Well, this didn't take long. sigh ....
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Feb 16, 2021 1:51:14 pm PST #3556 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sheryl - Feb 16, 2021 2:20:02 pm PST #3557 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Got my second shot today. My arm is sore, but that's it so far. Tomorrow is my telework day, so I can take it easy if need be.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2021 5:00:51 pm PST #3558 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of my favorite recent TikToks is a woman from the Keweenaw Peninsula (which averages 300 inches of snow a year) bitching out Midwesterners for being mean to Texans. "They don't have snow dumps down there! They're not built for this! Be nicer!"
Seriously, though. They are not prepared! Someone I went to high school with (in New England!) lives... down South somewhere now, and she was just saying they don't even have gloves! She had her kids put socks on their hands to go shovel.
flea - Feb 16, 2021 5:26:34 pm PST #3559 of 30000
information libertarian
When we got six inches of snow in Athens GA mine were the only kids who owned mittens. You didn’t really need a winter coat there, generally. The city did not own a plow, and nobody had a shovel or salt; stores didn’t carry them. Apparently Atlanta (pop. 4 million) owned two plows.
Dana - Feb 16, 2021 5:52:21 pm PST #3560 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I am about three steps past over all of these cute jokes about leaving Texas without federal assistance because of politics or threat of secession or whatever. All of my coworkers that were in a team meeting this morning had frozen pipes somewhere in the house. It's going to be a disaster when stuff finally thaws. Even more of a disaster than it is now.
msbelle - Feb 16, 2021 6:25:09 pm PST #3561 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Yes it is a mess and super dangerous. I know people that have been 16 hours without electricity.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2021 6:33:20 pm PST #3562 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's so scary.
Consuela - Feb 16, 2021 7:48:59 pm PST #3563 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I saw a picture on Twitter of icicles hanging from a fan inside an apartment building, and it was clear there was a water leak in the floors above. There is a hella lot of damage that is going to show up as the temperature warms.
I honestly don't know what I would do if the power went out for days, even here. I mean, I guess I would be okay, but it would be a major drag and eventually my kindle would run out of power...
msbelle - Feb 16, 2021 7:52:04 pm PST #3564 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I would need to find someone with a wood burning fireplace post haste.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 16, 2021 9:19:31 pm PST #3565 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
When the ice storm knocked out my parents' power for most of a week years back, I took them every candle I had. It wasn't possible to bring them to my place because of the stairs, so we were just about ready to drive them to a relative's the next state over when the power came back on.