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.

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....

shrift, you did make it in to work, right? You're not dead by snow?

walking in snow is way better than walking in rain, IMO.

So true. And the dog doesn't get nearly as damp in the snow. Plus he really likes it.

shrift, you did make it in to work, right? You're not dead by snow?

Yeah, it was a bitch to make it to the bus stop, but I'm fine. We have about 6-8 inches by my apartment, and it was still falling heavily when I left. But I was only about 10 minutes late to work this morning.

Conversation at work:
Quirky Coworker: I've had these shoes since 1981! When you weren't even born!
Me: QC, I'm 35.

My new student worker was born in 1990, people!! I could be his mother, if I'd had sex in my senior year in high school!

We, the residents of states currently totally engulfed by snow, would like to point out that we would rather drive through rain than snow as rain does not have to be plowed out of the way.

Oh, like Jessica even drives in shitty weather!

t hops on subway, wooshes to work, doesn't give a fig since the Super shovels

(Personally, though, I'd rather drive in snow than rain -- other drivers are appropriately cautious. In rain there are always a half dozen ass holes who think they personally defy the laws of physics and are out to cause a pile-up.)

We have about 6-8 inches by my apartment, and it was still falling heavily when I left. But I was only about 10 minutes late to work this morning.

Yes, your roomate tells me that she heard your neighbor walk outside and then say "Oh, fucking fuck."

Personally, though, I'd rather drive in snow than rain -- other drivers are appropriately cautious.

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*pant* *pant*

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Oh, Trudes...so sweet, so naive.

Yes, your roomate tells me that she heard your neighbor walk outside and then say "Oh, fucking fuck."

I would have said the same thing if I'd been planning to drive to work. That's a lot of goddamn shoveling, especially with heavy, wet snow.