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Subject: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amergin Date: 20 Dec 08 - 02:21 PM Here in Portland, Oregon, we have had snow and ice for the past week....and it is still snowing! I am bloody well sick of it....the only good thing about this weather it is helping me get into the Grinchmas spirit. I hope it clears up soon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Dec 08 - 02:26 PM Then piss in it!! You might entertain yourself for a moment, so much, that you'll eagerly await your next visit to the white stuff. ..Drink a lot of beer, and you might even look forward to the next blizzard! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Dec 08 - 02:44 PM Oh yes, the only penis envy I have is wishing I could write my name in the snow. I could, but it would involve a squeeze bottle and advance planning. :~) But it would be warmer.... ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:00 PM 'Oh yes, the only penis envy I have is wishing I could write my name in the snow.' The frustration of accurately dotting an 'I' should cure that!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST,bankley Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:10 PM try making naked snow angels..... but you gotta move fast.. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Don Firth Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:14 PM I live on Capitol Hill in Seattle, on a tree-lined street not far from a large park. It has been snowing on and off for the last couple of days. Not much, just a couple of inches, but it freezes. The city tries to keep the main streets and arterials clear or well sanded, but the big trick is to get from the neighborhood streets to the arterials. Schleppin' und Schlidin' und bumpin' into things. Not fun. Bus service is very sporadic and unpredictable. Barbara and I are hunkered down. We have a few DVDs from our NetFlix subscription and we both write, so we can make good use of the time. But the weather prognosticator on our magic electric radio tells us that there is another storm moving in later today that will dump some four to eight inches (many Easterners may snort at this, but Seattle is pretty hilly and even a dusting over a bit of ice can render things downright dangerous!), along with winds near the Cascade mountains from 70 to 90 mph. Possible winds up to 50 mph. in Seattle itself. They're telling us to be prepared for sporadic power outages. Oh, whoopie. . . . Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: gnu Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:21 PM "The frustration of accurately dotting an 'I' should cure that!!!!" I have no problem with that. It's when there are more than one of them. I always save the 'I' for last. If there is more than one, it takes planning and committment. Either that or stopping and restarting. As any male who has ever tried to STOP knows, it's better to pee away and return to pee another day. That kinda pain just ain't worth t. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:27 PM I'm SO GLAD I brought THAT up. :~) [sigh} [Do we women have to solve everything for you?] Just carry a squirt gun for the dots. Now you can write MUSIC in the snow. :~) ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Alice Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:37 PM Amergin, it is all relative. The weather could be worse, you could be over here in Montana. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: gnu Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:39 PM "Squirt gun"? That's cheatin! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: kendall Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:40 PM We can not control the direction of the wind, but we can trim our sails. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Jeri Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:41 PM I'd think you could dot the 'i' with a shake, but I don't have external plumbing. Ron, regarding the naked snow angels,... uh... never mind. No, I can't just leave it. Imagine explaining it to the folks at the emergency room. Just shoveled my porch and driveway with a migraine (it wasn't as good as a shovel). The headache actually felt better when I was working, but I had to stop, and them, ow. Wrong kind of snow for snow beings. Darn. Maybe I should just do snow sculpture of a crop circle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: gnu Date: 20 Dec 08 - 03:48 PM I had my sails trimmed shortly after birth. But, the wind is still a problem. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amos Date: 20 Dec 08 - 04:04 PM Jeri: There's not all THAT much leverage in a shake; you may be imagining more to it than is there! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Little Hawk Date: 20 Dec 08 - 05:04 PM The solution is obvious! Only write in capitals. That way you are not required to dot the "I". Now, back to the main subject...snow. I hate the stuff. And this year there has been more of it in early December than I can recall going back to...heck, the 1950s. I've already hired people to clear a massive buildup off the roof from earlier this month, and it's still coming down. Now I'm out there every day or two dragging it off the roof with one of those long-handled tools for clearing roofs of snow. Un-frickin'-believable. It isn't even Christmas yet and it looks like late February out there. It's also cold enough to freeze the you-know-whats off the mango picker. If I was Shane I would get drunk, stay indoors, and watch porno movies that I stole from the video store, and probably not venture out again till spring. I would count on the big brother (Don) to deal with payin' the bills and plowin' the driveway and re-stockin' the booze. That is what a big brother is for, right? Alas, I am not Shane, and I must deal with the blasted white stuff myself. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Dec 08 - 06:05 PM Don, I have a tape of Dad's from a time when you and Bob and Susy and Dad were down at KRAB to record a bunch of folk songs (great program, by the way!) It was snowing at the time so during one of the breaks the announcer reminded listeners that those wishing to catch a bus should go either to the top of the hill or the bottom, because the bus wasn't going to stop half-way up or down. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Raptor Date: 20 Dec 08 - 06:05 PM Girls can write thier name in the snow Click here I hang out with serious outdoor girls. P.S. If ya don't like it move! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: JennieG Date: 20 Dec 08 - 06:28 PM LH, haven't you trained those little doggies of yours to get up on the roof and kick the snow off with their little pawsies? Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: SINSULL Date: 20 Dec 08 - 06:38 PM We have had our first serious snow and have another coming in tomorrow. This is the first year in many years that I haven't done my barefoot walk in the snow. That ice storm left me dreading being cold. I started to bitch as I cleared my front walkway and driveway this morning. Then I remembered how much I love living in Maine. Sore back, sore knees, cold fingers - it is all worth it. SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: topical tom Date: 20 Dec 08 - 06:47 PM Pissing in snow? Sorry, but the cold takes away the pleasure. Give me an indoor toilet and a few beer; it makes the snow seem less intimidating. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Bobert Date: 20 Dec 08 - 07:14 PM I'm never going to Portland again, Amerigin... Last time I went was to meet my to-be-daughter-in-law and her parents and arrived just in time for the ice storm from Hell... I got to the motel in the rental car just as it was beginning and never made it out until I bummed a ride in a shuttle van (with chains) back to the airport 3 days later... Oh, my son and his bride-to-be walked the 1/4 miles from their place to the motel... It took them 3 hours... Then the three of us made it to the end of the parking lot to a resturant... That walk (if you can call it that) of maybe 200 feet took a half an hour... At least... Now you're tellin' me about this??? That's it... Bortland is off my list of places to visit... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: SINSULL Date: 20 Dec 08 - 09:01 PM 10-16" TOMORROW. tIMES LIKE THIS i WISH i HAD A MAN TO SHOVEL... |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Bobert Date: 20 Dec 08 - 09:21 PM What, you ain't gotta a man, Sins??? That is a sin in itself... If I weren't a taken man I'd shovel yer snow fir ya, fir real... I'd get up on yer roof and shovel the snow off the roof. too... But, alas, I'z allready signed up fir them duties... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Little Hawk Date: 20 Dec 08 - 10:18 PM I pulled more snow off the roof today. Bloody cold out there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Beer Date: 20 Dec 08 - 10:27 PM if you don't like it Amergin move further South. Like way far South, because this is just the beginning. Hell, winter doesn't start for another hour and a half. Beer (adrien) |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Bill D Date: 20 Dec 08 - 10:46 PM Naked snow angels? 30 years ago, I rented/guarded a big old house with lots of bushes around it. Very private yard. Lived there 3 Winters. 2nd year, we had a BIG snow...I mean 18-20 inches. I said to myself..."Self...you oughta try almost everything once!" ...so out I go, naked, and LEAP into a 3 ft. snowdrift. Snow angels....? Nope...my mind froze , as well as other parts. In the 15 seconds I was there, I never remembered to try snow angels. (Ummm...Little Hawk...capital letters require stopping & starting for each letter! It's |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Little Hawk Date: 20 Dec 08 - 11:13 PM Well, I am suggesting a sort of combination of cursive handwriting with capitals. That is, you connect the capitals as you go along. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amergin Date: 20 Dec 08 - 11:46 PM Right now we have over a foot of snow....and it is still falling. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Peace Date: 21 Dec 08 - 01:25 AM F##K snow and 35 below. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amos Date: 21 Dec 08 - 01:35 AM We had a sun-storm; the mercury sank down to 65 in the shade and the sky turned a strange blue color. We had to back down on water useage on the plants because of the recent rain, but now the sun is just stacking up on everything. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST Date: 21 Dec 08 - 01:40 AM I live about 50 miles north of Don Firth, and about 150 miles north of Amergin. It's been freezing and snowing for a week here. This morning the ourside temp was 6. That's getting chilly. We've had 6 new inches of snow in the last 6 hours ... I'll probably have to sleep insdoors again tonight! Maggie ... I well remember that event, at KRAB. CHEERS, Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Dec 08 - 01:57 AM Do you have a tape of it, Bob? I can send you one, or put it on a CD. I went out with my trusty drill and jigsaw today (first two tools I bought for myself as a divorced woman living in a new apartment nine years ago) and cut a hole in the side door of the garage and installed a new dog door. The pooches have huddled in their garage stall inside their hay-filled dog houses with the side door open a few inches for the past two winters. I planned to get an outer storm door to install the dog flap, but never did get the custom storm door ordered, so I finally said f**k it, the dogs need to be more comfortable. I put the new dog door in the wooden door itself in under an hour, even caulked it. It took the pit bull about two trips through to figure it out; the catahoula is still a bit timid (she has to push that plastic flap with her face--what a concept! She tends to draft behind the pit, staying really close and letting Cinnamon push the thing open for her.) They're toasty warm as we go several degrees below freezing tonight. Not like Mary's snow or Little Hawk's roof problems, but cold enough to be uncomfortable and life threatening if not taken seriously. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST Date: 21 Dec 08 - 02:46 AM Back to you Maggie ... I see I've lost my cookie ... funny how that happens. I'd LOVE a CD of that show. In a few more weeks, after I become more of a "puter whiz bang techie", I can return the flavor with CD's to you of many tapes I have of John. By the way, can I safely assume that you had a re-modeling permit for that door installation! CHEERS, Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Lonesome EJ Date: 21 Dec 08 - 03:10 AM I was happily slogging through a fresh layer of snow that fell in the winter of my 13th year, when I was accosted by Kathie Skidmore's Dad. "Say, I've got a big problem with you!" shouted Mr Skidmore."I saw that you peed your name in the snow behind my garage!" "So?" said I, "lots of guys do that." "But," said Mr Skidmore, "it was in my daughter's handwriting!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:32 AM Laughing my ass off!! Laughing so hard, and having the runs, the front yard looks like a dalmatian.....WITH A YELLOW NAME TAGS.................AND I CAN READ IT!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Beer Date: 21 Dec 08 - 07:43 AM Well good morning everyone and welcome to the first day of winter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: kendall Date: 21 Dec 08 - 08:15 AM What a passel of wimps! If you can't take the winters, you don't deserve the summers. Amos, remind me to murder you later. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Joe Offer Date: 21 Dec 08 - 10:04 AM The sun isn't up yet, so I can't see what it looks like outside. It has been raining most of the night, so I suppose our snow fronm last weekend is gone. Well, no...I just checked and there's still quite a bit of snow there. We were snowed in on Monday and Tuesday. It was only six inches or so, but that's treacherous on unplowed mountain roads. We don't get snow more than two or tree times a year, so it's a treat for us - as long as we have electricity and firewood. -Joe in Colfax, California- |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Midchuck Date: 21 Dec 08 - 10:16 AM Spent a great part of yesterday shoveling the Friday snowstorm off roofs, to get it done before today's snowstorm landed on top of it and made it too deep to deal with. Today's predicted storm has started, but fairly light so far. I WILL get out on cross-country skis this morning, before the trail is buried so deep that breaking it out is work rather than fun. And tomorrow I can shovel roofs again, while waiting for the roads to be cleared enough to go to the office. HAPPY FIRST DAY OF WINTER, EVERYONE! Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: maeve Date: 21 Dec 08 - 10:19 AM Ah yes...firewood would be good about now. The last people who lived in this house burned the upstairs floorboards for heat. 10-24" of snow arriving soon. Time to drag some fallen dead limbs up to the house. And Kendall my friend, I'm no wimp but I've about reached my limit for being cold. "Put another log on the fire Cook me up some bacon and some beans, Go out to the car and change the tires, Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans; (C'mon baby, you can) Fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers, And boil me up another pot of tea. Then put another log on the fire, babe And come and tell me why you're..." really tired of hauling wood and being cold. Apologies to Shel Silverstein |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: SINSULL Date: 21 Dec 08 - 10:34 AM The snow has started. The wind is picking up. I am heading to the shower to wash my hair just in case we lose power again. Safe and warm with a well stocked larder but last night I dreamt I found a floor to ceiling cupboard in my kitchen and it was empty. Must be on my mind. Shovelling is no fun. I am too old to be shovelling snow - that's what my knees are telling me. LOL |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amergin Date: 21 Dec 08 - 05:33 PM Well last night we had freezing rain on top of the snow....now today it is snowing again.... Originally they said it would be warming up tomorrow...but now they are saying it will be this way for the next week.....sigh....we normally do not get this much snow....this is more than i have seen here in about 5 years. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amos Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:00 PM I sympathize, man. I had to be putting on a sweatshirt this morning, because i felt too chilly in just a tee. I hate the tribulations of winter. My Berkies just got re-soled, but for a few days there I had to wear SOCKS!! Can you believe this crap?? I hate winter. If this gets any worse I am gonna pull up stakes and move lock, stock and barrel to Southern California. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: ranger1 Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:05 PM Amos, PISS OFF! |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Amos Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:21 PM Awww. Sniff. Now, my feelings are really hurt. Dang, Tami. Used to be I would think about you and get this nice warm fuzzy feeling. Now it feels like I swallowed an icicle!!! Dang!! Sniff... ;>D A |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: ranger1 Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:30 PM Right now, in the middle of this northeaster, I can think of other places to put that icicle! Now I have to go make a start on shoveling myself out for the AM. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: gnu Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:53 PM Lovely here at the moment. But, the radar shows it ain't gonna be in about a half hour. Gonna be a long night keepin the snow shovelled away from the doors. Oh... yeah... Amos.... piss off. >;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:55 PM The weather is vicious here tonight in Ontario. More snow, driving wind, falling temperatures. Burn in hell, Amos! ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: gnu Date: 21 Dec 08 - 06:58 PM You still getting snow, LH? I thought you would be get a rest for a bit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: I am sick of this snow! From: Beer Date: 21 Dec 08 - 07:02 PM Little Hawk!, Your sending it down to us and were pushing it off to N.B. to please Gnu. Warming up a bit, not as cold as this morning. Adrien |
