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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois 
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Well about 20 minutes before midnight I went to bed, and I didn't peek out the windows. When I woke this morning, they said around midnight it started to snow. They are calling blizzard conditions and our wind chills are -23. We have quite a few inches of snow, schools are closed  . That means I'm trapped in the house with 4 kids today! Aggghhh! Someone rescue me!  Ron keep looking at those paradise posters. LOL Snowball fight anyone? |
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Elizabeth
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since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
*Squish* hit ya with the snowball! Anyone else care to join in the fun? Hang in there Becky...after all how long can a day be?  |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I had to turn down the air conditioner so I could concentrate on reading this. And then I had to refill the ice in my lemonade, apply sunscreen and close the shades a bit as the sun was in my eyes. What were you saying? |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Splat! Elizabeth I gotcha back, snowball on the back. Sharon! What am I going to do with you? LOL You lil devil. I know, I'm packaging this all up and sending it YOUR way! heheehe |
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Elizabeth
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since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Splat! There's another one right back at ya!  |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Hey now, how much can you rub it in geez!!!!! That is SO not fair! Im gonna come live with you ok? You don't even have to let me in the house, I'll just go sleep on the snow......ahhhhh sounds like a plan to me =) You can come live out here if you want, its 9:30 in the morning and it's already around 75* outside and climbing =( *ICK* Now stop rubbing it in LoL but I love ya anyway =) We're called to stand out, not blend in! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
I heard about the anticipated blizzard last night on the news (predictions of a foot of snow today, with more to come), so decided to leave my artificial paradise this morning for a quick run to the store before the roads became impassable. I don't really need anything, but there are a few items that could stand restocking. Didn't happen. I kinda forgot that in this kind of cold weather you really have to start a car occasionally if you want the battery to stay charged. Sigh. Those who insist that snow and Holiday Cheer are related should probably avoid looking out the windows this year. Y'all might just burst from all that Joy! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Consider me burst!! LOL  Come on Ron. . . it's beautiful. . . and yeah, it sucks to drive through and walk through. . . but it's Michigan, and it's December. . . And deVine, I've got a great BIG snowball for you!!! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
It's Kansas and it's cold and the snow is too darn dry to pack...it just crunches and crunches underfoot, sending delightful shivers up your spine... and it's a gosh darn SNOWGLOBE! Hey Nan...when you peek in...thanks for the angel...I love her! Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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SEA 
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Rebecca, send it to me!!! I want to play in the snow, I'm home with mine all day any way!! -SEA |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sharon I forgot to tell you that I put snow in that glass. Ya know what they say bout yellow snow now don't ya? Elizabeth throwing one back at ya! WHAM! Knocked her out. hehe kidding Ron OMG, yes you should occasionally start the car. We have more coming, heavy stuff tonight and winds are gonna pick up, creating drifts. Why don't you take your battery out and bring it in the house? Keep it warm, so when you want to go out you can pop it in and GO! At least you'll be ok for a while, now let us know if you REALLY have to have something, we'll send Sven out on his snowmobile! hehehe Sharon heads up, gotcha with a snowball! The poor telephone guy had to come today in this and install another telephone line for me. Now my dad has to travel and come and hook the inside up for me, so I can be on my puter and actually talk on the phone at the same time. Woohoo!Melanie, if you want to come sleep in this stuff, have at it! LOL it's cold and windy and well you get mighty damn cold after a while. Like Ron's battery. LOL Splat gotcha with a snowball Melanie! You can put that in your bed and sleep on it. I'll trade ya! Without the snow of course. Susan if I could find a way to send it to you I would. You and Melanie come for a visit, build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and then you can go home to the warm climate. See while I was in Georgia and teasing my family, like Sharon is doing to me, now it's come back to get me, by giving me a blizzard the last 2 years, the only 2 years I've been back here. LOL [This message has been edited by WhtDove (edited 12-11-2000).] |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
OUCH that hit my nose LoL...Well, I dont really feel much like driving out there at the moment LoL, I just drove to and from Nevada this weekend and Im kinda sick of driving right now LoL, and God knows I dont have money for a plane ticket, so I guess I will be wishing for a white winter in southern california LoL yeah right, like that will ever happen! So I will have a peaceful sleep tonight that I am sleeping in the snow in front of your house with a t-shirt and shorts on =) As for that snowball you hit my nose with *winds up and throws* haha got you back! But you know, I couldnt sleep with the snowball in my bed though, it would melt in one second...shoot, it would melt before I even got it home LoL. Oh well, wishful thinking, one day Jesse and I will move where it snows...and then I can rub it in to everyone out here LoL We're called to stand out, not blend in! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
(sneaking up on her from behind) WHITEWASH! hehehe Well for a couple years it might be fun to live in the snow, but I tell ya, I'd rather be south. Rather be back in Georgia. It did snow a little bit out there, but just enough to dust the ground, make it pretty, and it was gone a few hours later. Now that I can handle! And yep, you wouldn't wanna sleep in a wet bed now. *turning and running* |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Throwing a big fast snowball at your feet as you run....ooooooh and she's down fallen in a mound of snow...lost until spring *sniff* we'll miss you 'becca don't freeze to death...that'll teach ya to whitewash me hehe That'll teach you to turn and run from me~ We're called to stand out, not blend in! [This message has been edited by Echo Rhayne (edited 12-11-2000).] |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Tunneling my way through snow, grabbing Melanie's feet, and bringin her down with me. If we freeze, we do it together. hehe |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
you do know however that pulling me down with you isnt any sort of payback to me, I like it here remember? =)~ We're called to stand out, not blend in! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
quote: I could almost bring it in the house without taking it out of the car, Rebecca. The Miata doesn't take up a whole lot of room. Getting the battery out, however, is a bit of chore. Getting TO the battery is a chore (it's in the trunk). Which is the only reason I didn't hook up the battery charger to it this morning. No hurry. I figure I'll get to it "soon." As it turns out, my non-trip this morning was serendipitous. Y'all know how I hate crowds and long lines, and according to tonight's news I wasn't the only person heading for the store today. I hear it's almost impossible to find a loaf of bread for sale. Fortunately, my intention was just to "top off" an already adequate supply of groceries. I figure I have enough to last until about mid-January, and we're bound to have a break in the weather before then. Right? |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Rebecca... Take those ruggers out in the snow and make snow angels with them.. It makes it all worthwhile.... Ron... Wanna borrow my super duper battery charger upper?... It'll start the Miata right up... It's a "must have" item - for sure... I still have no snow.. Almost got a bit the other day.. but it wasn't quite cold enough.... ... um... How many Colon-ites does it take to form a line?... 2?..3?..4?... You sure it wasn't just Fawn and her family at the store?[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-11-2000).] |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
LOL Ron! A break in the weather in January? LOL one never knows. We're dropping out here to -40 with the wind chills. God, brrrr, just thinking about it. Ron just drive that Miata right on in there, blast the heat (if you get the battery going)and then you'll really have a tropical paradise. (That is if you don't fumigated) Nan they've been out a couple times today playing and building snow forts. Baby couldn't go out cause her momma didn't bring her any snowpants. She would have froze in no time. Ok, dinner and out to shovel once again, maybe if I'm not too exhausted after the second time shoveling, I can make a snow angel too.  [This message has been edited by WhtDove (edited 12-11-2000).] |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
um... I don't have a snowshovel... I just let it melt... when I allow it to snow more than a half inch at a time... [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-11-2000).] |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Well Nan, if I waited for this to melt, I'll be in here a long time. We've way over 8" already. The plow was only down our street once today. The main roads are a mess, they just can't keep up with it all. The winds are blowing and the snow is drifting to 4'-5' high. I need to get to a store soon. So I shovel my way out, why? Cause my darn snowblower don't work anymore |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Let's see, we have snow balls, snow men, snow forts, snow angels, and . . . snow shovels? |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Don't forget snow blowers...cept mine don't work. and snow flakes, many of them. |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Snowpants.. snowboots... No snow.. |
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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
WOW! What a storm! Roads are closed all around us ... we've got a foot of snow in the driveway at "least"!!! *Smack *Splat *Swoosh Time to play, LOL!!! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
I guess I was too subtle. Allow me to rephrase: I can see why children would want to build snow men, snow forts, and snow angels, but fail to understand why they would want to build snow shovels. Nan, the snow pants and snow boots are obviously parts of the snow man (along with the snow shirts and, of course, the very infamous snow tophats). And I ain't even gonna touch snow blower. Yea, it's pretty bad down this way, too, Kit. I'm not sure how much snow fell (both the road and driveway have been lost), but it was enough to close down just about everything. Schools, of course, most meetings, a lot of factories, even a mall or two. I wonder if that will bump Christmas back a day or two? My lake beneath a sheath of snow, Beneath that sheath, hard ice of woe, And farther yet the fish ensnared, Their prison like the one I share. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
ROFL Ron! You got me going this morning with a good laugh. I won't touch that one either. ROFL!! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Well, I came in here to toss a snowball at 'becca, but after reading? I think I'll leave the snowballs alone too...brrr...and geez, I'd better turn up the heat..it must be sixty degrees outside today! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Karen where's the spirit of the blizzard season? Not the same if you don't throw snowballs. Better hurry before the snow really freezes though, wind chills are -38 today. So here *throwing snow at you*...building snowman with big hugs and cheery smiles. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Hmmmm... we're finally getting chilly enough to ALMOST forget the suffocating 109 (not accounting for heat index) temps of the summer! LOL |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
LOL Suthern! Rub it in, rub it in (((((HUGS)))) oh, and here's a snowball *splat* |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
*sips his piña colada while resting in a hammock hanging from two palm trees on the beach* have fun with the snow guys! *puts on some calypso music in his cd player and puts on his headphones and dozes off to sleep* Island bliss.....  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them! |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
All it's doing here is raining, and blowing a gale, again. I'm sure we have had a couple of days when it hasn't actually rained, but I don't think they were consecutive. And the river has been up and down like, a tarts kn....., I mean like a yoyo. It is cold but when isn't it, but obviously not as cold as it is there. Have fun in that snow. And watch out for Frosty Take care Mushy Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Hi WhtDove, I don't know what you mean, it's DANG cold here in Georgia today! They tell us it's because of the blizzard! (I even had to put on a sweater for a couple of hours!)LOL! |
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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Sheeesh! Is this ever going to stop? Wow! We haven't had this much snow for a long time! Sounds like you've been pelted too Ron ... whatever you get, we get it about 2 or 3 hours behind you. I always listen to the Michigan station ... it's a pretty good indicator of what's about to hit us next, lol. Even Sarnia was closed this morning, and the 401 down to Windsor. More snow coming tomorrow they say ... who ordered all this stuff, and is there a return policy? |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
You're welcome!!!! LOL 14.5 inches here in the Lansing, Michigan area. . . schools, malls, etc. closed. And there was even thunder AND lightning!! And Ron? I've got a spot cleared for you so we can build snowmen piece by piece!!! ------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
We've been having wierd weather here too - yesterday it was partly cloudy, then all of a sudden, today it's sunny. Wierd! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Chris, I think it was sunny the other day too, you just needed to wipe the ummm,  out of your eyes. It's snowin again....callin for another 5 inches. Dopey and Debbie, y'all turnin this into a rub in your face kind of thing right? Well, that's cool, rather have the warm tropic rubbed in my face, than this COLD snow. *sweater huh?* |
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Erin Member Elite
since 2000-06-15
Posts 2527~Chicago~ |
Whtdove~ You are in IL right?? People leave our lives as quickly as they come, but the ones that mean something leave footprints in our hearts. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Yep Erin, that's where I'm at physically. |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
LOL! Whtdove, you sound a little cranky, see what the cold weather can do to a person? Better go sit under a sunlamp for awhile! (Truth though, I don't want to be buried in it, but I do miss the snow!) |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
LOL Debbie! Me cranky NEVER! LOLI do love the snow, when it's snowing (but it has to be warm enough). It's been way toooooooooo cold to enjoy it. Though we did have a brief moment of 30* weather for a couple hours yesterday, and then they quickly fell back to single digits. Brrrrr... |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Hey! I spoke to soon! Guess what I woke up to in Georgia this morning? Snow! Snow! Snow! And it is white everywhere! (Of course it will probably melt by the end of the day) What a lovely gift to me on my birthday! Yay! |
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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
We've got some nasty weather up here in Minnesota... 7 1/2 inches of snow yesterday and the windchills hit -50 last night...BRRRRR!!! And we're supposed to get 4 more inches of snow tomorrow...I wish they'd close school or something...but that never happens, grr. Oh well... *Krista Knutson* "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." Helen Keller |
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Elizabeth
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since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Krista, they never close your school either? I thought mine was the only one that never closed due to the weather! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Well you can bet they closed everything down in Georgia, and you couldn't find a loaf of bread or gallon of milk anywhere. LOLDebbie, that's just what I loved about Georgia! It snowed when I was out there, enough to make it pretty, and then was gone. Enjoy it while it lasts. LOL We're headed for another snow storm they say. Expecting another 1-5 inches today, and another 1-3 inches tonight. And more snow coming this week too. Anyone out there got a snowblower??? |
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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
I’m up in Ontario Rebecca, where the snowblowers are about as common as lawnmowers, LOL We really got hit badly with all the snow then a full day of rain “on top of” the snow … and now several more inches of fresh snow on the now solid frozen snow. My husband was out on top of the roof Saturday in the freezing rain … shoveling the roof!!! No kidding!!! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Ah Kit, I feel bad for him. But ya gotta get that snow off the roof. Don't want any cave in's. Ours is frozen snow too, but we're getting plenty of fresh soft stuff now. Winter storm watches out all over now, expecting more tomorrow, and Thurs too. Thank God for warm houses. Snow blowers out here have been sold out of all stores, along with the salt and snow shovels. (that's what I meant by asking)...seems everyone has one but me. LOL, well at least I have a shovel, it's just a bit rougher that's all. |
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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Yep, Elizabeth, ours is horrible...in the past 5 years, we've closed only 1 time due to weather...and that was because the Governor ordered it... *Krista Knutson* "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." Helen Keller |
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LoveBug
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since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Guess what Elizabeth and Krista??? My school was closed... for 2 inches!!!!!! Bwahahahaha!But this is WV! We have one snow plow for the entire county, and the roads are horrible. Some hollows are still unpaved. We have some salters, but they won't do any good. It's too daggone cold! It's 5 degrees!!! No, not 5 windchill.. the windchill is about -20. (I know that's nothing compared to your weather, Krista, but it's extreme for my area) The weirdest thing is that a couple of days ago, it was 60 degrees and raining! That's why the roads are covered in a sheet of ice, I suppose. "Where there is great love there are always miracles" -Cather "Love heals everything, and love is all there is"- Zukav |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
According to tonight's news, it has now snowed 17 out of the first 19 days of December. They are beginning to compare this season to the winter of 1978 (which, not incidentally, was the year - and the reason - I left Michigan and moved to California). Last Friday, knowing I had to relent and finish my Christmas shopping, I called a local company to plow my driveway. The driver got his 4-wheel-drive pickup stuck six feet into my yard. Fortunately, the same company also does towing, and a phone call quickly brought help. Remembering that I live in the sticks, and driveways tend to be a bit on the long side, it took him close to two hours, all told. The snow he moved is piled only a few inches shorter than my garage roof, and makes a grand wind breaker. I'm thinking about stringing some lights, hanging a few snow shovels off it, and calling it my Christmas Tree this year. I did manage to get out the following day, Saturday, and nearly completed my shopping. Only two more gifts to go. Unfortunately, another storm swept through Sunday, dropping four or five inches, which quickly drifted to a bit over a foot (except where my new wind breaker was protecting me). Monday afternoon. The Miata was backed into the garage, meaning I could get a running start, and I thought perhaps I could barrel my way through. Nope. I guess the Miata probably isn't the best choice for a barreling car. I was officially stuck. You know, it's kind of funny. I can sit in this house for weeks on end, sometimes forgetting how long it's been since I've left, and it never bothers me. But within ten minutes of knowing I can't go anywhere, I found myself with a rampant case of cabin-fever. I think I better understand, now, why some guys wait until AFTER they're married to start chasing women. The human mind is a funny thing. Well, at seven o'clock tonight, long after it had grown dark, another truck finally arrived and cleared the way for another shopping trip tomorrow. Assuming it doesn't snow too hard before then. Wish me luck. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
ROFL Ron! Always want something when we can't have it. Never will there be a time when you're so thirsty for water, as the time when you're not allowed to have it. LOL We've got something like 19" of snow already, and they're still calling for more. Good luck to you Ron, I hope you make it out safely to get the rest of your shopping done. Speaking of which, I need to get out and get mine done too. |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Look at it this way, Ron... There's not really ANYTHING better on the other side of the snowbank than there is on your side of it... besides... The neighbors can't spy on you now... |
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