more questions!

[Frieda]

Whoo hoo! this morning, the world had a lovely surprise for me-- snow! everything was covered in a thin layer of fluffy whiteness.. wonderful! the cat was going crazy playing with the snowflakes in the garden, there were small bird tracks on the windshield of my car and the air smelled so fresh. i love it!

some snow questions!

1. does it snow where you live?

2. do you like snow?

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

4. ever done any other winter sports?

5. what's your first snow memory?

6. what's your best snow experience?

7. and your worst?

tell me all!

[chuckie egg]

1. does it snow where you live?
Yes, although today it is snowing everywhere in the country apart from here

2. do you like snow?
Yes its great

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
No

4. ever done any other winter sports?
I've only been skiing once on a dry ski slope (they hurt)

5. what's your first snow memory?
Making a snowman in my front garden my my brother

6. what's your best snow experience?
Walking home from one new years eve party and having a snowball fight

7. and your worst?
wondering why it was yellow... and then realising

[bealeblues]

oh i'm gonna have a field day with these!!!!

1. does it snow where you live?

oh hell no

2. do you like snow?

oh hell no

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

yes, once.... i succumbed to the beggings of my then girlfriend...we went skiing in gatlinburg, TN (home of dollywood, yee-haw)

4. ever done any other winter sports?

no, by design

5. what's your first snow memory?

being cold and wanting to go inside

6. what's your best snow experience?

getting out of the snow on my gatlinburg trip and getting back to the cabin

7. and your worst?

being in the snow when i could've been inside being warm

[dickieC]

Whoo hoo! this morning, the world had a lovely surprise for me-- snow! everything was covered in a thin layer of fluffy whiteness.. wonderful! the cat was going crazy playing with the snowflakes in the garden, there were small bird tracks on the windshield of my car and the air smelled so fresh. i love it!

Yep, it snowed here last night, and I awoke to sun on the snow. Lovely.

some snow questions!

1. does it snow where you live?

Yes, but very seldom.

2. do you like snow?

Absolutely, except when driving.

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

No, am far to physically malco-ordinated to attempt skiing.

4. ever done any other winter sports?

Done a bit of hiking in the Bavarian Alps. And snowball fights.

5. what's your first snow memory?

Snowball fights in the back garden with my dad in 1982, when Oxford was colder than Moscow.

6. what's your best snow experience?

ditto.

7. and your worst?

Breaking down in a freak snowstorm one April on the motorway at 4 am. My sister had forgotten her mobile phone so I had to walk 1/2 mile in the blizzard to the emergency telephone.

tell me all!

[Zyle]

1. does it snow where you live?

It's snowing RIGHT NOW! blizzard stylee.. I just hope it's finished blowing sideways at 500 mph before I gotta go out.

2. do you like snow?

yeah, if there isn't icy wind accompanying it.

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

nah

4. ever done any other winter sports?

only ice skating. I did ice dance in competitions and stuff when I was about 9 - 13, it was kinda cool. I sucked though.

5. what's your first snow memory?

My dad building a snowman with me at my old house when i was about 3. It was a BEAST

6. what's your best snow experience?

Incredibly romantic walk home from a really shite party one new year (2001 - 2002) with my bf, it was freezing and snowing and gorgeous... It was about 4 miles. We *just* made it before midnight
Another good one was a snowball fight with the "big-boys" from the 6th form on the school field when I was 13. That was fun...
I made a great igloo in my front garden once too. Well I guess it was more of a snow-wall than an igloo cos I couldn't do the roof, but that was great fun.
My best mate and I used to try to "snowboard" on our sledges in her back garden. One of us would pull the other around in the sledge, and then we'd swap round and see who managed to stay on longest. She usually won.

7. and your worst?

Edit: On second thoughts I don't think I actually have a worst one. I love it.

Edit #2 - I just took a quick piccy out of my window, it's nothing special but it's snowing . http://www.angelfire.com/space/zylex/churchstsnow.JPG
Also a couple I took on the way to my lecture:
http://www.angelfire.com/space/zylex/dursnow.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/space/zylex/snowrow.JPG

[masterofNone]

1. does it snow where you live?
yep
2. do you like snow?
yep
3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
yep. Been to a few local places. Liberty is the one that comes to mind. I think in Maryland.
4. ever done any other winter sports?
nope
5. what's your first snow memory?
1967 3 feet. Great snow forts.
6. what's your best snow experience?
1976 Pinecrest golf course in Annandale, VA. 8 inches of snow, excellent sledding conditions. Plenty of friends and plenty of time to sled. And Carol Rogerson in her ski suit, pink cheeks, sipping hot chocolate from a thermos
7. and your worst?
three weeks ago I was driving behind a young girl who panicked, slammed on the brakes, and turned sideways on a two lane road. Tried to stop, anti-lock brakes kicked in, clipped her and went into the ditch. $2600.00 damage to my ride.

[amanda]

1. does it snow where you live?
yes, it does apparently. I was hoping to see some in Kyoto. I'm still a little bitter about it.

2. do you like snow?
in December, yes. Christmas lights and snowflakes is my idea of giddy peace. In March, snow can stuff it- I want sun. Snowflakes taste sweeter in December, anyway.

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
once- a ski trip when I was six. I just remember returning home mostly black and blue

4. ever done any other winter sports?
does sleding on garbage can lids count?

5. what's your first snow memory?
making snow caves with my brother in Indiana. I was 4. I was only 2' tall and the snowfall was four feet. What an awesome feeling, just making little home forts in the snow.

6. what's your best snow experience?
the above was a good one. another was while working at a japanese garden. there is something truly beautiful watching snow fall on raked zen gardens and cedars.

7. and your worst?
stuck in a mountain pass on I-5 trying to get home.

[Red Princess]

1. does it snow where you live?
no

2. do you like snow?
not anymore

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
no

4. ever done any other winter sports?
ice skating

5. what's your first snow memory?
living in New Hampshire, very deep snow, brothers shoveled driveway and made a snow mountain

6. what's your best snow experience?
walking home from a bar at 3 AM in very deep snow , plows had not been out yet, sister and i were drunk as hell, kept falling down and laughing our heads off.

7. and your worst?
winter of 78 or 79 in Ohio, too much snow, blizzards, they called out the National guard to rescue snowbound elderly, trapped inside for days

[noxxville]

1. does it snow where you live?

Yep

2. do you like snow?

Yep

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

Used to live in the sierras by all of the main resorts. Went frequently.

4. ever done any other winter sports?

Endurance Jager Shots

5. what's your first snow memory?

Idaho when I was about 6. Watching my blind cousins(yes that is plural) sled down a hill. I thought it was careless of their parents. Especially when one of them went out onto a pond.

6. what's your best snow experience?

Ditching school to go skiing with my friends (I really used to have them...honest!)

7. and your worst?

Driving out to Chicago when I moved here. They shut the highway down when I was at the summit of the Rockies. Cars in ditches everywhere. It looked like armageddon...in snow anyway.

[beckstra]

1. does it snow where you live?

yes, the Good Life includes snow

2. do you like snow?

yes

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

no

4. ever done any other winter sports?

ummm...how about ice sliding, where you skate around in your shoes?

5. what's your first snow memory?

ummm how about the most memorable? cause that would be the summer we had a blizzard in July

6. what's your best snow experience?

the first time I drove was during a snowstorm, my parents thought it was "as good a time as any"

7. and your worst?

never met a snow I didn't like

[lapietra]

1. does it snow where you live?
nope

2. do you like snow?
Very much.

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
Yes - Mount Hood - winter 1984. However, I don't know how to ski - but, being an avid ice skater, I thought I could figure it out on my own... and ended up going down the bunny slope on my ice-cold jean-clad butt. Spent the rest of the afternoon in the lodge, sipping hot cocoa, checking out the boys.

4. ever done any other winter sports?
Ice skating - indoor rink.

5. what's your first snow memory?
Snow in Reno on car hoods.

6. what's your best snow experience?
staying in a cabin when I was in high school... sliding down snow-covered hills in innertubes, making snow angels & snowmen.

7. and your worst?
Trying to walk in thigh-high snow in Boston. Brrrrrrrrrr.

[Deviate]

1. does it snow where you live?
yes

2. do you like snow?
love it

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?
yes, on one now in Winter Park, CO, more when i get back home

4. ever done any other winter sports?
not particularly

5. what's your first snow memory?
sinking 10 feet into a snow drift

6. what's your best snow experience?
sitting in the hot tubs at night with ths snow falling all around

7. and your worst?
i hate the black piles of frozen sludge that sit around at the side of the road until March. grr.

[RuneT]

1. does it snow where you live?

yes, but not enough

2. do you like snow?

the fluff is my friend

3. ever been on a skiing / boarding trip? where? when?

a lot. Mostly in Norway.

4. ever done any other winter sports?

ski kiteing, x-country, alpine, snowboard, dogsled, snowscooter, ice scating, falling around while being drunk, glacier climbing

5. what's your first snow memory?

birth

6. what's your best snow experience?

powder to the waist, me and mountain alone. down.

7. and your worst?

falling head first getting burried in it. falling and get my skis caught in trees or bushes. not being able to get loose. falling asleep drunk in the snow can cause a serious chill . crashing into hard objects like walls, trees and rocks.
And finally, when the snow melt,

[Zyle]

I now have a worst snow memory. I fell on the ice last night and spent 5 hours in A&E with a concussion. Big laughs all round. Still feel sick and can't focus properly, but according to the extremely sexy doctor that'll wear off.

[RuneT]

oh no, zyle! I hope you recover fast.