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Here's a pic I took after I took my profile pic. That snow mound was a foot over my head. The snow on the side of the driveway was past my knee, and I'm 6 foot 3 inches tall. That should give you some idea of how deep the snow is.

Anyone in a warmer climate wanna trade? lol

Your pal,

Brian :)

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jkl5500 profile image
jkl5500

We got less than half of that a few days ago, Brian. You have my sympathy. But I thought that you New Englanders liked that sort of thing!

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bridder01 in reply tojkl5500

I'm a transplant. I'm from Virginia originally. If I never saw snow again, it'd be too soon lol

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jkl5500 in reply tobridder01

Doesn't Virginia get snow, too? It's not really that far south (on a map, anyway).

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bridder01 in reply tojkl5500

In Virginia where I lived, if we got 5 inches of snow for the ENTIRE winter, that was a big deal lol. I lived in Metropolitan Washington Area, about 45 minutes (as the crow flies) south of DC. We hardly got snow lol :) One Christmas, it was 75 degrees and I was outside in my shorts lol

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jkl5500 in reply tobridder01

I didn't realize that. I live in the Chicago area, where the average winter snowfall is 38 inches, although we haven't seen that much in recent years.

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bridder01 in reply tojkl5500

It's been drying up here the last couple of winters, too. But over the weekend, it came back. With a vengeance lol

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jkl5500 in reply tobridder01

It's exactly 40 years since Chicago had its record winter snowfall of 89 inches. Talk about a nightmare! There was literally no place to put the snow after a while. The snow blowers could only throw the snow a certain height, and the piles were already so high that the snow just fell back to the ground. People were shoveling their roofs for fear that they would collapse! It was just nuts.

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Stilltrying_

It's snowing here in the UK but not that bad!!! There's just a film over the sidewalk ( pavement we call it here) :)

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jkl5500 in reply toStilltrying_

Yes - over here, the pavement is the street. It's funny how even though we speak the same language, sometimes we still need an interpreter!

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jkl5500 in reply toStilltrying_

I guess the UK has weather more like San Francisco. The moderate ocean breezes protect you from the extremes.

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Stilltrying_ in reply tojkl5500

Yes that sounds about right. Every time we get even the smallest bit of snow the whole country grinds to a halt; we are never prepared and our vehicles do not have snow chains etc. I sit and watch at my window as cars try to go up the hill ( in the road where I live)......... and then go tumbling down again...... :) as no-one can ever drive up the hill!!! I just park on a low level and go from there. x

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Agora1

Chicago Here :)

We may complain, but we like snow or we wouldn't be in the Windy City. x

We had a light light sprinkle of snow this morning and then it melted! That photo does look amazing though!!!

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kitty7

Oh no, too much snow. We do get snow here in PA but nothing like you do. I love visiting New England only in the summer.

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bridder01 in reply tokitty7

I wouldn't want to visit here even in summer. Soon as I get some cash to move, I'm outta here! lol

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jkl5500 in reply tobridder01

Well, look at the bright side. At least the Patriots are back in the Super Bowl!

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bridder01 in reply tojkl5500

Blasphemy! Down with that bunch of scrubs! And poo-poo on the Rams, too! Besides, the NFL is lame. Give me NHL hockey or MLB baseball or Premier League football (aka soccer) any day. *scowls* lol

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jkl5500

To each his own, amigo!

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jkl5500

I was a big-time hockey fan as a kid, cheering on my Blackhawks. Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, those guys. That's back when Montreal pretty much owned the league. It's a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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bridder01

Nothing like snuggling up as the temp outside is -2 degrees lol And who says global warming doesn't exist? lol

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Agora1

Here too Mel. Today has been frigid all day and now

big ole snowflakes are coming down. Looks beautiful but

am already planning tomorrow by getting the shovel ready :) x

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bridder01 in reply toAgora1

Thankfully I live at an apartment complex lol

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Agora1 in reply tobridder01

Oh what you're missing Brian :)

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bridder01 in reply toAgora1

Oh no I'm not lol. I'm through shoveling lol

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Agora1 in reply tobridder01

I'll let you know tomorrow how much fun it is when I come in

from shoveling and my back hurts. Then you will feel sorry for me. :)

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bridder01 in reply toAgora1

Nope. Shoveling is a young person's game. Get a young one to do it. lol. That's what they're there for lol.😀. They need something to get them off their iPhones lol. 😀

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Agora1 in reply tobridder01

You are so right. Exercise is good for them.

Will do :)

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