Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
...and you know that you're an Xsmarkser when you're standing outside after shoveling a ship-load of snow and find yourself saying, "That was thirsty work...I could use a cold beer right now..."
That just sounds Canadian to me...

Just back from a Caribbean cruise, on which more than once - in and near Florida - we encountered temperatures that were lower than what we experienced today at home in snowbound Edmonton. The weirdness of climate change.

But I remember only one snow day in my youth, in Grade 1, when we were sent home after standing outside for a long while watching the custodian try to dig his way to the rear entrance, which was completely blocked - only the very top of one of the double doors was visible. The roofed front entrance was clear, but fire regulations demanded another exit.