# Snow, Europe, the sea... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851 "2006-09-23T15:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/1 "2006-09-23T15:14:34Z")
Woolgathering here… Yesterday I happened to think about _The Hunt For Red October_. I like the scenes where _Red October_ was leaving port. The grey skies, the snow, the black sub, the dark water, the _feeling_ of cold… I like the images. That got me to thinking about some other films I’ve seen. Europe in the late-'60s in _Downhill Racer_ with it’s Porsche 911 in the snow. _The Eiger Sanction_, where tourists bask in the sun while Eastwood and the others are climbing the mountain. Various snippets of other films whose names I don’t recall that depict European cities in the winter. There’s just something about those images I like. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/2 "2006-09-23T15:19:58Z")
Spies Like Us 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/3 "2006-09-23T23:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] There’s just something about those images I like. [/QUOTE] Images… well, yeah, I guess. Having to live through the damn thing, though. It takes away any charm you might find in said images. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/4 "2006-09-23T23:44:50Z")
My house is in a charming little town in Northern Washington. Winters are cold, wet and dreary, and days are short. It’s not so bad though. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/5 "2006-09-23T23:49:20Z")
I’m one of those weirdos, too. I like it dreary. I like a heavy wet snow. I like streets that are prtly wet, partly icy. I deal with the reality of the hardships they present while truly loving their aesthetic appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/6 "2006-09-24T00:02:47Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I’m one of those weirdos, too. I like it dreary. I like a heavy wet snow. I like streets that are prtly wet, partly icy. I deal with the reality of the hardships they present while truly loving their aesthetic appeal. [/QUOTE] You should visit the Scottish Highlands in January/February. We could maybe do a house swap? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/7 "2006-09-24T02:58:00Z")
Oh man, I would LOVE that! Of course, it gets pretty grey and nasty here in the OKC during that time of year, too, but without any oceans nearby. Sometimes we get a pretty decent Indian Summer, but the the late Winter / early Spring ice storms come. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/8 "2006-09-24T03:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] You should visit the Scottish Highlands in January/February. We could maybe do a house swap? 😉 [/QUOTE] Or a February in Chicago. My birth month. It made for some damn chilly birthdays and frequent non-attendance at birthday parties, I’ll tell you that for free. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/9 "2006-09-24T04:19:11Z")
Well, it’s a comedy, but I’ve always liked the winter scenes in [The Pink Panther](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057413/maindetails). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-europe-the-sea/373851/10 "2006-09-24T04:20:09Z")
In _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_, James Bond chases Blofeld to a cottage in the snowy Alps.