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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 29, 2014 15:18:47 GMT
My area got another dusting of snow overnight (about 0.5"-0.75"). Of course, my town felt the need to give the schools a two hour delay. Back when I was my daughter's age, they'd have us come in early on days like today...uphill, both ways, with 87 pounds of books on our backs & only paperbags covering our feet.  |
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Post by the light works on Jan 29, 2014 15:23:58 GMT
My area got another dusting of snow overnight (about 0.5"-0.75"). Of course, my town felt the need to give the schools a two hour delay. Back when I was my daughter's age, they'd have us come in early on days like today...uphill, both ways, with 87 pounds of books on our backs & only paperbags covering our feet. you got paper bags? we had to make our bags out of leaves and stuff.  |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 29, 2014 15:47:09 GMT
My area got another dusting of snow overnight (about 0.5"-0.75"). Of course, my town felt the need to give the schools a two hour delay. Back when I was my daughter's age, they'd have us come in early on days like today...uphill, both ways, with 87 pounds of books on our backs & only paperbags covering our feet. you got paper bags? we had to make our bags out of leaves and stuff. Did I mention that we were pregnant and both our legs were in braces because we had no knees? |
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Post by the light works on Jan 29, 2014 15:53:59 GMT
you got paper bags? we had to make our bags out of leaves and stuff. Did I mention that we were pregnant and both our legs were in braces because we had no knees? we had to just tie sticks to our legs... |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 29, 2014 15:56:05 GMT
Did I mention that we were pregnant and both our legs were in braces because we had no knees? we had to just tie sticks to our legs... You had sticks?? We had to use bones that we extracted from wildebeests with our barehands...and, being New England, there's not many of those. |
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Post by OziRiS on Jan 29, 2014 16:01:56 GMT
YOU LUCKY {person of questionable parentage}S!!! You got to go to school? We had to go to work in the gravel factory at 4 am and we didn't even have snow. We had 3 feet of hail to walk through and we did it on our hands because our legs had been cut off to be used as a cheap substitute for firewood!
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 29, 2014 16:09:04 GMT
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Post by the light works on Jan 29, 2014 17:18:35 GMT
a light mist is falling... and the power is out. the price you pay for living at the end of the line.  addendum: got a postcard in the mail telling me that they plan to turn the power off this (last) morning... good timing. |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Jan 30, 2014 3:59:22 GMT
My area got another dusting of snow overnight (about 0.5"-0.75"). Of course, my town felt the need to give the schools a two hour delay. Back when I was my daughter's age, they'd have us come in early on days like today...uphill, both ways, with 87 pounds of books on our backs & only paperbags covering our feet. I thought Snowagedon was over with, or is this just round Gods only knows what. Snow Angels - Australian style.   |
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Post by silverdragon on Jan 30, 2014 7:52:48 GMT
Its not that hard to feather the clutch and use progressive acceleration... its not an on/off switch.
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 30, 2014 13:27:04 GMT
I thought Snowagedon was over with, or is this just round Gods only knows what. Snow Angels - Australian style. Winter in New England: We expect to have snow at least 2-3 times per week. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 30, 2014 14:39:44 GMT
Its not that hard to feather the clutch and use progressive acceleration... its not an on/off switch. its a lot harder when 25% throttle in high gear = wheelspin. there's a reason why front drive cars are significantly more noseheavy than rear drive cars. the Jeep's balance is about 50/50. the Acura was more like 80/20 |
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Post by the light works on Jan 30, 2014 14:41:04 GMT
we had a minor blow come through yesterday. winds couldn't have gotten over 60 MPH.
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 30, 2014 16:04:53 GMT
I thought Snowagedon was over with, or is this just round Gods only knows what. Snow Angels - Australian style. Winter in New England: We expect to have snow at least 2-3 times per week. This year, snow prediction here is easy. If it's an even numbered day, expect snow. |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 30, 2014 16:07:20 GMT
This year, snow prediction here is easy. If it's an even numbered day, expect snow. Out in my neck of the woods, the snow doesn't show any number preference. It'll snow on an odd-numbered day or an even-numbered day. It would probably even snow on an imaginary-numbered day. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 30, 2014 16:13:15 GMT
This year, snow prediction here is easy. If it's an even numbered day, expect snow. Out in my neck of the woods, the snow doesn't show any number preference. It'll snow on an odd-numbered day or an even-numbered day. It would probably even snow on an imaginary-numbered day. but imaginary snow is a lot easier to shovel. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 30, 2014 16:13:58 GMT
Here, it only rains on days that end in "y"
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Jan 30, 2014 16:14:32 GMT
but imaginary snow is a lot easier to shovel. The number is imaginary, the snow is irrational. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 30, 2014 17:26:26 GMT
but imaginary snow is a lot easier to shovel. The number is imaginary, the snow is irrational. I can't argue with that. I'm really tired of irrational shoveling. I told my wife that God put it there, He'll take it away. Even if it is next July. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 30, 2014 17:47:17 GMT
you don't have to shovel rain. but on the negative side, you can't even if you want to. Attachment Deleted |
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