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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1795169" data-attributes="member: 12744">This is true, my apologies for the joke <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have been in Montreal and parts further north during the spring/summer and it is quite beautiful, the weather was a very nice break from what we were suffering from in Alabama. In the four years that I travelled there 1-3 times every month or two, I never saw snow in July. But the basis of my joke was from getting stuck in Montreal during a major snow/ice storm several years ago and having to do a little walking around Mount Royal in the midst of it, and then wondering if I had woken up during one of the layers of hell in Dante's inferno... of course, the homeless people were still walking around in light jackets so it couldnt have been that bad (hey, you know it can get cold when even the hobos are wearing worn-out patagonia) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />. I have weathered several winter trips there and, upon complaining that I was freezing to death even with my winter coat on, was laughingly told "What, that thing? That's not a winter coat, that's like a house coat or something" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />. Yeah, folks in Alabama think a 'parka' is someone from Massachusetts trying to find a place to put their car <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. So yeah, the weather in that area is actually very nice most of the time (from a Southerner's perspective), and the winters aren't *that* bad unless there's a good storm. Then, all bets are off. I did wonder during X-Men 2 where exactly they were supposed to be... like Northwest Territories or something? Because in the school scenes the weather looked pretty nice and winters in Massachusets can get pretty ugly too... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> EDIT:  In all fairness to our Quebecois friends, during my business travels the worst, most horrifying winters I ever faced were in north central Minnesota, and made the few storms I faced in Montreal look like 'a light dusting'.  However, 'A light dusting' what I was told we had upon waking up in my hotel room in Minnesota and trying to walk outside, only to realize I couldn't recognize my rental car from just looking at the windows and roof.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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