[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

Yes, I do miss the snow, and the fall, and the changing of leaves.
Nothing better then coming in from skiing to a nice warm house with the wood stove cooking.

Yum good day for a pot roast or homemade soup.

[2BNTV]

Anyone in TV who misses the winter want to trade houses with me.

[Freeda]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

There is a winter storm watch here in virginia for tonight. Now do any of you folks living in tv miss that sort of thing? Be honest, maybe just a little?

Hi Posh 08,
We had our fill of the same weather for decades in Louisville (and Doug in Ohio, before moving to Louisville), and when we came to TV in 2007 we joyfully fled from the cold, gray skies (that was always the worst part, for me), ice, and snow! I thought we'd eventually miss it, and the storm watch drama, fireplace going as we watch the snow fall, etc; but so far we haven't!

Friends cannot even convince us to take a cruise with them through Alaska, even though the photos look beautiful. (Maybe someday we will want to see snow and ice again in person; we never say 'never'; but not so far).

We thrive on the sunny skies (love the days that sunglasses are a must!), and the warm weather here.

It is overcast and a little rainy/misty right now in TV, but we still have comfortable temperatures, so we'll still go to the square and walk later; this is as much weather 'hardship' as I ever want to have again!

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Freeda

Hi Posh 08,
We had our fill of the same weather for decades in Louisville (and Doug in Ohio, before moving to Louisville), and when we came to TV in 2007 we joyfully fled from the cold, gray skies (that was always the worst part, for me), ice, and snow! I thought we'd eventually miss it, and the storm watch drama, fireplace going as we watch the snow fall, etc; but so far we haven't!

Friends cannot even convince us to take a cruise with them through Alaska, even though the photos look beautiful. (Maybe someday we will want to see snow and ice again in person; we never say 'never'; but not so far).

We thrive on the sunny skies (love the days that sunglasses are a must!), and the warm weather here.

It is overcast and a little rainy/misty right now in TV, but we still have comfortable temperatures, so we'll still go to the square and walk later; this is as much weather 'hardship' as I ever want to have again!

Very well said, Freeda.

It was just what I was thinking this morning. I would tend to think that after being in TV a while, one might like to remenisce about the times when one was enjoying the cold but as we all know that after living many years with it, it becomes a drag.

I love the summer so one can go out and be about. The changing of seasons is nice but the winter stinks. - IMHO

[momesu]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Used to love the snow coming down, but not the shoveling and driving afterwards.

Snow coming down can be beautiful, but I won't miss the aftereffects of it. I also won't miss it when it starts to get all dirty looking along the sides of the roads.....
Suzanne

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by Freeda

Hi Posh 08,
We had our fill of the same weather for decades in Louisville (and Doug in Ohio, before moving to Louisville), and when we came to TV in 2007 we joyfully fled from the cold, gray skies (that was always the worst part, for me), ice, and snow! I thought we'd eventually miss it, and the storm watch drama, fireplace going as we watch the snow fall, etc; but so far we haven't!

Friends cannot even convince us to take a cruise with them through Alaska, even though the photos look beautiful. (Maybe someday we will want to see snow and ice again in person; we never say 'never'; but not so far).

We thrive on the sunny skies (love the days that sunglasses are a must!), and the warm weather here.

It is overcast and a little rainy/misty right now in TV, but we still have comfortable temperatures, so we'll still go to the square and walk later; this is as much weather 'hardship' as I ever want to have again!

Hi freeda, same here, no palm trees, no cruise, period.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Very well said, Freeda.

It was just what I was thinking this morning. I would tend to think that after being in TV a while, one might like to remenisce about the times when one was enjoying the cold but as we all know that after living many years with it, it becomes a drag.

I love the summer so one can go out and be about. The changing of seasons is nice but the winter stinks. - IMHO

This is the first fall in many years that we have had good color and I actually have enjoyed it, but not the next phase.

[LittleDog]

Wrong board.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by jrheydt

Wrong board.

Why?

[CarolSells]

Okay, this thread has made me a bit nostalgic. As I've mentioned before I grew up in Cincinnati and have some fond and not so fond snow memories!

Good

1) Sled riding. My dad made us a wooden sled that had runners that were about 1 1/2" wide. It out ran all of the store bought ones with the narrow steel blades which eventually dug into the ground and stopped the sled dead.

2) Mittens and gloves. Most kids had a stay-at-home mom in the old days. When our mittens got soggy mom would meet us at the door and exchange them for a dry pair. Wet ones went on the on floor "register" to be dried. When you were finally called in, you could stand on said registers to warm your tooties!

3) Snowmen and forts. We lived across the street from a small expanse of land (seemed huge in those days) which probably equaled two to three building lots. Sloped down so it was great for sledding. Bottom was flat and the neighborhood boys "teamed up" and built elaborate forts from which great snowball fights were waged! Mom actually contributed one of dad's old hats to grace your snowman's head. Remember when all dads wore brimmed hats?

4) When I was 8 yrs old we upsized as we had a new baby brother on the way. My older brother who would have been 11 at the time would get up very early and shovel neighbor's walks for oh, I not sure, but probably $.50 - $.75 cents. (Dad wasn't paying so he was up early doing our own). Liabilty issues and all that. LOL).

5) Remember when each classroom had a cloak room? You deposited all of your outer wear including the dreaded "leggings" which I hated. Picture Natalie Wood in "A Miracle on 34th Street". I have a picture of me on Santa's lap wearing the very same coat, hat, muffler. etc. I also spent some time in that cloak room for excessive talking. Picture that, huh? (We also had a kid who would eat other children's lunches while he was "incarcerated" in that room).

6) I later went to college at the Univ. Of Cincinnati. On snow days, all of the plastic trays would disappear from the cafeteria to serve as sleds. Yeah, it was theft but we'll pretend for the purpose of this thread that all were returned.

Not so good:

Frozen locks. I had a hand-me-down '61 Belair which had external door locks and I had to get up early to dump boiling water on the driver's side handle to get it to "unfreeze".

I went to Cincinnati Public Schools. After (what seemed like a hours of school closings) the notice always ended with, " And Cincinnati Public Schools will remain open".

Okay, I rambled enough. Didn't we have great childhoods?

[Posh 08]

Wow, I was hoping to send yall down memory lane but that was terrific and I was there with you.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by CarolSells

Okay, this thread has made me a bit nostalgic. As I've mentioned before I grew up in Cincinnati and have some fond and not so fond snow memories!

Good

1) Sled riding. My dad made us a wooden sled that had runners that were about 1 1/2" wide. It out ran all of the store bought ones with the narrow steel blades which eventually dug into the ground and stopped the sled dead.

2) Mittens and gloves. Most kids had a stay-at-home mom in the old days. When our mittens got soggy mom would meet us at the door and exchange them for a dry pair. Wet ones went on the on floor "register" to be dried. When you were finally called in, you could stand on said registers to warm your tooties!

3) Snowmen and forts. We lived across the street from a small expanse of land (seemed huge in those days) which probably equaled two to three building lots. Sloped down so it was great for sledding. Bottom was flat and the neighborhood boys "teamed up" and built elaborate forts from which great snowball fights were waged! Mom actually contributed one of dad's old hats to grace your snowman's head. Remember when all dads wore brimmed hats?

4) When I was 8 yrs old we upsized as we had a new baby brother on the way. My older brother who would have been 11 at the time would get up very early and shovel neighbor's walks for oh, I not sure, but probably $.50 - $.75 cents. (Dad wasn't paying so he was up early doing our own). Liabilty issues and all that. LOL).

5) Remember when each classroom had a cloak room? You deposited all of your outer wear including the dreaded "leggings" which I hated. Picture Natalie Wood in "A Miracle on 34th Street". I have a picture of me on Santa's lap wearing the very same coat, hat, muffler. etc. I also spent some time in that cloak room for excessive talking. Picture that, huh? (We also had a kid who would eat other children's lunches while he was "incarcerated" in that room).

6) I later went to college at the Univ. Of Cincinnati. On snow days, all of the plastic trays would disappear from the cafeteria to serve as sleds. Yeah, it was theft but we'll pretend for the purpose of this thread that all were returned.

Not so good:

Frozen locks. I had a hand-me-down '61 Belair which had external door locks and I had to get up early to dump boiling water on the driver's side handle to get it to "unfreeze".

I went to Cincinnati Public Schools. After (what seemed like a hours of school closings) the notice always ended with, " And Cincinnati Public Schools will remain open".

Okay, I rambled enough. Didn't we have great childhoods?

Great post.

[billethkid]

I would not be disappointed if I never saw snow or felt the cold that comes with it.
I get enough satisfaction by looking at the snow on my Christmas cards.

I also enjoy hearing from friends and family right around February....by then most want to not see it again either.

If there are no palm trees in the yard I know I have strayed too far North.

btk

[Posh 08]

Glad to hear you about the palm trees. Just have just upgraded us to a Winter Storm Warning. We still have so much foliage on the trees that there may be lot's of power outages. No problem with your palms.

[njbchbum]

one of the things i enjoy the most when driving down to the villages is the point where i no longer see the sign "warning bridge freezes before roadway"!