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No jokes: a light flurry of snow fell on Pretoria a few minutes ago. Not even close enough to build a snowman, but wow. Snow! :teddyr:

Wow!  Pretoria and snowmen...not words that share space often.  If you get more of the white stuff, let us know if you could use some suggestions as to what to do with it.   :wink:  I rather like the image of Trevor building a snowman.

Unfortunately, not even enough to make a soft drink cold but it's the first time in my almost 45 ( :buggedout: :buggedout:) years that I've seen snow, light as it was, fall. Magical.  :smile:

Knowing me, the snowman will turn out a leetle mushy.  :wink:

(http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/monthly_contests/200912/2009DecTop10/01DavidLeeTillerKermitSnowAngel600.jpg)

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I've had my Kermit since 1977: he's the one in my FB avatar.  :smile:

Always takes me a second to remember they have opposite seasons there. Also takes some imagination to think of how interesting it must be for Trevor. Sadly, snow loses some of its magic by about the 50th time you've shoveled two feet of it out of a driveway.

My usual reaction the first time I see snow every year.

"sh!t."

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Nice. I don't think we ever had snow in August but we once did in July during a crazy storm. Snow taking turns between rain and hail.

My reaction to snow:"Hooray!"


Alan's reaction to snow:"I left Cleveland to get away from this!"

Ahhhh-the hell with snow. I live in Michigan.  :bluesad:
Nice for you,though,Trevor!  :smile:

I was in a snowstorm in July once: on a week-long trail ride along the Great Divide in the Rockies.  Most of our tents collapsed.  Whee!

We may well be a bit jaded about snow here Trev.  But watching the flakes drift down IS magical - one of my favourite things to do on a windless night is to go out and just listen to the snow fall.

Our location along the East Coast gives us just enough of it so that a really big snowfall is a fun event.  I can imagine that getting 12" or more of snow constantly would get very tedious.

I drove through a snowstorm on New Year's I think last year and was lucky to make it home alive. I literally could not see two feet in front of my car for much of the trip.

That said, I actually love snow. I love the look of it making everything appear all clean and shiny. The only thing I don't like about snow is shovelling it and it making it dangerous to travel..

I've seen snow many times in SA but I've never seen it fall.


Thankfully, I've never had to do this.  :buggedout:


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I was like a little kid yesterday.  :smile:

Trevor,me freind,your always like a little kid!
You got that little kid joy in you just by nature,I think.  :thumbup:

That is 100% true. :smile: :teddyr:

A case in point: a year or so ago, I was looking after my special sister's children while she was chatting to friends at a restaurant and the kids were playing on the slides and swings, so I decided to join them playing, sitting with my 40 year old bum on a slide. My sister came running, saw me on the slide and said to her daughter: "Look, Uncle Trevor's on the slide!"

Her daughter looked at me, looked at her mom, shrugged and said "So? He's on the slide? Big deal!"  :teddyr: :teddyr:

I should just add that there is a picture of me on that slide on my FB page: the caption reads UNCLE ZOMBIE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY.  :teddyr: :teddyr:

That's what I like about kids. Naturally open-minded. The trick is teaching them to think critically without spoiling that, and seeing things from their point of view is a big part of it. The kids are lucky to have you for an uncle, Trevor.

My thoughts exactly.

Awwww...... *HUG*  :smile: