Comments on: Who Needs A Bullet Bra?

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:30:52 +0000

True. The sun hitting the ice is absolutely gorgeous. Then again, we’re now under a flood warning thanks to so much ice melting and hitting the creek all at once.

Frying pan, fire.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:21:38 +0000

At least the sun was shining today. Yes, it was cold but if the sun shines it makes my outlook a lot better.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:51:37 +0000

Do you know how much we would love precipitation of any kind?

And would LOVE LOVE LOVE some snow! Everybody else is wearing their shorts but I put mine away.

It is 80 here. I had to run the A/C in the car today.

I know that’s not a very nice thing to tell you. Seems like we could work out a deal with God. You get some warmth, we get some coolth and some wetteth.

Hope the heater guy shows up and makes the inside of your house a tropical rainforest — without the rain.

By: twoma

twoma — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:06:23 +0000

Hey VK, I’m in the saddle at 0700 as usual this morning. No Big Deal. When we lived out on the farm (west of Desoto, KS) snow days were spent with the fire placeburning, Monopoly on the floor and baked apples and popcorn. The best of times.

By: infidel

infidel — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:25:20 +0000

Its going to be in the 80′s today in Atlanta ,a record high ,thats just to weird

By: J. Otto Tennant

J. Otto Tennant — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:19:04 +0000

One advantage of living further north, even though there is colder weather (it is 20°F, according to the weather sites) and more snow, is that there are no ice storms. (Here, BTW, is the Twin Cities.)

I remember, from years ago, living near Pittsburgh. One morning, while I was attending “charm school” for my employer, going out to find my car covered with a half-inch coating of ice. I could not even open the doors of the thing, until after hours of chipping away. (“Charm school”, again BTW, was my employer’s failed attempt to teach me how to be a manager.)

After I got the driver’s side door to open, I started the car and let it sit, running, for a couple of hours. This enabled me to chip some ice off of the windsheild.

Of course, in hilly PGH, driving was still an enormous challenge. A few streets were sanded and salted, but many were still very difficult. Fortunately, few people were driving, so as I slalomed down one street, I did not hit anything.

When I got to my apartment, I was pleased that I still had power; something it took a week to restore to places slightly south. (Of course, the reason for the power failures was that the state regulatory commission did not allow the utilities to trim the trees back.)

I sympathize with the problems in and around Kansas City. It has been 30 years since I had similar problems. (30 inches of snow may limit your mobility, but it doesn’t (usually) cause power to fail.)

Speaking as an unreconstructed male chauvinist pig, I would think that VH would enjoy warming you and your [well, I've said enough.]

By: wg

wg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:36:35 +0000

Incidentally, yes, that is actually more information abuot your nipples than I was actually prepared to be okay with. Look on the bright side, though – if all keeps going that way, and you need to cut your way out of a frozen shell, now you have something to do it with. :/ lol

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:45:05 +0000

It’s getting hard to keep track of you two Chelles! I know what you mean about fond memories of bad weather days. I’m sure my son will remember them one day as the times when Daddy stayed home in his PJs just like us.

Bryan, the VH agrees but says that it’s true even of teachers whose students are adults. The only hard part is wondering why, at least at Ft. Leavenworth, they don’t make the closing announcement the night before so he could enjoy the sleep in. (This time, at least, they’ve said there’s a 2-hour delayed opening.)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:44:47 +0000

Pretty good chance of no school tomorrow, so I will probably be in my jams playing with my kids in the morning. Teachers love snow days just as much as kids….I just hope we don’t lose power…that would suck.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:57:16 +0000

My parents think I’m nuts. They live about 2 hrs. north of you. I’m stuck in middle GA where the only sign of winter is the rise in crime rates and the grass turning brown. Right now I envy even an ice storm with power outages that last for days. Some of my favorite memories of childhood and when my oldest two were little are when the ice storms knocked out electricity for a day or two and we spent our time gathered around the kerosene heaters with books, card and board games and the battery powered radio. Seems like the only memories I have the oldest two not fighting and destroying the house.