Let it snow, let it snow!

[loulou57]

So just watched weather for Canada.....Snow!!!

Just west of Edmonton is to expect up to 10cm of snow...not lots but the first week of September?????

[bradyk]

Try up here the taxes are even worse. Only bonus is health care is pretty much included. Outside of that your take home taxes are a lot lower in the U.S. At least that is what some of my counterparts that work in my company that moved south from Canada so have experienced both.

[bukhrn]

bradyk wrote:
Your IRS dept. wants to take some of our money if we stay beyond the days limits.

At least they only want "SOME" of yours, they seem to want "MOST" of ours. 😞

[bradyk]

Your IRS dept. wants to take some of our money if we stay beyond the days limits.

[hermandutchman]

bukhrn wrote:

oh boy wrote:
Late Sept my finger tips turn white and the old damaged frostbite starts. RV is already packed by then and just waiting. Being foreigners we can only stay 182 days..(we bring our own money and don't want a job)
so we try and leave late so we can have less snow when we come back in April.
-35C, frozen broken sewer lines and water pipes are not my idea of retirement. Lolling about in Florida is more to my liking.

OK, not being a foreigner, (at least not here), why is this ? :h

the Canadians can only stay 182 days or they loose their govt ins. if I understand correctly.

[bradyk]

Little Kopit wrote:
I flipped through all posts.

Where oh where are all the photos? Come on, someone must have grabbed their camera.

:h

Here is a few looking out my back window.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/calgarygringo/2014%20Pics/20140908_173912_zps1bedb284.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/calgarygringo/2014%20Pics/20140910_111841_zpsonkhdlxx.jpg

[bradyk]

These for a start
http://globalnews.ca/news/1555029/summer-snow-batters-calgary-for-a-third-day/

http://globalnews.ca/news/1556196/funny-photos-and-tweets-about-calgarys-summer-snowstorm/

[Little_Kopit]

I flipped through all posts.

Where oh where are all the photos? Come on, someone must have grabbed their camera.

:h

[azrving]

nomad297 wrote:

rjxj wrote:

06Fargo wrote:
More evidence of global warming.

8 to 11 mpg for just about any rig in here and we are talking global warming? 🙂 I'm not picking on you but the belief in GW and and riding off in an RV dont seem to go together. Sorry if you were joking but I didn't see a smiley.

Where did 06Fargo's original post that you quoted go? Did the mods find it politically insensitive and delete it?

Bruce

Interesting. Tree huger whining? 🙂 Baaawaaa

[kampinggal]

We had 30 degree weather (at night) in August this year...so what's a little snow? That's why I got a heater and an electric blanket on the bed, not giving up my camping yet this year.

[nomad297]

rjxj wrote:

06Fargo wrote:
More evidence of global warming.

8 to 11 mpg for just about any rig in here and we are talking global warming? 🙂 I'm not picking on you but the belief in GW and and riding off in an RV dont seem to go together. Sorry if you were joking but I didn't see a smiley.

Where did 06Fargo's original post that you quoted go? Did the mods find it politically insensitive and delete it?

Bruce

[bukhrn]

hedge wrote:
I like snow, I really have no idea why people choose to live here if they don't. Then they just complain about the snow... just move already.


I guess I'm made of different stuff, I would only go farther north. I hate the heat and too many people as you go south.

Many of us were born into it, had no say in the matter, and DID move out of it as soon as economically feasible. Only wish We were able to do it sooner in life. While we do get a few inches of snow a winter, we don't get the 7 month winters we used to get in northern NY. Thank God !

[pnichols]

I will grant ya this ... what we need is more 4X4 motorhomes, TTs, and 5'ers for just such things as snow camping! :B

[loulou57]

hedge wrote:
I like snow, I really have no idea why people choose to live here if they don't. Then they just complain about the snow... just move already.

I guess I'm made of different stuff, I would only go farther north. I hate the heat and too many people as you go south.

I have to agree with you. Why not just move if the weather conditions do not suit you. As much as I love camping, summer and I don't mix well, fair skin, light hair, blue eyes. I get sun/heat stroke no matter what sunscreen I use or the amount of water I drink. In fact it is my least favourite season. I love winter but my body doesn't, Raynauds, osteoarthritis etc. We don't seem to get spring and fall for long, maybe 2 weeks, LOL
No matter where we live the grass will look greener or whiter, LOL, on the other side, so we might as well put up, shut up and make the best of things.

[free_radical]

loulou57 wrote:
So just watched weather for Canada.....Snow!!!

Just west of Edmonton is to expect up to 10cm of snow...not lots but the first week of September?????

Thats pretty normal,last time. I was there was -8 C at night beginning of September ,
on Christmas was + 5 C !!
in days past it was usualy - 30 or some such,,world is warming up it seems..

Here in Ontario its +27 C. 🙂