tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7408077035864709888..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: White Death™Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-21031535185003875432011-01-13T08:44:28.613-05:002011-01-13T08:44:28.613-05:00Belaya Smert!Belaya Smert!Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48484737442335760982011-01-12T10:13:01.801-05:002011-01-12T10:13:01.801-05:00All of my colleagues in the DC Metro area are tele...All of my colleagues in the DC Metro area are telecommuting this morning. I guess they had a inch of snow yesterday. Poor babies.<br /><br />I always loved trying to drive in the snow out there. The denizens of the area are already the worst drivers in CONUS, so add snow and ice and make them worse. Sigh.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-49705281318092167702011-01-11T20:44:32.565-05:002011-01-11T20:44:32.565-05:00It is wore in the states that don't normally g...It is wore in the states that don't normally get much winter: the various street departments and highway crews have little if any road salt or sand, and precious few snowfalls. <br /><br /> New Hampshire or Vermont, if you can get to the end of your driveway, you'll probably be okay from there on.<br /><br /> Indiana is somewhere in between those examples, usually at the wrong end for the prevailing conditions.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83178588976398672672011-01-11T20:35:26.488-05:002011-01-11T20:35:26.488-05:00Try it here in No. Carolina. We got perhaps two i...Try it here in No. Carolina. We got <i>perhaps</i> two inches of snow and a little ice yesterday, and you'd think that it was The End Of The World As We Know It:<br /><br />"ZOMG! SNOW! AGH! I CAN'T GO TO WORK!!! WHAT IF THE POWER GOES OUT??? DO WE HAVE MILK AND BREAD??? AND TOILET PAPER! HAVE WE GOT ENOUGH TOILET PAPER??? PLEASE, DEAR HEAVENS, <b>TELL ME WE HAVE TOILET PAPER</b>!!!"<br /><br />I'm not exactly Todd Palin with mad winter driving skillz, but even I can manage to get my Honda from Point A to Point B even though there's a little snow and ice on the roads. Sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-29434389815901172512011-01-11T19:08:12.925-05:002011-01-11T19:08:12.925-05:00Late last week it was announced that a veritable S...Late last week it was announced that a veritable Snowpocalypse was in the offing...maybe. <i>Or maybe not</i>, as it was a week out and it was hard to say, but best get ready.<br />Now, of course, all we have is really cold temps and the prospect of rain. And the sheeple all want to know what was up with that?Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-87106627439059755862011-01-11T16:57:36.695-05:002011-01-11T16:57:36.695-05:00One of our local stations has a n00b weathercaster...One of our local stations has a n00b weathercaster who spilled the beans. He said they make it sound as bad as possible so people will keep watching.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334937938185561628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44224024314919967622011-01-11T13:46:26.574-05:002011-01-11T13:46:26.574-05:00From the title and first line, I thought you'd...From the title and first line, I thought you'd received a long-awaited biography of Simo Hayha from Amazon. Which got my interest, because I don't know of any such biographies. Ah well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com