Bah, Winter...

[Dorian]

Well, as you fine folks in the Northern Hemisphere know, it's winter. And it's bloody cold. Or, if you're still technically a northerner and live near the equator, lucky lucky you. Or unlucky, as it may be. And you Southern Hemisphere folks are in summer. You are all also lucky, lucky, and lucky. But enough rambling.

Anywhos. We've all got these things that we don't like about each season, and winter is almost always the worst one. What are those things you hate most about this coldest of seasons, or things that really get your goat?

For me, it's two no, three things. It's the lack of greenery and snow during this time here, the lack of sunlight to help lighten my spirits and retinas, and above all else, cold toilet seats.
Yes, you know the dreaded enemy. The cold plastic rim of hate, always awaiting for you to have the need to use it, then when you plant yourself onto it it's as bad as jumping into an overly cold swimming pool! It's a conspiracy, I tell ya!

 

[delet]

1)The cold. My nose and my Ears ALWAYS freeze to the point where I almost forget they're there when I got to wait outside

2) I believe I have a disease (Don't know the name) which causes my extremities (Hands and feet) to grow numb and uncomfortable. It's generally harmless, but quite annoying. My feet will always freeze up at the toes, changing colour to a pasty white and, if nothing is done, they will start turning purple. Also, my hands will start to freeze and turn purple-ish.

I'm dreaming of a purple christmas...

 

[pickleweasel785]

Well winter usually isn't that bad where I live (Nebraska), but this year we got about 2-3 feet of snow and the worst thing about it is knowing that giant snow piles will be there until around March.

 

[stone0042]

I enjoy winter, but that may because of how much I get of it living in upstate new york.

 

[aakibar]

1)The cold. My nose and my Ears ALWAYS freeze to the point where I almost forget they're there when I got to wait outside

2) I believe I have a disease (Don't know the name) which causes my extremities (Hands and feet) to grow numb and uncomfortable. It's generally harmless, but quite annoying. My feet will always freeze up at the toes, changing colour to a pasty white and, if nothing is done, they will start turning purple. Also, my hands will start to freeze and turn purple-ish.

I'm dreaming of a purple christmas...

yea don't know the name but my dad and i to a lesser extent have the same thing and its due to the low number of capillaries that your extremities have making you more susepitable to frostbite etc.

OT:
1)short days
2)cold with no snow
3)non-white snow
4)the dryness of the air

 

[DanielPowell33]

I like the cold, its better that sweating in my opinion.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I live in Chicago

They call it the Windy city for a reason.

 

[Tiny116]

Actually autumn and winter are my preferred seasons, if your cold it's easy to warm up, If you;re hot its REALLY hard to cool down.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I prefer the cold myself, and used a padded seat, which means no cold seat.

If I had to pick something, it would be when the pipes freeze up.

 

[MagicMouse]

1)The cold. My nose and my Ears ALWAYS freeze to the point where I almost forget they're there when I got to wait outside

2) I believe I have a disease (Don't know the name) which causes my extremities (Hands and feet) to grow numb and uncomfortable. It's generally harmless, but quite annoying. My feet will always freeze up at the toes, changing colour to a pasty white and, if nothing is done, they will start turning purple. Also, my hands will start to freeze and turn purple-ish.

I'm dreaming of a purple christmas...

When your hands start to warm up do they sometimes swell or get stiff?

This sounds like Raynaud's disease which cause your capillaries to overreact to temperature (its not serious but you should ask your doctor)

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, my information is from my own experience(I've got it).

 

[madcap2112]

I like winter when my sinuses aren't killing me. Getting sick is the WORST part of winter. Since we don't get much snow in Memphis, that's never a huge problem, though no one knows how to handle it when we do, so there's that. I also hate cold mornings. Going to work at seven in the morning is a *****. It's freezing when I get out of bed, it's freezing when I walk outside, and it's freezing in my car for a good five minutes until the damn thing warms up.

 

[Raven's Nest]

The freezing cold which has resulted in a foot and a half crack in my windscreen which is gonna cost me £75 to replace...

And I don't have £75 so I can't drive anywhere for two weeks until pay day...

It also prevents the playing of cricket...

Bad times...

 

[Callisto49]

I love winter. It's my favourite season. I'm not exactly sure why I enjoy it so much, but it's been this way for as long as I can remember.

 

[ShrooM_DoughKiD]

I live in Australia, its always summer here. When a cold day actualy dares to bare its head down here I relish it, I hate being hot.

 

[ffxfriek]

1)The cold. My nose and my Ears ALWAYS freeze to the point where I almost forget they're there when I got to wait outside

2) I believe I have a disease (Don't know the name) which causes my extremities (Hands and feet) to grow numb and uncomfortable. It's generally harmless, but quite annoying. My feet will always freeze up at the toes, changing colour to a pasty white and, if nothing is done, they will start turning purple. Also, my hands will start to freeze and turn purple-ish.

I'm dreaming of a purple christmas...

this started happening to me when i broke my clavicle i HATE it so much

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

Ice. Due to my near-total lack of coordination, I end up faceplanting at least twice per winter.
Take today, for instance - walking back from the supermarket, I slipped and somehow ended up on my backside with a six-pack nestled in a rather painful place.
Ow.

 

[delet]

1)The cold. My nose and my Ears ALWAYS freeze to the point where I almost forget they're there when I got to wait outside

2) I believe I have a disease (Don't know the name) which causes my extremities (Hands and feet) to grow numb and uncomfortable. It's generally harmless, but quite annoying. My feet will always freeze up at the toes, changing colour to a pasty white and, if nothing is done, they will start turning purple. Also, my hands will start to freeze and turn purple-ish.

I'm dreaming of a purple christmas...

When your hands start to warm up do they sometimes swell or get stiff?

This sounds like Raynaud's disease which cause your capillaries to overreact to temperature (its not serious but you should ask your doctor)

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, my information is from my own experience(I've got it).

'Raynaud's Disease' definitely rings a bell. I haven't really paid much attention to that, as I normally cure the cold by taking a nice, hot shower.

I've actually been able to avoid any of these side effects lately do to my recently getting a Space Heater. I highly recommend it, as it's kept me nice and crisply warm for the past week.

 

[muckinscavitch]

Nothing! I love cold weather and snow, I don't live in "Winterpeg" for any other reason . I suppose the only thing I would dislike is that inbetween weather between summer and winter, where it is a)slushy, b)dirty, c)too hot to wear a jacket but too cold for just a sweater (the inbetween is -10 to + 10 degrees (Celsius, to specify for the Americans on here). But the truly cold I do love

 

[Fingolfin High-King of the Noldor]

My view is that it is easier to get hot when you're cold than to get cooler when you're hot. And I live in Minnesota and you bet your frozen ass that I know about cold.

 

[Dorian]

I like winter when my sinuses aren't killing me. Getting sick is the WORST part of winter. Since we don't get much snow in Memphis, that's never a huge problem, though no one knows how to handle it when we do, so there's that. I also hate cold mornings. Going to work at seven in the morning is a *****. It's freezing when I get out of bed, it's freezing when I walk outside, and it's freezing in my car for a good five minutes until the damn thing warms up.

Your place sounds a lot like my town.

Jeez, when we got, what, 4 inches (first REAL snow (which also never happens when it'd be nice) since last season, by the way) last week, they had to close down school for a couple of days and a bunch of workplaces were shut down. And half of the roads were still covered with a compacted film of hardened snow.

And my mom has one of those remote-control-car-starters. It's pretty nice, as you get to get into a pre-heated car, if you can afford to get it installed and a minute or two of idle gasoline-burning.