Comments on: Denver-Envy: Where’s My Winter? http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/ A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Donald http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-831 Donald Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:34:08 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-831 I WANT WINTER TOO!!! i couldnt get into the christmas spirit this year cuz of this friggin warm winter. i lived in denver for 3 years before moving back to MD, and man i miss it now. I WANT WINTER TOO!!! i couldnt get into the christmas spirit this year cuz of this friggin warm winter. i lived in denver for 3 years before moving back to MD, and man i miss it now.

]]> By: pepper http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-821 pepper Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:42:20 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-821 I won't use this forum to provide tips for all of us to minimize our contribution to global warming, but will just add my .02 to "misery loves company." Here in NYC its pretty much the same - a bit cooler but nonetheless unseasonably balmy. No snow anywhere in sight - just a number of cool, wet, foggy days. I actually spent part of Christmas week 2004 in Winnipeg. It was fantastic. I watched a Moose game, snow was everywhere on the ground and still falling in flurries, and the cold winds froze my nostrils in seconds. For those missing a real winter, take a trip to the 'Peg, check out the windiest city intersection in Canada (Portage and Main), and stay at the Hotel Fort Garry. Great historic building well-worn in a charming way. Damn I wish there was still NHL hockey there, and thus a Caps road trip . . . I won’t use this forum to provide tips for all of us to minimize our contribution to global warming, but will just add my .02 to “misery loves company.”

Here in NYC its pretty much the same - a bit cooler but nonetheless unseasonably balmy. No snow anywhere in sight - just a number of cool, wet, foggy days.

I actually spent part of Christmas week 2004 in Winnipeg. It was fantastic. I watched a Moose game, snow was everywhere on the ground and still falling in flurries, and the cold winds froze my nostrils in seconds.

For those missing a real winter, take a trip to the ‘Peg, check out the windiest city intersection in Canada (Portage and Main), and stay at the Hotel Fort Garry. Great historic building well-worn in a charming way.

Damn I wish there was still NHL hockey there, and thus a Caps road trip . . .

]]> By: odessasteps http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-820 odessasteps Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:58:35 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-820 I was so disappointed last year, when I went on a hockey vacation to Canada and it was so warm (40+) in Calgary and Edmonton that I didn't get to wear the winter coat I bought for the trip. IF you think DC is bad, it's even worse down here in VABeach. It's been in the 50s and 60s the last two weeks -- shorts weather! I was so disappointed last year, when I went on a hockey vacation to Canada and it was so warm (40+) in Calgary and Edmonton that I didn’t get to wear the winter coat I bought for the trip.

IF you think DC is bad, it’s even worse down here in VABeach. It’s been in the 50s and 60s the last two weeks — shorts weather!

]]> By: OrderedChaos http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-819 OrderedChaos Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:45:42 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-819 "Dude, Where's My Winter?" I agree 100%. It's not just DC; most of the country & world is warming. But to have 50-degree weather on NYE is just unsettling. Give me a good snowfall -- not a DC slush-ice mess, but REAL SNOW! “Dude, Where’s My Winter?”

I agree 100%. It’s not just DC; most of the country & world is warming. But to have 50-degree weather on NYE is just unsettling. Give me a good snowfall — not a DC slush-ice mess, but REAL SNOW!

]]> By: Meza http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-817 Meza Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-817 My wife said it wasn't Christmas without snow. She grew up in Ohio and had snow every winter. I to miss the snow fights with my daughter and watching her eat the snow. My wife said it wasn’t Christmas without snow. She grew up in Ohio and had snow every winter. I to miss the snow fights with my daughter and watching her eat the snow.

]]> By: sonia http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-816 sonia Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:43:40 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-816 i met a family from quebec the day after christmas and they said this was the first time they could recall ever not having snow for the holidays. in quebec. i met a family from quebec the day after christmas and they said this was the first time they could recall ever not having snow for the holidays. in quebec.

]]> By: GoBucks9 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-815 GoBucks9 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:37:04 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-815 Oh my god yes! Its not winter when I can walk my dog at night in a tee shirt. 2002/3@Ohio State - we got a huge snow storm - so bad they cancelled classes for the first time in over 30 years due to weather. Students held a 3000 person snowball fight in the Oval. 2003/4@OSU - My friend & I attempted to build an outdoor rink on his Grandpa's farm not far from campus. We were unsuccessful in building one but in a few days we skated on the river for about a month. Our grades suffered greatly. 2004/5 - No shinny, alittle snow. We took our skating indoors to the OSU Ice Rink. 2005/6 - Snowed only 2inches before winter break and never again. Its all downhill. Oh my god yes! Its not winter when I can walk my dog at night in a tee shirt.

2002/3@Ohio State - we got a huge snow storm - so bad they cancelled classes for the first time in over 30 years due to weather. Students held a 3000 person snowball fight in the Oval.

2003/4@OSU - My friend & I attempted to build an outdoor rink on his Grandpa’s farm not far from campus. We were unsuccessful in building one but in a few days we skated on the river for about a month. Our grades suffered greatly.

2004/5 - No shinny, alittle snow. We took our skating indoors to the OSU Ice Rink.

2005/6 - Snowed only 2inches before winter break and never again.

Its all downhill.

]]> By: Empty Maybe http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-814 Empty Maybe Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:22:29 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2006/12/29/denver-envy-wheres-my-winter/#comment-814 Amen. Amen.

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