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for not looking forward to SNOW!!!!

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littlemisssarcastic · 14/12/2011 08:52

I feel like I'm the only one in my circle of RL friends who doesn't look forward to snow at all. My friends all get excited about the prospect of snow, and get particularly excited if snow is forecast in our region.

Why??

When I think of snow, I think of how it looks lovely until it's been tramped all over (so not very long) and the inevitable cold..but more than that, it's not long before it turns into slush, which then freezes overnight, creating hazardous road conditions, hazardous walking conditions for alot of people, and the icy roads and pavements are nothing to get excited about are they??

I have noticed that the friends who get most excited by the prospect of snow don't drive and don't work. I wonder if there's a connection there.

I am dreading the icy slippery weather. I live in the arse end of nowhere and have to drive to get anywhere..and I am not looking forward to it at all.

Bahhhh Humbug!!!!

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lesley33 · 14/12/2011 08:54

I drive and work and love snow. Even with all the disadvantages it also brings.

valiumredhead · 14/12/2011 08:54

I hate it. It gets really bad where I live as they only grit main roads if we are lucky. Last year our estate was cordened off by the police as the road was so dangerous - 3 accidents in one morning.

Sirzy · 14/12/2011 08:57

I hate snow. It's horrible stuff that causes chaos.

Add to the the fact Ds has asthma which means he ends hospital when it snows I really dread it arriving.

mrsjay · 14/12/2011 08:57

HATE IT !! last year i was stuck in for a month I have a disability so going out in the ice wasnt an option unless i wanted to fall flat on my face and break something . people say oh i love snow , they dont really what they like is that first snowfall where its all pretty and crisp then the ice comes , then they hate it , It snowed here in saturday it was lovely but i was happy to see it rained away on sunday ,

exoticfruits · 14/12/2011 08:58

I have a childish love of snow and am straight out there! I do however, hate the disruption and the worry that travel comes to a halt.

SilentNotViolentNight · 14/12/2011 08:59

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SantasStrapon · 14/12/2011 09:00

I love snow. I don't mind driving in snow at all, it's fine as long as you are a) sensible, and b)know your limitations. Snow is lovely, fun stuff.

You all need Yaktrax.

manticlimactic · 14/12/2011 09:00

I agree. Most of the people I know who love snow and can't wait for it are people who don't drive or don't to drive and an stay holed up in their homes until it goes.

I'm dreading the snow. My mum isn't that well and relies on me to be able to get to her house 15 miles away. The buses will stop so I can't get there that way and all the streets (all hills) near me don't see the gritters. I've already planned a route on the 'not so bad' roads and may leave my car on the nearest main road so I can use it.

Makes my blood boil when I hear people say they are soooooooooo excited for the snow.

SantaDesperatelySeeksSedatives · 14/12/2011 09:06

I only like it if I have nowhere to go. We're heading home (down south) for christmas from the north west and I am praying there is no snow between now and then!

valiumredhead · 14/12/2011 09:12

mrsj me too - I end up house bound, no fun is it?

ConnorCamden · 14/12/2011 09:13

I hate snow. It messes up the trains.

mrsjay · 14/12/2011 09:14

valiumredhead no it isnt I swear i had cabin fever last year i was going MAD I got excited when dh suggested we go to tescos , Its depressing being stuck in not being able to do your day to day things ,

AKissIsNotAContract · 14/12/2011 09:15

YANBU. I hate it. I have bought yaktraks for my boots this year so I don't feel so worried walking about in it.

echt · 14/12/2011 09:15

Snow enables teachers to bunk off and go shopping.

It is bad thing.

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littlemisssarcastic · 14/12/2011 09:18

I would enjoy the snow if it melted and disappeared and didn't leave icy roads/pavements.

Even when just walking down the road, I wonder what the chances of a car/lorry careering off of the road into me on the footpath are when the roads are icy.

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aldiwhore · 14/12/2011 09:22

YANBU to hate snow.

I love the bloody stuff! I am not unreasonable either.

JaneBirkin · 14/12/2011 09:22

I don't see it like that. I see it as a part of nature, and what's more a regular part of nature which we should adapt for and not resent as though that will make it stop happening.

It's inevitable if you live in this part of the world, and many others. The thing to hate is that our systems don't cater very well for it.

I adore snow and yes, I get excited about things being on a kind of skeleton srvice for a few days, though I appreciate those who have to go to work must find it awfully difficult - what if we all mucked in and helped them, though, instead of the government refusing to create a transport strategy that works, everyone else going sledging, and wondering where the A&E nurses are when they get hurt.

I think it's something we need to embrace and accept and deal with as best we can. It's like saying you hate the rain or the sun, that doesn't get you anywhere, does it.

randommoment · 14/12/2011 09:23

I know it causes chaos, and makes people's lives a misery, and I do feel for older people and the disabled and those who have to go out in it for work reasons, like eg. nurses who have to be at their hospitals. And I hate the way it turns into foul slippery browny grey slush. So I suppose YANBU. But when I see it sparkling on the tops of the downs, I think how beautiful it is. And I do like to go with the DDs and the sledges if school closes. And build a snow dalek, and hurl snowballs.

SantasStrapon · 14/12/2011 09:24

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littlemisssarcastic · 14/12/2011 09:25

I can deal with any other weather, but snow and ice renders me a gibbering wreck little nervous about venturing out.

Santa Snow is forecast in the SE on Sunday.

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lesley33 · 14/12/2011 09:25

When it snows it always takes me much longer to get to work. Our antiquated heating service at work is liable to break down. I have to spend extra time getting shopping for an old lady I look out for, as she can't get out. And I feel sorry for the elderly and disabled people I know who are effectively housebound when it snows.

And yet I still love it!

JaneBirkin · 14/12/2011 09:26

What I'm trying to say is there is no point hating it.

But that I understand how hard it makes life for a lot of people. And that's not something within their control.

If we all anticipate it, work around it and towards it then perhaps it will be easier to manage than if most of us stay in denial till it happens, and then panic.

They manage in Canada, in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland. They manage because they are prepared and have adapted.

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littlemisssarcastic · 14/12/2011 09:27

Jane We, as a nation, are not very good at coping with ice and snow, I agree. Mind you, I have never had a problem with sunshine or rain.

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MistletoeAndFlump · 14/12/2011 09:27

I only love the type of snow that arrives on Christmas Eve when you don't need to go out anymore; falls thick and fast and looks beautiful, stays for a few days,then disappears completely when it's time to go back to work/school.

mrsjay · 14/12/2011 09:28

although i hate the ice etc what really gets me is the PANIC bread and milk buying there isnt a need for it imo , i have seen people just fill trolleys with bread and milk , I wish they would leave some for everybody else ,

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