To keep it on topic, my mom routinely talks about how bad the winters used to be where there was significant snow in September, all the way until May.
Slightly off topic: In weather like this, you have to feel for the real working class people who are still keeping things going. The delivery drivers, the Skip the Dishes, the restaurant workers, grocery store and more. Lot's of people who work with the laptop from home, getting Amazon delivered, thinking it's great, have an out of touch mentality in some ways.
Coming from immigrant parents and grandparents, one common thing that has been repeated a lot was this. Years ago when people lived simpler lives, the stress was making sure there was quality food on the table and a decent roof over your head.
Now people have extreme stress trying to pay bills, but a lot of bills for items and services we don't really need. There is a difference. The consumerism is in some ways killing us and a lot of it is very North American. They don't have the same mentality in other countries.
An old tale I have heard many times goes like this. "An American/Canadian family is on vacation on a beautiful island. A local, elderly fisherman pulls up in his boat and sits down at a seaside tavern for lunch. The family inquires how many boats he has for his fisherman business and he says only 1. The family asks him if he has ever wanted to buy more boats, hire more fisherman so he can have a larger fisherman business and thus more income. With the higher income, he could have more free time to just enjoy life without financial stress. The elderly fisherman looks at the American/Canadian family and says "Isn't that what I am doing now?"
Stay warm out there people!
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