# Who's up for sledding? Or a snowball fight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976 "2011-07-22T13:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/1 "2011-07-22T13:10:28Z")
I’m getting bored staying inside, huddled up to the fireplace and drinking hot cocoa. Put on your snowsuit and booties, and let’s get out there and have some awesome winter fun! The lake is completely frozen over, we could probably walk on it without breaking through. Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/2 "2011-07-22T13:44:02Z")
AAAAAAAAAAAGH! Don’t talk to me; I’m still getting over the trauma of last winter, when I had to shovel literally every three days. SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/3 "2011-07-22T13:45:22Z")
_pushes **Anaamika** into a snowbank_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/4 "2011-07-22T13:47:08Z")
…well…it is kind of cool…as long as I don’t have to shovel! NO SHOVELING _twitches_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/5 "2011-07-22T13:54:13Z")
Fine, no shovelling. But we can make a snowman. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/6 "2011-07-22T14:15:31Z")
I’m loving this heat. I’ll gladly take this over -30, three feet of snow, and 4 minutes of sunlight each day. ---
**Author:** ![RoeCocoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RoeCocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoeCocoa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/7 "2011-07-22T14:19:02Z")
_knits enormous wool scarf for Leaffan_ _knits slightly smaller scarf for snowman_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/8 "2011-07-22T14:25:55Z")
Wait, wait… which of you are living in Australia again? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/9 "2011-07-22T14:27:17Z")
We’re _all_ living in Australia, **Sunspace**. You only think you live in Canada. Shh, it’ll be all right. Just go back to sleep and everything will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/10 "2011-07-22T15:23:43Z")
You know it is hot when you go over to the local ice rink to skate and the indoor ice is squishy. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/11 "2011-07-24T03:01:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m loving this heat. > > I’ll gladly take this over -30, three feet of snow, and 4 minutes of sunlight each day. Bah, not me. I’m a computer geek, the melting point of the average computer geek is 23C. I rarely venture outside when it was as hot as it has been this week (but cooled down somewhat lately). (Oh, who am I kidding, I’m a computer geek, I rarely venture outside!) My wife loves the sun and hot weather and wearing shorts, but not me. (Well, I like it when _she_ wears shorts! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/12 "2011-07-24T03:04:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > We’re _all_ living in Australia, **Sunspace**. You only think you live in Canada. Shh, it’ll be all right. Just go back to sleep and everything will be fine. Well, that explains the plastic money, road trains, and two-dollar coins… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/13 "2011-07-25T01:10:11Z")
There are some mountains around here with some small pockets of snow at the top. Book your flight now! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/14 "2011-07-25T01:48:28Z")
I don’t mind the heat so much, but the humidity is sucking the air out of me. I can handle too hot better than too cold, but after about two weeks worth of 90+ temperatures I could use a good snowball fight right about now. Somebody catch! ::snowball:: ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/15 "2011-07-25T03:17:23Z")
Swing by Siberia and grab a few snowballs and we’re all up for a fight. Either that or go to 7-11 and we’ll just have to have a slurpee fight. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/16 "2011-07-25T03:51:03Z")
There are reports of snow falling in [central Wellington](http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5333010/Snow-spotted-in-central-Wellington) in New Zealand this afternoon, which, if true, is very rare. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/17 "2011-07-25T04:00:57Z")
SLURPEE FIGHT!!! Who am I kidding. I don’t want to fight; I just want to fall backward into a snowdrift and make snow angels until summer’s over. Pttouie. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/18 "2011-07-25T07:05:24Z")
I passed by the local indoor ice rink tonight. Note that ice rinks here operate throughout the year; and so, you can skate in the summer. Outside the rink was a pile of snow–from the Zamboni that had cleared the rink, and dumped the snow outside. All I could think of, was, “Let’s have a snowball fight in July!” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/19 "2011-07-25T11:42:20Z")
It doesn’t snow in Australia, unless you’re up in what are laughingly called the mountains. This is [the town](http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/170572/cold-snap-harshest-16-years) where I grew up, today. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/20 "2011-07-25T12:00:24Z")
Timely thread - I just paid for my son’s ski trip to Threadbo in August with the other boarders from his school. Plus, I’m freakin’ freezing. Come on summer! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976.md?page=2)