Reasons I'm Eagerly Awaiting Spring!

[blas]

Some of them are extremely obvious, others you don't always think about until minor winter inconveniences have driven you absolutely insane since December.

1) No more dangerous road conditions! Once temperatures finally get to and stay at above freezing every day and night and precipitation only comes in rain form, the biggest worry will be driving in severe thunderstorms and hail. No more having to go 30 mph on the freeway because it's not plowed and there's 4-6 inches on the roads.

2) No more coworkers calling in once or twice every week because it OMG snowed! Even if it only snows a trace to an inch or two, without fail, people will call in because they are scared. Even if they've lived in Wisconsin their whole life and have seen way worse winters and driven on way worse road conditions. Once it's spring, they will have to find a new excuse to call in all the time. Weather won't count anymore unless we are under some kind of watch or warning right at shift change.

3) No more having to layer myself up like the Michelin tire man! I like layering my clothes, but I don't enjoy looking like a linebacker and having to wear so many layers of clothes that undressing becomes a chore and a game of how many shirts am I wearing today?

4) Not having to wear my coat indoors while I wait for the apartment to warm up when I get home!

5) Not having to spend 5-15 minutes scraping ice and snow off of my car every morning after work or every night before work.

6) Not having to leave 10-15 minutes early for work because of bad weather conditions. No longer will it take 45 minutes to an hour to drive 15 miles.

7) No more having to listen to the pipes for an hour after I take a bath or shower when it's really cold.

8) NO MORE COLD SNAPS! Now that it's March, thankfully cold snaps only last 1-3 days, but even better, NO MORE 1-3 week snaps of negative double digit temperatures.

9) All of my doors and windows will always be ready to be opened. No more frozen car doors and windows under an inch of ice!

10) No more having to waste $20+ on every single De-Icer product that's made. I go through several bottles of the stuff for windows and windshields, and several travel sized lock De-Icer bottles, and then the stuff for your windshield washer fluid....

11) I only go through ONE pair of windshield wipers from spring until next early winter. I went through two pairs of windshield wipers this winter.

12) No more mittens or coats! Once it gets to the 50s and up consistently.....I don't have to wear my huge winter coat everywhere I go anymore.

13) No more wasting gas warming up my car 10-15 minutes when it's -30 outside! When it gets to spring and temps are mild, it's turn on the car, let it run for a couple minutes, and off I go!

14) No more winter noises! Finally I won't have to hear cars going up and down the road crushing down the snow, no more loud snowplows, no more hearing footsteps two or three apartments down!

15) No more closed toed shoes on the weekends! No more socks! I can wear my nice heels and sandals and flipflops and show off my adorable feet once the snow and ice go away for good!

16) My skin will no longer resemble the texture of an alligator. From the neck down I have been scaly since November!

17) The sun....omg, what's the sun? I haven't seen the damn thing since last fall!

Any other reasons?

[taurinejunkie]

No more freezing toes from the fact my Canadian Army boots (which I got from a surplus store) were designed to be worn with wool socks in the winter and I hate wearing wool socks.

No more freezing fingers when I go out for a smoke at work.

[Talon]

I'll be able to go jogging outdoors again. Treadmills just aren't the same. Although I really should get new sneakers this summer, but that's another rant.

[RetailWorkhorse]

You said it already but I'm going to reiterate it.

THE SUN!

[Spiffy McMoron]

I really don't know why everyone's so up in arms about winter. It's in winter that Christmas comes, you get to snuggle with a special loved one in front of the fire, you re-discover the joys of spiked hot chocolate, snowboarding or skiing trips, you get to watch hockey (Go Flames Go!), and I love going to walks in the winter. Everything is just that much more peaceful and serene. Plus, if it weren't for winter, people would take for granted the summertime that they do have.

Also, I'd like to predicted the future: In about 4 months from now, in the early/middle of July, there will be anyone thread talking about how unbelievably hot is is in location __________. 110 F, no A/C, you have to drag a kiddie pool into the kitchen, there are rolling blackouts, and you can't sleep because it's 11 billion degrees inside the house.

I'll take an extra sweater any day of the year over that.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Spiffy, about the only good thing on that list of yours is the spiked hot chocolate.

And I hate hot chocolate.

Give me the scorching of the sun any day, I'd rather broil than freeze. At least then my joints don't lock up on me.

[Bosch]

De-icer I'm cheap I fill a spray bottle full of windshield wiper fluid with a de-icer in it. Or lay a blanket over the glass, it freezes and the ice gets pulled off with the blanket.. You do want to use a towel or blanket you don't really want to use again though

But in general I agree idiots running studded snow tires when we have ice/snow for two weeks total and they run those tires for 6 months is a bit annoying..

That leads to all the roads having perma-ruts cut into them and makes freeway driving a rollercoaster ride when you go to change lanes when its normal good dry driving, you have to climb the humps that have been created on the road from these idiots.. I keep thinking I have blown a tire when I change lanes.. argh.

Me: Having to run snow chains for my 2 mile drive to work when it does snow since here in Seattle/Bellevue they refuse to plow to the road since they don't want to scrape off those cats eye road markers.. Yes I had to run chains in Redmond/Bellevue just to drive two freakin miles cause they plowed the snow down a nice hard compact sheet of ice. I run a good set of winter treads on my car ContiExtreme Contacts which are awsome tires, but not when you are driving on ice. I had to chain up just to get to work and back cause if not then I wasn't working and my mother who can get around but disability makes it hard when the weather gets bad so I drive her. I'm amazed I made it through with all my bodywork in one piece..

No joke - remember that news story of the two buses that almost landed on the freeway yeah cause of the ice and city not plowing it when it was snow!

Yeah I'm ready for the seattle rain to come back.. I have horrible allergies so I'm not a fan of the sun since it means things start to grow and bloom - needs mass amounts of meds to keep functioning..

But it also means I can take doggy to the dog park again, since I could now keep up with him and not lose him in the snow and brush(he's white and brown) so he gets hard to see at a distance.

[AdminAssistant]

Give me the scorching of the sun any day, I'd rather broil than freeze.

Me too!!

My hometown is in the Delta - basically well-drained swampland. Give me 100 degrees with 95% humidity. Give me the heat and the mosquitoes and alllll that stuff. I'll still be a very happy girl. To me, it's a lot easier to keep a house cool than keep it warm. Going outside for a minute won't cause my nose to run like crazy. Don't have to worry about road conditions. And there's no classes to boot!!

And my birthday is in the summer. And my birthday is much cooler than Christmas.

[blas]

Oh believe me, I HATE Winter. I absolutely hate it. I find nothing good about winter except for my birthday. The only good thing about that is if it doesn't snow, it's a good birthday!

I would take a 90 degree day dying of heat than 5 minutes standing outside in -30 degree weather. I would rather be hot than cold. We've had two summers in a row in Wisconsin that haven't even been that hot.......plus this summer I'm getting an air conditioning unit, so no reason to bitch.

I absolutely hate winter, why in the world would I want to be outside in it? Maybe the one good thing about winter is that it's cold so it's a good reason to snuggle and keep warm together.

[DesignFox]

Warmer weather means more horseback riding! and it's show season again! *dance*

Winter break is nice for about a month. I've been done with this crap since January.

Let me outside! Let me see SUN! Let me be WARM again!

[Racket_Man]

why I am waiting for spring

1. no more trudging up walkways with a foot of unshoveled snow or an inch of pure ice

2. no more having to scrape the ice/snow/freezing rain off of my outer windscreen after every delivery

3. my inner windshield and other windows will stay unfogged for more than 30 seconds (hot pizza puts off a lot of steam)

4. no more having ALL if my window freeze shut at the same time

5. no more compaints about "cold food" (try delivering in -20F witha -40F windchill weather even with GOOD hotbags)

6. no more having to deck scrub the floor just to get the ground in dirt/sand/mud off

7. no more driving thru 5 foot piles of snow that the snow plow leaves behind while plowing just one street

8. I will actually be able to see addresses even when people put them in odd places or do not turn on the porch light

9. no more having to step in 6 inches of almost frozen water pools

10. having more than 30 feet of visiability

and the biggest reason I am waiting for spring


I will not have to listen to people say "Thank you for delivering to us in such bad weather. Have a good night, drive safe and stay warm" after they straight out stiff me yes I have my rent check ready with 200 "have a good night"s on it ready for my landlord

[blas]

I had a feeling you'd show up, Racketman!

So how was the weather in your neck of the woods last night?

[Racket_Man]

actaully not that bad just rained and the wind was blowing but not that bad. Sunday though that was interesting. one of the few times I did NOT have to work during a blizzard

[blas]

Sunday, oh yes, Sunday. Well, towards the end of last week, the weatherfolk were trying to get everyone all riled up over a huge snowstorm we were going to get, I remember on the evening news Friday they were saying 4-7 inches.....oh but by Saturday "Well geez folks, looks like the storm has gone further south..." and of course, NOTHING happened not even a flake, so on Monday, the blonde ditz weather girl was all "Teehehehee....geeez I coulda swore we were going to get a huge storm on Sunday, but it juuuuust missed us! But there's a BIG one coming on Tuesday!"

Yeah it was big. Ice. No fun, of course, but it rained all day yesterday and then everything froze, the wind gusted up to 30 mph, and then we got a trace of snow....it was awful, but I've been in worse.

[Becks]

BASEBALL SEASON!!!!!!