I had fun with my car. It became a game to see which of us: me, or my roommate, could get the larger chunks of solid ice to remain intact as we pulled it from the car. Bonus points were given for molded parts of the automobile. Extra bonus points if you could read insigniae, etc.
I ended up doing some minor body damage to the car from the scraper, but, hey, I'm completely ice-free for the next go 'round, and I can open and close my doors.
We had freezing rain a few days ago. The street on one side of my house was an ice rink. I thought I'd take a leisurely drive to the convenience store, so when I made it to the stop sign about five blocks away, my car spun 180 degrees as I braked. (No ABS) Amazingly, I didn't crash into anything, so I took that as a sign that I should drive right back the way I came and wait until the ice melted.
I was going to visit a few old friends of mine in high school, forgetting, for the moment, that they had probably all long-since graduated their respective colleges and fled for warmer (or, at least, more metropolitan) climes. This realization came as a direct result of performing my own 180 in the middle of the street during the startings of the first Minnesotan snowstorm.
You're in OK where it's cold and icky and gross and I'm NOT! Hahahahahaha!
Seriously though, the weather there right now is serious business. Power outages for days on end and terrible ice... let me give you an excerpt from my mom's email today.
"Yes, there is a big ice storm. Power is out city-wide, so for entertainment you sit around and listen to the trees cracking and falling. Fun! I tend to keep walking through the house flipping light switches and wondering for a split second why the lights don't go on... DUHHH! Can you say 'blonde?' Dad and your sister are at home (probably napping since they were bored with listening to the trees crash and there's nothing much else to do). I'm at work because it's Finals time at TU so of course, they won't close. We do still have power at work at least, although it is 'blinking' a lot, and I suspect much of the power we do have is generator-driven. Hey, at least the microwave works! I was going to take Dad and Alison some fast food at lunch; there was no power anywhere
( ... )
I have been quite glad to be taking the bus to work.
However, discovering that the yard (the YARD. GRASS) is too slippery to carry the filled bags of leaves from the back yard to the front for the last leaf pickup of the year did not make me happy.
We're hoping in the morning we can carry them. There are about 10 bags back there.
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Le sigh.
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I ended up doing some minor body damage to the car from the scraper, but, hey, I'm completely ice-free for the next go 'round, and I can open and close my doors.
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At least you have power and/or internet and/or phone. :) That is always a good thing.
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I was going to visit a few old friends of mine in high school, forgetting, for the moment, that they had probably all long-since graduated their respective colleges and fled for warmer (or, at least, more metropolitan) climes. This realization came as a direct result of performing my own 180 in the middle of the street during the startings of the first Minnesotan snowstorm.
I have not been back since.
I guarantee it.
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Seriously though, the weather there right now is serious business. Power outages for days on end and terrible ice... let me give you an excerpt from my mom's email today.
"Yes, there is a big ice storm.
Power is out city-wide, so for entertainment you sit
around and listen to the trees cracking and falling. Fun!
I tend to keep walking through the house flipping
light switches and wondering for a split second why
the lights don't go on... DUHHH! Can you say 'blonde?'
Dad and your sister are at home (probably
napping since they were bored with listening to the trees
crash and there's nothing much else to do). I'm at work
because it's Finals time at TU so of course, they won't
close. We do still have power at work at least, although
it is 'blinking' a lot, and I suspect much of the power
we do have is generator-driven. Hey, at least the
microwave works! I was going to take Dad and Alison
some fast food at lunch; there was no power anywhere ( ... )
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If not, then I pray this isn't like last year, when Gail and I left for Illinois and came back through the largest ice storm I had ever seen.
Also... 75% of our backyard's trees are down. And most of the ones on our street are fallen as well.
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However, discovering that the yard (the YARD. GRASS) is too slippery to carry the filled bags of leaves from the back yard to the front for the last leaf pickup of the year did not make me happy.
We're hoping in the morning we can carry them. There are about 10 bags back there.
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