I welcome Old Man Winter
I figured, for us in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is coming upon us. This thread is dedicated to just that, winter. To start it off, lets all get pissed off at Travis Rice for jumping Chad's Gap.
Here is another one, and I give full compliments to Geoff for this video. In it you will see Geoff, me, and other people with a season of fun. And make sure to watch it till the end. Can't tell you what it is, but I lose part of my dignity there.
Here is another one, and I give full compliments to Geoff for this video. In it you will see Geoff, me, and other people with a season of fun. And make sure to watch it till the end. Can't tell you what it is, but I lose part of my dignity there.
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Oh, and by the way californians, I'm hoping that our winter will really kick up this weekend. Boreal opened today, and mammoth last week, both largely with artificial snow. There's supposed to be a storm blowing towards us from the north (which means it'll be colder, hopefully) and she's a decent sized one, so CROSS YER FINGERS FER LOTS OF SNOW!!!
I have the feeling we're going to have another slushy, nasty, mild winter, with more sleet and freezing rain than fluffy white snow.
I'm thinking it'll be much the same here. It used to be we could expect a significant amount of snow by Thanksgiving. In recent years we've been lucky to have proper snow by Christmas.
Winter is pretty weak around here.
We have cold winters but snow very rarely down in the south.
It's gonna be 12 degrees tomorrow but with pretty bad wind chill...
"The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;
And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with ice,
The spruces rough in the distant glitter
Of the January sun; and not to think
Of any misery in the sound of the wind,
In the sound of a few leaves,
Which is the sound of the land
Full of the same wind
That is blowing in the same bare place
For the listener, who listens in the snow,
And, nothing himself, beholds
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.
Enjoy
I'M TELLING YOU, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR, IF NOT NEXT.
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Now THAT'S rad.
as is this.
I am not pleased.
I had just left school and departed on my 2.5 mile journey home. On a mild summer day this trek is most enjoyable as I walk along a path flanked on both sides by lovely horse chestnut trees. Truly a picturesque and most pleasurable walk home.
Yesterday however was a different picture. It is almost winter and as such the trees were bare. As soon as I started to walk down the path it began to rain in such a foul manner. Ice cold biting rain which soaks you to the skin in seconds and makes your skin physically tighten so that when you move any of your facial features you can feel them fight against the tightness.
I was forced to trek through this accursed rain with nary a coat upon my person save for a blazer which soaked up the rain with greater efficiency than any sponge. Not only was I soaked and shivering, I was also hindered by steamed up spectacles. Wiping them was an ultimately futile act as the rain continued its relentless onslaught.
I finally reached home and was able to remove my sodden garments and wrap up in the finest warm clothes and relax with a good book after hanging my blazer to dry on the radiator.
Epilogue:
And that my humble readers was my journey. Despite everything it has the most wonderful of endings. This morning I woke up and got dressed. Just as I left the house I picked up my blazer from the radiator and found it to be blissfully warm for my drier, albeit still quite chilly trek to school. And wonders of wonders, today was a good day.
The tale is doon and God save al the rowte!
P.S. Where Did you get the pig outfit???
I even took a walk in the snow yesterday.