Snow is prettier than rain. QED.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2008 4:36:08 am PST #6673 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sumi - Feb 01, 2008 4:38:51 am PST #6674 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
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.)
hippocampus - Feb 01, 2008 4:38:55 am PST #6675 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Much love,
THE MIDFUCKINGWEST
snorfle.
goes and stands with Jessica. Rain and Ice (rice?) sucks in janbruary.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2008 4:41:58 am PST #6676 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2008 4:42:16 am PST #6677 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2008 4:45:38 am PST #6678 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think the driving thing plays into it, too -- walking in snow is way better than walking in rain, IMO.
sarameg - Feb 01, 2008 4:58:44 am PST #6679 of 10001
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.)
hippocampus - Feb 01, 2008 5:01:22 am PST #6680 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
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.
Fred Pete - Feb 01, 2008 5:01:43 am PST #6681 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
sarameg - Feb 01, 2008 5:09:52 am PST #6682 of 10001
If Baltimore were a country, this would be the national sport.
No shit. In some book on B'more (I think it was Charm City:A Walk Through Baltimore, but not positive.) I was very amused to see the practice of "light turns green, wait for everyone to finish running the red, then go" mentioned in it (at least I think it was that book.) If it is mentioned nationally in print, it must be cultural, not just perception, right?
I don't want to deal with management first thing in the morning....