Just finished watching Christmas Story....

Haven't seen it in a while but just rolled by the house a couple months back. It's in cleveland. Dude I'm loosely seeing lives a couple of blocks away. Mentioned it and we rolled by. Wouldn't have gone out of my way but kinda cool to see it.

But yeah, were did the snow go. Hard to judge sometimes getting older. I wonder how much more it snowed or if my memories were skewed. Def have a lot of memories playing out in the snow in upstate NY. Still snows there plenty sometimes. Although moved back 5 years ago for a season and a town an hour away from where I grew up had an 18" season. Never had anything close to that shitty as a kid. And at least one season friend rolled across from the highway department with a loader and stacked our snowbanks because plows had no where to really push shit. Made for a fun ass time building forts and what not.

It's probably a mix of both. Snowed more, but also seemed more magical being a kid. Idk.

Hopefully it sticks around for a long time.

That’s one of my all time favorite movies it would be so cool to see the actual house. Is it someone’s house or did they make a museum out of it?

I was talking to a local from Southern VT and he said snow totals went from around 170 inches about 15-20 years ago to around 70 inches a year now. I feel like the rain/snow line is getting further north every couple of years. Just my opinion though

theabortionatorHaven't seen it in a while but just rolled by the house a couple months back. It's in cleveland. Dude I'm loosely seeing lives a couple of blocks away. Mentioned it and we rolled by. Wouldn't have gone out of my way but kinda cool to see it.

But yeah, were did the snow go. Hard to judge sometimes getting older. I wonder how much more it snowed or if my memories were skewed. Def have a lot of memories playing out in the snow in upstate NY. Still snows there plenty sometimes. Although moved back 5 years ago for a season and a town an hour away from where I grew up had an 18" season. Never had anything close to that shitty as a kid. And at least one season friend rolled across from the highway department with a loader and stacked our snowbanks because plows had no where to really push shit. Made for a fun ass time building forts and what not.

It's probably a mix of both. Snowed more, but also seemed more magical being a kid. Idk.

Hopefully it sticks around for a long time.

I live in Ohio close to that place. While it still snows here and there. I swear winter is turning into a 4 month rain event. It’s truly fucking miserable anymore. We used to ski soon after Thanksgiving to almost April. Now it’s Christmas week, maybe? And if we make it to St Patrick’s day we are lucky. You can’t even go mountain bike because it rains so much the trails are a mud fest. And closed.

Great comfort movie and I feel ya on the change in snow. When I was a kid there was playable snow on the ground for sledding, skiing, tunnel digging, made friggin igloos, whatever from October sometimes until may, now whatever snow we get is melted by rain 😔one day later, my kids have never tunneled snow here at home or built an igloo

Yea man especially sucks for my/our kids we didn’t even have a snowstorm last few years. If we do it pours the next day. If and when I buy a ski house I’m buying way up north

SavageBiffGreat comfort movie and I feel ya on the change in snow. When I was a kid there was playable snow on the ground for sledding, skiing, tunnel digging, made friggin igloos, whatever from October sometimes until may, now whatever snow we get is melted by rain 😔one day later, my kids have never tunneled snow here at home or built an igloo

Yeah, when I was a kid we had giant snow plough piles to play on/in. Now they don't form at all. All it does is rain all winter. I think that, as skiers, we pick up on these things more than average people because we are always following snow.

Now imagine what it's gonna be like in 30 years. Get your skiing in now, because if you manage to retire when you're older, it might not be snowing anymore.

It might sound crazy, but one of the reasons I turned away from pursuing a career related to skiing is because climate change hurts the industry every year. What are the ski patrollers, park builders, and ski guides going to do 30 years from now when there isn't any snow?

deathcookieYeah, when I was a kid we had giant snow plough piles to play on/in. Now they don't form at all. All it does is rain all winter. I think that, as skiers, we pick up on these things more than average people because we are always following snow.

Now imagine what it's gonna be like in 30 years. Get your skiing in now, because if you manage to retire when you're older, it might not be snowing anymore.

It might sound crazy, but one of the reasons I turned away from pursuing a career related to skiing is because climate change hurts the industry every year. What are the ski patrollers, park builders, and ski guides going to do 30 years from now when there isn't any snow?

Patrollers are trained EMTs and have tons of other outdoor-based rescue skills and response skills so finding work elsewhere wont be hard. Ive met plenty of career patrollers who took up spots at like sports complexes as heads of medical safety programs and stuff. plus resorts, even with lack of snow, means more injuries which means they'll still need patrollers.

**This post was edited on Dec 5th 2020 at 11:08:27am

Scary stuff. Sorry for the downer post but wanted to share with like minded people

reeskiThat’s one of my all time favorite movies it would be so cool to see the actual house. Is it someone’s house or did they make a museum out of it?

I was talking to a local from Southern VT and he said snow totals went from around 170 inches about 15-20 years ago to around 70 inches a year now. I feel like the rain/snow line is getting further north every couple of years. Just my opinion though

Somebody bought it and made it a museum thing.

theabortionatorSomebody bought it and made it a museum thing.

Makes sense! Classic movie

One of my favorite movies. I watch it every year. They made a sequel....and it was awful.
Thats so cool there's a museum!