Winter 2010 crapbox

last SG · 2010-12-11T04:37:10+00:00

What's the mpgs like on your new ride? I love wheeling and dealing. :PRe: leave. Aches and pains, haiz.Yes busy working at getting my tax figures ready for m...

jetta SG

Winter blues... It's been unseasonably cold for SD lately. Frost covered cars in the AM, so bloody inconvenient.

Meia Gisborn SG

It's raining hard outside right now. That's right... raining!

Then the precipitation is expected to turn to snow later tonight, with the temperature dipping below freezing, where it'll stay through the next few days.

I think it's an understatement to say that tomorrow morning's commute is going to be... interesting. I'm predicting at least a thousand spinouts on the roads in the metro area by midday tomorrow.

Ah, the joys of living and working in Minnesota...

Meia Gisborn SG

Winter blues... It's been unseasonably cold for SD lately. Frost covered cars in the AM, so bloody inconvenient.

Trade places with you?

jetta SG

Trade places with you?

I'd trade but not with you. Waddya think? I gotta deathwish??? Still *cannot* understand how you tolerate unbearable MN winters.

A rolling stone gathers no moss as they say and boy am I feeling it.

jetta SG

It's raining hard outside right now. That's right... raining!

Then the precipitation is expected to turn to snow later tonight, with the temperature dipping below freezing, where it'll stay through the next few days.

I think it's an understatement to say that tomorrow morning's commute is going to be... interesting. I'm predicting at least a thousand spinouts on the roads in the metro area by midday tomorrow.

Ah, the joys of living and working in Minnesota...

Speaking of rain, we've had lots lately. So unusual.

Meia Gisborn SG

I'd trade but not with you. Waddya think? I gotta deathwish??? Still *cannot* understand how you tolerate unbearable MN winters.

A rolling stone gathers no moss as they say and boy am I feeling it.

Whatever happened to your plans to float north back to Washington?

jetta SG

Not going to happen. We've thought it through and decided that financially, it's better to be here than up there. There's also the weather issue too. As you know I'm not a cold weather person. The hubster can no longer tolerate colder climates after so many years of being in warmer climes. As usual, the proverbial rollling stone gathers no moss and we are always thinking of moving. Being in one place longer than 3 years feels strange.

lostintransition SG

i heard washington area is getting it bad this year. my friend in seattle was complaining of temperatures colder than alaska and there's been snow too.

surprisingly....east coast is quite nice and toasty still. weird huh? i'm actually hoping for the snow to come soon.....

instead of flying to florida...we might actually start driving down south slowly on our own (maybe leave the week before xmas). hopefully, the weather will treat us kindly.

jetta SG

I'm feeling homesick.

MG, I hear a big winter storm is heading your way, if it hasn't pounded you guys yet. Hope you guys come out of it okay. Stay safe.

Meia Gisborn SG

I'm feeling homesick.

MG, I hear a big winter storm is heading your way, if it hasn't pounded you guys yet. Hope you guys come out of it okay. Stay safe.

Homesick? For Seattle or Singapore?

6" to 8" is what they're predicting for snowfall with this storm, which is expected to hit us late this afternoon and last until tomorrow morning. Nothing we can't handle--most Minnesotans don't bat an eyelid unless it's 12" or more.

lovegoddes SG

its pretty mild here in the east coast, compared to last year. last year we had 3 snow storms...

skid SG

So I shovel snow almost every day for 10 days then it warms up to a couple degrees above freezing making the snow weigh twice as much and I hurt my back! That was a couple days ago, the back feels much better now. Just a lil ice left in the driveway to scrape/chip away now.

Meia Gisborn SG

Back pain at your age?? You're getting old, dude!

Have you tried sprinkling some salt onto the driveway to help the snow melt faster?

jetta SG

Homesick? For Seattle or Singapore?

Singapore I guess. I'm just tired of being in SD.

skid SG

Singapore I guess. I'm just tired of being in SD.

You need to move to the boonies, Jamul or Pauma Valley, somewhere like that.

skid SG

Back pain at your age?? You're getting old, dude!

Have you tried sprinkling some salt onto the driveway to help the snow melt faster?

We have ice/snow melt stuff but only use it on the stepping stones between the back door of the house and the shop.

Meia Gisborn SG

Singapore I guess. I'm just tired of being in SD.

It might be worth mentioning that Singapore now is vastly different from the Singapore you knew growing up.

But you probably already know that.

jetta SG

You need to move to the boonies, Jamul or Pauma Valley, somewhere like that.

Eek! No mall, I no go.

jetta SG

It might be worth mentioning that Singapore now is vastly different from the Singapore you knew growing up.

But you probably already know that.

I hope to visit Sg sometime next year or so. I hope I won't be too shaken by what I see.

Re: Seattle. Now there is even less incentive to move there. We got word that our Grandmother didn't wake up yesterday morning. She was the glue that held us together. Now that she's gone...

ben1406 SG

I hope to visit Sg sometime next year or so. I hope I won't be too shaken by what I see.

Re: Seattle. Now there is even less incentive to move there. We got word that our Grandmother didn't wake up yesterday morning. She was the glue that held us together. Now that she's gone...

I'm so sorry to hear Jetta...