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Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

I hope you have to shovel snow and your nuts somehow get stuck to a light pole.

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

I hope you have to shovel snow and your nuts somehow get stuck to a light pole.

Dan...I've told you a hundred times, I WILL NOT pretend that your chin is a light pole! It's nothing personal, I just don't roll like that!

G.I.Jim wrote:

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

I hope you have to shovel snow and your nuts somehow get stuck to a light pole.

Dan...I've told you a hundred times, I WILL NOT consider your chin a light pole! It's nothing personal, I just don't roll like that!

Ok...here's a better idea. You've probably never made a snow angel. Find the nearest highway and give it a whirl.

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

I hope you have to shovel snow and your nuts somehow get stuck to a light pole.

Dan...I've told you a hundred times, I WILL NOT consider your chin a light pole! It's nothing personal, I just don't roll like that!

Ok...here's a better idea. You've probably never made a snow angel. Find the nearest highway and give it a whirl.

Sorry to disappoint Dan, but I grew up in Canada... I know a thing about snow. You name it and I've probably done it in the snow! And to answer your next question...yes it did happen.

G.I.Jim wrote:

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

Saint John wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

I hope you have to shovel snow and your nuts somehow get stuck to a light pole.

Dan...I've told you a hundred times, I WILL NOT consider your chin a light pole! It's nothing personal, I just don't roll like that!

Ok...here's a better idea. You've probably never made a snow angel. Find the nearest highway and give it a whirl.

Sorry to disappoint Dan, but I grew up in Canada... I know a thing about snow. You name it and I've probably done it in the snow! And to answer your next question...yes it did happen.

i thought ths was gonna be about the Chili's. damn!

Jim, how much are ya'll getting? I just talked to my Dad who lives outside Charlotte and he said they were getting 3-4 inches, with some places supposed to have more.

Rhiannon wrote:Jim, how much are ya'll getting? I just talked to my Dad who lives outside Charlotte and he said they were getting 3-4 inches, with some places supposed to have more.

It's y'all. Dope.

Rick wrote:It's y'all. Dope.

It's whatever in the hell I want it to be...

Rhiannon wrote:

Rick wrote:It's y'all. Dope.

It's whatever in the hell I want it to be...

Rhiannon wrote:Jim, how much are ya'll getting? I just talked to my Dad who lives outside Charlotte and he said they were getting 3-4 inches, with some places supposed to have more.

They don't know yet, but you'd think it was y2k all over again! Funny as hell, they keep "breaking" news about snow. We're probably getting less than 1 inch, and probably NO accumulation on the roads. Just cracks me up how much they over-kill these few dustings we get.

When I first got stationed at Ft Jackson in '93, we had about 2 inches of snow fall one night. I had to drive about 30 miles to get home, and I'm NOT exaggerating when I say that I passed at LEAST 25 cars in the ditch. No injuries, just people driving too damn fast for conditions. People are idiots here when it comes to driving. I know they aren't used to driving in snow, but it's not rocket science!

I thought it's about this Snow ...




12 inches of Snow that is...

PowerChords wrote:I thought it's about this Snow ...




12 inches of Snow that is...

"A - lick-ey BOOM BOOM da-ahhnn..."

Rick wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Rick wrote:It's y'all. Dope.

It's whatever in the hell I want it to be...

That is assuming we southerners can spell southern slang..................................... we just go with a sound and wing it!

Guzinta- 4 guzinta 20, 5 times...........

artist4perry wrote:

Rick wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Rick wrote:It's y'all. Dope.

It's whatever in the hell I want it to be...

That is assuming we southerners can spell southern slang..................................... we just go with a sound and wing it!

Guzinta- 4 guzinta 20, 5 times...........

I saw a bumper sticker once that said "Idenit". That's all it said. I laughed all the way to work.

Rick wrote:

artist4perry wrote:

Rick wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Rick wrote:It's y'all. Dope.

It's whatever in the hell I want it to be...

That is assuming we southerners can spell southern slang..................................... we just go with a sound and wing it!

Guzinta- 4 guzinta 20, 5 times...........

I saw a bumper sticker once that said "Idenit". That's all it said. I laughed all the way to work.

See but that shirt is all wrong! It should say "Whut pert o Y'all don u unerstan"

G.I.Jim wrote:When I first got stationed at Ft Jackson in '93, we had about 2 inches of snow fall one night. I had to drive about 30 miles to get home, and I'm NOT exaggerating when I say that I passed at LEAST 25 cars in the ditch. No injuries, just people driving too damn fast for conditions. People are idiots here when it comes to driving. I know they aren't used to driving in snow, but it's not rocket science!

I'd believe it! In late February of '96 we had 1/4 of an inch in Florence and they closed schools! Which was fine by me...
The way they drive in winter weather is insanity, too. These people are out in hurricanes and tropical storms but a few flakes start swirling around and they'll just flip the car in the road because it must be the thing to do.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry! A few weeks ago when I left work, I had to clear
5 inches of snow off of my car and it had only been sitting 4 hours since my lunch break!
The only thing that ever closed down my school was a bomb threat (coincidentally on an
exam day).

Rhiannon wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:When I first got stationed at Ft Jackson in '93, we had about 2 inches of snow fall one night. I had to drive about 30 miles to get home, and I'm NOT exaggerating when I say that I passed at LEAST 25 cars in the ditch. No injuries, just people driving too damn fast for conditions. People are idiots here when it comes to driving. I know they aren't used to driving in snow, but it's not rocket science!

I'd believe it! In late February of '96 we had 1/4 of an inch in Florence and they closed schools! Which was fine by me...
The way they drive in winter weather is insanity, too. These people are out in hurricanes and tropical storms but a few flakes start swirling around and they'll just flip the car in the road because it must be the thing to do.

The south has no equipment suitable enough to clear the roads, couple that with, yes bad drivers, who think you can drive 90 miles an hour in slick conditions, and you have closings. Not that I cry any..............you get a day off! LOL!

G.I.Jim wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:Jim, how much are ya'll getting? I just talked to my Dad who lives outside Charlotte and he said they were getting 3-4 inches, with some places supposed to have more.

They don't know yet, but you'd think it was y2k all over again! Funny as hell, they keep "breaking" news about snow. We're probably getting less than 1 inch, and probably NO accumulation on the roads. Just cracks me up how much they over-kill these few dustings we get.

When I first got stationed at Ft Jackson in '93, we had about 2 inches of snow fall one night. I had to drive about 30 miles to get home, and I'm NOT exaggerating when I say that I passed at LEAST 25 cars in the ditch. No injuries, just people driving too damn fast for conditions. People are idiots here when it comes to driving. I know they aren't used to driving in snow, but it's not rocket science!

People in Florida can't even drive in the rain. I can't imagine what would happen if it ever snowed here.

I can't believe this b.s. of closing schools for a COUPLE inches of snow. Freakin' pansies!
Y'all see 4 snowflakes and act like an avalanche is coming.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:I can't believe this b.s. of closing schools for a COUPLE inches of snow. Freakin' pansies!
Y'all see 4 snowflakes and act like an avalanche is coming.

I think it depends on the area. Eastern KY schools, for example, close in what would seem to some as unesessary conditions, but they have lots of two lane, treacherous roads and absolutely no snow clearing equipment, so the closing become a necessity to keep the students (particularly the ones who ride the bus) safe.
In the bluegrass area, we have better, less treacherous roads, salt trucks, etc, and the schools hardly ever close.
I think for the rest of the south, it depends. Most of the deep South NEVER gets any snow, so what little they might, could seem ( right or wrong) treacherous to them. When I was in grad school, we took a caravan to a conference up in Knoxville, where about 16 inches of snow had been dumped on the area. As we got closer, one of the girls driving in front of us (from New Orleans, incidentally) had us pull over and made me drive. She was just freaked out by driving in those conditions! SO it's really all what you're used to. I dare say many of you Northern folk would have quite a time surviving a Gulf coast Summer, when the temp is routinely in the high 90's with 100% humidity.

Rhiannon wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:When I first got stationed at Ft Jackson in '93, we had about 2 inches of snow fall one night. I had to drive about 30 miles to get home, and I'm NOT exaggerating when I say that I passed at LEAST 25 cars in the ditch. No injuries, just people driving too damn fast for conditions. People are idiots here when it comes to driving. I know they aren't used to driving in snow, but it's not rocket science!

I'd believe it! In late February of '96 we had 1/4 of an inch in Florence and they closed schools! Which was fine by me...
The way they drive in winter weather is insanity, too. These people are out in hurricanes and tropical storms but a few flakes start swirling around and they'll just flip the car in the road because it must be the thing to do.

G.I.Jim wrote: Sorry to disappoint Dan, but I grew up in Canada... I know a thing about snow. You name it and I've probably done it in the snow! :shock: And to answer your next question...yes it did happen.

Deb wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote: Sorry to disappoint Dan, but I grew up in Canada... I know a thing about snow. You name it and I've probably done it in the snow! :shock: And to answer your next question...yes it did happen.

LMAO!

Wow, look at Deb over here sneaking up on us with the funniest post of the day. Kudos.

G.I.Jim wrote:Dan...I HAD to be the first to let you know that Columbia's actually supposed to get some snow tonight. They've already closed my son's school for tomorrow, and I guess I get to have a 4-day weekend now. They're making a huge deal about it here, because we hardly ever get snow. Damn southerners... Just thought you'd want to know!

Everybody s got or getting snow but me .I got to drive 5 hours to see snow.I love the shit

bluejeangirl76 wrote:I can't believe this b.s. of closing schools for a COUPLE inches of snow. Freakin' pansies!
Y'all see 4 snowflakes and act like an avalanche is coming.

Oh, closing schools because of a couple inches of snow is NORMAL down here. Combination of inadequate snow-clearing equipment, and a bunch of people who panic when the white stuff starts to fall. We have plenty of horror stories about not clearing roads with 6" of snow, then having them freeze to solid ice for a week and the whole town shuts down.

Now, just to make sure EVERYBODY up there thinks we are incompetant idiots, back in the mid 80s, Winston-Salem was forecast for a little bit of snow, and they didn't close schools. What was supposed to be a very minimal snowfall started increasing considerably, and the county was then forced to cancel school at about 11:00AM, and get all the children home. I don't remember the totals, but it was probably between 6-8" that eventually hit the ground.
A couple of weeks later, another storm was forecast to hit the triad. To avoid the embarassment of the previous episode, the decision was made to cancel school that day, so as to not have another mess. As you might correctly guess, it didn't snow one flake that day.

You northeners just don't understand....North Carolina has cancelled school on the THREAT of snow before. A couple of inches is just about a national crisis---oh, and if you haven't heard, Raleigh area has just been declared as a state of emergency by the governor's office.

Now, too bad we don't have any decent ski slopes around here....

kgdjpubs wrote:Now, just to make sure EVERYBODY up there thinks we are incompetant idiots, back in the mid 80s, Winston-Salem was forecast for a little bit of snow, and they didn't close schools. What was supposed to be a very minimal snowfall started increasing considerably, and the county was then forced to cancel school at about 11:00AM, and get all the children home. I don't remember the totals, but it was probably between 6-8" that eventually hit the ground.

This sounds just like the winter of 92-93? I was living in Greensboro at the time attending Guilford Co. schools and I remember that February having about 7" of snow and schools were closed for a week.

Later on, in the winter of 99-00, living in Virginia we came back from Christmas break on Jan 2 (I think)... two days later it started snowing mid-morning and they sent us home with chains on the bus tires and scaling steep curvy mountain roads... scariest bus ride of my life. Schools were closed the rest of the week. Then that weekend it snowed again... and again the following Wednesday... this pattern of snow went on for a couple of weeks. Though there was never more than 3-6" on the ground at once, it was enough to keep us out of class. (Side story, in the early '70s my mom had a similar school year winter and they had to go on Saturdays to make it up.) We finally went back the week of Valentine's Day. Which sucked because we got no Spring Break, no Memorial Day, and were in school until June 21st that summer. And that's when they decided to push the start date up in case of another snowy winter.

So we went back that fall on Aug. 8th. We were all pissed ALL year until we realized in March that we were going to be done with the year by May 25th.

/storytime.

Rhiannon wrote:This sounds just like the winter of 92-93? I was living in Greensboro at the time attending Guilford Co. schools and I remember that February having about 7" of snow and schools were closed for a week.

Later on, in the winter of 99-00, living in Virginia we came back from Christmas break on Jan 2 (I think)... two days later it started snowing mid-morning and they sent us home with chains on the bus tires and scaling steep curvy mountain roads... scariest bus ride of my life. Schools were closed the rest of the week. Then that weekend it snowed again... and again the following Wednesday... this pattern of snow went on for a couple of weeks. Though there was never more than 3-6" on the ground at once, it was enough to keep us out of class. (Side story, in the early '70s my mom had a similar school year winter and they had to go on Saturdays to make it up.) We finally went back the week of Valentine's Day. Which sucked because we got no Spring Break, no Memorial Day, and were in school until June 21st that summer. And that's when they decided to push the start date up in case of another snowy winter.

So we went back that fall on Aug. 8th. We were all pissed ALL year until we realized in March that we were going to be done with the year by May 25th.

/storytime.

Did you eat a fuckin' Farmer's Almanac or something?