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Honestly, I'm not much of a day TV watcher even in bad weather. It's kinda like day drinking. There's something inherently guilt laden about it. So, you find something to do. I cleared our drive and our cars. It's crystaline powder over a slushie base making shoveling a challenge. The leaf blower could get the powder to fly, but the wind picked it up, and sent it right back in your face. Didn't matter which direction you faced. The wind found you, and shoved handfuls down your jacket through the neckline. Good times!Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:33 am It's a SNOW DAY, bill! That means movies, hot chocolate, and popcorn. No work today!![]()
Oregon, specifically Portland, freaks out over snow. A couple lousy inches will bring the traffic to a halt. The highway tires on their cars are not all season tread. They spin out and dive into a curb, or change lanes without steering. It's awful to see a car ahead of you suddenly go into a flat spin. I will admit it is secretly hilarious to watch a car at a stop light slowly slide towards the curb because of road crown and gravity. There's nothing they can do about it except to wait for the contact to happen.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:03 pm![]()
I bought whipped cream today for hot chocolate for our first ever snow! I lived in DC area for 24 years, learned to drive in the snow. We go to snowy places, but not right at our own door.
I was in Atlanta on some work related thing a couple decades ago. And snow came. Just a dusting by my measure, but it brought the city to it's knees. They don't have the equipment nor de-icer/salt to deal with it.bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:38 am Oregon, specifically Portland, freaks out over snow. A couple lousy inches will bring the traffic to a halt. The highway tires on their cars are not all season tread. They spin out and dive into a curb, or change lanes without steering. It's awful to see a car ahead of you suddenly go into a flat spin. I will admit it is secretly hilarious to watch a car at a stop light slowly slide towards the curb because of road crown and gravity. There's nothing they can do about it except to wait for the contact to happen.
Sooooo, yeah gonna have to disagree with you there
Hah. You should see what happens when Tucson gets a dusting of snow once every four or five years.neonzx wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:28 amI was in Atlanta on some work related thing a couple decades ago. And snow came. Just a dusting by my measure, but it brought the city to it's knees. They don't have the equipment nor de-icer/salt to deal with it.bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:38 am Oregon, specifically Portland, freaks out over snow. A couple lousy inches will bring the traffic to a halt. The highway tires on their cars are not all season tread. They spin out and dive into a curb, or change lanes without steering. It's awful to see a car ahead of you suddenly go into a flat spin. I will admit it is secretly hilarious to watch a car at a stop light slowly slide towards the curb because of road crown and gravity. There's nothing they can do about it except to wait for the contact to happen.
Up north, one of my best purchases was a set of true snow-tires for season. Night/day difference. Don't believe the hype of "all season" radials in advertising. If you are in a snowy place, invest in snow tires.![]()
Ha! Even on fishing trips I can rarely get chill enough to have a beer before lunch.
Fishing trips here in California in the summers on land find the noonday sun hovering at anywhere between 85-95 degrees if the fishin' hole is accessible by car. If you hike into the mountains, then the temps are proportionately cooler, but a 4-mile hike to a lake just feels right with a cold one to accompany a pic-a-nic lunch while your fishing line is getting wet.bill_g wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:03 amHa! Even on fishing trips I can rarely get chill enough to have a beer before lunch.
Nothing cuts the slake off the back of your throat like a beer on a Summer day. And a beer chilled by a stream is absolutely the best.humblescribe wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:47 pm Fishing trips here in California in the summers on land find the noonday sun hovering at anywhere between 85-95 degrees if the fishin' hole is accessible by car. If you hike into the mountains, then the temps are proportionately cooler, but a 4-mile hike to a lake just feels right with a cold one to accompany a pic-a-nic lunch while your fishing line is getting wet.