Snow!

[schild]

First snow of the year!



Could only happen on a day when I have a ton of shit to mail out.

[Nebu]

I think we got our first snow in late August... then again, I live at 7300 feet.

Do you usually get your first snow this late in the season?  When I lived in Phili we usually had snow around Thanksgiving.

[Dark Vengeance]

First snow of the year!
Could only happen on a day when I have a ton of shit to mail out.

Pfft, people in Michigan wear shorts in that kind of weather. If it doesn't come up past your ankles, it's not real snow.

Of course, in your neck of the woods, I imagine they've closed schools and there are massive traffic problems.

Bring the noise.
Cheers............

[Shavnir]

First snow of the year!
Could only happen on a day when I have a ton of shit to mail out.

Pfft, people in Michigan wear shorts in that kind of weather. If it doesn't come up past your ankles, it's not real snow.

Of course, in your neck of the woods, I imagine they've closed schools and there are massive traffic problems.

Bring the noise.
Cheers............

Yea, that's the general atitude here in Indiana.  As long as you've got power and its below waist level?  Go to class pansy!

[schild]

I'm sure schools are closed. I'm quite sure stores are closed. I'm going to head over to brown to get some stuff shipped out - but there's a 99% chance they've already closed.

Maryland has the worst drivers in the world - outside of Paris.

[Paelos]

I don't know about that. In Korea, lanes are a suggestion.

[WayAbvPar]

That much snow would paralyze Seattle. The numerous hills and bridges we have around here make driving on anything slippery dangerous.

Not to mention all the fucktards in their SUVs who think that 4WD somehow means "impervious to any change in road conditions". Warms my heart to see all the soccer moms in the ditch.

[schild]

This was the best picture I could find of the circle around the Arc de Triomphe. I wish I had my photos from my trip to France. Oh man, when there's traffic it looks a LOT like that Korea picture, but everyones going in a circle. It's fucked up.

[WayAbvPar]

It is tough to drive with a hunk of cheese in on hand and an unfiltered cigarette in the other, especially with a bottle of wine precariously balanced next to you as your mistress performs fellatio on you while you speak to your wife on your cell phone.

Did I hit enough stereotypes?

[schild]

Did I hit enough stereotypes?

No.

[Dark Vengeance]

It is tough to drive with a hunk of cheese in on hand and an unfiltered cigarette in the other, especially with a bottle of wine precariously balanced next to you as your mistress performs fellatio on you while you speak to your wife on your cell phone.

Did I hit enough stereotypes?

You forgot the beret, and long piece of french bread. And the mime makeup. And the fact that the mistress has a goatee. And the wife has more body hair than Robin Williams.

Bring the noise.
Cheers............

[Nebu]

Look kids... Big Ben, Parliament!

This isn't going to turn into one of those "When I was a kid, we walked to school in 3' of snow, uphill both ways" kinds of threads. Is it?

Edit: Yes I realize the picture is of France and not London... the pic just brought the voice into my head.

[MrHat]

You guys have no idea what you're talking about until you drive in Lebanon.

We get snow in Denver, but it snows, dumps 6" then melts the next day.

You live in Baltimore right Schild?

[Soukyan]

Yep. 3 inches and more of snow here in PA today. Ironically enough, I somehow managed to get a cold last night as I slept. So here I sit. Off work and surrounded by snow. I also had a date tonight too, but thanks to this goddamn cold, I'm going to have to postpone. The snow, we PA drivers can handle driving in. We have hills, too. And I mean hills, not those pansy ass bumps in landscape that other states think are big.

I've been to Paris twice and I can attest that the circles can get pretty wild. Actually most traffic circles in Europe can be crazy. Ireland was pretty bad and I thought my life was over when I took a taxi ride in Italy.

[CmdrSlack]

I didn't think the traffic circles in Ireland were that bad...what pissed me off were the morons on motorcycles zipping between the two lanes of traffic on the highway.

We've had snow for a while here in Chicago.  It comes and goes, but we got dumped on pretty hard a week or two ago.  Since I don't drive all that much (CTA and taxis ftw), it's a bitch when you do need to drive, and your car takes 30 minutes to clean off.  The upside is that, by then, the inside of the car is very warm.

Best snow ever was when it would snow in Alabama.  Introducing the stupid-yet-cool-when-in-high-school sport of "skitching" to Tuscaloosa was great.  Also, it made me feel good to watch the stupid fratboys smack their SUVs into phone poles, etc.

[toma levine]

San Diego drivers are hands down the worst in the world. They are so bad that other Californians are afraid to drive around down there.

Coming back from my grandfather's funeral there, I saw 4 major wrecks on the highway in a 5-mile stretch.

And more on topic, we got our first snow in November, yet it's in the 70's this week. That's what I get for moving to the Mojave desert.

[Paelos]

Ratings of vehicle mortality rates per country

Apparently your life ends in Belize if you decide to brave the roads there. S. Korea was a close third. France is not on the list at all.

Yeah, I know it was nerdy to look it up, but its still interesting.

[Sobelius]

Ratings of vehicle mortality rates per country

Apparently your life ends in Belize if you decide to brave the roads there. S. Korea was a close third. France is not on the list at all.

Yeah, I know it was nerdy to look it up, but its still interesting.

I believe fully that Venezuela is #8. My mother's family is from Venezuela and Caracas is a nightmare. If the road seems to fit 5 vehicles, then it fits 5 vehicles, and if not, use the sidewalk, it's paved!

[schild]

Bad Drivers != Accidents & Death

France is bad because cars seem to cap out at 20mph. Basically, it's a country full of lazy assholes with nowhere to go. Or at least that's how it seemed when we were driving through it.

The only thing you do get is an truckload of time to stare at the hottie in the car over, 'cuz you ain't getting to your destination any faster by driving.

[schild]

So I went out in the snow and sent the packages that needed sending. Stopped by 7-11 and found these:



I can heartily recommend them to anyone who enjoys fruit-like candy. It's smoothie-flavored if you can't read the text. Also, a warm thai burrito on a frigidly cold day is absolutely superb.

Edit: And those Skittles are so new that they aren't even on the official website yet. ^_^

[Signe]

Paris traffic makes me cringe.  I always tip Paris taxi drivers even though it's frowned upon during the day.   I am so grateful to them for letting me live.  They say France killed Princess Di... but we all know it was really the Queen.  

In a related story:  

I just bought two rather expensive towels.  They put the labels on the outside.  What is this world coming to... what with the crazy driving and carelessly labeled towels?  I am distraught.

[Paelos]

This thread is like a bad mad-lib.

[schild]

This thread is like a bad mad-lib.

____0_____ ____1_____ the _______2_______ _____3______.

0. Name
1. Adjective
2. Number
3. Animal

Wait, no, I guess the above is more like Hangman than a Mad-Lib.

[Shockeye]

Did I hit enough stereotypes?

Needs more poodle.

[Azhrarn]

I'm ordering Pizza and tipping low!  Hopefully I don't get shot (snow on the ground today, people careening out of control although it's still showing green, everyone working from home).

[MrHat]

I'm ordering Pizza and tipping low!  Hopefully I don't get shot (snow on the ground today, people careening out of control although it's still showing green, everyone working from home).

Asshole.

[Viin]

You guys are way too pampered.

You don't see me hiding at home even though it takes me 2 hours to drive to work when it normally takes me 20 minutes. (see: colorado snow storm recently). No! Someone has to take resposibility and make sure everyone can get their Maps and Directions. God forbid someone can't get directions on how to get to the pr0n shop for a day.

It really did take me 2 hours, boy was I pissed. Next time I'm calling in sick.

[Furiously]

I alwasy thought Italy (Rome specifically) traffic was far worse then France's.

Of course it could be that I was on the most dangerous road in Italy. (You would litterally always see an accident somewhere on this stretch of road).

[schild]

... WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

A STORM MOVING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS WILL LIKELY BRING SNOW TO THE MID ATLANTIC THIS WEEKEND. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW IS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH A LESSER CHANCE CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE COLD ENOUGH DURING THE EVENT TO KEEP ALL PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA. LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND IS AN EXCEPTION WHERE THERE IS A CHANCE THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN LATE IN THE EVENT SATURDAY EVENING.

THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A MODERATE SNOWSTORM AT THIS POINT AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION ALL ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

...

First, I don't like those ellipses. Second, there are only 2 options for snow: A metric fuckton or none. I don't want this half slush shitty snow we normally get. I want full on Northern Michigan style land-based glaciers. Last, I want pizza delivery places to stay open.

[Ardent]

83 degrees in the O.C. today.

Went to lunch with my friend's convertable top down.

[schild]

83 degrees in the O.C. today.

Went to lunch with my friend's convertable top down.

Lots of stuck up panty-waists driving around unawares of the imminent doom southern california will face when the earthquakes start.

In other news, the sky is blue and the OC is filled with the idle rich.

[Ardent]

Lots of stuck up panty-waists driving around unawares of the imminent doom southern california will face when the earthquakes start.

In other news, the sky is blue and the OC is filled with the idle rich.

You'll get no arguments from me. I live here, so I know how right you are.

Still ... the sun is nice.

[Soukyan]

83 degrees in the O.C. today.

Went to lunch with my friend's convertable top down.

Convertible


Enjoy the sun. Just checked the weather and it looks like a metric fuckton is on its way for Saturday, schild. Hopefully it won't die out here in western PA. I'll cheer for it to make it to your neck of the woods.

[Ardent]

Convertible

I have brought eternal shame upon my myself, my ancestors, and my descendents.

Please keep me posted of further vowel inaccuracies.

[Righ]

France is bad because cars seem to cap out at 20mph.

As somebody who has watched a Mercedes CLR take off at 220MPH on the Mulsanne Straight, and who driven at walking speed through New York, I detect a certain note of cultural bias.

Mercedes CLR