Quote Originally Posted by NJTroutbum View Post
We are setting records here....but I seem to remember winters being like this all the time as a youngster. I think the NE just got spoiled with light snowfall over the past 10years or so.
That's what I remember as well. When I was a kid, there was snow on the ground most of the winter. We'd go sledding and such just about every day, at least during Jan and Feb. Most backyards in my neighborhood had ice skating rinks, that again lasted all winter.

Childhood memories aside, I remember in later years that it wasn't unheard of to have one's ice fishing auger botom out on the handle because the ice was so thick.

As you say, the past ten years or so (not counting this year) were definitely less sever than what I had been used to seeing.