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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: Miss Philicia on February 23, 2010, 06:43:53 pm
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FUCKIN' A -- just a few hours ago this was all supposed to hit much further north, and then suddenly they changed it to include me (http://beta2010.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25267/hurricanelike-storm-aims-for-p.asp)
Even in light of the blizzards earlier this winter that targeted the southern mid-Atlantic, this may be the one that people remember the most this winter in parts of New England and the northern mid-Atlantic.
At peak the storm will deliver near hurricane-force wind gusts (74 mph) and blinding snow falling at the rate of over an inch per hour. For some people in upstate New York and eastern and northern Pennsylvania, this may seem more like a "snow hurricane" rather than a blizzard.
(http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2010/400x266_02231915_nesnowhurricane.jpg)
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It's nice and warm down here in Mississippi. Wanna come visit?
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Only got up to 82 degrees here today (South Florida) -- we are supposed to get cold Thursday also - low of 47 in the A.M. and only mid 60's during the day ----- but seriously, be careful up there in NYC and Philly area --- get some good books/movies, comfort food, tea and stay in, stay warm and stay safe. :)
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It's nice and warm down here in Mississippi. Wanna come visit?
That's the second time in 24 hours you've tried to coax me into your sling.
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Drat he's onto me! Roofie Colada?
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but seriously, be careful up there in NYC and Philly area --- get some good books/movies, comfort food, tea and stay in, stay warm and stay safe. :)
Yeah, I hear you. If it shows it getting worse when I wake up tomorrow I'll have to do a couple food runs and other errands. I just went grocery shopping yesterday but I didn't buy enough to last through something extreme.
I just got a new book in the mail yesterday and it's almost 500 pages, so that would last me ages. I always have tons of movies to catch up on, plus I just got a new large TV last week.
This winter is just really extreme. I've never seen so much so snow in my life.
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Drat he's onto me! Roofie Colada?
I've had roofie's before. A friend from Sweden once gave me an entire bottle and I didn't leave the house for a week. Those things are deliciously strong.
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FUCKIN' A -- just a few hours ago this was all supposed to hit much further north, and then suddenly they changed it to include me (http://beta2010.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25267/hurricanelike-storm-aims-for-p.asp)
(http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/newsstory/2010/400x266_02231915_nesnowhurricane.jpg)
What cracks me up about the this weather map is the wording "paralyzing blizzard", a couple of weeks ago you put a weather map up that said "disruptive" WTF does Disruptive mean?
Our weathermen down here in the Anus of Texas just say "a Heap of Snow Comin"
Btw, we had 3 pieces of sleet fall in San Antone today. The city is now shutdown.
-Will
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It's nice and warm down here in Mississippi. Wanna come visit?
It's been snowing here in Albuquerque, NM for the last 2 days, but, when the good ole sunshine comes out everything melts VERY FAST, still cold tho the high here was only 37 :D
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Oh CRAP
I'm supposed to be taking a train from Richmond to NYC on Friday morning for a nice long weekend -- and we have tickets for "Next to Normal" for Friday night..... This forecast MUST CHANGE.
PLEASE BE WRONG....................
Mike
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WTF does Disruptive mean?
It means 2 ft. of snow which closes airports (it takes a lot to close an airport in the NE) plus closing down rail lines, and remember this is the one part of the US that really uses a lot of trains, both intercity and extensive commuter networks. Anything under a foot here doesn't disrupt anything -- it all keeps running. But earlier in this month we had not just one two footer, but two of them within one week's time. Do you have any idea what that is like? I've lived up here all of my life and I had no idea what that was like. That happens in Buffalo, not the I-95 corridor.
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I put my snow tires on this year for nuthin'. >:(
A week of glorious weather (if you're watching the Olympics you saw it) gave way today to a seasonal cold rain.
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So the points of the graphic, "Downed Trees/Powerlines; Impassable Roads; Flight Cancellations..." they put that in your forecast as an absolute? Odd to me.
We had snow a good part of today in Austin, big huge flakes falling furiously for hours at a time, but nothing stuck (and I think that unless I go to Montana I'm not likely to see the snowfall that Philicia sees, after week before last.)
Our schools closed early, but for once nobody freaked out and traffic was a breeze because it was just wet streets when all was said and done and snowed.
Keep warm Miss P.!
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Yes the mid-Atlantic has been hit hard, Philly got a 26 inch snowstorm a while back and NYC only got a dusting in most areas, the cutoff was Staten Island. The problem has been that usually many snowstorms come from the upper midwest, barrel across the Ohio valley and hit NY and Philly about the same, but these storms have come up from the south, gone into the Atlantic and loop back and forth and then out to sea. Washington, Baltimore and Philly have been hit hard, our friends in North Carolina as well. NYC not so bad but the winter has been a pain indeed. But we will take what we get and enjoy. Good luck Bocker for you guys getting safely and timely to the city this weekend.
Jody :)
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OK, here's how it works for you non-Northeasterners. This storm graphic is your classic, though overly intense this time, "Nor'easter". This is the name for a storm that does what Jody just stated, as opposed to the more normative ones which travel from the west across the continent. A Nor'easter is worse, because it's like a hurricane, but it's in the winter. It's an intense low over water, so it sucks warm moisture from the Gulf Stream running up from Florida, which then slams in a counter clockwise fashion into the really cold seasonal temperatures over land, which then cause the low to "explode" and then collapse into a blizzard. A blizzard being more than just a lot of snow at once as by definition by the National Weather Service you must have high winds exceeding 35 mph for at least 3 hours in any one location for an actual blizzard warning to be issued, as opposed to a normal "winter weather warning/advisory". So as you see if the winds in this upcoming one go over 70 mph that will be incredible. The last blizzard here which happened two weeks ago only had maybe 35-40 mph winds and visibility went to whiteout conditions and I couldn't see buildings just two blocks away. I would think a 70 mph one would mean I couldn't see across the street even.
The only thing cheering me up is that Philadelphia is just barely in the "Paralyzing" portion, but all it has to do is shift 50 miles in the wrong direction and I guess it changes wildly.
For further reading click below, and at the top there's a great satellite image of one from 2006 where the storm became so intense it actually developed an "eye" like a hurricane. That storm Philadelphia only got 12" but NYC (just 90 miles away) got a whopping 27 inches. So you see it really depends on where the low centers right off the shore as to which NE city gets walloped.
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So the forming of the nor easter is the sucking sound i've been hearing all day here in Florida -- and I thought someone had a porn going or that one of my neighbors was having a better day then me. ;)
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So the forming of the nor easter is the sucking sound i've been hearing all day here in Florida -- and I thought someone had a porn going or that one of my neighbors was having a better day then me. ;)
Not sure. Looks like the low is centered off of New Orleans right now which is why there's some snow in Texas, but then they whine about 3 inches down there.
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Not sure. Looks like the low is centered off of New Orleans right now which is why there's some snow in Texas, but then they whine about 3 inches down there.
Yes. Yes we do.
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Sorry for ya guy! Even though its strengthening offshore here (NC) we're only going to get flurries. Go get youre supplies asap in the morning!!!
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FUCKIN' A -- just a few hours ago this was all supposed to hit much further north, and then suddenly they changed it to include me (http://beta2010.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25267/hurricanelike-storm-aims-for-p.asp)
What, do you live in the park?
MtD
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A girl can always use 12"
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I think I better not only go grocery shopping tomorrow but buy lots of food.
GFS RAW NUMBERS 18z/2pm latest Update
PHILLY......................... 2.00" or 20-28" of snow
ALLENTOWN............... 1.60" or 16-24" of snow
READING..................... 1.51" or 15-22" of snow
LANCASTER............... 1.33"or 13-20" of snow
POCONOS.................. 1.51" or 14-22" of snow (some sleet at times possible)
TRENTON.................... 2.40" or 20-30" (some sleet possible)
ATLANTIC CITY.......... 1.96" or 10-18" (some sleet and rain likely)
WILMINGTON............. 1.64" or 16-24" of snow
DOVER DE................. 1.56" or 13-20" of snow
BALTIMORE.............. .79" or 6-9" of snow
WASH DC.................. .48" or 4-7" of snow
NYC METRO............. 2.00" or 4-8" of snow (N & W 12-20")
NEWARK NJ............. 2.01" or 5-9" of snow
ISLIP L.I..................... 1.22" or 2-4" of snow
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I think I better not only go grocery shopping tomorrow but buy lots of food.
GFS RAW NUMBERS 18z/2pm latest Update
PHILLY......................... 2.00" or 20-28" of snow
ALLENTOWN............... 1.60" or 16-24" of snow
READING..................... 1.51" or 15-22" of snow
LANCASTER............... 1.33"or 13-20" of snow
POCONOS.................. 1.51" or 14-22" of snow (some sleet at times possible)
TRENTON.................... 2.40" or 20-30" (some sleet possible)
ATLANTIC CITY.......... 1.96" or 10-18" (some sleet and rain likely)
WILMINGTON............. 1.64" or 16-24" of snow
DOVER DE................. 1.56" or 13-20" of snow
BALTIMORE.............. .79" or 6-9" of snow
WASH DC.................. .48" or 4-7" of snow
NYC METRO............. 2.00" or 4-8" of snow (N & W 12-20")
NEWARK NJ............. 2.01" or 5-9" of snow
ISLIP L.I..................... 1.22" or 2-4" of snow
MIAMI..................... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
FORT LAUDERDALE.... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
KEY LARGO.......... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
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MIAMI..................... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
FORT LAUDERDALE.... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
KEY LARGO.......... 0.00" or 0-0" of snow
No, I'm not moving into your new mansion.
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No, I'm not moving into your new mansion.
::slap::
and I had already reserved a significantly large walk-in closet for all your designer clothes and modified the media room to accommodate your 5000+ records.
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South Africa sunny and warm with cloudy patches over some parts..............for now...........
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::slap::
and I had already reserved a significantly large walk-in closet for all your designer clothes and modified the media room to accommodate your 5000+ records.
Add in a pool and 3 cuban pool boys and I'll book my airfare.
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Add in a pool and 3 cuban pool boys and I'll book my airfare.
Have you ever seen a Miami mansion without a proper pool and sufficient cabana boys? You know better than that.
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Have you ever seen a Miami mansion without a proper pool and sufficient cabana boys? You know better than that.
Oh, I forgot they don't allow Columbian cha cha queens on Fisher Island yet.
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Nah, plenty of those (even more so in the Cocoplum area).
grrrr.....
(http://hitparade.ch/cdimg/eartha_kitt_bronski_beat-cha_cha_heels_s.jpg)
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It snowed here Sunday and part of Monday. They even closed the schools, even though we only received 3 or 4 inches of snow.
The downside is, it cleared up and we had a cold front move through with winds, etc.
Its been colder here than at the Olympics in Vancouver!
This morning, it was 8ºF (-13.34ºC)
But the good news, we are in for a warming trend!
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
Low
11° F (-11.67º C)
Precip: 0%
Tomorrow
Mostly Cloudy
High
43° F (6.1º C)
Precip: 20%
Tomorrow Night
Few Snow Showers
Low
24° F (-4.4º C)
Precip: 30%
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Sorry for ya guy! Even though its strengthening offshore here (NC) we're only going to get flurries. Go get youre supplies asap in the morning!!!
Welcome there Bear! ;D
Just across the state line in SC, it's been a balmy 62 for the last two days; while back at my old home of OH they've still got about 2ft. of snow on the ground, freezing rain last night, and more snow coming the end of the week. The last total was about 65 inches of snow this winter - perhaps the largest snowfall on record. I did pick the best year to move outta there!! ;D
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Ms. P:
Were you able to get everything prepared in advance of the upcoming storm?
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OK you guys it's time to pack your cases and head for NZ..the weather is beautiful the sun is shining and the grass is green.
The hay shed, the goats shed and the Alpaca shed will sleep about 50 if you all huddle together with your sleeping bags, so first in first served....and if we have to we can turf Kooni and Millie out, their little apartments will sleep at least 2 in each one, morning coffeee and accomodation all free of charge..if you put in a good days work with the animals... :D
So get a move on before winter gets here... ;D
Hugs
Jan :-*
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Ms. P:
Were you able to get everything prepared in advance of the upcoming storm?
Yes, I just got back from a quick subway jaunt downtown. When I woke up this morning they'd adjusted the accumulations for my area down to 8". Now that I got back from my errands we've gone up to 12.5" but as you can see the +15" are is only 40 miles north of here so my confidence level with all of this is non-existent.
(http://media.philly.com/images/02242010_snow_map2_400x300.jpg)
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Glad u got everything done. I feel u on the confidence level with weather forecasts -- everytime they tell us down here that we are going to get a major hurricane it fizzles and when they tell us that it is going to be a minor hurricane we get slammed.
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we get slammed.
I'm suddenly more interested in this thread.
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with the BBC forcasts ( back in the years of yor) i just reversed what they said. worked most of the time!!
John
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with the BBC forcasts ( back in the years of yor) i just reversed what they said. worked most of the time!!
John
hehehehe.... back in the mid-90s when I was a commercial fisherman, we called the ITV chart the "mickey mouse" chart. The chart we all waited for was the one on Sunday mornings during the Country File on BBC1 - that gave us a general idea of the week ahead. We all gathered in the Whitehouse (the landlord opened early) to watch - and engage in a bit of the hair of the dog.
Of course, we all religiously listened to the Shipping Forecast too, as well as "the Manxman", which is what we called the report on Manx Radio. We pretty much watched or listened to every forecast going and drew our conclusions from them all, plus our own observations.
And poor old Michael Fish. He was known as "Fishface". As in - "who gave the chart?" - "Fishface". Followed by groans as we never really trusted his chart.
Talk about a heavy-weather winter, this is my 20th winter on The Rock and it's snowed and un-heard of twice this year. And I mean proper snow where there was a three or four inch accumulation (stop rolling your eyes, that qualifies as proper snow here). This represents two of four times we've had snow here in the 20 winters I've been here. Oh, and when I say three or four inch, I mean in the part of the island where I live - at sea level. The hills and some inland areas had much deeper accumulations.
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1. Weather bureaus do not have windows. I've always thought that affects the reliability of their reporting.
2. All this conversation about inches. And then I find it's about snow.
3. Most importantly, there is a weatherman on the Weather Station who has very fine, thin eyebrows. When he is reporting the text is irrelevant as far as I am concerned. I can't even at this moment recall his name but he has my attention no matter what's happening outside.
4. That's how I am.
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It's been snowing heavily since I woke up, but thus far there's been zero accumulation -- the snow is just too wet and it's only 35 F. From what I've read on detailed weather blogs, overnight the low pressure centered itself 40 miles further north and east than what was expected, and as the storm map show a kind of pincer toward the coastal cities a slight shift can make a large difference in accumulation totals, so they've now adjusted our projections for Philadelphia downwards by 2-4". However, this is a 30 hour weather event so we've yet a long way to go, and the heaviest part of the storm is supposed to begin late this evening and go overnight. Still, looking at the hourly breakdown weather.com even shows my zip code almost petering out with snow from 2-7 PM. I could have done all of my shopping today no problem.
I'm thinking I might come out of this with just 6-8" as I'm in the south part of the city. Overall not a huge deal for me personally, but obviously someone is getting walloped considerably more. The north part of Philadelphia/suburbs can still get 12" and I'd think up in Trenton there would be a few more than that. I can't really see this effecting train travel up to NYC much by tomorrow unless there's some huge dump of larger amounts up there.
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Will be thinking of you Philly, as I'm lazing around on Bondi or Tamarama or somewhere.
28 C on land, 23 C in the water. It doesn't get much better than this.
;)
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How's that snow Philly?
It's a beautiful 67 here in San Antonio, got my Tshirt and flip-flops on and drinking a nice glass of iced tea (Luzziane of course) ;D
-Will
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Yeah, it's been snowing here all day too...I am surprised Bloomberg hasn't cancelled school again. But I must admit he does stay on top of it all with the plows and salt.....I have no plans to go anywhere so I am just gonna do what I always do....sleep, eat and text on the phone... :P
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The Weather Channel is now saying Philadelphia is just getting 3-5" because nothing is sticking all day. It's snowing really heavy with wind and has all day, but it melts on contact. Meanwhile they've upped NYC to 16".
ps: Willy, I'm drinking organic Uganda Bugisu coffee and getting ready to make a dinner of grilled chicken/sun dried tomato and black olive sausages and risotto milanese. pft
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ps: Willy, I'm drinking organic Uganda Bugisu coffee and getting ready to make a dinner of grilled chicken/sun dried tomato and black olive sausages and risotto milanese. pft
:slithers away and licks his wounds:
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The Weather Channel is now saying Philadelphia is just getting 3-5" because nothing is sticking all day. It's snowing really heavy with wind and has all day, but it melts on contact. Meanwhile they've upped NYC to 16".
ps: Willy, I'm drinking organic Uganda Bugisu coffee and getting ready to make a dinner of grilled chicken/sun dried tomato and black olive sausages and risotto milanese. pft
While Willy Sllither's away Denb45 books a red-eye-flight to Philly to have Dinner with Miss P. and get to know him a little better ;D Miss P you cook a lot like I do ;)
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ruh roh (http://www.liveweatherblogs.com/prometweatherblogs/2/2/2523/Heavy-Snow-moving-into-PHL-metro)... we'll see if The Weather Channel aligns with this thinking.
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ruh roh (http://www.liveweatherblogs.com/prometweatherblogs/2/2/2523/Heavy-Snow-moving-into-PHL-metro)... we'll see if The Weather Channel aligns with this thinking.
From the looks of it, I'd say NOOOOOOOOO, I just saw the national news, and it looks like ya'll are in for a nor'easter, so says my good friend up in Syracuse, NY :)
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This thread is a failtastic combination of creepy weather nerd and insufferable foodie.
I hope that blizzard hurries the fuck up and freezes you all to death.
MtD
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We could recruit Roddles in here and morph it into a climate change thread quickly.
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We could recruit Roddles in here and morph it into a climate change thread quickly.
Now that is a distinctly interesting proposition.
MtD
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Oh dear, this storm just cranked into mega-high-gear in the last hour. Heavy heavy snow, winds at 30 mph with gusts to 50 -- the snow is going either completely sideways or up, instead of down. Visibility is so bad I can barely see across the street.
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Oh dear, this storm just cranked into mega-high-gear in the last hour. Heavy heavy snow, winds at 30 mph with gusts to 50 -- the snow is going either completely sideways or up, instead of down. Visibility is so bad I can barely see across the street.
We should consult the great and powerful Gallant about what he thinks the storm will do. Matty bring me the AIDS phone!
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We should consult the great and powerful Gallant about what he thinks the storm will do. Matty bring me the AIDS phone!
Only if you stick it up Gallant's ass. :)
MtD
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Gallant reminds me of Ganesh, which I guess reminds me of Namaste.
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Only if you stick it up Gallant's ass. :)
MtD
I take it that MtD does not consider Mr. Gallant to be the demigod that others adore without any restraint?
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I take it that MtD does not consider Mr. Gallant to be the demigod that others adore without any restraint?
Sacred cows slaughtered, while-u-wait!
MtD
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Sacred cows slaughtered, while-u-wait!
Make sure you mop the floor and turn out the light when you're finished.
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Woke up to still high winds and heavy snow. Supposed to snow a bit all day, though less heavy with gradually decreasing winds. Hard to say how much we've gotten because of the blowing but I think they're still saying 8-12".
NYC received considerably more. NY Times says 20" but that sounds too high.
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David
I went out in my jammies with a coat and hat and boots on to shovel the walk. While my quaker oats cooked on the stove, i did a basic shovel in front and put down some ice melt. Then I came in and my quaker oats were cooked and I put the cereal in a bowl , poured on a little milk and maple syrup and turned on the computer to find out what your take on it is.
I was suprised how much snow we got, considering that last night my last memory was of melting snow. Well, actually my last memory was of Burt Lancaster saying something in an old movie.
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Dear Ole Man Winter...I am breaking up with you. We've had some great times but you have become extremely cold stale and miserable...qualities that are just bad on my health! It's not me, it's you, so please understand that I need to start seeing other seasons because I'm Just Not That Into You Anymore!
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Incroyable (http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?article=5)... here comes another storm on Wednesday.
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I went out in my jammies with a coat and hat and boots on to shovel the walk.
Hehehehe... Joel wears jammies. Good lord, what a mental image! Jammies and boots!
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Hehehehe... Joel wears jammies. Good lord, what a mental image! Jammies and boots!
Joel, do those jammies have footties in them ;D
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Joel, do those jammies have footties in them ;D
Oh dear, now I have an image of Joel in an all-in-one with a flap on his beeeehind. ;D
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Ann
Some days I never get out of my "jammies". And, believe me, when I get home from being out or from work, I shower and immediately get into my jammies.
Flannel. Its heaven.
Joel
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Oh dear, now I have an image of Joel in an all-in-one with a flap on his beeeehind. ;D
I want one of these. :)
MtD
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Ann
Some days I never get out of my "jammies". And, believe me, when I get home from being out or from work, I shower and immediately get into my jammies.
Flannel. Its heaven.
Joel
Oh Joel...flannelette lumberjack shirts AND jammies....hold me back... ;D
Warm hugs
Jan :-*
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Some days I never get out of my "jammies".
Same here. Most days I address people garbed in sweatpants and tee-shirt. That's the up-side. The down-side is cabin fever. At least I can wear my sweats while going bat-shit insane.
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I wear black latex underwear and UGG boots around the house.
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I wear black latex underwear and UGG boots around the house.
I crank up the heat in the house, and don't wear anything, unless I have to go outside in the cold to get the mail or the morning paper ;D THAT'S RIGHT if I'm to go bat-shit insane, I might as well be NAKED ::)
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I might as well be NAKED ::)
Leatherman says, "WOOF!" 8)
(leatherman, who chose the right year to move outta OH to escape the blizzards, likes the trend of this thread now ;) )
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Quote from: Miss Philicia on Yesterday at 08:40:07 pm
I wear black latex underwear and UGG boots around the house.
"I crank up the heat in the house, and don't wear anything, unless I have to go outside in the cold to get the mail or the morning paper THAT'S RIGHT if I'm to go bat-shit insane, I might as well be NAKED" Quote Denb
Thats not necessarily a turn on for me, since I fart a lot. It makes accidents less disastrous if one is clothed.
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Quote from: Miss Philicia on Yesterday at 08:40:07 pm
I wear black latex underwear and UGG boots around the house.
"I crank up the heat in the house, and don't wear anything, unless I have to go outside in the cold to get the mail or the morning paper THAT'S RIGHT if I'm to go bat-shit insane, I might as well be NAKED" Quote Denb
Thats not necessarily a turn on for me, since I fart a lot. It makes accidents less disastrous if one is clothed.
^ LOPERMIDE^ works wonders Joel , It makes accidents less disastrous ;D
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
(http://forums.poz.com/Users/marklewis/Desktop/You Think It's Cold Where You Live?.rtfd)