Disagree, heavy snow as an adult is still awesome. I almost never experience it anymore...
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I still love it as an adult, but I don't have to drive through it, so there's that!
To me, snow looks nice, feels nice, is bright and cheerful, and muffles sound wonderfully. It's fun to play with and walk through. Ice on the ground is another matter though, which is when and where I break in to my 'penguin shuffle,' so as to avoid slipping and falling on my arse.
My job is literally driving. Snow is annoying, ICE is public enemy #1. Makes my days twice as long as they should be.
It's a nightmare if you HAVE to go somewhere.
Kids rarely HAVE to go somewhere.
Saw the New York "heavy snow" earlier, and I might be Norwegian, but that was kinda cute.
Heavy snow is still great as an adult. It's beautiful and quiet and peaceful. And things like snowboarding and donuts in empty parking lots are fun too.
Nothing like being a kid and realizing that the snow is deep enough to build a network of tunnels, and you are free to spend all day doing that
Somehow, I never did that. Wish I had, that sounds a lot easier than what my family did. Though what we did was cool in a different way.
My older brothers built snow forts with stairs inside, leading to balconies and sled ramps on the top. They even put blocks of snow around the edges and put up a flag, resembling castles. My younger brother and I did grunt work - walking up and down the street, gathering and lugging snow to the build site. We all got to play in the end though, so we were happy to help. My older brothers always loved building things, and these forts were their collaborative masterpieces. Super snowy storms were the best.
It's not "heavy" snow - that is lots and lots of it.. it's heavy wet snow that is the absolute fucker.
So far this winter, here in coastal New England, it's been powdery and cold. Easy-peasy to shovel.
Love it!
it’s heavy wet snow that is the absolute fucker
Yeah there's a reason they call that "heart attack snow"
Well I nipped that bitch in the bud.
Just came in from shoveling the driveway - AND did the street margin up to the walkway of my house, leaving the curbstone exposed, so that the plow drivers will know where the edge is. Had a city worker come along and go tightly along the curb and got the stuff I'd chipped loose, so that was WAY hella nice of him. Get that road-crusty wet shit outta the way.
I will likely go out in another 5 hours and clean the space up where my husband parks, so he can just come in tonight after work with no problem.
Yup. So... sick... of... shoveling. And I'm norwegian, it's kind of built into my genes.
It didn't help that I had a station wagon that was RWD with almost no weight in the rear axle. Driving it was like that Bambi on ice scene. And due to a slight inclination and a sharp turn to get into my driveway, parking in the winter was a special skill that involved a 4-wheel skid.
Anyway, last summer I bought a new car, an AWD SUV, built for the climate, and with a defrost/prepared timer. It was amazing. I was actually looking forward to winter; All I needed to do was to ensure I could physically enter the car. And this winter, due to an abnormally dry and warm winter, there's almost no snow. Whomp whomp.
I enjoy the snow. I also enjoy shoveling with neighbors and sloughing off a sweat soaked shirt onto the radiator. Then back outside to enjoy our efforts with a little beer share and a big joint!
Camping in the snow as a Boy Scout and waking up with my tent completely buried was awesome af.
I have bad circulation in my hands, so I hated snow then and hate it now.
It's nice when I'm inside by the fire looking out.
Nah, still love the heavy snow, even when i have to dig out my car from a 3 foot drift on all sides.
Especially after a slightly warmer, sunny day the top turns into this crisp ice with slush underneath. I have discovered a new agony with arthritis by having to walk on the crust then having it give way suddenly at random steps.
I love going through snow with my car. It's fun. Don't worry, I'm not going fast but it's soooo exhalarating to drift on an empty plains
Even if it's a problem, it is more like a nuisance than an absolute nightmare in 98% of the cases
no? as a kid, heavy snow sucked then, too. it's too dense to roll properly into giant snowballs, and it doesn't have the same cushioning factor since its lower volume
or do you mean lots of snow? in which case, still no - lots of snow is awesome as an adult. I get to go slide my car around in silence, roads are empty, dog park is empty, everything looks beautiful
... And comma splices are always bad.
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