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Orion wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

Yes, I am jealous of anyone who thinks it's cool to shatter the glorious peace of a snow-covered forest with a noisy-ass machine.

And there are people who enjoy shattering the peace with noisy race cars, dirt bikes, oh and heaven forbid, TRACTORS!   Its not like you have a snowmobile race track right next to your house.

There's a fair percentage of snowmobilers who die in brainless drunken accidents, who hopefully evolution will kick in at some point.

And there are a fairly large percentage of car drivers who die in brainless drunken accidents, an hopefully evolution will kick in for them too.  Its not the machine's fault you are annoyed, its the damn idiots that sometimes drive them.  I try to be kind to others when driving and keep the throttle down near homes and businesses on the trails.  Not everyone is so nice, but you can't generalize all drivers based on the few smurfs that spoil it for everyone.

I wasn't talking about tractors or dirt bikes or race cars. I was talking about the noise of snowmobiles.

They're noisy. The outdoors are peaceful. There must be a more civilized way of getting one's kicks.

icebook1 wrote:

I don't like it most of the time. I'm one of those T-shirt and convertible kind of guys. Year round. I think I'm gonna try and move to California once I'm out of college.

I like motorcycling and skiing so living in Collingwood is pretty good. I have Blue Mountain for skiing. I also have the same hill for motorcycling. The road where the powder snow was over my hood last week - Grey Road 19 - is one of the best motorcycle roads I have ever ridden. It isn't long, maybe 3 or 4 miles but if you have 4 testicles it can be a hell of a ride - not one corner you can justify taking at less than 200 km/h, uphill or down.

wat

I got stuck on glare ice under snow on my own driveway, trying to get to certain part of the driveway.

It's been so long since I've gotten stuck, I forgot the techniques to get out.   If I could dig out some frozen sand, that might have worked.     Or put some carpet remnants under the tires.

Anyway, with the help of the neighbor's pushing, I was out shortly.

There we go.  Cat litter or sand.  Both recycleable in the spring.   I already carry 2 shovels: 1 aluminum grain shovel and 1 heavy duty square spade.

It was pretty treacherous this morning, but thankfully no freezing rain for me.  Driving very cautiously 15-25 mph for most of the day.

NEW cat litter, user.... I swear, some people's kids... 

ShnickyShnack wrote:

That is to say, I hate winter. And I know I'm not alone in that.

Of course you hate it.  It's -8 C/17.5 F in Toronto right now, and you're expecting 35 cm/13.8 in. of snow!

tee hee