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Lol...both crazy and stupid...hope they don't get hurt!

Both.

Good thing in Europe it doesn't snow so much... Or if it does, hopefully this will not catch on.

Winter can drive people nuts after a while ...

I don't know why, Chris, but I get the feeling you might have tried something winter-crazy... (And if you have, I hope you at least covered up -- I can think of better reasons for frostbite!)

When I was little I lived in upstate NY and I remember there was a blizzard on my birthday (mid-May). I grew up in FL, though, no snow there. Went to university in PA and remember spinning out on ice (decided immediately I wanted to live on a climate where that didn't happen). Married a guy in BC and have gotten used to what I (and many others) call "fwinter" ... mostly a long, grey, raining fall/winter. We've had the occasional very snowy and even icy winter but that's not too common here. For about a month my allergies have been going insane as spring tries to spring here. (I get very itchy in my ears and at the top of my throat/back of my mouth.) The crocuses are out, too. I've been trying to be quiet about it so that the people in snowboundland don't murder me. It is damp, though, and chilly!

I wouldn't murder you. In fact, one of the local weather guys commented on how the news people in Palm Beach have been doing winter weather remotes there -- the temperature there was a "Frigid 58" there. (Fahrenheit, of course.) Since there had been a lot of talk about how dangerous the wind chill is here, I was half-expecting to hear the Palm Beach folks say something like, "...And, at this temperature, frostbite will set in within 125,000 years!" And sometimes I can just see littlewolf lounging around in her yard, sipping on one of those touristy drinks with a paper umbrella in it; a smile forming on her lips as she wonders if any of us will ever realize it's summer Down Under and start heading that way. Just gotta take it in stride.

Phew, safe!

...At the very least, you should know Kat would never let anybody do anything bad to you!

That's right.

Alas with re having a weird summer down her, high temps one day, jumpers the next day, fluctuating humidity, almost cyclonic weather (high wind, beach erosion, down pours) flooding, we tough it out with our normal twisted Australian humor alas fancy drinks with umbrellas in them belong to tourist and people with extra time on their hand at the moment

Originally posted by littlewolf alas fancy drinks with umbrellas in them belong to tourist and people with extra time on their hand at the moment

Hey, I could've said I pictured you serving the touristy like a cabana girl! (And I know darned well you'd never agree to do that !)

snigger and the risk of sound a little gross - I would have to de-forest my legs and underarms first to be a cabana girl, the tourist would have to enjoy a little bit of "muffin top" around the hips and alas my freckles have not joined up to give me that all over tan I wanted as a child, so I would have to "fake tan" it alas I could not see myself getting a lot of tips, unless it was from dirty twisted tourist who like their woman mature, and if someone did try and give me a little lips, I can see myself either walking away laughing or something that could get me fired.....though I can thing of some interesting things to do with their drink umbrellas and swizzle sticks..... probable best I stick to retail.. I know people will eventually leave my shops......

I'm sorry, I haven't been around for a while, but... is this really happening? I... oh God, I can't really wrap my head around this. It's like something out of a manga. (Actually, episode 29 of Axis Powers Hetalia, when the anthropomorphised Russia jumps out of a plane, saying he doesn't need a parachute because of all the snow beneath) It's really difficult to see something like this happening, and yet when it does - I kind of lose another sliver of my hope in this world.

I hate to break it to you, Victoria, but there are humans who choose to be severely stupid monkeys! Although I must admit that I do feel sorry for the people of Boston -- they are on the verge of setting a new record for the amount of snowfall received in one winter. It's just too much for them to deal with. Still, I don't see how a person could look at a snow bank that towers over their head and say, "I think I'll climb up to my roof, strip down to my underwear, and jump into that snowbank ... which I might not be able to get out of and might end up dying from exposure ...oh yeah, that's an AWESOME idea!"

Yeah. You guys are stealing our winters! Though frankly I ought to be grateful right now, considering I'm still going to work with my 38°C fevers and a really bad cough... Oh yeah, and about the poor people of Boston, I guess my quote really applies here, heh.

Victoria, you'd better start taking care of yourself! With all the hardware that's going to be attached to my leg for a couple of months, it will be darned near impossible for me to get through the metal detectors at the airport if I had to fly to your part of the world to slap you upside the head for neglecting your health!

See, EW, you're looking at that all wrong. You need to just ask for the hottest male guard for a personal, hands-on search.

Good point, Chris.

EW, did you read about the guy in Boston who was selling the snow? Now, there's an idea ... But his first few shipments melted before they arrived. http://www.boston.com/news/2015/02/23/massachusetts-man-shipping-our-record-breaking-snow-for/01Ij0WsQHP0DwW8OPfsKSJ/story.html

Yeah, I heard about that...somehow that makes a little more sense than jumping into a giant snowbank wearing next to nothing!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Victoria, you'd better start taking care of yourself! With all the hardware that's going to be attached to my leg for a couple of months, it will be darned near impossible for me to get through the metal detectors at the airport if I had to fly to your part of the world to slap you upside the head for neglecting your health!

S-sorry. It's just that the Quality inspection and analysis department is small as it is and we are already three people down, so there was no one who could substitute for me. In any case, my fever is gone and the cough is getting much better too. (so please don't hit me)