fourseasons

I come from a place where the only month of the year I haven't seen snow coming down from the sky is July.  I had shown up in these parts only a few weeks before the January 25, 2000 event and while walking up the middle of a non-plowed major street in DC after the snow stopped falling I realized that, yeah, it's different around here.

5 hours ago, Kay said:

Snowed in with Thai takeout = Good Planning

Plus supporting a small business.

Ah, yes, memories.

The day before onset, ordering Thai takeout to last me for several days because if I was going to go out and shovel every couple hours (wasn't waiting until the end) I wanted some Pad See Ew.  And thinking bad thoughts about the plow truck driver even though I knew he was just doing his job.  

It was rather peaceful being outside shoveling at 2 a.m.

3 hours ago, mattie g said:

Texas chili is meat, no beans!

Let's not even get into the NY Times recipe that featured peas as an ingredient in guacamole.  There was a justice on the TX Supreme Court who tweeted up a firestorm about the injustice of it.

8 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Just arrived for the reaction to COMMANDER FOOTBALL 

Y’all did not disappoint  

I am of the belief that plenty of people were fine with Washington Football Team because WFT could be changed to WTF when circumstances called for it.

Waits for the jokes the first time they're commanding the bottom of the NFC East...

Time to edit:  Watch until the end.

Big ouchie for Buffalo with a minute left.  Need a TD to win.

13 minutes ago, The Ole Bucket said:

As someone who is relocating to that area (ish) this year... this is actually extremely funny to me. STL considered its own thing when no other city gets that treatment. Great stuff.

Story about me and St. Louis, just because:  About a decade ago my mom and I went there because my grandma was unwell.  One morning, when watching the local news, there was a story about a neighborhood where the residents were concerned about how big and old the trees were and the damage they could cause to houses.  One resident was interviewed in front of her house, and I recognized it immediately.  It was the house my mom grew up in.

2 hours ago, vastateofmind said:

LOL. Nevada is part of the "west coast?" CT, OK and St. Louis are off on their own? TX and LA are lumped under the former? WTF even IS this hot garbage used for??

Why are Cape Girardeau and Southern Illinois considered to be part of St. Louis?

I'm also annoyed about the Eastern Canada thing.  East of Quebec is called the Maritimes.  And somehow the provinces west of Ontario don't seem to deserve any type of designation.

Panda time!

Godspeed Brigadier General Charles McGee of the Tuskegee Airmen, who has passed away at the age of 102.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2022/01/16/national-reaction-to-bizarre-ending-to-cowboys-playoff-loss-to-49ers/

One of them:  "...a truly remarkable symphony of failure by all parties involved".  That's pure poetry right there.

20 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

So a road trip could be Kentuck into Pleasant Gap followed by Tightsqueeze and then Climax. Just stay TF out of Lumpkin Forest with your Kentuck and all is good. 

Say hello to us.

---Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador

Sorry, I just have to do this:

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Skip it, unless you are into (doomed) love stories.

Watch Das Boot.

The mention of Das Boot reminds me of crossing a street in DC a bunch of years ago.  I had two tourists next to me and there was a gentleman on the other side of them.  They were looking at him with curiosity.

The walk sign showed up and off he went, followed by the three of us, and the following happened:

Tourist #1:  Is he who I think it is?

Tourist #2:  It is!  It's the guy from Hunt for Red October!

Me:  Yes, that's Senator Fred Thompson.

I'll blame this post on @stormtracker's post in the MLK Storm thread, but am I the only person around here who hasn't seen the movie Titanic?  I had no interest in seeing it when came out and it didn't take long to flesh out the ship-is-going-to-sink ending with she's engaged, she cheats, nudity is involved, loverboy drowns, her heart goes on.  Oh, and Celine Dion was on the radio singing about it every hour for months on end.

1 hour ago, Warm Nose said:

Tip for our pros. This seems more relevant than 'best worst-case scenario' maps:

That's lowballing it.

Sue Palka is going to quit doing the weather on Fox5 DC, but will stick around to do other stuff:

https://wtop.com/local/2022/01/fox-5-meteorologist-sue-palka-announces-retirement/

37 minutes ago, jon_snow said:

guyz give it to me straight, is this storm a bust for DCA?

Couldn't tell you, since I'm a gal.

7 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I’m rooting for GA

I have a feeling a considerable chunk of the country is rooting for GA.

31 minutes ago, Imgoinhungry said:

Was considering heading to OC for mlk weekend.  Drive home late Sunday.  What is the dealio w this storm?  Too early to tell?

Yes, it is too early to tell. 

34 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Let’s go Caps!

I'm not watching, but I understand Bergeron's nose has been rearranged courtesy of a Caps player's stick.

6 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

you gotta wonder if that late Chargers timeout pissed him off.

Al Michaels certainly suspected it.

The Raiders' QB just said it made a difference.

The Raiders' placekicker is right now Pittsburgh's favorite person; second is the head coach for going for the FG instead of settling for the tie.

4 minutes ago, nj2va said:

What a comeback. Let’s go tie!

The sky over Pittsburgh probably briefly turned blue when that last-second TD was scored.