at least you get snow. here in southern arizona we might get snow in the mountains for about 2 minutes. then its gone.
Dude, you should have been there over the Christmas '86 - New Years '87 holidays. Snow on the ground for 10 days out at my place on Cortaro/Silverbelle. There were about 45,000 less houses in the neighborhood, so we had acres and acres of snow to play in. And boy did I get in trouble!
I'm out running two of our dogs in front of the house; and neither of them had any idea what snow was. I'm scooping snow off my Gran Torino and Mrs StDr's Tempo, and throwing it for the dogs. Both dogs hate to get wet, but they're catching snowballs in the air and freaking out when it turns "wet and splashy" when they catch it; only to leap and catch the next one I've thrown.
Yeah, I'm easily amused
Anyway, I get this wild idea to call out for my wife (I can see her in the kitchen window); and nail the kitchen porch door with a snowball just as she's opening it.
Yeah, you guessed it.
She thought something was
seriously wrong and whipped open that door
a lot faster than I expected it!!!
THEN something
was seriously wrong.
I had "lofted" that snowball, and she opened the door just about the time it was at its apogee of flight.
And..... well...... you know how momentum and gravity work
It cost me Prime Rib at Old Father Inn and a sitter for then-4-month-old cowgirl tink; but Mrs StDr finally forgave me.