tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post2010591111842525632..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Shovel or freeze?towniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-7804309167425733002007-03-04T13:19:00.000-05:002007-03-04T13:19:00.000-05:00Freeze! As long as it's a dry cold, that's fine. ...Freeze! As long as it's a dry cold, that's fine. You can always dress for the weather (or just stay the hell indoors).<BR/><BR/>Dear God I hate shovelling. And Stephenville hasn't even had a good honest snowstorm--just those bloody snow squalls which dump 10 cm everytime your back is turned.<BR/><BR/>But above all of the other choices, I will agree with Jason and prefer duststorms above all. Himself is in the Middle East again for the third time since Christmas, I can't wait for my next trip over and we're preparing to go ex-pat to sun, sand, and the wonder that is the Dubai Shopping Festival when I finish up my current gig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-47879340160583872812007-03-02T23:45:00.000-05:002007-03-02T23:45:00.000-05:00Well, I look forward to most of you moving to Iqal...Well, I look forward to most of you moving to Iqaluit in the near future. Hell, it was nice today. Only -16 today. Lovely weather. And no shovelling....towniebastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-5215610235455250582007-03-02T19:23:00.000-05:002007-03-02T19:23:00.000-05:00Odd as it may sound from a Sri Lankan, tropical bo...Odd as it may sound from a Sri Lankan, tropical boy trapped in the prairies, I like the super freeze (I've been complaining that winter should stay below -5 the entire bloody time rather than tease us with these warm spells). I love the snow too, but for sheer walking pleasure, I can walk farther and longer in -30. In fact I go running in -20, but I couldn't go running in -5 in SJ because of the salt bite in the air.<BR/><BR/>But hey, maybe I'm just, oh, I don't know, insane.<BR/><BR/>DupsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-1554768292160424382007-03-02T11:42:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:42:00.000-05:00I haven't done the -40, so I'm not sure I'm qualif...I haven't done the -40, so I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer the question. But I'm inclined to go with shovel, because I hate the idea of the painfulness of bitingly cold weather and how it's hard to breathe and everything. At least with snow you can stand to be outside.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if you factor in the months and months of no sidewalks, constantly chipping away at the ice on your windshield, and the dark sludge in spring when the snowbanks melt and all that's left is the dirt and exhaust that's been piling up on them.... I might have to try out that -40.<BR/><BR/>Any wonder why I live in Vancouver? We had about 1 cm of snow yesterday and it was melted by the evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-1537371679063330362007-03-02T11:05:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:05:00.000-05:00Freeze. No contest. And I don't even shovel our sn...Freeze. <BR/><BR/>No contest. And I don't even shovel our snow, Hubby does it. <BR/><BR/>OMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-27815499705001334402007-03-02T07:50:00.000-05:002007-03-02T07:50:00.000-05:00Craig, there was an editorial read on the radio he...Craig, there was an editorial read on the radio here this week. It was from a newspaper in the late 1800s in St. John's. The editorial was a complaint about the bad state of snow clearing and how hard it was for pedestrians to get around what with the carriages taking up all the roads. Things never change.Tina Chaulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869327476772557546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-63508561650599130342007-03-02T07:49:00.000-05:002007-03-02T07:49:00.000-05:00Shovel any day of the week. I hated the -40 days i...Shovel any day of the week. I hated the -40 days in Fredericton. Having frozen nosehairs and losing all sensation in any piece of exposed skin within seconds is less pleasant than imagination would have it be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-26588776761655038992007-03-02T05:12:00.000-05:002007-03-02T05:12:00.000-05:00I'll take the freeze any time. I'm so tired of sho...I'll take the freeze any time. I'm so tired of shovelling snow. Not sure how much more my back can take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-21656129573297535952007-03-02T05:07:00.000-05:002007-03-02T05:07:00.000-05:00Freeze wins hands down. As long as you have a good...Freeze wins hands down. As long as you have a good wall of snow around your house that is.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616269412884770034noreply@blogger.com