girl.gif

Please, Ned come and take some of this evil.. I mean snow away!!! :-D

 

That's OK, dyamond, you can say it LOL Maybe it is ~~Evil Snow~~~ :-D

 

It's always evil snow LOL but I don't want to offend the snow lovers here

 

Wow . . . I was thinking of getting up a Geek donation system to get a pair of snow-boots to Dyamond - but now we need to add an emergency airlift for Laura! 14 - 20 inches? Yikes!

We stand to get six more by tomorrow evening, I hear, but that's nothing compared to you guys!

Stay inside and play on the computer, I say!

 

Well here we go with round 2 or is it 3 or 4. I've lost count this winter.
I could stay at home with 6" - 12" expected or at work (which is 30 miles east) with 10" - 20" expected.
Hmmm, decisions, decisions. (This :crap is for the birds.)

 

Wow Oscar what a handsom dog,just a few flakes here in Lancashire ..by Southport damnd cold thoe

 

I wish we'd get some more snow fall then what were getting now. Today/Tonight only 1 - 1.5 inches. I miss the 6 inches or more.

 

Considering the modern nanny state, the health and safety culture, and the inability of anyone in the UK to drive in snowy conditions, coupled with councils running out of road grit very quickly all leads to one conclusion - a shut down country.

 

From Wisconsin, expecting 6 -8', yuck!!
Snow on the ground!
Snow on the ground!
I can't get around
with snow on the ground!:-D:-D:-D

 

This storm will miss us too up here. We've had our share of the stuff these past couple of years, but then we have to deal with below normal temps when it doesn't snow. Stay safe folks.

 

I know, I know, but whatever happened to "We're British and we deal with whatever is thrown at us"?
The British Bulldog spirit seems to be dying with all the WW2 vets.

Personally I'm a proud Brit and try to keep it alive, I say whatever is going to happen........ Bring it On! :strong

 

love it roflmao

 

I'm in New Hampshire and we got nothing yet. I heard mentioned of a couple inches tonight at most

 

It's being dropped, not thrown?!?! :-D

6-8 feet! Keep it your way please!! :-D:-D:wave

 

WE GOT SNOW!!! :hyper

Beautiful sunshine yesterday, nightfall with a little light dusting and this morning 4-6 inches of lovely snow!!

Straight out of bed and sprung into action :major
Didn't even bother with coffee lol
Turns out someone stole my snow shovel DoH! so had to use normal shovel which I'm sure didn't do much for the paintwork on my car :-D

Drove the wife to work, got home , pulled handbrake turn perfectly into driveway, walked in house.......slipped on floor, banged elbow on door.... IT IS NOT AMUSING IN THE SLIEGHTEST!!! rolleyes lol

@Halo... The whole train thing, excellent idea, the guy deserves a medal, or a higher postition, maybe he's not afraid of leaves either lol

@Tux... Yeah thanks for pointing that out lol, although the wind we have here it's pretty much comming sideways lol

 

Drove the wife to work, got home , pulled handbrake turn perfectly into driveway, walked in house.......slipped on floor, banged elbow on door.... IT IS NOT AMUSING IN THE SLIEGHTEST!!! lol

Oh I don't know, sounded kinda funny sitting here!:-D:-D

 

Same here, Halo. Our ski hills are making snow, because most storms have missed us... I'm not complaining in the least! :-D:-D:-D

Plus, we like to share !

 

That looks nice Laura, as opposed to up here where all the trees are naked ATM. It looks like a barren wasteland like it does in Nov.

 

See! how can anyone not like snow, it's so purdy........from inside :-D

 

Got 14" around here. Made $120 shoveling!

 

Thanks! And yeah, it took alot of work

2nd times the charm

 

Thats what someone else could have said

Actually, just out of curiosity, how much did you charge per driveway? Presuming it was driveways/paths you were shoveling.
Trying to get my boy to do it but not sure what it's worth.

 

Yesterday when it was 4" i charged 10 a house x 3 house = 30
today I charged 20 a house
1 person paid full. 1 person paid 30 another paid 40

Who? She? xD

 

Thats what I figured. Nice of some people to pay more.

She? Probably.

Come to think of it, somebody stole my snow shovel and it would seem you started your shoveling business around the same time.......hmmmm lol

 

snow has slowed here in upstate NY since yesterday's big storm. Takes me about an hour to shovel and clear, but I love it: just rev up the ATV and plow baby plow. :major best part of the day.
Wish everything else was that simple!

 

All right you dang Canadians!!! Your snow for skiing is falling in the South US.:-D Has been snowing here in Northern Louisiana since about 2PM. They are predicting 3-4" tonight, with some areas getting 5". It was snowing in Baton Rouge today!

And sure, that much is nothing for you crazy northerners, it shuts down our state. They closed a lot schools today until next week.

Dang global changing, or climate warming, what ever it is. :-D

 

Yup Fred, I heard this AM that Shreveport was in the crosshairs. Oh, and this and the other storms have nothing to do with us! It was a balmy 29F and sunny up here.:-D

 

Oh sure, act all innocent. I know what you are up to! My trained Asian Carp Army is enroute to you as we speak. :-D

 

We have a foot of snow here about 10 miles east of South Haven, MI

 

Wow, it is still snowing here. Too bad I can't get the old truck down the hill safely, guess I will have to take the day off work. Good thing there is a beer store within walking distance!! :-D

 

roflmao roflmao roflmao Better you than us! roflmao roflmao roflmao
We have SUNSHINE! barely an inch of snow. LOTS of bare ground!.. :-D roflmao roflmao

@ Fred: If there is a beer store that close, GO FOR IT! :-D

 

"@Fred, thought you of all folk here would have a copious stock of beers, spirits and wines"

Spirits and wine, yes, got that. Most of those are some nice older wines, I am saving them for special occaisions. Scotch: check, Irish Whiskey: check, Rum: check, American Whiskey, check, Port: check. :-D

But, unless it is a vintage beer, I like my beer fresh. So I keep a cooler of it 1/4 of a mile down the road. :-D

 

Hmm, why don't you take the chains off of your jacket and wrap them around the rear wheels! Be more useful that way.:-D

 

Augie, I don't get it. Don't have chains on my jacket. Used to have some cool chains on my straightjacket, but the staff was concerned I might find a way to use them as a weapon. :-D

Halo, my 'cooler' is a C Store right down the road.

 

Ok here are 2 more pix from where I live.. and more snow is coming on monday :cry someone tell me why!!! :-D

 

Dyamond, snow in the south is much more fierce. Even the rumor of a possible snowstorm can close schools and such. So, 3" of snow here, is the same as 3' up in the north. :-D

 

You dont live on long island, do you http://www.emofaces.com/en/emoticons/n/nervous-emoticon-sweating.gif :-D

 

Snow? HA!
We dream about snow here....
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/forecasts/perth.shtml
37C tomorrow - just under 100F. Stay indoors, stay near the fan.

 

Wanna trade? :-D