Oink

Its quite drizzly here.

dbd33

20 minutes digging to get out to the street. This is becoming quite inconvenient.

Steve_

What kind of birds? Seems a bit odd, they don't usually fly back in March.

Steve_

As I said a bit further back, I notice that a lot of people in Canada have mental coping mechanisms to get through winter. Lots of stories about how it isn't as bad as the winter of year X. Or endless conversations about hockey. Or some endless string of humuorous anecdotes about when such and such happened, e.g. something froze to something or they fell into a snowdrift, etc.

Or one of the more bemusing to me is that it's a "winter sports paradise", yes, let's see you engage in winter sports in -25 (or lower).

You should "embrace" winter is another one. Yes, let me go outside and embrace it. If the door isn't frozen shut.

It just is what it is. Don't let it warp your mind.

dbd33

"Embracing winter" means enjoying log fires, stews, heavy reds, Yorkshire puddings and cognac. It certainly doesn't mean going outside, that's for April.

There is, btw, windborne snow passing the windows horizontally. It's the kind of weather in which the dogs have to be prodded and bullied to step outside. People should know better.

Novocastrian

This was roughly the forecast for here today too, but thankfully Environment Canada got it wrong (for once). Instead of the predicted 10-15 cm overnight, I awoke to merely 2. What's more the sun came out in the afternoon and that 2 is no more.

It has been quite windy though.

Danny B

The weather forecast was for freezing rain, and sure enough it was an ice day.

Novocastrian

Astonishing. I'll tell Harper that his latest round of cuts at EC haven't done the job.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...ightening.html

caretaker

At least it's a dry cold.

Shirtback

March blizzards can have that effect! Viz this afternoon, where I found myself loudly, and vocally, reviewing my "effing" sort of vocabulary, in various languages.

It's probably my coping mechanism (TM Steve_)

SB

caretaker

Of the umpteen different words for snow in Inuktitut approx 1/4 mean effing snow.

rivingtonpike

Living on Vancouver Island, I can't decide whether I feel a bit guilty when I hear all these reports of extreme cold and snow - or a bit smug. Part of me is a bit envious of the experience you guys in the East must have, and at the same time relieved. I think we've had about 3 weeks of snow all winter - and even that was only a foot or so; bit mamby pamby by your standards.

Novocastrian

I don't think you should feel either guilty or smug. Having said that, I'd prefer to live in e.g. New Zealand than on Vancouver Island.

rivingtonpike

Funnily enough, when my brother and his family visited us last year he agreed with you (they live in NZ). His only major criticism of NZ is that it's such a chuffing long way to anywhere else.

Novocastrian

Yes. Wherever I've lived in the world, both NZ and Vancouver Island have been distant places to visit. No doubt both worthy of a visit, but both very far down my priority list of places to visit next.