# Five days of canceled school makes Cinnamon something something **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145 "2015-02-20T00:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145/21 "2015-02-21T15:29:20Z")
Another song to cheer everyone up: [Sunshine Lollipops & Rainbows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzArYrC0MM&spfreload=10)! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145/22 "2015-02-22T15:08:52Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Meh, up here in Maine, we have, on average, 4-7 feet of snow, lower on the flats, but higher due to drifting, and as far as snowdrifts from plows? 7 feet is _small_ > > Harrumph HA! I _knew_ someone would jump in with that snow-upmanship. šŸ˜‰ You know what I say to that? Thereā€™s a reason why I didnā€™t move somewhere where 4-7 feet of snow is ā€œmehā€, and thatā€™s because _I do not want 4-7 feet of snow all at once_. Among other considerations when buying a house, living in an area that doesnā€™t typically get 4-7 feet of snow all at once was a big one, yet here we are. Living in an area where it wouldnā€™t take 2-3 hours to get to or from my job in Boston was another one, yet here we are with the most recent statistics I read showing that there are **42** functioning commuter rail engines to serve the entire commonwealth of Massachusetts right now. The other night I got home from work at 9:40 p.m., and I was lucky. One guy I talked to at South Station had no way to get home. And this is because 4-7 feet of snow is not ā€œmehā€ to us. (Although we need to beef up our infrastructure should it become so). I donā€™t want to live in Maine or Vermont or Buffalo, because I donā€™t want Maine or Vermont or Buffalo snow totals. > [@romansperson](#): > > Hm. I Am Not A Parent, so I am musing on whatā€™s worse - being cooped up with toddlers or teens? Having had both toddlers and 'tweens, I have to say: yes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145/23 "2015-02-23T00:08:36Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Yes but are you talking over the course of a whole winter or 2.5 weeks? Over a whole winter. Thereā€™s no place in New England, even Maine, where this much snow is normal in 2.5 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145/24 "2015-02-23T03:09:54Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Oh my gawd it has been insane. We have a manual treadmill (the one that isnā€™t electric, just powered by your own movement) and the other day I put my three year old on it and used one foot to move the belt so she could _friggen run around for a bit and stop her from being a jerk._ She has been stuck inside for so long she is losing her mind and it makes her super cranky. Today she looked out the window at the 9 feet of snow (we are just outside of Boston) and said, ā€œMama, can we go on a campout? Or a picnic? Or just something outside, pweese?ā€ Poor kid.ā˜¹ Beach bucket and shovel and let her make her own human habitrail in the snow banks? Back in the day, I was about 7 and my brother 9 when my mom would let he and I tunnel in the 3 story tall piles of snow [and sled off the roof of the spot you got to by opening up the side window in the attics]. We made hugely elaborate tunnels, and little caves. [URL=ā€œ[http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)ā€] ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145/25 "2015-02-23T05:37:31Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Beach bucket and shovel and let her make her own human habitrail in the snow banks? > > Back in the day, I was about 7 and my brother 9 when my mom would let he and I tunnel in the 3 story tall piles of snow [and sled off the roof of the spot you got to by opening up the side window in the attics]. We made hugely elaborate tunnels, and little caves. > [URL=ā€œ[http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)ā€] I was going to say something like that, tie a rope round the kit, give them a shovel and let em start tunneling. Mind you, Iā€™ve only ever seen snow on TV and movies so I wouldnā€™t really know. That stuff looks cold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145.md?page=1)