Snow!

[bbor]

.....and the usual 20 minute work drive turns into 1hr and 20 minutes

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[JeeberD]

I want snow...

Heck, I would settle for a temp under 50.

[FrogMan]

I'd gladly send some of the cold weather your way Jeebs.

We woke up with a very nice temperature of 1F this morning, with windchill, it was -18F, bleh...

FM

[sovereignstar]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Heck, I would settle for a temp under 50.

Come up and stay with me in my apartment up here. It's got to be around 50 in here. Last night I got home in time to help out with the ImperialFL draft and I just kept my winter coat on. It's cold. I need a snowbunny to keep me warm.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Come up and stay with me in my apartment up here. It's got to be around 50 in here. Last night I got home in time to help out with the ImperialFL draft and I just kept my winter coat on. It's cold. I need a snowbunny to keep me warm.

Well, bbor is available, but it will take him at least four times longer to get there than usual...

[Cringer]

hell no, we don't want snow!

I have to drive in that crap all week if it comes....and Jeeber, north Texas gets coated in ice when bad weather hits. No way I want to get stranded in 20 degree temps for 24 hrs again with no heat because some jackass slid down a hill backwards and took out my truck.....

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Well, bbor is available, but it will take him at least four times longer to get their than usual...

LOL

[MikeVic]

Stupid slippery roads and snow. Late for work.

[Johnny93g]

I dont have to work today....haha......stupid snow......you know what goes good with snow....HOCKEY!!!!....

[Fidatelo]

Ya, it's snowing like a motha up here! I've got a spongee game tonight too, hopefully it stops with enough time for them to clean the rink before we play. Nothing is more frustrating than having a sweet pass ruined as it sticks in a snow drift.

[rkmsuf]

A spongee game? Do I want to know?

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Ya, it's snowing like a motha up here! I've got a spongee game tonight too, hopefully it stops with enough time for them to clean the rink before we play. Nothing is more frustrating than having a sweet pass ruined as it sticks in a snow drift.

WTF is spongee???

[korme]

I can't wait 'til we get snow here. If it's raining like it has been, might as well be snow. I can handle cold weather if there is snow.

[Fidatelo]

Sponge Hockey, sorry for the Flasch-esque abbreviation. MikeVic will know what I mean.

[rkmsuf]

Is like the sponge wet?

[Fidatelo]

Haha, no, the puck is a "sponge-puck", much softer than the galvanized rubber used in traditional hockey (you can sort of squeeze it a little, but it's not absorbant or anything). Also, the participants wear broomball shoes (or "spongee shoes" as their now known) instead of skates. It's pretty huge here in Manitoba, thousands of players in a whole bunch of different leagues. Not sure if it is popular thoughout the rest of Canada though (my guess is "no" based on bbor's reaction).

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Haha, no, the puck is a "sponge-puck", much softer than the galvanized rubber used in traditional hockey (you can sort of squeeze it a little, but it's not absorbant or anything). Also, the participants wear broomball shoes (or "spongee shoes" as their now known) instead of skates. It's pretty huge here in Manitoba, thousands of players in a whole bunch of different leagues. Not sure if it is popular thoughout the rest of Canada though (my guess is "no" based on bbor's reaction).

It is sort of popular here in Quebec, we just don't call it "spongee"

In French, we call it "hockey bottine" where "bottine" is the usual word for the "spongee shoes"...

FM

[bbor]

Hrm....i remember have sponge pucks when i was younger,but i never knew there was an actual game attached to it.We just used them for road hockey games because they would'nt hurt like real pucks.

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by Cringer

hell no, we don't want snow!

I have to drive in that crap all week if it comes....and Jeeber, north Texas gets coated in ice when bad weather hits. No way I want to get stranded in 20 degree temps for 24 hrs again with no heat because some jackass slid down a hill backwards and took out my truck.....

I don't mind a little ice...

Actually, a couple of winters ago when we got the big ice storm in February I got three days off of work because the highways were so bad. They just closed the restaurant down...very nice.

[CamEdwards]

you know, if you guys don't like snow... perhaps you should leave Canada.

Just a suggestion.

[Qwikshot]

What's up man! Hey yo what's up!
Yeah what's goin' on here.
Sick an' tired of five-oh runnin' up on the block here.
You know what I'm sayin'?
Yo Snow, they came around here lookin' for you the other day. Word? Word! Bust it!

[chorus] Informer, you no say Daddy me Snow me I'll go blame,
A licky Boom Boom Down.
Detective mon said Daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky Boom Boom Down.
Informer, you no say Daddy me Snow me I'll go blame,
A licky Boom Boom Down.
Detective mon said Daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky Boom Boom Down.

Police them come an' now they blow down me door,
One him come crawl through, through my window,
So then they put me in the back the car at the station,
From that point on me reach my destination,
When the destination reached, it was the east detention, where them
Whipped down me pants, looked up me bottom, so *

Bigger they are they think they have more power,
They're on the phone me say that on (every) hour,
Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover,
Lover who I'll be callin is the one TAMMY,
an' me love her in me heart down to my belly,
Yes me Daddy me Snow me I feel cool an' deadly,
As the one MC Shan an' the one Daddy Snow,
Together we-a love'em as a Tor-Na-Do.[chorus]

Listen for me, you better listen for me now.
Listen for me, you better listen for me now.
When me rockin' the microphone me rock it steady,
Yes sir, Daddy me Snow me are the article don.
But in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from,
People them say you come from Jamaica,
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know,
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know.
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show,
Where me born in on the one Toronto, so [chorus]

Come with a nice young lady. Intelligent,
Yes she's gentle an' irie.
Everywhere me go, me never left her at all.
Yes, its Daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon.
Roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a.
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the Boom Shakata.
Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box.
Yes say me Daddy me Snow me I'll go reachin' at the top, soI [chorus]

Why would he?

Me sittin' 'round cool with my dibbie dibbie girl,
Police knock my door,
Lick up my pal,
Rough me up an' I can't do a thing
Pick up my line, when my telephone ring.
Take me to the station,
Black up my hands.
Trail me down, 'cuz I'm hangin' with the Snowman,
What I'm gonna do,
I'm backed an' I'm trapped,
Slap me in the face an' took all o' my gap.
They have no clues an' they wanna get warmer,
But Shan won't turn Informer! [chorus]

[Pyser]

"i know what licky is. i know what boom boom is. i know what down is. but when you put them all together, i don't know what licky boom boom down is." - michael ian black

[oliegirl]

I'll trade you your snow for a week of rainy days, which is what we have in Atlanta right now. Besides, then radii would be stuck at home with me and we could get the apt. packed quicker!!!!

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

I'll trade you your snow for a week of rainy days, which is what we have in Atlanta right now. Besides, then radii would be stuck at home with me and we could get the apt. packed quicker!!!!

yeah, yeah, as if snowed in newlyweds would be doing much packing, riiiiiiiight...



FM

[oliegirl]

yeah, yeah, as if snowed in newlyweds would be doing much packing, riiiiiiiight...

It is when there is a 7 year old boy in the house!!!

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

It is when there is a 7 year old boy in the house!!!

Ever heard of Spongebob? That s**t is on all day.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

It is when there is a 7 year old boy in the house!!!

7yo boys looooove to play in the snow for hours, him outdoor, parents indoor...

FM

[oliegirl]

Ever heard of Spongebob? That s**t is on all day.

Yeah - I know! He was sick 2 days last week so I got to watch Nickelodeon with him all day. However, I escaped the punishment of actually having to go see the Spongebob Movie...that honor went to radii who made the fatal mistake of actually laughing at a Spongebob Movie preview in the theater! I don't think he'll be making that mistake again!!!!

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

you know, if you guys don't like snow... perhaps you should leave Canada.

Just a suggestion.

Where would we go though?????

[Travis]

manomanomanomanomanomanomanoman

2 more weeks of this and the outdoor ice will be ready!

No, that wasn't sarcasm, I've been waiting 2 months for outdoor ice, lousy warm winters.

[MikeVic]

Spongee pucks are usually orange too. Well, the ones I see. I never played the game, but I used the pucks for street hockey when I was younger.

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Spongee pucks are usually orange too. Well, the ones I see. I never played the game, but I used the pucks for street hockey when I was younger.

No, they're usually black. You're thinking of the plastic pucks used in street/floor hockey I think.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

No, they're usually black. You're thinking of the plastic pucks used in street/floor hockey I think.

I know the bright orange plastic pucks... that hurt more than I thought if it's really cold outside.

I always thought the spongee pucks were a dull orange, and could be ripped apart easy... like those murder-ball nerf balls. I might be mistaken.

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

I don't mind a little ice...

Actually, a couple of winters ago when we got the big ice storm in February I got three days off of work because the highways were so bad. They just closed the restaurant down...very nice.

Jeeber, that is the storm in which my truck was taken out above Hillsboro. We sat on a back road all night freezing our asses off because the DPS would not allow wreckers to come get us. They were making them clear the interstates of all the wrecks first, and our truck would not run with the front completely torn up and the back end hanging off the road.....

Thankfully in the morning I was able to warm up sme as a guy down the road invited us in and gave us some hot food and then built a big fire for us in his front yard. Stood around all that day still, finally had a wrecker from Dallas come brng us a new truck and take our old one after about 24 hours.

And the guy who hit us had some trailer damage but was able to take off a few hours after the accident. The victim always gets the short end of the stick...

But hey I guess I had a day off too.

[Ksyrup]

It's the first snow of the year
I guess it happens once a year
It's the first snow of the year
Oh glory
And dogs in the neighbourhood are going crazy
And even all the old ones that are usually lazy

It's the first snow of the year
I wonder will it stay for good
I wonder will it be here in the morning
When I wake up to meet the day
Will the fresh white snow still around me lay

It's the first snow of the year

And I know that by February
My thoughts on snow will be contrary
But this is now and then is then

It's the first snow of the year
So put the bicycles away
And clear the walkways with a borrowed shovel
And I heard this year is going to be trouble
If you thought last year was bad
This year's supposed to be double

But you can never tell
And it's probably just as well
Take the toboggan to the nearest valley
And night time comes just way too soon
And you drag the thing home under a half lit moon

It's the first snow of the year

And I know that by February
My thoughts on snow will be contrary
But this is now and then is then

It's the first snow of the year
So I think we should go to bed early
Light a candle where we lay
Stay as warm as we can stay

Fill my nose up with the smell
Of the first snow of the year
Before you know the things will be getting long but as
We hunker down a spell
And the fire's burning well
I like the way that we keep warm in the covers
On the first snow of the year

[Eaglesfan27]

The lack of snow is the only major thing I regret about moving from NJ to New Orleans (besides missing my family.)

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

I know the bright orange plastic pucks... that hurt more than I thought if it's really cold outside.

I always thought the spongee pucks were a dull orange, and could be ripped apart easy... like those murder-ball nerf balls. I might be mistaken.

Hmm, those might be something different that I haven't seen.

As for the orange plastic ones, those things are terrible. They hurt like a sonofagun! My buddies and I play road-hockey once a week, and we have learned, after much trial and error with different products, that the ultimate road hockey solution is a wiffle-ball with a sock stuffed inside. Sounds stupid, but works amazing, and you can play goal with no fear of any great injury.

[Simms]

Originally Posted by Travis

manomanomanomanomanomanomanoman

2 more weeks of this and the outdoor ice will be ready!

No, that wasn't sarcasm, I've been waiting 2 months for outdoor ice, lousy warm winters.

The outdoor rink behind my place opened two weeks ago. In fact, the St. John's Maple Leafs dropped by for a practice last week.