5KidzRUs Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) I am a California (beach) girl here. So we just moved to the snowy mountains and here are my observations about living in deep snow: It is *OK* to accidentally leave milk in the car overnight. Although, in the morning it will be a block of ice milk. It is *NOT* enough to scrape and de-ice the windows of you car. Once you start diving, that 6 inch thick slab of snow and ice will SLIDE off your roof and block your front windshield the first time you stop. The children *NEED* snow pants - this is not an option - it is a survival necessity! UGG is yoru friend!! Hundreds of pounds of snow slabs will and do slide off the roof of your house! You can *NOT* drive over the mound of snow that slip off your house roof - you will get stuck on it, be late for your appointment and give the neighbors something funny to talk about. There is a SLID CONTROL icon on the dash of your car - it might as well stay permanently on! A GPS could save your life - it is a must have. GPS's sometimes take you down dirt paths and dead end - under construction - mountainous passes. Snow tires ... a must! Well that was fun! I wish people would stop staring at me when I wear my FLIP-FLOPS though! And why has nobody here heard of ZORI'S??? :001_huh: Edited January 6, 2011 by 5KidzRUs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Remote start is the best invention ever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Block heaters! People here have been plugging their cars in waaay before hybrids. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 The benefits ??? SKIING! And if you find an unexploded mortar shell from avalanche control, DO NOT take it home with you as a "souvenir" as one fellow near here did. They get real cranky if they have to call the bomb squad from 3 hours away... LOL! That reminds me of when we were living in Germany in old Nazi officer housing - My then 6 year old son was at the playground and dug up an old WWII hand grenade and brought it to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Block heaters! People here have been plugging their cars in waaay before hybrids. ;) What is a block heater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Being a FL beach girl to moving to the mountains girl myself, and having just had our first snow here, I totally agree with everything you said! It was amazing to be able to start my Christmas baking a week early, bake one item a day, let my children have a few goodies as a sample and put the rest in the freeeeezing garage until Christmas. Out of site, out of mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinakel Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I am a California (beach) girl here. So we just moved to the snowy mountains and here are my observations about living in deep snow: It is *OK* to accidentally leave milk in the car overnight. Although, in the morning it will be a block of ice milk. It is *NOT* enough to scrape and de-ice the windows of you car. Once you start diving, that 6 inch thick slab of snow and ice will SLIDE off your roof and block your front windshield the first time you stop. The children *NEED* snow pants - this is not an option - it is a survival necessity! UGG is yoru friend!! Hundreds of pounds of snow slabs will and do slide off the roof of your house! You can *NOT* drive over the mound of snow that slip off your house roof - you will get stuck on it, be late for your appointment and give the neighbors something funny to talk about. There is a SLID CONTROL icon on the dash of your car - it might as well stay permanently on! A GPS could save your life - it is a must have. GPS's sometimes take you down dirt paths and dead end - under construction - mountainous passes. Snow tires ... a must! Well that was fun! I wish people would stop staring at me when I wear my FLIP-FLOPS though! And why has nobody here heard of ZORI'S??? :001_huh: I feel for ya, sistah. Never hope to live in snow, ever. And I grew up wearing zories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Better yet, get dh to PUT THE CAR AWAY and then you won't have snow on it. Yes. I always park MY car in the garage and DH's usually stays in the driveway :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 LOL A native South Floridian here as well. I'm 39 and never seen snow in my life. I don't know what I would do with myself if I were ever in it. I only wear flip flops to do yard work or go to the beach but I wear my chancletas everywhere. Feet need air conditioning. Seriously. they do. ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm a deep south (think New Orleans area) girl and now live near DC. The snow is only ok if you are into winter sports or have nowhere to go for a few days. The blizzards we had last year were a pain in the behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 ... I wear my chancletas everywhere. Feet need air conditioning. Seriously. they do. ;) :D LOL! That is a word I have not heard in a long time - we called our flip-flops zories and chanclas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 LOL! That is a word I have not heard in a long time - we called our flip-flops zories and chanclas! :) Yep, chanclas, chancletas the same thing. Any kind of sandal type shoe, but mostly the ones that have chunky heels although it includes flip flops too. :) I always thought that was a Cuban word. That's cool that you had it out in Cali too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 It's late, but a block heater is a heater that sits in your engine and you plug it in to keep the engine warm. Ish. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Will have to mentally file this away.... My dh loves, loves, loves cold weather & wants us to move somewhere colder. I've lived quite a few places, mostly warm or temperate, though. Need to know this info in case we ever move to MN or Canada (which dh keeps dreaming about).... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 :) Yep, chanclas, chancletas the same thing. Any kind of sandal type shoe, but mostly the ones that have chunky heels although it includes flip flops too. :) I always thought that was a Cuban word. That's cool that you had it out in Cali too. :) In Spain chanclas and chancletas just mean any kind of flip flop but not sandals, those are sandalias! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Block heaters! People here have been plugging their cars in waaay before hybrids. ;) Oh, yeah! Block heaters! I miss Minot! (not really) :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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