>>These days, 'winter' - as defined by "snow deep enough to need digging
>>out from" - generally lasts from late january/early february through
>>mid-april.
>>
>>It's now September, and yesterday it was 90 degrees out.
>
>Geez, back in 1992 when I lived there I remember digging my car out in
>November twice. Which wasn't fun...

Trade ya. Over here it's a case of:

"Doing anything this summer?"
"No, I'm working that day."

drakensisthered

So I simply said one of the great trite truths: "There is generally more than one side to a story." - Corwin, Roger Zelazny's 'Courts of Chaos'