Northern Memories.......missing home bad now.

**earcutter** · 08-03-2012, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Very true... but there's nothing quite as hilarious as watching a society try to cope with a few cm of snow when absolutely no one has any idea what to do.

And I'm not in any way just having a go at other countries. Come of the best snow-related entertainment can be had watching places like Toronto and the Lower Mainland.

Hey Toronto is full of immigrants lol!! Some of who haven't even seen snow yet lol!! That's all done in a year or two

So be gentle

As for the army having to come and bail out the city of Toronto. Man I was there! There was no place left to put the snow lol.

**Cangooner** · 08-03-2012, 02:56 PM

I can't find it right now as streaming video is blocked at work but I know Rick Mercer did a pretty good thing on that Toronto storm.

And there's a definite wildcard in Ottawa traffic every year when the first snow hits: diplomats! There are cars with red plates all over the place, and not in a good way

**mapleleafalumnus** · 08-03-2012, 02:59 PM

Same problems w/driving in snow in MI. Everyone thinks "OH, I got a Blazer/Hummer, I can go thru anything!" Yeah, right.

**earcutter** · 08-03-2012, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I can't find it right now as streaming video is blocked at work but I know Rick Mercer did a pretty good thing on that Toronto storm.

And there's a definite wildcard in Ottawa traffic every year when the first snow hits: diplomats! There are cars with red plates all over the place, and not in a good way

Special Report: Snow in Toronto - YouTube

**rastewart** · 08-03-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Same problems w/driving in snow in MI. Everyone thinks "OH, I got a Blazer/Hummer, I can go thru anything!" Yeah, right.

Sounds familiar ... those types are everywhere, I guess.

**rastewart** · 08-03-2012, 06:37 PM

My history is a little different, I grew up in southern Illinois, so when I think of childhood and yoot it's a different kind of landscape in some ways. But a few months after college I moved to Chicago and have been here ever since (a long, long time now). I've gotta say, I love the Great Lakes. There is something about this part of the world that I don't know if you'd find anywhere else. And I got to know Michigan a little when my middle daughter went to college there (way south though, in Kalamazoo). I may not share your memories, but I can feel that bit of sadness for what you've had to leave behind. And hey ... winter beats summer, any time.

~Rich

**mapleleafalumnus** · 08-03-2012, 06:44 PM

Ahhh, summer in MI: where the State Bird is the mosquito and the State Tree is the orange traffic barrel!

**Theseus** · 08-03-2012, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Ahhh, summer in MI: where the State Bird is the mosquito and the State Tree is the orange traffic barrel!

Sounds like Ohio to me.

**mapleleafalumnus** · 08-03-2012, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Theseus

Sounds like Ohio to me.

"Ohio: the Mistake by the Lake!"
-Michigan Welcome Centre banner off U.S. 23 in Samaria

Just kidding, Theseus!

**mapleleafalumnus** · 08-03-2012, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by rastewart

My history is a little different, I grew up in southern Illinois, so when I think of childhood and yoot it's a different kind of landscape in some ways. But a few months after college I moved to Chicago and have been here ever since (a long, long time now). I've gotta say, I love the Great Lakes. There is something about this part of the world that I don't know if you'd find anywhere else. And I got to know Michigan a little when my middle daughter went to college there (way south though, in Kalamazoo). I may not share your memories, but I can feel that bit of sadness for what you've had to leave behind. And hey ... winter beats summer, any time.

~Rich

Did you grow up around Cairo ("Little Egypt")?

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