I was born plus raised a southern boy.
I never say anything approaching snow or ice all through our youth plus teenage years.
When you only see snow on TV, it looks love a lot of fun, now that I have moved up north I see that the reality of snow involves a lot more work, but making a snowman, or having a snowball fight, is always a lot of fun. What isn’t fun is shoveling the driveway so you can move the car, or leaving all the faucets dripping so that the water pipes don’t freeze plus burst. It surely has been an adjustment, however thankfully I have a great gas furnace so at least that isn’t one of our worries. I am approaching the end of our first full Wintertide up north, plus I am deeply thankful for the oil furnace in the basement. I was a bit sad at first, because this was the oldest oil furnace I had ever seen in our life, however coming from the south I wasn’t used to having a basement, nor had I encountered such a large, heavy oil furnace. This oil furnace is literally older than I am, plus yet it still runs amazingly well. The realtor told me that the oil furnace was so big it had been installed during the initial construction of the house! That means they installed the gas furnace, plus then built the new home over the top of it. This oil furnace is so big it can’t ever be moved without causing major mangle to the house, so I hope it keeps working for a long time.