Don't you just HATE winter?

[RavenOfRazgriz]

The Oompa-Loompa look never made sense to me.

Oh god.  I see chicks who have that orange-ish skin tone and actually want to throw up.

I don't need my women baked or singing catchy-yet-annoying-as-hell songs, thank-you-very-much.

My first winter here in Boston, we had a weekend in January that netted us 28 inches of snow. Granted that's an anomaly, but still...I loved it! And after five years, my cold tolerance is insanely high.

In general I love winter, especially the snow. Coming inside from the cold to warm up with soup, hot chocolate, and lovin' is vastly superior to coming home sticky from sweat and sitting motionless on the couch in an attempt to cool off. The biggest downside is shortened days - tonight's sunset in Boston is 4:33 PM. But waking up to a fresh coat of snow, or sitting inside watching a snowstorm, is just too much fun.

Then again, I don't drive.

Yeah, similar up here in New Hampshire.

Last December I ended up not having some combination of power / heat / cable in my house for a week and a half because we had some hellish snow, though I'm pretty sure that storm reached far enough for you guys in Boston to feel it too.

Ended up with over two weeks of snow days from school (High School at the time), froze to death, won a free laptop at a bingo hall, and found a new love for Chicken Caesar salad.

Hopefully that doesn't happen again this year, though.  I love winter and snow days and snow and all that good stuff, but my girlfriend probably won't be around during December this year and my parents are disabled, so I've no way to benefit from another round of epic snowstorms.

And lol, I don't drive either.

[Wasabi]

From taking mass transit while everyone (yourself included) is bundled up in giant coats, to dealing with snow after a snow storm because the authorities refuse to cancel classes for the day, and of course, being stuck doing mostly indoor activities...

Winter sucks in NYC.

The worst part is that it's not even consistent. Instead, it varies between
Oh, mid-40's F. Pretty nice for winter
cold enough for a heavy coat
near zero
near zero with below zero windchill[/b].

I know there's more extreme cold weather to the north ( for people in Buffalo, Rochester, and across the border), but it's so hot during the summer, I find it funny and annoying that the weather swings between two extremes like it does in temperate regions.

/cold weather rant

I do enjoy freshly fallen snow, and the occasional snowball fight though.

^This, although I shouldn't complain considering that in Canadialand, especially around Winnipeg and Vancouver, if the temperatures are around the freezing point during the winter, you can make snow by tossing boiling hot water over a rooftop.

But yeah, winter sucks balls in NYC. I'll take spring/summer/early autumn any day over winter.