# All the ice is gone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215 "2024-04-13T01:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/1 "2024-04-13T01:14:32Z")
From the back garden, chez Pipers! It actually smells like spring out there. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/2 "2024-04-13T01:57:09Z")
Spring skiing sounds like a bust! šŸ˜” ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/3 "2024-04-13T03:51:09Z")
I trust you didnā€™t find 3 dead friends in your backyard, then? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/4 "2024-04-13T03:52:42Z")
1 dead squirrel, 1 dead mouse; no Chiefs fans. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/5 "2024-04-13T04:23:14Z")
Itā€™s interesting tracking the differences between our climates. I envy the real winters youse guys get ā€“ wait, let me rephrase that: I envy the beautiful snowy winters youse guys get, but definitely not the subzero temperatures which ā€“ I need not go into this again ā€“ almost killed me when I visited Saskatoon one winter in a light overcoat. But the clean, crisp snow of the prairies is truly beautiful. We just donā€™t get much of it here any more. The change in just the past 10 to 15 years has been really remarkable. But when itā€™s time for the last of winter to go, Iā€™m glad we get it sooner. The birds are back and have been furiously chirping here for over a month. My friendā€™s place a little further south where I went to view the eclipse has red cardinals flitting about all over the place (the birds, not the officials of the Catholic Church). The enterprising kid who runs a lawn mowing business has already arranged his ā€œcontractā€ for this summer and indeed will need to start work soon. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/6 "2024-04-13T04:25:50Z")
Easy enough to get by in a Saskatoon winter with a light overcoat, just need 3-4 good insulating layers underneath it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/7 "2024-04-13T05:24:54Z")
šŸŽ¶ _All the ice is gone,_ _And the yard is grey,_ _Itā€™ll green up soon,_ _If we get a rainy day._ _The weatherā€™s nice and warm,_ _As we get closer to May,_ _Saskatchewan dreaminā€™,_ _On such a springtime day ā€¦_ šŸŽ¶ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/8 "2024-04-13T11:01:09Z")
Yeah, itā€™s starting to melt. We have huge piles of snow still. The ice at the end of the driveway seems to be going away. Perhaps we can get a propane delivery. Ran out last week. Itā€™s getting a bit chilly, but we deal with it by pointing a space heater at us. We really mis our propane stove though. Itā€™s our primary source of heat, and we like the ambiance. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/9 "2024-04-13T12:23:09Z")
šŸŽ¶ ā€œSpring on the Prairies Comes like a surprise One minute thereā€™s snow on the ground The next, thereā€™s Sun in your eyes!ā€ šŸŽ¶ ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/10 "2024-04-13T15:48:58Z")
George Harrison has a rather nice song about thisā€¦ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/11 "2024-04-13T16:49:25Z")
Boy, I like this. What you call the Mamas and Papas, in Saskatoon? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/12 "2024-04-13T16:52:02Z")
We just got a rainstorm reminiscent of the middle of winter here in the San Francisco Bay Area. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-ice-is-gone/1000215/13 "2024-04-13T16:55:56Z")
Suddenly, I am hungry for Weetabix and donā€™t know why.