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Premium Member Old Man Winter Is On His Way

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINTER, IS A SIGN, 
OF WHAT OLD MAN WINTER, HAS IN MIND. 
OLD MAN WINTER IS UNBELIEVABLY KEEN, 
CHECK OUT HIS HISTORY TO SEE WHAT I MEAN. 
HE SETS US UP TO THINK ALL IS WELL. 
THEN UNLEASHES A BLIZZARD FROM HELL. 
WE SHOVEL THE SNOW AND CLEAR THE STREETS. 
AFTER A DAY HE DUMPS THREE MORE FEET. 
HE WILL MAKE IT SNOW FOR A VERY WHITE CHRISTMAS. 
IN HIS OWN WORDS "YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS"
HE DELIVERS JOY FOR THE SNOWBOARDER TYPE, 
BUT AT 12,000 FEET IT'S A FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
BACK IN THE CITY IT'S FREEZING COLD, 
QUITE THE HAZARD, FOR THE WEAK AND THE OLD. 
JUST OFF THE LAKE , IT WAS FORTY BELOW. 
EFFECTS OF THE WINDCHILL OR SO WE ARE TOLD. 
DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND ACROSS THE PLAINS, 
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE PURELY INSANE. 
OLD MAN WINTER LOVES FREEZING RAIN. 
IT'S HIS WAY OF INFLICTING PAIN. 
FROM TIME TO TIME WE JUST DON'T KNOW, 
WHAT IS MEANT BY COLD WET SNOW. 
JUST FOR KICKS HE LIKES TO TAKE DOWN TREES, 
BY FREEZING RAIN AND ASSERTING A BREEZE. 
NEVER, NEVER, CALL OLD MAN WINTER A *****. 
YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF, OFF THE ROAD IN A DITCH.

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