Growin ' up, we always had a "snow day" or two every single year. We'd watch the news until the last minute before our bedtime, prayin ' that our school would be on the list of school closings and the second we saw it was, we headed for bed anxious for the next day to get here already. We'd get up at the ass crack of dawn and start layerin ' the shit out of our clothes. We'd put ziploc baggies over our socks before we put on our shoes and then we'd head for the garage to grab a trash can lid so we could hit the hill in the neighbor's yard. We'd stay out for HOURS. Our fingers would damn near be fallin ' off by the time we got back in. The thawin ' out process was excruciating , but as soon as we had a bowl of ramen in our bellies and had somewhat regained the feelin ' in our fingers, we headed right back out. Man those were the days. Now, whenever snow's mentioned on the news, it's in the EXTREME northern part of the s...