It's jolly cold.

hahaha I was driving home tonight from MIL house (playing my fave this time of year game of "spot the road in the blowing snow!") and stopped at the gas station.

Got out of the car and thought to myself - is it brrrrrrr, or is it cold enough to be f*****g brrrrrr.

Paid for the gas got back in the car and switched on the wipers. In the 5 mins I was filling up and paying, they had frozen to the screen already.

conclusion?

F****g brrrrrrrr

Same here. It's going to go down to 17 C overnight and only 28 C tomorrow !

Yeah we are due a bit of snow and a cold snap. Down to -4 apparently.

I guess that a summers day for you Albertans eh?

well i'll take a whole month of snow instead of all the rain out west

we've had our fair share of rain too and you are right i hate it as it reminds me of England. Every bloody Sunday watching sons play junior footy on a soggy playing field.

The coldest I've seen in Saskatchewan is -44c and the warmest is 44c. Each winter we usually get a cold snap for a couple of weeks where it won't get above -30 and lows of -36 or so. Add a little wind and the wind chill values get ridiculous. We cope with it by dressing properly and exercising caution, especially when driving in the country - nearly every year we lose someone who gets stuck and leaves their car or who isn't equipped or prepared for winter survival. Even so, I'd rather go through that than all the freezing rain and snow they've had out east in the last 4 or 5 winters. The last time I had an overnight stay in Toronto all the cars had over an inch of ice on them. But the next night I landed in Regina and it was something like -35, -48 w/windchill and I knew I was home again. I wonder if that has anything to do with our labour shortage? Check saskjobs.ca . :-)

It's certainly making up for lost time

Gonna walk the dog - HE LOVES IT, it's so lovely to see him bouncing around, it's this time of year he gets a real spring in his step, me however am too laden down in layers to bounce anywhere

I thought you were housebound for the next six months.

OK - so where are these funky snowploughs then?

The roads are hideous!!

I'm lucky - mine hates the cold and would rather stay in. I have to force him to go out to do his business...lol Funny thing is, he does like a quick roll around in the snow while he is out there

We need sand or grit as well as the snowploughs.

I actually prefer a warmish wet drizzly day rather than bone chilling cold and snow. If I'm desperate for sunshine I just take some sandwiches and go for a drive up Mt. Seymour. I guess I'm in the right place.

The forecast for the CFL western final in Calgary is -17 and snow...... Go Riders!

yep... its damn cold... i just when for a walk to timmies, and came back with a frozen donut, a frozen cookie, and some frozen timbits

ok its not quite that bad i suppose... sure is going to be some cold skiing this weekend though