Snow, and lots of it

[Zakama]

I just got back from shoveling snow for about an hour and 45 minutes... And I'm gonna have to go back and do it again, as it's still coming down. Thankfully though, a guy came by with a snowblower and cleared the sidewalk for me. I'm getting paid $10 and hour shoveling snow for someone this winter, so at this rate I'll be filthy rich by spring.

Anyone else getting cubic miles of snow?

[AKA_Bait]

Not yet. I hope we do here in NYC though. I'm looking forward to a real snow. I always make mulled wine for the first real snowfall of the year.

[Zakama]

That reminds me...

*prepares for people in the UK complaining like they did last year about not getting snow*

[Jack Squat]

@^ Ha. I'm not in the UK

I'm hoping we get some decent snow here. So far, we've had a couple light flurries. It stuck once...for an hour.

[Dr Legostar]

snow/rain here, it can't make up it's mind, but at least it warmed up slightly.

[Cristo Meyers]

Ugh, you can keep your snow...hate hate hate it, especially since it only snows just enough to make the morning drive a living hell...

[Neko Toast]

Madison got a lot of snow too, Zakama?

We got a lot up here in Point, too.

I just hope it's not like this at the end of next week. That's when I have to drive back.

[mangosta71]

Snow? What is this thing?

[captain_entropy]

i love snow. if for no other reason than it allows me to catch up on classic movies and rent new ones. And . . . . hot chocolate with 5 little marshmallows!

[Mauve Shirt]

Snow is best when I'm at school. It cancels classes sometimes, and I'm not stuck with the chore of driveway shoveling.
We've had a really light dusting in the past week, it's gone now. I hope we get more, despite the fact that I'm going home this weekend and so would be stuck shoveling the driveway.

[Mephibosheth]

Snow is best when I'm at school. It cancels classes sometimes, and I'm not stuck with the chore of driveway shoveling.

I would be excited about that, except the schools/districts I've always been associated with (Brookfield, WI and UW-Madison) have long traditions of sucking it up and going to school despite the snow. Grrr Wisconsin!

[Dr Legostar]

I would be excited about that, except the schools/districts I've always been associated with (Brookfield, WI and UW-Madison) have long traditions of not having snow days. Grrr Wisconsin!

that is the trouble with living in places that are used to snowy weather. After moving from Iowa to Kentucky I was amused at how quickly things shut down when they got an inch of snow.

[Cristo Meyers]

I would be excited about that, except the schools/districts I've always been associated with (Brookfield, WI and UW-Madison) have long traditions of not having snow days. Grrr Wisconsin!

Get's worse when you're no longer in school. In order for the office to close down we need a phenomenon someone much funnier (and stranger) than I dubbed "Thudding Snow."

It's when you get 8-10 inches of snow all at once in one big drop.

That happens and then maybe, maybe, they'll close the office for the day...anything and you're driving.

[Deathslayer7]

it only snowed once here in Las Vegas. That was about 6 years ago. Even then the snow only lasted from 6-8 am. By then, it had all melted again.

[Neko Toast]

I would be excited about that, except the schools/districts I've always been associated with (Brookfield, WI and UW-Madison) have long traditions of sucking it up and going to school despite the snow. Grrr Wisconsin!

You're going to UW Madison?

I pity you.

[UncleWolf]

I wish I had snow, right now, it is just really cold rain.

[Dirk Kris]

If there's ice on the roads, everything closes here. Not even snow - the threat of snow. This place turns into a ghost town. It's hilarious.

[Mephibosheth]

You're going to UW Madison?

Graduated last December. Why the pity? *derails thread*

Get's worse when you're no longer in school. In order for the office to close down we need a phenomenon someone much funnier (and stranger) than I dubbed "Thudding Snow."

It's when you get 8-10 inches of snow all at once in one big drop.

That happens and then maybe, maybe, they'll close the office for the day...anything and you're driving.

I know. I'm typing this post from my office, which of course remains open. It's not so bad since I can take the bus in to work and don't have to drive, but still...

It's the principle of the thing!

[UncleWolf]

UCM doesn't close at all. My brother still had to go to class in a foot of snow and freezing rain. It was worth it though, he earned a lot of extra credit for it.
The rain from last night is starting to freeze, so I'm going to have to be careful when I leave in 3 minutes.

[Dr Legostar]

i just hate driving in snowy/icy weather. Not because I mind the ice and snow, though they are often less than fun, it just seems to me that when the weather gets bad people's IQs drop dramatically.

"Ice! Oh no! I'll go faster! That'll help!"

[captain_entropy]

you got to love when you are driving, and not fast at all, almost entirely stopped really, and you just slowly glide into something. but you're moving like 4 miles an hour; straight into a ditch.

[Cristo Meyers]

you got to love when you are driving, and not fast at all, almost entirely stopped really, and you just slowly glide into something. but you're moving like 4 miles an hour; straight into a ditch.

Now imagine you're on your first date with a new girlfriend and that happens...

...just one of many lovely occurances that night...

[Dr Legostar]

Now imagine you're on your first date with a new girlfriend and that happens...

...just one of many lovely occurances that night...

Was she still your girlfriend after that?

[Cristo Meyers]

Was she still your girlfriend after that?

She's my wife

[Mordokai]

If there's ice on the roads, everything closes here. Not even snow - the threat of snow. This place turns into a ghost town. It's hilarious.

I love me a good ghost town. You have vacancies, by any chance?

As far as snow is concerned... we had it, it's gone already. From the looks of it, there will be none, at least not until March or April. You gotta love the crazy weather.

[Dr Legostar]

She's my wife

well then, it went fine, quit complaining!

[Cristo Meyers]

well then, it went fine, quit complaining!

I refuse!

*complaincomplaincomplain*

[Dr Legostar]

I refuse!

*complaincomplaincomplain*

That's it. I'm putting your name on the list!

[Jack Squat]

i just hate driving in snowy/icy weather. Not because I mind the ice and snow, though they are often less than fun, it just seems to me that when the weather gets bad people's IQs drop dramatically.

"Ice! Oh no! I'll go faster! That'll help!"

We've got the opposite. One snowflake/raindrop/whatever and no one goes above 35 (45 if you're on the highway).

Also, if someone mentions the word snow in passing conversation, everyone flocks to the grocery stores to stock up like they're going to be trapped in a bunker for 3 months....we're lucky if there's any snow left the next day.

[purple gelatinous cube o' Doom]

Here in the Twin Cities, we got 3-5 inches yesterday/last night. Which is not quite as bad as the southern part of the state, which got about 10.