Xander ,'Empty Places'
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.
My first memory of politics was when Kennedy was elected; I can remember him being shot. And I was watching TV when Oswald was shot.
In 1968 I canvassed for Gene McCarthy; that was the year my school held a mock election and George Wallace won (yeah, scary).
My first real vote was in 1972. For McGovern.
Snow is prettier than rain. QED.
So you guys aren't getting ice?
(I could swear that the weatherman said that the East Coast was going to be in ice two inches thick - I felt for you and much prefer snow. . . but if you only have rain. Huh.)
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snorfle.
goes and stands with Jessica. Rain and Ice (rice?) sucks in janbruary.
New England is probably iced over, but here in NYC it's 3 or 4 degrees above freezing, so all we've got is cold miserable rain.
Downstate IL always seems to get the rain/ice combinations that end up heading towards DC up to NJ and NY, whereas our snow goes to upstate NY and New England. Which is only one of the reasons why I'm glad I don't live in Peoria or Springfield.
I think the driving thing plays into it, too -- walking in snow is way better than walking in rain, IMO.
I prefer rain to snow. But a) I'm driving, not walking and b) other drivers seem to freak out moderately less. Note, I said moderately. Someone ran a red at every single intersection this morning. And there are probably 15-20 on my way in.
We are actually under liberal leave. For rain. (to be fair, I guess while the city and south has rain, north & west are supposedly ice.)
Someone ran a red at every single intersection this morning.
Ed Hale is probably funding the first red-light-running team or something. If Baltimore were a country, this would be the national sport.
So you guys aren't getting ice?
We live close enough to the rain/ice line that schools were delayed for two hours in our suburban school district. But the Federal Government opened on time, and we had no ice-related commute problems -- just those you'd expect when it's dark and the rain's coming down heavy.
If it's snowing, it's cold. If it's raining, it might be warm. On the other hand, I'm more likely to get the day off because of heavy snow than heavy rain. But light snow is more likely to mess up my commute than rain at any level.