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Oh my, we are supposed to get snow. Had to stop at the store and get a new keyboard for my wife's computer. You would think we are at an apocalypse now. I've never seen as much Toilet Paper, Beer and milk in the check out lanes in my life. Wonder what they would do if we really got some deep snow.
DukeAllen
12-05-2013, 7:00pm
Oh my, we are supposed to get snow. Had to stop at the store and get a new keyboard for my wife's computer. You would think we are at an apocalypse now. I've never seen as much Toilet Paper, Beer and milk in the check out lanes in my life. Wonder what they would do if we really got some deep snow.
They'd give the kids cereal, then they'd get drunk and crap themselves, thus needing the toilet paper.
VatorMan
12-05-2013, 7:02pm
WalMart eh ?
All done here.
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad214/brinkmancorvette/6F3939B8-E3A6-4BD4-953D-80292B2EA947_zpsxehk2fpf.jpg
Sea Six
12-05-2013, 7:07pm
They'd give the kids cereal, then they'd get drunk and crap themselves, thus needing the toilet paper.
:funniest:
We're expecting 1/2 inch of ice here in North TX and many stores are already sold out of "emergency" stuff. Main difference down here is if it does ice (weatherman here predict the sky is falling more than anywhere else I've lived) it will all be gone in a day or two. So why the panic? :island14:
All done here.
Beautiful pic
lspencer534
12-05-2013, 7:31pm
We're expecting 1/2 inch of ice here in North TX and many stores are already sold out of "emergency" stuff. Main difference down here is if it does ice (weatherman here predict the sky is falling more than anywhere else I've lived) it will all be gone in a day or two. So why the panic? :island14:
Here, in the Deep South, the panic arises because we have no snow removal equipment, no one can drive on ice, and electricity invariably is lost. Spending a couple of days or even one with no electricity and maybe heat or way to cook gets pretty miserable in a hurry.
Not too worried about snowfall but did just pick up some new insulated boots and coveralls in preparation for Monday's expected high of 5.
Ol Timer
12-05-2013, 7:44pm
I'm waiting for a new air rifle that is now 2 days late due to snow. First day was due to bad weather in Colorado, now we are having a winter storm here.
Oh, well, I guess I can wait another day or so to kill a varmint!s
69camfrk
12-05-2013, 7:54pm
They'd give the kids cereal, then they'd get drunk and crap themselves, thus needing the toilet paper.
:rofl::rofl:
wwomanC6
12-05-2013, 7:55pm
Icing here in DFW! No snow for us! They are calling for ice and not to get above freezing until beginning of next week! Gonna be a mess!
Here, in the Deep South, the panic arises because we have no snow removal equipment, no one can drive on ice, and electricity invariably is lost. Spending a couple of days or even one with no electricity and maybe heat or way to cook gets pretty miserable in a hurry.
Where I am the power goes out if a squirrel jumps up and down on the wire. :) BTDT. I'd rather have a winter power outage than one in the middle of summer. At least the freezer and fridge stay cold... But I hear what you are saying. :cheers:
They'd give the kids cereal, then they'd get drunk and crap themselves, thus needing the toilet paper.
Umm, wait ~9 months and see what happens :)
JRD77VET
12-05-2013, 8:29pm
We're expecting 1/2 inch of ice here in North TX and many stores are already sold out of "emergency" stuff. Main difference down here is if it does ice (weatherman here predict the sky is falling more than anywhere else I've lived) it will all be gone in a day or two. So why the panic? :island14:
My late Dad ( born and raised in Pa ) said San Antonio, Texas was the worse place he was in for snow.
His exact quote
Nobody knows how to drive. Get on the second floor and hope nobody crashes into the house :lol:
Here, in the Deep South, the panic arises because we have no snow removal equipment, no one can drive on ice, and electricity invariably is lost. Spending a couple of days or even one with no electricity and maybe heat or way to cook gets pretty miserable in a hurry.
When my Dad moved to NC, he determined that the local govt thinking was " God brought it, God will take it away"
carlton_fritz
12-05-2013, 8:36pm
So if there is an emergency situation in my county or a county I go through to get to work, I don't have to risk it. But, if I drive to work and then we get the emergency, I can't leave. I would have to stay at work until it's cleared, which might be late Saturday.
Steve Austin
12-05-2013, 9:13pm
I live in Warrick county also. TV stations act like its an apocalypse or something.:Jeff '79:
Kerrmudgeon
12-05-2013, 9:17pm
All done here.
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad214/brinkmancorvette/6F3939B8-E3A6-4BD4-953D-80292B2EA947_zpsxehk2fpf.jpg
What a beautiful shot. :thumbs:
What a beautiful shot. :thumbs:
Sun dog to the right.
marrepka
12-05-2013, 10:05pm
Sun dog to the right.
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carlton_fritz
12-05-2013, 10:57pm
Sun dog to the right.
Too bad it didn't make last month's contest.
wwomanC6
12-06-2013, 9:09am
This white you see is not snow, it's sleet!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074437_resized_zps351b4ced.jpg
Chip checking out the ice!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074608_resized_zps631af555.jpg
Dale eating the ice!
Dale playing and rolling in the ice!
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wWomenC6 - looks a lot like the view from my house in Hurst.I am fortunate that my company gives all us IT guys laptops that are able to run our work desktops remotely. I get to "be at work" sitting in the comfort of my home. :thumbs: Hope you are out of the elements as well. :cheers:
Good day to wash a plane!!!
:hide:
wwomanC6
12-06-2013, 9:30am
:rofl:
Staying by the heater! :seasix:
kingpin
12-06-2013, 9:36am
This white you see is not snow, it's sleet!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074437_resized_zps351b4ced.jpg
Chip checking out the ice!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074608_resized_zps631af555.jpg
Dale eating the ice!
Dale playing and rolling in the ice!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074728_resized_zps088293a2.jpg
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dixonwl/Pets/20131206_074725_resized_zps1073474c.jpg
:bfd:
:D That would cause state of emergency around here to. But everyone would be looking for their hockey sticks and cutting up the couch cushions for hockey pads.
Cybercowboy
12-06-2013, 10:09am
They closed a bunch of schools at around noon yesterday. By 6 PM there was actually some accumulation of snow on the roads, perhaps 1/8". Oh noooooos!
We now have about 1.5" and it is lightly snowing. When I went to school the only time there was a snow day was when it was either icy or there was at least 6" of snow, and even then that would just be one day typically. They would put chains on the bus' tires and the stupid bus would come to pick us up. Stupid dumb bus.
In Illinois, where I went to grade school, snow days were pretty much unheard of. You'd just tough it out, walk to school in your snow pants and boots. The only one I remember them calling was when we had 20"+ snow. The snow plow came and put a huge berm of snow in front of our driveway before my dad got his Impala out on the road. I spent the entire morning with him shoveling the drive and that huge pile of snow the plow left. That was fun. Dad got to run the snow blower, I got a shovel.
Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 5:08pm
Got about 6" of snow and still falling. Most boring day Ive had in ages. No reason to go out in it. Just clicking on the computer and watching the snow fall. Saturday may be the same.:(
I live in Warrick county also. TV stations act like its an apocalypse or something.:Jeff '79:
Where about in Warrick County do you live? We are between Boonville and Chandler.
Got to work around 5 this morning. The roads weren't bad at all. The worst part was the white knuckle drivers doing 25 with a little sleet on the road. The way home was interesting with about 4 inches on the roads and not a plow in site.
X-Drive on the X5M is great. I tried to spin a little in our development and it just digs in and goes. I cleaned off about 8 inches on our driveway and it has about another two or three on it already.
The dogs run out do their business and want to come back in.
Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 5:30pm
Where about in Warrick County do you live? We are between Boonville and Chandler.
Chandler. Near the old Fisher Bros. lumber yard.:cert:
C5SilverBullet
12-06-2013, 5:34pm
This was taken just outside Evansville, IN.
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:lol:
Olustee bus
12-06-2013, 5:38pm
I live in Alabama and I can drive in snow very well. However, there have been a couple of instances where I forgot and was going too fast. I gotta really go somewhere if it is icy or snowing a lot.
C5SilverBullet
12-06-2013, 5:38pm
This is a friend of mine, he's the head basketball coach in Princeton, IN.
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Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 5:41pm
Princeton is about 20 miles north of Eville. I just looked out the window. The bed of my truck is over 1/2 full of snow. Level, one end to the other.
C5SilverBullet
12-06-2013, 5:46pm
Princeton is about 20 miles north of Eville. I just looked out the window. The bed of my truck is over 1/2 full of snow. Level, one end to the other.
Yeah, I grew up in Mt. Carmel, IL, just across the river from Princeton.
Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 5:50pm
Yeah, I grew up in Mt. Carmel, IL, just across the river from Princeton.
When I was a kid, I partied my brains out at the Pier 312 there.:D
It will be time to break out the snow blower again in the AM and clear our driveway out. It is nice having a three car garage but damn that driveway is long and wide.
The Christmas lights look nice in the snow. I might try to grab some pictures in a bit. I'm still warming up from being out in the snow with the dogs.
I know where Fishers brothers is. It was sad to see them close. They had a great selection of wood you couldn't find anywhere else. Neat old store inside, very nice people when I dealt with them. I usually get my gas at the Marathon over there. Now they are playing games with the price of premium I might just use the Shell over here in Boonville. Not worth the drive to save 4 cents a gallon.
I left work today around 1PM and the afternoon shift was already calling off for the storm. Our superintendent was sweating it out if we would have enough people to keep the lines running.
Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 6:05pm
Yes, I saw what they did with the price of premium yesterday when I filled up the C4. It likes premium too.:cert:
C5SilverBullet
12-06-2013, 6:50pm
I live in Warrick county also. TV stations act like its an apocalypse or something.:Jeff '79:
That last big snow was 2004-2005 right? They closed I-64 and everything, and it was only a foot or so. I had an AWD Escalade as a demo, and it was just me plowing down 64 on my way home. :lol:
carlton_fritz
12-06-2013, 7:02pm
My 35 minute drive to work became 2 hours home. Probably be 3 or more tomorrow morning in the dark.
Ol Timer
12-06-2013, 7:27pm
We got right at 8" here. Ask me how I know it's 8"! :leaving:
We got right at 8" here. Ask me how I know it's 8"! :leaving:
Cold though?!
Not looking forward to the drive to work at 4:30 in the morning.
Steve Austin
12-06-2013, 8:53pm
That last big snow was 2004-2005 right? They closed I-64 and everything, and it was only a foot or so. I had an AWD Escalade as a demo, and it was just me plowing down 64 on my way home. :lol:
I think that was the Dec 23 storm. 23 inches that time. There was about 12" on the ground when I left work in the Vette. Had some guys push me out of the parking lot. Barley got in the driveway at home when I got stuck. Best part is, 2 or 3 days later it all melted away.:cert:
polarbear
12-06-2013, 9:38pm
View off of the front porch this morning.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/eisbar46/Main/12062013_zpsf870413c.jpg
Currently 26 degrees with 40 mph winds.
http://polarbearaffair.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/polar_bear_food.gif
Currently 11 degrees here and snow drifts in the driveway. Almost time to brave the elements and take the dogs out in the yard to play.:hurray:
Steve Austin
12-07-2013, 9:22am
Colder than a well diggers ass. Got out my boots. Going to dig out my truck when it warms up a bit. :cert:
Sun melted the ice on the driveway. I hate using a deicer for fear of hurting our dogs pads. They like to romp on the driveway when the sun is out. One of them lays on the asphalt and takes in the heat to his old bones. He has arthritis pretty bad. Dogs only play in the snow for about 15 minutes then the snowballs form on the paws and they line up by the door to get back in the heat.
One of them is laying by the fireplace belly up taking in the heat from the fire. What a life.
:seasix:
Steve Austin
12-07-2013, 6:44pm
Sun melted the ice on the driveway. I hate using a deicer for fear of hurting our dogs pads. They like to romp on the driveway when the sun is out. One of them lays on the asphalt and takes in the heat to his old bones. He has arthritis pretty bad. Dogs only play in the snow for about 15 minutes then the snowballs form on the paws and they line up by the door to get back in the heat.
One of them is laying by the fireplace belly up taking in the heat from the fire. What a life.
:seasix:
I miss my pups. Had anywhere from 1 to 4 for the last 20+ years. Last one died, last year. Need to get some things out of the way before I get another. Two seems the best for me. Two will entertain themselves and require a bit less attention. Mine always get max attention anyway though.:cert:
I did clean off the truck and get out today. Highway is clear. Side streets, not so much. I'd say you knew that though.
Ol Timer
12-07-2013, 9:03pm
Levi and Ramona enjoying the snow. Mona ( wearing the black trunks) is about 7 years older than Levi, but still has him where she wants him:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/dlb102/_K3F3608_zpsf25c550c.jpg
Kids. Daughter, granddaughter, grandson, Mrs., Levi and Mona:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/dlb102/_K3F3626_zps8364c7de.jpg
This makes a winter storm worthwhile!
xXBUDXx
12-07-2013, 9:52pm
I'm waiting for a new air rifle that is now 2 days late due to snow. First day was due to bad weather in Colorado, now we are having a winter storm here.
Oh, well, I guess I can wait another day or so to kill a varmint!s
Pics of dead varmints?
Ol Timer
12-07-2013, 9:57pm
Pics of dead varmints?
You mean my soon to be ex son-in-law? How you feeling?
JRD77VET
12-07-2013, 9:58pm
Pics of dead varmints?
My friend John ( who owns a gun shop ) had his picture book sitting out. As I'm paging thru, I come across a picture of half a gopher.
I ask John about the picture. He had a bunch of parts and had a gunsmith friend assemble them. ( 6mm Shiloh barrel and a 40X action ). He ended up with an excellent shooting rifle in a wildcat round, 6mm-.284.
Using a old Unertl 36x target scope, he shot that gopher at 695 yards. The guy running the gopher shoot was so impressed with the shot he measured the distance using a surveyors wheel.
Ol Timer
12-07-2013, 10:08pm
Pics of dead varmints?
Shot this little fellow out by the barn some time back. With a 300mm Canon. He survived.
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n493/dlb102/BarnFox.jpg
A little romp in the yard till the snowballs formed on little paws
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Snow tracks, almost time to make more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/04z16/Winter%202013/12_07_2013_450_zpsc5773915.jpg
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