I just wanted to say I LOVE this thread!
It reminds me of being a kid in New England, back when we actually got snow...building forts with the other kids... snowball fights (before they become not politically correct)... I'm too old to build a fort in the yard without my neighbors being totally weirded out... I mean, damn, I found my first grey hair, but I STILL want to come over and hotbox that snow hut with you!!! lol