Snowfall

[P3nT4gR4m]

That shit looks AWESOME! Our suppliers refuse to stock this freezing rain. Bastards 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ice is never fun. Ever. Do you have crampons/ice walkers? Probably a dumb question considering this doesn't happen frequently for you guys, but if your winter is going to be like this, they aren't a bad investment. I have a pair of Yaktrax (they look like springs on rubber you pull over your shoes) that I got from Big Lots or something on the cheap. If you can't find them out there, let me know and I can go grab you a few pairs.

Nope. We have them at REI (for those mountainy people who like to mountain shit) but I don't really need more junk in my closet just in case of the once-every-ten-years ice storm.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

We had this happen in 08:



And you can still see the tree damage from that. I can't even imagine how bad Portland's must have been in comparison.

That looks pretty fucking extreme.

[Suu]

Ice is never fun. Ever. Do you have crampons/ice walkers? Probably a dumb question considering this doesn't happen frequently for you guys, but if your winter is going to be like this, they aren't a bad investment. I have a pair of Yaktrax (they look like springs on rubber you pull over your shoes) that I got from Big Lots or something on the cheap. If you can't find them out there, let me know and I can go grab you a few pairs.

Nope. We have them at REI (for those mountainy people who like to mountain shit) but I don't really need more junk in my closet just in case of the once-every-ten-years ice storm.

For now on, my friends in northern New Hampshire are forever known as, "Mountainy people who like to mountain shit."

They're *those* people. The ones that like snow, and ice, and take 3000 pictures of Mt. Washington a day captioned, "ISN'T THIS WICKED GORGEOUS? I BET YOU WISH YOU WERE HERE!"  Fuck those guys.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You live in one of those cold-ass-weather places too, don't you QG?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ice is never fun. Ever. Do you have crampons/ice walkers? Probably a dumb question considering this doesn't happen frequently for you guys, but if your winter is going to be like this, they aren't a bad investment. I have a pair of Yaktrax (they look like springs on rubber you pull over your shoes) that I got from Big Lots or something on the cheap. If you can't find them out there, let me know and I can go grab you a few pairs.

Nope. We have them at REI (for those mountainy people who like to mountain shit) but I don't really need more junk in my closet just in case of the once-every-ten-years ice storm.

For now on, my friends in northern New Hampshire are forever known as, "Mountainy people who like to mountain shit."

They're *those* people. The ones that like snow, and ice, and take 3000 pictures of Mt. Washington a day captioned, "ISN'T THIS WICKED GORGEOUS? I BET YOU WISH YOU WERE HERE!"  Fuck those guys.

Yes. Those people. The ones who wear jackets that have their lift passes attached, and who, while us shivering lowlanders are gazing hopefully through the drizzle at the glimmers of sun in May, are lamenting that the snow season up on Mt. Hood is nearly over.

They go fuck around in snow ON PURPOSE, not because ill circumstance forced them into it. Those fuckers are crazy.

[Salty]

It is funny how much colder everyone here thinks it is.

In comparison to.summer, yes it is cold.
But moreso, in comparison with CONSTANT STASIS,it is inhuman.

You stay in your warm house, add enough layers to withstand the grushing gales in between leaving your portch and entering your car, the same as you exit the car and enter (school, work, food place), and back again.

Of course it seems like you are going to die.

I have people who come to me and the first thing they say EVER SINGLE TIME is how shitty the weather is.

JUST STFU!

[Suu]

Ice is never fun. Ever. Do you have crampons/ice walkers? Probably a dumb question considering this doesn't happen frequently for you guys, but if your winter is going to be like this, they aren't a bad investment. I have a pair of Yaktrax (they look like springs on rubber you pull over your shoes) that I got from Big Lots or something on the cheap. If you can't find them out there, let me know and I can go grab you a few pairs.

Nope. We have them at REI (for those mountainy people who like to mountain shit) but I don't really need more junk in my closet just in case of the once-every-ten-years ice storm.

For now on, my friends in northern New Hampshire are forever known as, "Mountainy people who like to mountain shit."

They're *those* people. The ones that like snow, and ice, and take 3000 pictures of Mt. Washington a day captioned, "ISN'T THIS WICKED GORGEOUS? I BET YOU WISH YOU WERE HERE!"  Fuck those guys.

Yes. Those people. The ones who wear jackets that have their lift passes attached, and who, while us shivering lowlanders are gazing hopefully through the drizzle at the glimmers of sun in May, are lamenting that the snow season up on Mt. Hood is nearly over.

They go fuck around in snow ON PURPOSE, not because ill circumstance forced them into it. Those fuckers are crazy.

WTF is up with those lift passes? Honestly, they wear them like a goddamn status symbol. "I went skiing 2 weeks ago at Killington, see?"

Yes, I've seen it for the past 2 weeks. It's starting to look like you wiped your ass with it. Take it off.

[Suu]

It is funny how much colder everyone here thinks it is.

In comparison to.summer, yes it is cold.
But moreso, in comparison with CONSTANT STASIS,it is inhuman.

You stay in your warm house, add enough layers to withstand the grushing gales in between leaving your portch and entering your car, the same as you exit the car and enter (school, work, food place), and back again.

Of course it seems like you are going to die.

I have people who come to me and the first thing they say EVER SINGLE TIME is how shitty the weather is.

JUST STFU!

I'd like to see Alaska someday, but you folks are a whole different breed of crazy than even the most snow-obsessed New Englanders.

[LMNO]

I miss being a skier.


I was almost as good at that as I was being a cowboy.

[Salty]

My daily walkin' garb:
-Two (2) pairs of pants.
-One (1) pair of Carhartt overalls, at medium thickness.
-Two (2) pairs of gloves, thin layer on inside w/snartphone tips, thick gloves.
-Two (2) hats. One beanie and one knit fancy hat.
-Anywhere from 2-5 hoodies, a tshirt, and a down jacket.
-One (1) scarf.
-One (1) pair goggles, for bad wind.
-One (1) pair good boots with StaberIcers, finally.

I AM IMPERMEABLE.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It is funny how much colder everyone here thinks it is.

In comparison to.summer, yes it is cold.
But moreso, in comparison with CONSTANT STASIS,it is inhuman.

You stay in your warm house, add enough layers to withstand the grushing gales in between leaving your portch and entering your car, the same as you exit the car and enter (school, work, food place), and back again.

Of course it seems like you are going to die.

I have people who come to me and the first thing they say EVER SINGLE TIME is how shitty the weather is.

JUST STFU!

That's how you know you're getting your money's worth.

I mean, people don't go to Alaska thinking it's going to be balmy, right?

[Suu]

And this is why we don't talk about Connecticut.

http://www.wfsb.com/story/24182015/vehicle-slams-into-milford-home

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I had to wear a windbreaker ALL DAY today.   

I think the moral here is we should live in Portland in the summer and Tuscon in the winter.

I think there's a problem with your plan.

I keep coming back and chuckling at this.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

You live in one of those cold-ass-weather places too, don't you QG?

In Massachusetts. Grew up in the western half of the state, where snow makes sense and we have our "r"s, and now I'm near Bawston.