Let It Snow x 5 - Page 2

monster · 02-02-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

And we have a shovel for the back yard. Little dogs hate snow and also hate pooping next to the house. So the thoughtful owner digs a 20-foot path to the far trees.

yeah, the one on the deck's to let the cats out.

we should all club together and mail SG a snow shovel

Sundae · 02-02-2009, 11:36 AM

Much as I would appreciate a Cellar gift, I fear this is the last snow for the next 18 years. I'll probably have moved another 36 times by then and no doubt have lost it

More snow due in the next 5 hours, but that's our lot.
If there's a noticeable difference tomorrow I will take some more pics, but as I said we're protected by geography here, so we might already have hit the peak.

DanaC · 02-02-2009, 12:17 PM

White-out in Northowram today. Had to stay home from uni (awww :P). I took pilau for a walk, with every intention of then going back out with camera...but I was so fucking cold by the time I'd walked Pil I couldn't make myself go back out the door!

Sorry :P

Cloud · 02-02-2009, 02:12 PM

snow! and cute pic!

I've never owned a shovel in my life. Don't need to shovel snow, or bury anyone. Even when I lived in snow country, I lived in an apt, and they did the walks.

wolf · 02-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Also live in an apartment, shouldn't need a snow shovel, but have one and an ice chipper, in case Mr. Plow decides that there should be a three foot high pile of ice chunks in back of my car.

The last place I lived I was often trying to dig my car out when the maintenance guys were snow blowing the walks. One of them would usually run the blower near my car doors so I only had a couple of inches to get through. I even had the plow guy dig me out this one time (it was one of those two foot storms). It was actually really cool to watch how he was able to manipulate the plow truck and someone manage not to damage my car.

Clodfobble · 02-02-2009, 06:04 PM

Even if by some freak accident it did snow a couple feet here, I still wouldn't need a snow shovel, because the city would just shut down by unanimous agreement. Everywhere would be closed and there would be nowhere to go.

But I do remember fondly when I was five years old and it snowed a few inches. All the kids were using their pool floats as sleds.

Aliantha · 02-02-2009, 06:28 PM

I saw all this on the news this morning. It all looks so beautiful, but what a problem for commuters!

DanaC · 02-02-2009, 06:42 PM

More of a problem for their employers *grins*

Aliantha · 02-02-2009, 06:45 PM

lol...yeah, I hear it's costing your economy a fair bit in lost production...which is really nothing to lol at I guess.

Scriveyn · 02-04-2009, 02:22 AM

BBC news website: notice the subtle distiction made between light snow (white), heavy snow (white) and extreme snow (white)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2009, 04:20 AM

I just looked out and 1" to 3" my ass, I've got over 6" out there.

DanaC · 02-04-2009, 04:40 AM

Ffs. Phoned the travel info line and was told buses between Halifax and Leeds running normal services. So trudged through sludge to bus stop and stood there for twenty-five minutes with my toes gradually freezing into a block, only, when the bus arrived, for the driver to tell me they're not going as far as leeds today.

Ffs. I have stuff I need to get from the library. I am giving a presentation on Monday and have no fucking books on the subject! It's gonna snow again tonight, or tomorrow they reckon. I can see it being fucking Saturday by the time I can get to a library. There's bugger all available online for my purposes. And I have an overdue book out on inter-library loan....which means if it's very overdue the university could lose its borrowing priveleges at that library.

Oh, and I am currently missing the second lecture of the new module I was so pleased about starting. Grrrr.

On the plus side, the garden looks quite pretty and Pilau's delighted I am back home so soon.

ZenGum · 02-04-2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I just looked out and 1" to 3" my ass, I've got over 6" out there.

That's one to quote out of context sometime.

Mad Professor · 02-07-2009, 06:04 PM

My street on Monday...

P.S. I have the same woolly hat as you Sundae Girl I think - 40g thinsulate ney?

monster · 02-07-2009, 08:06 PM

oooh pastel terraces... somewhere down south near the sea, prof? if not, that's a bit riotous for the UK....

02-02-2009, 02:12 PM	#19
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	snow! and cute pic! I've never owned a shovel in my life. Don't need to shovel snow, or bury anyone. Even when I lived in snow country, I lived in an apt, and they did the walks. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-02-2009, 02:17 PM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Also live in an apartment, shouldn't need a snow shovel, but have one and an ice chipper, in case Mr. Plow decides that there should be a three foot high pile of ice chunks in back of my car. The last place I lived I was often trying to dig my car out when the maintenance guys were snow blowing the walks. One of them would usually run the blower near my car doors so I only had a couple of inches to get through. I even had the plow guy dig me out this one time (it was one of those two foot storms). It was actually really cool to watch how he was able to manipulate the plow truck and someone manage not to damage my car. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-02-2009, 06:04 PM	#21
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Even if by some freak accident it did snow a couple feet here, I still wouldn't need a snow shovel, because the city would just shut down by unanimous agreement. Everywhere would be closed and there would be nowhere to go. But I do remember fondly when I was five years old and it snowed a few inches. All the kids were using their pool floats as sleds. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-02-2009, 06:28 PM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I saw all this on the news this morning. It all looks so beautiful, but what a problem for commuters! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-02-2009, 06:45 PM	#24
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...yeah, I hear it's costing your economy a fair bit in lost production...which is really nothing to lol at I guess. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-02-2009, 11:36 AM	#17
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Much as I would appreciate a Cellar gift, I fear this is the last snow for the next 18 years. I'll probably have moved another 36 times by then and no doubt have lost it More snow due in the next 5 hours, but that's our lot. If there's a noticeable difference tomorrow I will take some more pics, but as I said we're protected by geography here, so we might already have hit the peak.

02-02-2009, 12:17 PM	#18
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	White-out in Northowram today. Had to stay home from uni (awww :P). I took pilau for a walk, with every intention of then going back out with camera...but I was so fucking cold by the time I'd walked Pil I couldn't make myself go back out the door! Sorry :P

02-02-2009, 06:42 PM	#23
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	More of a problem for their employers grins

02-04-2009, 02:22 AM	#25
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	BBC news website: notice the subtle distiction made between light snow (white), heavy snow (white) and extreme snow (white) Attached Images

02-04-2009, 04:20 AM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I just looked out and 1" to 3" my ass, I've got over 6" out there. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-04-2009, 04:40 AM	#27
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ffs. Phoned the travel info line and was told buses between Halifax and Leeds running normal services. So trudged through sludge to bus stop and stood there for twenty-five minutes with my toes gradually freezing into a block, only, when the bus arrived, for the driver to tell me they're not going as far as leeds today. Ffs. I have stuff I need to get from the library. I am giving a presentation on Monday and have no fucking books on the subject! It's gonna snow again tonight, or tomorrow they reckon. I can see it being fucking Saturday by the time I can get to a library. There's bugger all available online for my purposes. And I have an overdue book out on inter-library loan....which means if it's very overdue the university could lose its borrowing priveleges at that library. Oh, and I am currently missing the second lecture of the new module I was so pleased about starting. Grrrr. On the plus side, the garden looks quite pretty and Pilau's delighted I am back home so soon.

02-07-2009, 06:04 PM	#29
Mad Professor Belt Conveyor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Blighty Posts: 65	My street on Monday... P.S. I have the same woolly hat as you Sundae Girl I think - 40g thinsulate ney? __________________ Nothin' seems that weird anymore Lo Fidelity Allstars

02-07-2009, 08:06 PM	#30
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oooh pastel terraces... somewhere down south near the sea, prof? if not, that's a bit riotous for the UK.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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