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kurty[B] · 11-08-2003, 07:43 AM

To start, I'm defining ill weather in this thread as snowy or rainy weather (which to me is beautiful weather!!).

Now, I grew up in a small mountain town, when it snowed someone in the building would announce it was snowing, and everyone would stop what they were doing to at least go to a window and watch, and everyone became happy.

I still live in Colorado, but am on the Front Range, rather than in the mountains. When I see snow I still have my mountain town habit, where no matter what I'm doing I go find the nearest window, and will literally sit for 10-15 minutes and watch the snow fall (if I can't get outside to enjoy it; this really pisses my boss off, but he can deal). Then, I go announce it to everyone. Unlike in my home-mountain-town most people snide and sneer and start complaining. The problem I have with this is some of these people then complain in the summer when there's a drought and they can't have a campfire while camping. Do they not realize that the snow collecting on the ground is in turn helping with the eventual spring beauty and water levels?? This makes me want to just smack people upside the back of the head.

I'll take any weather I can get, I prefer FEET of snow, and could play in that ALL day long (don't need a slope to ski/snowboard down), just need a pile of snow and I'll be rolling around in it like a child. The only weather I can't stand is when temps reach above 100 degrees. If I'm butt naked and still burning up there's something wrong.

What're your ideal weather conditions? Do you know people who complain about conditions that would in general benefit people and nature in the region? Does this bother anyone else?

11-08-2003, 07:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	Ill Weather To start, I'm defining ill weather in this thread as snowy or rainy weather (which to me is beautiful weather!!). Now, I grew up in a small mountain town, when it snowed someone in the building would announce it was snowing, and everyone would stop what they were doing to at least go to a window and watch, and everyone became happy. I still live in Colorado, but am on the Front Range, rather than in the mountains. When I see snow I still have my mountain town habit, where no matter what I'm doing I go find the nearest window, and will literally sit for 10-15 minutes and watch the snow fall (if I can't get outside to enjoy it; this really pisses my boss off, but he can deal). Then, I go announce it to everyone. Unlike in my home-mountain-town most people snide and sneer and start complaining. The problem I have with this is some of these people then complain in the summer when there's a drought and they can't have a campfire while camping. Do they not realize that the snow collecting on the ground is in turn helping with the eventual spring beauty and water levels?? This makes me want to just smack people upside the back of the head. I'll take any weather I can get, I prefer FEET of snow, and could play in that ALL day long (don't need a slope to ski/snowboard down), just need a pile of snow and I'll be rolling around in it like a child. The only weather I can't stand is when temps reach above 100 degrees. If I'm butt naked and still burning up there's something wrong. What're your ideal weather conditions? Do you know people who complain about conditions that would in general benefit people and nature in the region? Does this bother anyone else?