Comments | phlyingpig: Stupid Groundrat!

phlyingpig

Stupid Groundrat!

Mar 21, 2005 09:31

The stupid groundrat was correct -- there are six more weeks of winter. On Friday, we set an all-time record snowfall...the most in 24 hours. 19.6 inches! The children now officially HATE snow days since I made them go out and shovel every two hours. Luckily it wasn't too cold and the blowing doesn't drift our driveway like it does for some ( Read more... )

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snow here, too di_in_wi March 21 2005, 09:33:23 UTC

But not 19 inches! We got 5 inches Thursday night and another 5 Friday, but it was wet and slushy so it didn't look like that much (hard to shovel, though!). It has melted down to about 2 inches today (much deeper snow in the shade and bare ground in the sun). We had a beautiful, sunny day yesterday so I can't complain.

Loved your digression!

phlyingpig March 22 2005, 03:47:52 UTC

I'm glad to hear you guys didn't get dumped on. We are dropping the kids off there with my parents for a few days of "spring" break.

Did you walk your 10?

yup di_in_wi March 22 2005, 06:47:26 UTC

Walked 10 and it went well. Of course, I took a nap that afternoon!

sanguinity March 21 2005, 12:54:24 UTC

Leave the sidewalk? Well, only insane people would go walking when it's snowy out!

Here there's a law that you're responsible for the sidewalk, and if you don't shovel it and someone slips, you can be sued. (If you don't maintain it and someone trips on a tree-root crack, you can be sued, too.)

Happy second day of spring!

Yep! Same here phlyingpig March 22 2005, 03:49:13 UTC

Supposedly you have 24 hours to clear everything off. But I've never heard of anyone getting a ticket. Unfortunately, the worst offender up the street doesn't have a bus stop near her, otherwise, I think she'd be ticketed.

This is the same place that, when the last snow started melting, had a dead deer in her yard. I mean....how do you miss that? ewwwwwwww

Re: Yep! Same here sanguinity March 22 2005, 07:38:03 UTC

Ewwwww! If they were in grade-school, they would SO be called Dead Deer Family to their face for the next umpteen years!

namosi March 21 2005, 18:26:35 UTC

Snow and six more weeks of winter? We'll be most likely be having mandatory water restrictions in WA this year.

phlyingpig March 22 2005, 03:51:52 UTC

I saw that Montana was really hurting, too. Out here on the plains, we rely on the ground getting "good and frozen" and for good snow cover. We haven't had a water problem for a few years.

Actually, the six weeks would have ended on the 16th. Hmmm, that's no fair!