Author Topic: Hey, Cold People! (Read 8231 times)

lee n. field · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:46:50 PM »

It's 10 right now, at the airport 25 miles away, so says the little weather thingee.

Our time will come. In June we'll be fine, and the Southron types won't even venture out from your AC-ed shelters.

For you amusement: Frozen Wasteland.

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:56:36 PM »

Cool person here. What do you want?

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #27 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:48:07 AM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 02, 2011, 03:05:57 PM

I just grilled hot dogs for lunch.

Neener.

I had some left over smoked brats that I cooked Saturday when we had temps in the low 70s, 'sposed to hit -10 here tonight.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #28 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:47:19 AM »

Quote from: lee n. field

For you amusement: Frozen Wasteland.

Okay, that's Facebooked. Very well done.

DD

280plus · « **Reply #29 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:41:09 AM »

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I had some left over smoked brats that I cooked Saturday

You smoke your children and eat them later? Good thinking.

Oh, wait, you mean all kids aren't brats, just mine?

230RN · « **Reply #30 on:** February 03, 2011, 12:40:20 PM »

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Yeah, but our winters scare away all the free loading homeless hippies. No sleeping on the park benches tonight!

When I worked on the 16th Street Mall in Denver, I always wondered how come none of them seemed to need cigarettes or loose change for the bus or whatever when it was raining.

On a fine day, you could get hit up maybe two or three times.

Odd, wot?

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #31 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:56:58 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhHr7LCVQRw&feature=player_embedded

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:15:25 PM »

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:31:36 PM »

Quote from: Angel Eyes on February 03, 2011, 05:15:25 PM

Teh warming... it's globular-shaped!

280plus · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:32:48 PM »

It's the big glacier coming to get us!! Ahhhh!!

lee n. field · « **Reply #35 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM »

Quote from: drewtam on February 02, 2011, 07:34:22 PM

Yeah, but our winters scare away all the free loading homeless hippies. No sleeping on the park benches tonight!

Keeping the riff-raff indoors is way high on the short list of positive things about winter.

Bob F. · « **Reply #36 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:31:06 PM »

>>
> I just got off the phone with a friend in Montana.She said
> that since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist
> high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping below
> zero and the north wind is increasing.
> Her husband has done nothing but look through the
> kitchen window.
> She says that if it gets much worse, she may have to
> let him in.

stevelyn · « **Reply #37 on:** February 03, 2011, 08:24:07 PM »

Quote from: lee n. field on February 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM

Keeping the riff-raff indoors is way high on the short list of positive things about winter.

One of the main reasons I'm retiring to interior Alaska is that -40 F and colder winters tend to keep out all but the hardiest of riff-raff.......that and the fur brings more bucks.

230RN · « **Reply #38 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:10:48 PM »

Pardon me sir, but can you spare some loose pelts?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #39 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:11:01 PM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 02, 2011, 03:05:57 PM

I just grilled hot dogs for lunch.

Neener.

Okay, but you have to live in Arizona. You don't even get a proper winter. What is the advantage?

Pharmacology · « **Reply #40 on:** February 04, 2011, 03:02:52 AM »

There's about 1 or 2cm of ice on the roads in corpus christi, TX, and there were over 100 car accidents.

The people here...

280plus · « **Reply #41 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:33:01 AM »

I'll tell you what made me laugh. I was watching the news and they showed a truck sanding the road surrounded by other little trucks with lights a flashing and big yellow caution signs that said, "Sanding Operation". Meanwhil, as I laugh, I sit and wonder how I'm going to clear anything from the back roof which is 30+ feet above the ground. I sure as HELL ain't going up there.

Any ideas? I need like a plane de-icer and a bucket truck.

Hmmmm,,,,

280plus · « **Reply #42 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:51:59 AM »

I like the way you all yumped in there to help.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #43 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:55:03 AM »

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There's about 1 or 2cm of ice on the roads in corpus christi, TX

You're talking about America.

Use inches. If God wanted Texans or other Americans to use centimeters, we would have lost our wars against the Brits and Mexicans.

280plus · « **Reply #44 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:03:30 PM »

Heh, so the wife et all discovered this new thing. Roof melt. You throw these big pellets up there and they sit there and melt the ice. Great stuff except A; You better be able to throw accurately. I already missed the roof a couple times and sent a couple into orbit. Hope I don't hit any satellites but if you hear about any crashing down you don't know me.

B. Under present conditions the ones that DO manage to hit the roof,,,slide right back off

I'm thinking potato gun like device to launch them hard enough so they break through the ice layer.

BridgeRunner · « **Reply #45 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:38:43 PM »

Quote from: 280plus on February 04, 2011, 12:03:30 PM

I'm thinking potato gun like device to launch them hard enough so they break through the ice layer.

Hm. Let's shoot some non-uniform projectiles with enough force to break through an unspecified thickness of ice. At a roof. With a snow load and potential water damage. What COULD go wrong?

The only thing worse than water dripping the bedroom because of ice dams is water dripping in the bedroom because someone shot a bunch of holes in the roof.

280plus · « **Reply #46 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:03:46 PM »

Dammit, quit spoiling all my fun!

Actually, I figure if the angle is right they'll just ricochet off the roof if they don't stop.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #47 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:17:41 PM »

Snowmageddon didn't arrive. We were supposed to get the apocolypse: freezing rain all day yesterday, and then 3 inches of snow on top of it. What we got was a light dusting of freezing rain that stuck to roofs, barbeques, and overpasses. Texas weatherman winter forcast fail.

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #48 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:29:49 PM »

Several inches of snow in this part of Tejas. But the power stayed on.

SADShooter · « **Reply #49 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:44:21 PM »

Yeah. The .5 to 1 inch we were supposed to get here in DFW became 4-6. My pickup bed is half full. No complaints, though. I think the weight helped a bit as I skidded home.

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