commander bunnypants
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:12 PM
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one inch of snow and Richmond VA is paralyzed!!!! |
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Jeebus, took me an hour to go 12 miles. Cars were sliding and crashing into each other. I just felt sorry for people with rear wheel drives.
Sheeple it is not hard to drive in one inch of snow!!
CB
I even stopped and picked up a sixer
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:13 PM
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1. dammit, and the home office is still open |
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glad I'm not there! Still, work-life is always good when they shut down... I just wish they'd hurry up and do it! :)
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:17 PM
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Holy shit! Run to Ukrops and buy eight loaves of bread, sixteen gallons of bottled water, and a years supply of toilet paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:20 PM
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just some brew
guess I need to go shovel the driveway
:crazy:
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Wed Jan-19-05 04:50 PM
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9. Dammit, and I have to go to the grocery store tonight too. |
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I'll try not to get trampled under the soccer mom stampede.
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Wed Jan-19-05 05:13 PM
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11. Ha, ha. did that yesterday |
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in preparation for the big snow. But, I went to Winn Dixie because everything, yes, everything except beer is 25% off. Wine, too? Yes, wine, too.
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:32 PM
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16. Man, didn't realize there were this many Richmonders here. |
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:19 PM
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3. What does this bode for the inauguration? |
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:20 PM
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just a cold chimp throwing bananas
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:20 PM
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5. It is hard if the snow turns into ice just after hitting the road |
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. Here in NC it is in the mid 20's and has been for several days (getting in the mid teens at night).
We had an inch of snow today and it almost instantly turned to a black-ice mess on the road.
No one can drive on ice well.
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Wed Jan-19-05 03:35 PM
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7. Well I'm glad we're not the only ones (in D.C.) |
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I have to make the trip home thirty miles south of D.C. tonight. I'm not looking forward to it.
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Wed Jan-19-05 04:49 PM
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8. No kidding, it took me half an hour to get across town. |
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Six inches of ice on the road is one thing. This is just ridiculous.
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Wed Jan-19-05 05:14 PM
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12. You should have seen Hull Street at 12:30. |
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Two jackknifed tractor trailer trucks. It was awful. I grew up in CT, so I can drive pretty well in the snow, but some of these people, it is unbelievable. One guy in a Jaguar simply stopped in his lane and put on his blinkers, at the base of a hill. It was unreal.
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Wed Jan-19-05 04:56 PM
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10. One inch of snow? Is that all? Geez Louise people, get a grip |
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I'm sorry, I live in the Midwest, where we get upwards of two feet at a time, and one inch or snow, whether it turns to ice or not, is nothing!
I live in a college town, and it is always amusing to watch the kids from warmer climes trying to cope with snow. Much money is made by the locals selling the proper cold weather gear, towing cars, etc.
One inch, hell that's barely enough to get one's toes cold.
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Wed Jan-19-05 05:17 PM
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14. What a bunch of lamers! |
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:29 PM
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15. I know!! I work in the Bottom and it took me a frickin' hour to get home |
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Edited on Wed Jan-19-05 11:34 PM by SCRUBDASHRUB
to southside. :wtf: People around here can't drive for shit on a clear day, so you can imagine what happens when we get inclement weather.
Oh...my...G-d...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nuke:
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:47 PM
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17. Ah....I remember being in Arkansas during a small snow spitting |
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and the town shut down....in PA they wouldn't have even dispatched the salt trucks....
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:48 PM
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18. I was at V.C.U when it started to snow.... |
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My 4 o'clock class was canceled so I got to go home early....
except I live in Petersberg which means yep 95 south..
Two and a Half Hours Later... I made it home.... 95 North looked real bad. As slow as I was moving... I don't think North was moving at all for a bit.
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:48 PM
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19. .6" of snow put Raleigh NC down pretty good |
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Thu Jan-20-05 12:40 AM
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20. I don't get it. Headlines about the cold in the East Lows in the teens |
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an inch of snow....
I'm sorry but boo freaking hoo... That's not news, it's Wednesday. That's over 70 degrees warmer than it was in Northern Minnesota. An inch of snow isn't worth shoveling. Replace your tires before they are slicks, slow down and it's no big deal.
Put it this way, if you have the steering wheel in a death grip, get off the road and let the people who can handle driving in bad weather get home. Once the roads are clear, all the bad drivers can menace each other.
Like I said, sorry if you resemble this, but if the shoe fits....
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Thu Jan-20-05 12:41 AM
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i always have to laugh when i hear stuff like this
being from wisconsin that is
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Thu Jan-20-05 12:45 AM
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Here in VA.. it can get ridicilous with the threat of snow...
In my hometown in VA.. inch of snow..... guarantees at least a two hour delay.. if not a whole day off... and regardless the next day is usually a half day "just in case". Of course.... I still remember the time we got off because of "threat of inclement weather" that never came.
At lesat in my hometown in VA... people don't like even the little hint of snow.
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Thu Jan-20-05 12:45 AM
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23. "SELF DELETE" Duplicate |
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Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 12:45 AM by Ekirh
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