I also lived in Wisconsin for three years in the early 1960's. It was an experience, but I kind of enjoyed it. Being from Arizona, I loved the rain. The snow was fun for about the first fifteen minutes.
I learned to ice fish, but haven't had a chance to do that since then.
Gold is now at $1,509.90. Speculators must be making real fortunes with the weird price swings.
Rufus