Do You Enjoy Snow ? / myLot

Germany

February 2, 2021 5:01pm CST

I'm sorry, this question is not for everyone. MyLotters who live in tropical climates and have never seen a snowflake can't answer it. Speaking for myself, I can say that my attitude towards winter weather has changed dramatically over the years. I grew up in an area and during a time where there was always snow in winter. Children went tobogganing, built snowmen and had snowball fights. They were a pleasure when one was on the throwing side and not on the receiving one! I even tried skiing but as I'm not sportive, nothing much came of it. I still like looking at snow when it is falling gently covering the whole landscape. There is always a special stillness when everything is white. The snow softens the noises. But I prefer doing this now from inside the house. Snow can become slippery and turn into ice when the temperature drops. Falling can be fun as long as your bones are young. Things look very different when you become old! I'm not a young whippersnapper any more and am not keen on slipping, falling and breaking a bone and then having a leg or arm in plaster for six weeks or so. I found this video by chance. Do enlarge it and watch it, you'll enjoy it! I didn't know that cows enjoy snow, either. It's a funny sight to watch the cow trying to catch the snowflakes with its tongue, isn't it? Never mind the text written in German. The cow doesn't talk German. :-)

Erster Schnee löst Begeisterung aus: Kuh fängt Flocken mit der Zunge

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Die Kuh Stella aus dem US-Bundesstaat Ohio durfte sich letzte Woche über den ersten Schnee freuen. Außer sich vor Begeisterung begann der Paarhufer sofort, die weiße Pracht zu fangen – mit der Zunge.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (94475)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

2 Feb 21

Since I grew up in the tropics in Panama, I am not used to snow and cold weather.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

2 Feb 21

Snow can be nice if you're into winter sports. But it's also very dangerous. Car drivers hate it.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

@Deepizzaguy Germans must have special winter tires on their cars. Do you have this rule, too?

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (94475)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

3 Feb 21

@MALUSE The rare times it snows in south Louisiana is a headache for me walking on the slippery roads as well as driving in them.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246643)

• United States

2 Feb 21

Cute video. I sure don’t enjoy snow anymore.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

2 Feb 21

The 'anymore' shows me that we're on the same wave length!

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DianneN

@DianneN (246643)

• United States

2 Feb 21

@MALUSE Oh, yes! We certainly are on the same wavelength. Let the cows enjoy it.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457928)

• Switzerland

3 Feb 21

It snowed every winter in Milan when I was a child and I liked to go to the Park to play in the snow. Now I am glad to look at the snow from my window. The landscape is pretty, the noises muffled, but going out can be dangerous and shoveling the snow is not something I like. The cow seems to enjoy catching the snowflakes.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457928)

• Switzerland

3 Feb 21

@MALUSE The river Po does not cross Milan and it is about 70 Km from Milan. We HAD the "navigli" crossing the city and they were all covered well before I was born. Milan is as cold as where we live here in Switzerland, most of the winter close to zero Celsius and below zero, with dense fog too.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

@LadyDuck I know that the Po doesn't flow through the city of Milan but I thought it was closer and one noticed its influence on the climate.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

I'm surprised to learn that there was snow in Milan. I thought it's too mild there because of the river Po. It's always milder where rivers are.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305965)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Feb 21

That's too funny. I've never seen a cow catch snowflakes. Thank you for the video. I did a lot of that when I was young too, though I never tried skiing. I wanted to but never had the opportunity. I love watching the snow. It always brings a smile to my face. Tomorrow we get a nice storm here.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

A storm can be 'nice' if you're inside your warm house!!

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

4 Feb 21

@just4him Lucky you! Better than being stranded on a lonely country road.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305965)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Feb 21

@MALUSE Yes, it can. That's where I am as the storm started a couple of hours ago.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13603)

• India

2 Feb 21

I live in a warm country and can't tolerate too cold a weather. Snow would be good to look at but it would only bring sufferings for me.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54413)

• United States

3 Feb 21

i agree with you. Snow falling is beautiful. Snow shoveling (that happens after the landing of snow) is a horrible job!

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111154)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Feb 21

I agree with you. When I was young I prayed it would snow and every few years it really would snow here in El Paso but as I am now in my 70s I prefer to see snow in pictures, that way I will not slip and fall

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48908)

• United States

16 Feb 21

I love snow, but our winter storm iced up our roads and that I don’t like.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

16 Feb 21

Icy roads are horrible. They lead to many lethal accidents.

Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

3 Feb 21

Once upon a time long long ago we had terrible winters where we had to dig ourselves out of the house! What fun we had as kids the cold did not worry us back then returning home with blue fingers and red cheeks then getting the tingling feeling as you thawed out near the fire despite the warnings of getting chilblains! Sliding down the hills on toboggans or anything we could get our hands on, snowball fights,building igloos which always collapsed. It was much more fun as kids but like you it is nice to look at from the comfort and warmth of your home as long as you do not have to go out in it. These days we rarely get snow so when we get 2cms it cripples the country in the south as young people do not know how to drive in it.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

'chilblain' is a new word for me. I hope I'll never have to use it for myself! :-)

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

4 Feb 21

@MALUSE I hope you don't either because it is apparently very painful.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57836)

• Centralia, Washington

2 Feb 21

Nope. When I was a kid, yup. Now? Nope.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

2 Feb 21

I'm sure that all members of a certain age have this reaction.

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paigea

@paigea (35680)

• Canada

3 Feb 21

I still enjoy the snow. Skiing , skating, snowshoeing. Still enjoying all that. Driving not so much. But good skiing often means poor driving.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

What does skiing have to do with driving? I don't understand the last sentence.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

@paigea I see.

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paigea

@paigea (35680)

• Canada

3 Feb 21

@MALUSE I have to drive to the ski hill . If it is snowing (nice for skiing) then the roads are not great

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (43065)

• Staten Island, New York

3 Feb 21

I love snow and being in it but only when everything is white. I hate the slush and the dirty snow.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

5 Feb 21

I enjoy watching the snow falling down. Gladfully, I don´t have to shovel as we are living on the first floor.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

5 Feb 21

You should enjoy shoveling snow as you can't do this in your home country! :-)

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Thelma

@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

5 Feb 21

@MALUSE I did that when we were living in our apartment in the '90s as we were living on the ground floor at that time. It was a lot of work.

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (155957)

• United States

3 Feb 21

Noooooo! I hate s**w (snow). S**w is a dirty word as far as I'm concerned. Seeing the first flake is nice; but after that I'm done with s**w and done with winter! Great post. 45 days until spring here in the Midwest.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134425)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Feb 21

I have never like snow it is very dangerous when you have to drive in it.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12593)

• Ireland

2 Feb 21

@maluse Snow is great for conjuring up a deathly, melancholic hush in the world, but it's not much use for anything else unless it falls heavily enough to close schools. That's what I longed for as a teenager, but it rarely happened.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29120)

• United Kingdom

3 Feb 21

That's funny, I've never seen a cow doing that. So Stella is now an internet star!

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

3 Feb 21

Maybe the cow has an account on facebook!

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Fleur

@Fleura (29120)

• United Kingdom

3 Feb 21

@MALUSE I wouldn't be surprised. After all 'Grumpy cat' became very famous!

CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Feb 21

I don't mind the snow. We never had mush snow at all growing up. And still don't. When it snows, I am inside, so that helps. I would to want to drive in the snow.

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