dj_ivocha on 2/2/2009 at 18:48
Having seen a lot of shops in my life, I'm an expert in them and can say with absolute certainty that this is a shop!
Just you wait until I become a canuck, then I'll show you what real snow looks like! :mad:
we never get such nice snow around here :(
demagogue on 2/2/2009 at 21:35
In north Texas we would get a good snow about every other or 3rd year.
In NYC the main question is if it's going to be an early or late snow.
I was lucky to be in the south part of Japan, in Nagasaki, when it had the first snow in a generation, I think in 30 years. They really didn't know how to cope with it at all ... very amusing to me. But the city and valley looked so charming and beautiful with the sparkling white blanket covering everything. I think most people would admit it was worth it.
Queue on 3/2/2009 at 00:15
I can't stop laughing at this...
crunchy on 3/2/2009 at 00:45
@ Fingernail
Batman de Milo apparently.
BTW, you are all a bunch of big girl's blouses. Here in Oz, Adelaide and Melbourne have been having record heat waves. Temps in the mid 40's all week. That's Celsius.
Kolya on 3/2/2009 at 00:59
That abominable snowman makes a lot more sense, now that Fingernail has posted his Batman, which looks nothing short of awesome by the way.
TBE on 3/2/2009 at 01:53
Quote Posted by Ulukai
I get quite annoyed with people who live but 10 minutes away from work, then phone in to say they're stuck in 'drifts' and can't possibly get in.
Meanwhile, I've got up at the crack of dawn, put a shovel in the car and huge boots on my feet, and trekked in from the edge of the Pennines.
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1815854#post1815854) Idle, work-shy n'er-do-wells! :D
I drive 45 minutes to work on dry roads. It's 42 miles from my home to work. When it snows in Utah, it takes about an hour and a half to get to work for me. Sometimes I get lucky and the plows were out before I go, but that's 4:30 in the morning, so usually I don't get lucky. :(
ercles on 3/2/2009 at 20:52
Quote Posted by 37637598
No-one is taught how to drive in the snow. You kind of just have to... not be an idiot for that one. Too bad 98.3% of people are idiots.
Winter tires generally help, and in a country where everyone is clearly way too dumb to see a once in a million snowfall coming and stock up on expensive tires, I can see how problems could develop.
Also, on the topic of snow fucking a country's shit up royally, snow brought everything to a shuddering halt in Vancouver airport this year over christmas. It was an absolute nightmare from what I've heard, glad I got lucky on my trips through.
Here's the obligatory photo of the eaves on our house from this snow season:
Inline Image:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/ercles/055.jpgKolya on 3/2/2009 at 21:54
* kills ercles and moves into his house
What? It worked in Morrowind!
