Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Dr Brasso on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:11pm
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overnight snowstorm ....13 and counting....im so snowed in it sux....:/
Doc B... :dodgy:
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by KoRnFlakes on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:15pm
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wetre supposed to get some 2mo, Not thats that a suprise or anything...
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by KungFuSquirrel on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:25pm
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Yeah, it's pretty bad in Lincoln, too. Maggie and I were actually supposed to go to Omaha yesterday. Yeah, that didn't happen. :razz: Still falling now and we're still in a storm warning until 9 pm. No idea what our total is.
At least classes are cancelled and my fiancee is over. It'll be a fun day to just lounge around. Just hope I don't run out of food :razz: hehe.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by matt on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:30pm
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me thinks this could turn into a picture thread...
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Posted by Monqui on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:33pm
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Wow... 13 inches down in Nebraska? Yikes. We've just got about 3-4 up here, but it's still coming down somewhat hard.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Forceflow on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 5:54pm
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Over here in Belgium, the sun is shining.
I want some snow.
Please wrap some up in a piece of paper, scribble "Forceflow's Residence, Belgium" on the envelope, buy something like a million stamps, attach them all to the envelope and get your *ss to the post office, snow or not.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
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Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 7:36pm
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it snowed near here in what 1970 sumthing? it was 30 deg C plus here today and im loving every minute of it gloats 13 inches of snow dam were lucky if we get 10mm of rain over here... Might go for a swim tomorrow
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
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Boy, that half inch of snow outside made me want to skip class and go back to sleep... :biggrin:
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by DocRock on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 7:56pm
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Hey DocB, just be glad it isn't a repeat of the Blizzard of '75 up there...
lol remember that? Cars stranded on Blondo with snow up to the windshield?
I was but a young pup back then, livin in Omaha, but I still remember it. :smile:
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by matt on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 8:06pm
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There are three types of weather where in Bexhill (The town I live in)
Cold
Hot
Raining
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Kage_Prototype on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 9:02pm
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It's pretty much the same where I live matt.
Except for the hot bit.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Crono on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 9:14pm
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Brasso: at least it's SNOW. When it actually snowed here for once (in Oregon) The next day it turned to ice . . . mmm yay. Not only can you not go out site and walk in it you can't go anywhere. Everything was closed fro about a week, gave me one more week of winter break :biggrin: . And places like Les Swab started charging up the ass for chains, so no one bought them.
There's still like mounds of ice in places where people stacked it up to get it out of the way. damn it sucked. See if Tracer knows what I'm talking about.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by KungFuSquirrel on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 9:16pm
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Crono: We got iced over before this snow fell. :smile:
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Cash Car Star on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 9:36pm
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Do you get the hilarious news coverage where they go to a supermarket and interview everyone purchasing excessive quantities of milk?
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Crono on
Mon Jan 26th 2004 at 9:48pm
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Yeah, but we never get snow. This winter is the first time it's snowed here (in the vally areas where everyone lives) in a few years and the bastard weather decides to freeze over. It was funny watching people brurn their tires out trying to move . . . what they don't understand is, do not hold the gas pedal down. lol (Another thing Les Swab started charging horendous amounts for).
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by gimpinthesink on
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W00t no snow this year for me as I have come back to england.
I like snow just not a foot of it for 6 months and I was near detroit last year damb those long canadian winters.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Cash Car Star on
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Detroit is in Michigan, not Canada, foo
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by gimpinthesink on
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I know I was living in london which is 2 hours north of detroit and 2 hours south of toronto so I was in canada.
I also guessed that I was in canada cos they said [i]eh![/i] alot
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
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I pity da foo who thinks Detroit is in Canada. lol
Tracer: Yeah it was funny as hell. It's like "hmm, I'm not moving . .. I know I'll HOLD the pedal down, maybe that will work . . . hmm doesn't seem to be working, there's a lot of smoke, I'll try it a little longer see if it does anything later . . . hmm . . . down to the rims . . . maybe the hot metal will melt the ice . . ." seriously A lot of people in Oregon do NOT know how to drive, such as going to Portland on 26 while they're doing construction. . . . .why are people going 35? I mean there is a 2 foot barrier between the road and the construction . . . they couldn't break though even if they wanted. lol
But the thing that pissed me off the most durring the whole "Winter Storm 2004" bull, was Vira Cats . . . I just think she's a bitch. (She's the mayor of Portland for those who have no idea what I'm talking about). There's no particular reason why I think she's a bitch . . . she just is. that bitch.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Tracer Bullet on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 5:29am
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I pay no attention whatsoever to local politics. shrugs
What I thought was most entertaining is portlands complete inability to deal with the weather. I can understand not clearing all the roads, but they didn't even clear I-5 or 84!
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Crono on
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Tracer: I know . . . I swear we have morons running certain parts of our state.
Brasso: Yeah, Oregon in general is pretty liberal . . . unless you talk to the hicks who live in Tillimook. . . .
However, most people who walk down the street are social assholes, at least you don't hear men yelling at women and grabbing them while they walk down the street, I mean women run half of Oregon, so lol.
Also, wanna know why they didn't start widening 26 until late '03? The last transmission director we had wanted the "max" (A light rail train that runs from several parts of oregon to other parts) to gain more money, so he wanted to make traffic WORSE so it would force people to ride the train. Now heres the thing. . .the max costs about the same as parking downtown, and it's slower then driving (even in traffic) . . . so why the hell would I take it?? His other reasoning was for people who shop! yeah because you always want to goto a furniture store (such as Ethan Alan, not that I shop there) and lug it back on a packed train with smelly construction workers and little dumb ass skaters who never take a shower to "rebel".
You know what you should think when you drive past a newly built skate park? "Look at all those individuals . . . . oh wait" the damn things are packed . . . wtf are they rebelling against? rebelling? I'm confused.
[/rant] I appologize for the ranting, hopfully it was entertaining.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Crono on
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Why do the snowflakes look so fake? . . . seems odd.
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Posted by Gollum on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 1:11pm
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Snowflakes in photographs look strange because they reflect the flash.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by matt on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 1:24pm
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tis cold, but thats about it. No snow. Can only remember there being snow once here when I was little.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Adam Hawkins on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 1:51pm
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It hasn't properly snowed for years here in the UK. Sure we've had a bit here and there but it's usually gone by the next day.
I remember maybe about 10 years ago that when it snowed it snowed - not as bad as what you've got at the mo Andrew, but enough to stop you getting to work. Once, we had no power and no water cos of the snow, and we all had to go to the local swimming pool to get water from it - which we then had to boil (if we had gas cookers, heh).
Wouldn't mind a bit of snow right now though, work is a bit crap and I need an excuse to stay in bed and wallow in self-pity :wink:
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by matt on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 4:38pm
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Those pics of (I assume) of your university KungFuSquirrel remind me of that cs level where you have to bomb the crashed plane. Can't think of its name though.
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Posted by KoRnFlakes on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 4:48pm
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dont quote me on it, But england is the most expensive place to get houses afaik.
Think of it this way, We asked for just over 120,000 pounds for our bungalow.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Wild Card on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 5:03pm
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I love the snow.. .and the cold. T'is -40 C right now with the wind :biggrin:
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Posted by Wild Card on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 5:14pm
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no, neg 40 is nothing special really. For me anyways. Something special is like -50 with strong winds and 2 feet of snow.
Re: damn....13 inches of snow and rising....grr
Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 5:28pm
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Well then it was over here, because I strongly recall -40 C being a record somewhere...Yup, it was over here :smile:
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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on
Tue Jan 27th 2004 at 5:46pm
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Hey, -40 IS special. It's the point where the Fahrenheit and Centigrade measurements meet. :smile: -40 F is -40 C as well :biggrin: