Noah's Snark! Get In Before The Flood...

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Been busy as heck here with work, storms, took my mom for surgery, and trying to get some fishing in. Hope everyone is staying warm and safe with all the weather going on across the country. We went from -30 actual temp in Thursday to 30 and freezing rain on Friday with a quick drop back down to -10 Friday night along with 40mhp winds and snow. Needless to say our roads SUCK!!! I told the Post Office that I wasn't going to haul any mail Friday night and stayed home. Last night I braved 350 miles of glare ice in the semi and got the mail out. It took me 4 more hours than it normally would. We hit our high of -18 today and are supposed to get -30 again tonight. BURRRR!!!
 
So, we got dumped on last night with white stuff. Proper storm. Now though, I get to play taxi. My aunt came to my parent's house last night. Now though she wants to go home. But she is worried about going home so I have to drive her.
 
Just got the call from work - Snow day tomorrow! Fortunately, that mean that if the little lady has to go in tomorrow morning, I'll be able to drive her there now.
 
ac700wildcat said:
Been busy as heck here with work, storms, took my mom for surgery, and trying to get some fishing in. Hope everyone is staying warm and safe with all the weather going on across the country. We went from -30 actual temp in Thursday to 30 and freezing rain on Friday with a quick drop back down to -10 Friday night along with 40mhp winds and snow. Needless to say our roads SUCK!!! I told the Post Office that I wasn't going to haul any mail Friday night and stayed home. Last night I braved 350 miles of glare ice in the semi and got the mail out. It took me 4 more hours than it normally would. We hit our high of -18 today and are supposed to get -30 again tonight. BURRRR!!!
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The weather there sounds terrible. I thought South Dakota was bad.
 
Murphnuge said:
Jeepers don't get snow days.
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I'll take a day off any day. They don't have to know that.... Besides, I'm running incognito up here in the city with my Silverado. All the Jeeps are in the Southern part of the state.

I should let you borrow the YJ sometime. You haven't lived until you've driven a Jeep with a Detroit locker in the rear on ice/snow.
 
Jerry D. said:
I'll take a day off any day. They don't have to know that.... Besides, I'm running incognito up here in the city with my Silverado. All the Jeeps are in the Southern part of the state.

I should let you borrow the YJ sometime. You haven't lived until you've driven a Jeep with a Detroit locker in the rear on ice/snow.
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Good plan, screw 'em!

You know where to find me, I don't want my friends seeing me driving behind square headlights.
 
Record lows expected in my hometown the next few days. They already cancelled school for at least Monday and probably Tuesday... between that and the Packers playing tonight, I bet the grocery/liquor stores were packed solid yesterday and this morning.
 
I've never seen it anywhere near that bad, but it could certainly happen.

I grew up in Wisconsin and sometimes miss those big storms that would sock us in.

It was never a big deal because we always had plenty of meat in the freezer. The whole basement, covering all the walls but a few feet, was lined with home canned veggies, fruits, jellys, jams, more meat, fish.
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Yeah, what he said... we just thought that was normal when I was a kid. Certainly when my grandparents were starting a family... they really had no choice but to "prep". Including firewood, extra can of gas or two, lantern/candles, all that fun stuff Beckerheads love. :) You might get real freaking tired of canned tomatoes and Bisquik pancakes/biscuits, but you wouldn't starve or freeze.

It's turning back around with the "prepping craze" but I think that kind of stocked larder is still less common than it was a couple decades ago.
 
Murphnuge said:
Good plan, screw 'em!

You know where to find me, I don't want my friends seeing me driving behind square headlights.
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Not everyone has to have a cushy Jeep with soft, comfortable coil springs. The YJ is about the only way to get a real Jeep, but with the 4.0.

Screw it, I'd take Murph's Jeep any day.

Edit: Here's how you make a snowman in the city. It's a little..... underwhelming.
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No snow here. Pretty odd for this time of the year. You'd expect at least one period of snow already, but nope... nothing. It's 13°C here, while it should be below freezing.

On a different note, I just saw 'Prisoners'. Must be one of the best movies I've seen the last few years.
 
I watched Apocalypto for the first time last night. I liked it.
 
The Warrior said:
I watched Apocalypto for the first time last night. I liked it.
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Dubs, you gotta read about the kid who played the main role. He got a 6 inch sliver in his foot while filming the chase scene and just kept running till they called cut. There is a great article about the kid, and the filming location.
 
Not going to lie...I'm thinking about opening a bottle of wine JUST so I can try that.
 
Silverthorn said:
Dubs, you gotta read about the kid who played the main role. He got a 6 inch sliver in his foot while filming the chase scene and just kept running till they called cut. There is a great article about the kid, and the filming location.
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Tried to find an article about it, but was unsuccessful.
 
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