Winter sucks.
Oh I don’t mind the snow, or even the frigid temperatures we get here. Having lived in Alberta for 21 years now I’m long since used to those.
No, what really annoys me is the *ice*. Here in Calgary, the temperature often wanders back and forth between below-freezing and above-freezing, especially in these early days of winter. An early storm this year left us with a fair bit of snow lying around, but because of these temperature swings it melts, and then refreezes, and melts, and refreezes again, and so on, until there’s layers of ice everywhere. In the parking lots. On the sidewalks. On the overpasses. On the stairs and hills.
The ice alone isn’t too bad since you can adjust your stride to account for it whenever you see it, but…then it snows again. Now not only is there ice everywhere, but it’s hidden.
Time to start taking the LRT again…
I trust the article heading *isn’t* an allusion to you having an unfortunate ass-meets-pavement incident…. :-)
A few close calls, but fortunately no actual gluteal impacts so far. :-)
“Gluteal impacts”… I like that term. :-)
Does this mean I can call myself a gluteal-enabled cranium? :-)