Yeah, here it's the other drivers who scare me.
So sorry about the leaky roof, Robin! And I hope BF's back is improving despite that.
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lori - Jan 09, 2005 9:21:47 am PST #4261 of 10002
Scrappy - Jan 09, 2005 9:22:50 am PST #4262 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, it's crazy out there. I am very glad I only have to drive a mile to work tomorrow.
lori - Jan 09, 2005 9:24:38 am PST #4263 of 10002
I am bummed that I haven't had time to get new shoes for my car yet. Maybe Monday afternoon, after my charts are due. Or maybe I'll drive Hank. Hank is FUN to drive in the rain!
Scrappy - Jan 09, 2005 9:25:33 am PST #4264 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hank is fun all the time!
lori - Jan 09, 2005 9:28:58 am PST #4265 of 10002
He totallly is! But it's extra fun to sploosh through the giant riverstreets and drench other cars with a wall of water. Heh.
The Partyman - Jan 09, 2005 9:33:54 am PST #4266 of 10002
[insert something funny here]
LA rain is comedy rain, as native Californians are afraid of Water Falling From the Sky and this causes them to freak out which is amusing to transplanted east Coasters.
... and downright bloody hilarious to anyone visiting from the UK, iirc!
Kat - Jan 09, 2005 10:12:51 am PST #4267 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
This year, though, the rain hysteria seems slightly tempered by the realization that while the rain is inconvenient (and the snow in the mountains is wickedly inconvenient -- people were snowed into their cars for about 15 hours, with a 200 carjam up in Big Bear), it's not like we're Sumatra or anything.
I think that the tsunami is forcing Southlanders to keep it in perspective just a bit.
AND, FWIW, east coasters freak out about whether in ways that the people in the snowbelt don't understand. Philly, Baltimore and DC become paralyzed too at the sign of any real weather. They have people at the grocery stores talking about people stocking up on toilet paper and milk.
Scrappy - Jan 09, 2005 10:16:35 am PST #4268 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's true, Kat. Maybe it takes prolonged exposure to bad weather to make folks smart about it. In Milwaukee or Minneapolis, or in New England, people just put on their Long underwear in the fall, keep an eye on their car's battery, make sure they keep the driveway plowed and just go about their business, no matter how horrible it gets.
Kat - Jan 09, 2005 10:28:02 am PST #4269 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yep. I think that's definitely true, Robin. Though instead of freaking out about the wet or the cold, folks in Ohio and other northern places freak out about the hot (the elderly are dying at home due to heat!!). And a 100 degree day here, especially in the valley, is incovenient but not really 24-7 newsworthy.
I think it's just you get used to what you know and other things cause a panic.
Laura - Jan 09, 2005 10:28:24 am PST #4270 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Rain would be really nice since my sprinklers aren't working. I think it is just that the pump has lost prime, but too crazed to try and fix it. Rain, on the other hand, would make driving even worse than usual. High tourist season has made driving anywhere high adventure. Snowbirds and tourists do the strangest things on the road.
I'm taking down the tree and packing up decorations today. Slowly.
MIL is in surgery getting her gall bladder removed. Apparently she has had problems for 5-10 years but didn't bother to complain.
I gave up on OC, but enjoy catching the high/low points here.
I want to go back on vacation.