I guess we're going to work or school on Wednesday...

Anonymous
I lived in Philadelphia during the John Street years. For all his failings, he had a great program: people who owned 4x4 trucks could buy a plow attachment at a discount, and plow the side streets in exchange for really good tickets to Phillies games. I don't know how the liability thing worked out, but he got streets cleared that hadn't seen a plow in a generation. My nextdoor neighbor was one of those gung-ho manly men, and you could see him just waiting for that first flake to fall so he could get out in it and do epic battle with the forces of nature. And he shared the Phillies tickets he couldn't use! All win.

As for why locals don't put their blades to the road surface: our streets aren't smooth enough. You'd warp your plow attachment in the first block if you did that in DC.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Go away party pooper! Snow is fun! ....Well, not 15 feet of it like we got last year, but a nice frosting to make everything lovely and wintery is IMO the only thing that makes winter bearable.

I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


Snow is fun in areas where road crews know how to clear it quickly and effectively. It's not fun here. Here it's awful and inconvenient. Here schools let out hours early but the roads are so bad the school bus rolls around near it's regular time. Here snow plows don't put their blades on the road and create larger icing issues. Here people will drive either 70mph or 5mph and go off the road. Too fast and you loose traction. Too slow and you loose momentum and traction. Here people still hit the breaks like they would on dry roads and just slide through the stop signs.

Snow is fun other places.


Oh please! People drive that way here when it rains, of course they're gonna drive like idiots in the snow. Gotta make it to the store to get 20 gallons of milk, 100 lbs of bread and eggs, and enough tp for when all of it comes back out again!
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


See, I deliberately DIDN'T wear my snow boots this morning, thinking that if I'm unprepared, we're sure to get slammed.


That's why I haven't gotten my kids a sled yet!
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy!! Snow sucks. If anyone knows of somewhere on the east coast I can move where it doesn't snow/ice and still has bearable summers, Lmk.


Just move to PA -- they get snow, but the road crews clear it in freaking minutes. I grew up there and we only had snow days for 18+"!

Plus, the summers aren't disgusting and swampy humidity-fests. Ah, DC, you task me!


I agree, PP. Former Scrantonian here. The snow is 18+ inches and all you get a 1.5 or 2 hour delay.

Here - before a flake falls, schools/work is closed. I LOVE IT!


Haha, here's to PA snowbirds! Did your dad also teach your how to drive by making you do donuts in the snow in a grocery store parking lot?

(I also secretly love all the snow days, and love being able to complain about them -- really having my cake and eating it too )
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Go away party pooper! Snow is fun! ....Well, not 15 feet of it like we got last year, but a nice frosting to make everything lovely and wintery is IMO the only thing that makes winter bearable.

I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


Oh my... I promised my daughter the morning of our last snow that we'd go play in it.. At noon, we were finally ready to go play, and it was GONE!!! My poor daughter was outside looking for the few snowflakes that were left...
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Haha, here's to PA snowbirds! Did your dad also teach your how to drive by making you do donuts in the snow in a grocery store parking lot?


Ohio native, and church parking lot, but yes! A cop came to tell us to stop, but when dad explained what we were doing, he said "oh, ok then".
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy!! Snow sucks. If anyone knows of somewhere on the east coast I can move where it doesn't snow/ice and still has bearable summers, Lmk.


Just move to PA -- they get snow, but the road crews clear it in freaking minutes. I grew up there and we only had snow days for 18+"!

Plus, the summers aren't disgusting and swampy humidity-fests. Ah, DC, you task me!


I agree, PP. Former Scrantonian here. The snow is 18+ inches and all you get a 1.5 or 2 hour delay.

Here - before a flake falls, schools/work is closed. I LOVE IT!


Haha, here's to PA snowbirds! Did your dad also teach your how to drive by making you do donuts in the snow in a grocery store parking lot?

(I also secretly love all the snow days, and love being able to complain about them -- really having my cake and eating it too )


OMG - TOTALLY!! the Acme parking lot, with my younger sister in the back seat (no seatbelt, of course!). hilarous!

Thanks for reminding me of that. i actually damaged his car when I ran it onto a snow bank. good times!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Go away party pooper! Snow is fun! ....Well, not 15 feet of it like we got last year, but a nice frosting to make everything lovely and wintery is IMO the only thing that makes winter bearable.

I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


Snow is fun in areas where road crews know how to clear it quickly and effectively. It's not fun here. Here it's awful and inconvenient. Here schools let out hours early but the roads are so bad the school bus rolls around near it's regular time. Here snow plows don't put their blades on the road and create larger icing issues. Here people will drive either 70mph or 5mph and go off the road. Too fast and you loose traction. Too slow and you loose momentum and traction. Here people still hit the breaks like they would on dry roads and just slide through the stop signs.

Snow is fun other places.


Can you elaborate on this? Why wouldn't they put the blades on the road? (Displaced southerner here!)


I don't know about the truth of the original statement, but if it is true, my guess is they don't put them on the road because they don't want to completely tear the roads up (which happens anyway, but would probably be a million times worse if the blades were against the roads).


No... If they put the blades on the road, all of the snow is gone, leaving behind only a wet road, which will freeze and create a lot of black ice.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Go away party pooper! Snow is fun! ....Well, not 15 feet of it like we got last year, but a nice frosting to make everything lovely and wintery is IMO the only thing that makes winter bearable.

I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


Snow is fun in areas where road crews know how to clear it quickly and effectively. It's not fun here. Here it's awful and inconvenient. Here schools let out hours early but the roads are so bad the school bus rolls around near it's regular time. Here snow plows don't put their blades on the road and create larger icing issues. Here people will drive either 70mph or 5mph and go off the road. Too fast and you loose traction. Too slow and you loose momentum and traction. Here people still hit the breaks like they would on dry roads and just slide through the stop signs.

Snow is fun other places.


Can you elaborate on this? Why wouldn't they put the blades on the road? (Displaced southerner here!)


I don't know about the truth of the original statement, but if it is true, my guess is they don't put them on the road because they don't want to completely tear the roads up (which happens anyway, but would probably be a million times worse if the blades were against the roads).


No... If they put the blades on the road, all of the snow is gone, leaving behind only a wet road, which will freeze and create a lot of black ice.


Huh? Lots of states plow the roads down to the asphalt, including my native state. We just use salt to lower the melting point, which also aids in evaporation, leaving dry roads after about a day. You're more likely to get ice if you leave snow ON the road!
Anonymous
Step off, snow lovers. 9:38 is totally right. I don't know what kind of jobs you all have, but a "day off" for me is nothing but, even though I am a Fed. I still have the same amount of work to do, and it's due at the same time. Now I just get to deal with a hard commute and school delayed openings/early closings. Royal PITA.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy!! Snow sucks. If anyone knows of somewhere on the east coast I can move where it doesn't snow/ice and still has bearable summers, Lmk.


Just move to PA -- they get snow, but the road crews clear it in freaking minutes. I grew up there and we only had snow days for 18+"!

Plus, the summers aren't disgusting and swampy humidity-fests. Ah, DC, you task me!


I agree, PP. Former Scrantonian here. The snow is 18+ inches and all you get a 1.5 or 2 hour delay.

Here - before a flake falls, schools/work is closed. I LOVE IT!

Dunder, Mifflin, ftw!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Step off, snow lovers. 9:38 is totally right. I don't know what kind of jobs you all have, but a "day off" for me is nothing but, even though I am a Fed. I still have the same amount of work to do, and it's due at the same time. Now I just get to deal with a hard commute and school delayed openings/early closings. Royal PITA.


There's more to life than work. Remember a little concept called "joy"? It's what happens when you let other worries slide for a minute, and concentrate on catching a snowflake on your tongue. Or when you watch your dog/cat/child experience snow for the first time. (Well, with a lot of pets, each time is the first time...)

Here, watch this. http://www.simonscat.com/snowbusiness.html
Anonymous
If we get four inches of snow tomorrow, I think school will be closed, at least here in PG County. They sent kids home early this afternoon because of the threat of a snowflake!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I'm wearing snow boots and thinking snowy thoughts. I hope we get a real snow that lasts longer than noon this time!


See, I deliberately DIDN'T wear my snow boots this morning, thinking that if I'm unprepared, we're sure to get slammed.


You must wear your pajamas on BACKWARDS tonight & we will get a snow day tomorrow. it is a sure thing!


And flush ice cubes down the toilet.
Anonymous
Snow. Snow. Snow.

I want enough to close schools (which face it - here isn't much) so I have an excuse to take the day off (sorry can't work, gotta watch my kid) and go sledding!

Sure, sure my to-do list doesn't get any shorter and I'll pay for it another day. But everytime I get something done, they just load me up with more anyways.

I want snow.
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