I also wanted to say "nice bush", but then I thought better of it. You'd just twist my words into something dirty, as you and that Bob fellow always do. There's an awful lot of snow on that bush. Did you shovel it up and throw it on to the bush? It looks disproportionately heavy with snow compared to the other trees and the house.
I don't mind the snow itself. I hate the deep freeze temps - and I dread snow on the roads...at least here in Southern Ontario. Having lived (and driven) in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Southern Ontario, I can tell you that a large percentage of the drivers in Southern Ontario are the worst I've ever seen in snow. They just don't seem to get it. Many won't buy snow tires - and they think all-season tires will get them through - which is either crazy or lazy - and many of them drive like they just moved here from a country where there's never been any snow, and they have no clue as how to drive in it. Okay, that really does apply to a small percentage of them, but surely not to all of them. All Southern Ontario drivers should be sent to Nfld. for a winter, and not be allowed back until they survive a full winter without having to call their insurance company. P.S. Ma and Bob, you will notice I specifically said SOUTHERN Ontario, which rules both of you out.
I AM a stud, but it has nothing to do with tires. :)
JB, you are so right about Southern Ontario drivers. They don't even have to deal with snow. I'm convinced that it falls from the sky as slush. And it only takes one idiot to head out without a clue, and it backs up traffic from Niagara Falls to Oshawa.
I've only ever owned all-season tires and have done well with them. The trick is adapting to the driving conditions, leaving space between you and the morons in front of and behind you, and not driving like the road is in July condition. And if the weather and roads are REALLY bad, is it that vital to be out in those conditions?
I'm psyched to experience my first Ottawa winter, after decades of hearing about how gruelling it is. I've only ever lived through southern Ontario winters and Halifax winters and one Collingwood winter, (which was a pretty serious winter from my limited perspective). So, we'd better have mountains of snow and bone-chilling temperatures or I'm asking for a refund.
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ugh. BTW...window on the far right - my bedroom. The nearby positioning of the roof made for very easy bedroom escapes in the wee hours.
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So the weather outside is frightful in beautiful South Porcupine, huh?
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow -- just not in Ottawa yet, 'kay?
Nice house, by the way. Only the worst of children would want to escape from that house.
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I also wanted to say "nice bush", but then I thought better of it. You'd just twist my words into something dirty, as you and that Bob fellow always do.
There's an awful lot of snow on that bush. Did you shovel it up and throw it on to the bush? It looks disproportionately heavy with snow compared to the other trees and the house.
Hey, JB, I resemble that remark.
I can't wait for it to snow here, so I can write my name in a snowbank. :)
Actually, in all seriousness, seeing that snow makes me a tad homesick. Honestly.
I don't mind the snow itself. I hate the deep freeze temps - and I dread snow on the roads...at least here in Southern Ontario. Having lived (and driven) in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Southern Ontario, I can tell you that a large percentage of the drivers in Southern Ontario are the worst I've ever seen in snow.
They just don't seem to get it. Many won't buy snow tires - and they think all-season tires will get them through - which is either crazy or lazy - and many of them drive like they just moved here from a country where there's never been any snow, and they have no clue as how to drive in it. Okay, that really does apply to a small percentage of them, but surely not to all of them.
All Southern Ontario drivers should be sent to Nfld. for a winter, and not be allowed back until they survive a full winter without having to call their insurance company.
P.S. Ma and Bob, you will notice I specifically said SOUTHERN Ontario, which rules both of you out.
I have studded tires ...the best .
I AM a stud, but it has nothing to do with tires. :)
JB, you are so right about Southern Ontario drivers. They don't even have to deal with snow. I'm convinced that it falls from the sky as slush. And it only takes one idiot to head out without a clue, and it backs up traffic from Niagara Falls to Oshawa.
I've only ever owned all-season tires and have done well with them. The trick is adapting to the driving conditions, leaving space between you and the morons in front of and behind you, and not driving like the road is in July condition. And if the weather and roads are REALLY bad, is it that vital to be out in those conditions?
I'm psyched to experience my first Ottawa winter, after decades of hearing about how gruelling it is. I've only ever lived through southern Ontario winters and Halifax winters and one Collingwood winter, (which was a pretty serious winter from my limited perspective). So, we'd better have mountains of snow and bone-chilling temperatures or I'm asking for a refund.
PS - will these boots be okay for Ottawa snow?
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