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02-03-2011, 12:47 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Independence
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Feeling for youse guys in the frozen north - not much on shoveling, but maybe this link can give you a bit of cold protection:
yellow and gray striped bearded beanie S/M by taraduff on Etsy
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02-03-2011, 01:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beowulf
Yankees or THE Yankees  ?
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We got the Cubs, worst team in history in any sport, I think.  Enough said.
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02-03-2011, 01:12 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Following the nice weather
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Not so. That Tinkers to Evans to Chance combo was pretty good. And Ernie Banks. And Three Fingers Brown.
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02-03-2011, 01:24 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 17,722
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
Our Hawaii-born-and-raised daughter commented the other day:
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Looks like Houston has ice today too! That might be fun - for her! Be sure to remind her that the stuff is very slick.
Audrey
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02-03-2011, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grasshopper
The water lines to the house are frozen. We only don't bury our utilities very deep around here.
I think my well head is frozen. I let a faucet run last night, and when I got up there was water splashed all over the sink.
I think the pressure tank drained and when it emptied, the pressure blew water over everything.
The well pump power is off for now.
We have a 300 gal drinking water tank, to hold us over until the thaw. Of course I had to thaw out the valve on the tank before I could get water.
12 in the afternoon and still not above freezing. It was 0.1 degree on the digital, I don't know if it shows minus. Never thought I would need that feature.
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Yeah, but how are your hummingbirds doing?
Audrey
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02-03-2011, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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The poor things are probably learning to eat nectar in popsicle form as we speak.
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02-03-2011, 01:45 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Cavalier
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Yes, at Mayville State University
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02-03-2011, 01:47 PM
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Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
We got the Cubs, worst team in history in any sport, I think.  Enough said.
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Not true! And, they'll all set to win the World Series this year, no doubt! I'm already saving up for tickets.
Think I'll go dig out a Steve Goodman album and listen to "Go Cubs Go" a couple dozen times!
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02-03-2011, 01:50 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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The following song recorded by Elsa Lunghini was a hit in 1988 and reached #2 on the hit chart. I guess it appealed to younger people, but I still like its rhythm.
Jour de Neige / Snowy Day
Tout doux tout doux/ Softly softly
Comme un ręve un peu flou / Like a dream a little fuzzy
Froid dehors et chaud dedans / Cold outside and warm inside
Descendre en courant l'escalier / Coming down the stairs by running
Quand tout męme le ciel est blanc / Even when all the sky is white
Comme le papier plié / As the folded paper
D'un secret / With a secret
Pressée sans savoir pourquoi / Rushing without knowing why
Filer déjŕ sur mon vélo / Already spinning on my bike
La longue écharpe aprčs moi / The long scarf behind me
Le coeur en plein galop / Heart in full gallop
Jour de neige / Snow Day
Dans un grand pull qui me protčge / In a large sweater that protects me
Premičre neige / First snow
Vertige en moi comme un mančge / Vertigo in me like a carousel
Jour bien tendre / Very tender day
Comme ce quelqu'un qui vient m'attendre / Just as someone who comes waiting for me
Au bout du chemin / Down the trail
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02-03-2011, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by youbet
Not true! And, they'll all set to win the World Series this year, no doubt! I'm already saving up for tickets.
Think I'll go dig out a Steve Goodman album and listen to "Go Cubs Go" a couple dozen times!
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I do love the Cubs, but I do hope past performance is no guarantee of future.... (the last Cubs game we went to was also attended by Mr. Bartman.)
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02-03-2011, 02:07 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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It hasn't gone below freezing yet here, but the humidity sure makes it feel cold outside! I wore a sweater AND a jacket when we went out earlier. We are expecting some rain later today and tomorrow night's low is predicted at 32F.
I'm sure glad that I don't have to cover my plants for freezing temperatures like I had to do several times in January. They only get that protection from overnight freezing when it isn't raining, because I am such a princess.  .
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02-03-2011, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pine Island, Florida
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An uncle managed to burn down a burn while trying to thaw pipes ('60s).
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02-03-2011, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pine Island, Florida
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Originally Posted by freebird5825
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I recall both of those.
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02-03-2011, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pine Island, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
I was in college in Oneonta NY (out of reach of the worst of this TG) when this happened. My Mom saved the letters I wrote to her about feeling like I was trapped near the Arctic Circle.
Welcome to H*ll in western NY and parts of Canada.
Blizzard of 1977 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I drove through that blizzard, from Detroit to D.C.; in an MG; took a week & AAA & getting the car towed & repaired.
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02-03-2011, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oahu
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Quote:
Originally Posted by audreyh1
Looks like Houston has ice today too! That might be fun - for her! Be sure to remind her that the stuff is very slick.
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Yeah, sure, just like she pays attention to all the other things I used to remind her of. I'm outta that business.
She's been through the "raised-in-Hawaii" ritual of taking speed-skating lessons at the Ice Palace, so hopefully she has enough survival skills to get through the winter.
Heh-- Rice just canceled Thursday afternoon classes so that all the local staff can hurry home and bunker up for... what, a snow flurry? Their website says they "might" open for Friday classes.
I bet she's glad she's not going to college in Pittsburgh, South Bend, Annapolis, or Troy (NY)...
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02-03-2011, 11:28 PM
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Location: Chicago
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Finally got the driveway completely clear!
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02-04-2011, 05:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
Heh-- Rice just canceled Thursday afternoon classes so that all the local staff can hurry home and bunker up for... what, a snow flurry? Their website says they "might" open for Friday classes.
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Well looks like Houston got another ice storm this early AM so I would think no classes. Yep, canceling for a snow flurry is silly, but ice? That stuff is awful.
Audrey
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02-04-2011, 05:34 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
I drove through that blizzard, from Detroit to D.C.; in an MG; took a week & AAA & getting the car towed & repaired.
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You Win  I cannot conceive of driving a MG through that storm. Here is alink to a book written by one person who lived through the storm called White Death The Blizzard of 77,
What Happened? :: “White Death — The Blizzard of ’77” by Erno Rossi
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02-04-2011, 06:31 AM
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Location: Northern IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nodak
Our blizzard in 1966 happened on 2 March. Here are some pics of the digging out process. The one of the guys standing on the snow was taken from the third story dorm window. As you can see there is bare ground visible in the distance the wind piled up the 22 foot deep drift on the north side of the building.
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Yowzzzzir! Like I said, this last 'blizzard' is just a little dustin' !
-ERD50
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02-04-2011, 06:52 AM
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I am so sorry for everybody locked inside during this awful weather but I also want to thank them for the incredible uptick in ebay sales that happened on Wednesday & Thursday !
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