Dude, Seattle comes to a halt over 1 inch of snow. Mostly because there's a lot of hills here and no infrastructure for dealing with gifts from the Winter Demons.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
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Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Atropa - Jan 05, 2015 12:20:56 pm PST #15308 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WindSparrow - Jan 05, 2015 12:30:21 pm PST #15309 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'll put it this way: when I see pictures of Minnesota, I'm still having a hard time to believe it exists.
The reason Minnesota only shuts down for half a day when we get 6 inches is because we not only have the infrastructure and equipment but also the plans and experience to use it all as efficiently as possible. 10 inches will shut us down for a whole day because of the volume of the snow. Two inches of snow is just a hiccup because we get at least that much, once a week or so for four or five months. one thing I hated about the weather in Teppy's corner of Ohio is how often winter storms started out as rain and then the temperature dropped. So the wet roads would freeze and then on top of that it would snow. I'd rather have the 6 inches than 1 inch over ice.
WindSparrow - Jan 05, 2015 12:31:33 pm PST #15310 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Laga, lovely to see you! Jilli, too.
bonny, that does sound like a good start to the year.
Laga - Jan 05, 2015 12:39:27 pm PST #15311 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
HI!
Connie Neil - Jan 05, 2015 12:45:21 pm PST #15312 of 30002
brillig
I'd rather have the 6 inches than 1 inch over ice.
Word word word. Every year, the drivers of 4x4s have to re-learn that 4-wheel traction means shit on ice.
beekaytee - Jan 05, 2015 12:52:23 pm PST #15313 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Dude, Seattle comes to a halt over 1 inch of snow.
DC comes to a halt when we talk about it snowing an inch.
Yesterday was mid 60s. Today, 40s but felt like 20s.
Tomorrow, 1-2 inches of snow. No talk of shut-down yet, but I'm betting it's coming.
EpicTangent - Jan 05, 2015 12:55:21 pm PST #15314 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Steph, I was talking about you earlier today! We had a catered breakfast and one of the caterers had a semi-colon tattooed on his forearm. When I asked him about it, I told him I had a friend who's a big fan. Then I noticed the interrobang on the opposite arm and he was impressed I knew the name of it. Of course, I probably owe it to you guys that I did know it. Anyway, the liveliest part of a looong meeting for me.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2015 12:56:41 pm PST #15315 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
one of the caterers had a semi-colon tattooed on his forearm.
I've said that if I were to get more ink, it would be a semicolon. That's excellent.
EpicTangent - Jan 05, 2015 12:58:40 pm PST #15316 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I told him that the only punctuation mark I feel that strongly about is the Oxford comma, and I'm not sure how to designate its Oxfordiness.
WindSparrow - Jan 05, 2015 1:04:20 pm PST #15317 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
The emblem - logo? coat of arms? seal? - of Oxford university is mostly round. Could use that as the dot to hang the tail of a comma on.