Snow driving...

[angus]

Snow driving...

Usually we hear those words in the opposite order:  driving snow.

I generally avoid driving in the snow whenever possible.  Sometimes they don't cancel on bad days, so I deal with it.  One time a colleague had a big party planned on a day in December when it started snowing badly.  I ended up staying home and drinking the bottle of tequila that I had bought to bring to her party.  I offered my apologies and brought to her office on the following day a different, but very nice, bottle of tequila and some limes to go with it.

[angus]

My wife's sister and her husband and son live in Waterloo.  We were there once in winter and it was dreadful.  I guess you get used to it.  I feel a bit spoiled now having lived in southeastern PA for a third year.  20 degrees and a few inches of snow here is a sure school cancellation these days, and I'm glad for it.  I remember when I was living in northern Iowa and 20 degrees and a few inches of snow was de rigeur for five months out of the year.  I certainly wouldn't have expected the schools to cancel for that back then.

It's all about what you're accustomed to.  Stick your hand in 60 degree water after you have been in the jacuzzi and it feels terribly cold, but if you stick your hand in 60 degree water just after you come in from outside and it will feel warm.  Humans are terrible thermometers. 

I guess it's also all about how much your municipality is willing to spend on clearing the streets.

[angus]

Angus brought up the other Waterloo

I only brought up one waterloo in this thread, and it is the one in the province of Ontario where my wife's sister lives.