Snow? I know.. I know.. I know.. I don't want to write about snow either. Everywhere's got snow. It's white stuff and it falls on you. And it's cold and Canada gets more of it.... but listen up we had 30 cm of snow.
That's a lot of snow.
For Cheesetown.
Taking one border collie as a useful unit of measurement, this is what six centimetres looks like...
Just past paw level. Pretty huh? Add some tinsel and it'd be festive even...
This is what 30cm of the stuff looks like.
See the difference? This might be funny if you want the dog to suffer for getting you out of bed at 5:30 for the third morning in a row...
But with the snow also over the tops of your own wellies it gets less funny fast.
Trust me on that...
30 centimetres... well 30 centimeters means..
- It means that the snow is six inches higher than your doorstep. Open the door and it falls in on you.
- It means that Cheesetown looks like a village of midgets, as all the gravestones are only a couple of inches above snow level.
- It means that the entire world is silent..because Edinburgh International Airport is closed for days. The whole runway! No airplanes!
- And it means that there's no cars, no buses...there's no transport in or out of Cheesetown. The BRIDGE has closed for the first time in 46 years.
And in a fresh twist to anyone elses Snow Saga, 30 centimetres of snow means that it has fallen on me to help the Cherub with his maths revision.
Yeah with no school it's down to me to explain why the merry hell
Stick that Canada!
6 December 2010 at 07:37
Wow. We had a few inches of snow and that got old after the first few minutes.
I told Boy early on, he had to be good at Maths, cause there was no point coming to me for help. It seems to have worked. Arts and Humanities, no problem at all. But Maths...ugh.
6 December 2010 at 08:54
That strange wiggly thing at the bottom of your post? numbers and symbols and stuff? no idea what that is......good luck with that..
6 December 2010 at 11:08
Poor Ned. I hope you are not going to measure 60cm---altough I do have the Labrador measurement of how deep water is.
I've only been in snow once in my life and figure if I come to Scotland in July / August, it might still be once
6 December 2010 at 17:38
Snow may be very pretty from a distance but it's not so pretty when you have to clear it off the car and it all ices up and as soon as you've cleared it there's a whole lot more. Like a tedious party guest, it's now decidedly overstayed its welcome.
6 December 2010 at 18:13
How dare they close my bridge?!?!
I've been seeing lots of photos of the snow from my sister. It's so early for snow in Scotland still. That amount's about normal for us here though. It falls in November and stays till March/April time. I am very UNAMOURED with it. Unlike young Ned there who seems to be having a fine time. :)
6 December 2010 at 18:13
Also on behalf of Canada may I say "PAH!" :) Talk to me about snow when it's also minus 30 ok?
Oh, schooled YOU, lady.
7 December 2010 at 18:22
Solving quadratic equations is an absolute essential for modern day living. Hardly a day goes by without me having to work out that square root with log tables.
7 December 2010 at 19:50
"Stick that Canada!" Ha!
The funny thing is that while you were being snowed in, things were relatively snow-free here.
That's changing now, though...
7 December 2010 at 20:06
No snow is probably the only advantage to living in the desert. I grew up near Canada with plenty of snow, but I haven't seen the live stuff in fourteen years.
And I agree with Roger. If I don't solve an equation each and every day, I am bereft.
7 December 2010 at 21:14
Roses - See what I did wrong there... I let the child think I Knew Evrything.
Damn. That's a hard one to keep up.
Libby - It's the quadratic equation you know! With this equation you can solve any quadratic equation you might run into..
Clyde - If he had any sense the dog would live in FEAR as the snow rises daily...
Yep - if you put off your visit till July the last snowbank might just have thawed.
Nick got that one right , after yesterday's road chaos...
Veg - HA! Come back when you can recite Pi to six decimal places young lady..
Rog - I KNOW....If only I'd kept my dad's old slide rule.
Barb - Do you Canadians not have a spare expert you can send over? One who could help us do stuff... like.. keep roads open, and operate buses?
Charlie - You'll just have to wait on my new sidebar feature ... the Daily Equation .. slide rules and log tables optional
11 December 2010 at 23:19
See, you're entirely missing the point here. We LIKE when the roads close and the buses stop. Then we declare a Snow Day and stay home and have fun.
Oh dear, did we forget to mention that?