January Banter 2026

[mappy]

1 hour ago, mitchnick said:

Boy, do I miss driving on Ritchie Highway.....NOT!

 

Same friend, same. Grew up in Pasadena and in a neighborhood not far from Ritchie. Seriously the worst. My mom is still down there and I avoid it as much as possible when I go to visit. 

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

I've got early intel on Punxsutawney Phil's upcoming decision next week:

[ravensrule]

2 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Unfortunate coincidence. Could've been partying in an absurd mansion in Aspen. But I don't like traveling during the winter in case it snows here, so all good anyway. Not upset at all 

That’s a real man, snow before partying is a mansion in Aspen. 

[nj2va]

We’re going on a cruise out of FLL on Sunday…the forecast Sunday morning is wind chills in the 20s and a high of 52.  Yeesh.

[NorthArlington101]

That’s a real man, snow before partying is a mansion in Aspen. 

The surgery provided a convenient excuse

[mdhokie]

23 hours ago, ThePhotoGuy said:

Really should have gotten into the snow removal business with this storm. On a few local Facebook groups, people are making $200+ to clear home sidewalks/driveways. 

That might be a fair price, depending on size. Someone in my neighborhood with a medium size driveway had a crew come in to clear it after everything had frozen into concrete. Took 5 guys with landscape shovels over 45mins. No clue how much she paid but assuming at least $30/hr per person. 

Landscape companies are raking it in. Saw a convoy of trucks loaded with snow, with a bobcat on a trailer. Some of these townhouse communities have no where to put it all. 

[ErinInTheSky]

1 hour ago, mdhokie said:

That might be a fair price, depending on size. Someone in my neighborhood with a medium size driveway had a crew come in to clear it after everything had frozen into concrete. Took 5 guys with landscape shovels over 45mins. No clue how much she paid but assuming at least $30/hr per person. 

Landscape companies are raking it in. Saw a convoy of trucks loaded with snow, with a bobcat on a trailer. Some of these townhouse communities have no where to put it all. 

On reddit people were paying $450 for a full driveway. 

[Scraff]

Wild Caps win! Love it! Man I hope Chucky is ok though. 

[pazzo83]

9 hours ago, ErinInTheSky said:

Aaaand MCPS closed

lol what a joke.  DCPS is 2 hr delay (was today and tomorrow).

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, SnowenOutThere said:

UVA canceled (all online) Monday and Tuesday with a 10am start yesterday and now it’s back to normal. They did an incredible job internally with ice removal but Charlottesville is a complete mess so a ton of professors are self canceling. 

After PD2 I think we missed like 3 or 4 straight days.  Same as this stuff, they couldn't plow that shit (we got like 6+" of sleet).

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

UVA didn't mess around with their removal when I was a student there. Pretty darn good... only day I had trouble was during COVID trying to get to grounds during an ice storm. That was a little stupid. 

I remember going into UVA, folks were like "UVA didn't even cancel classes during the Civil War!!" etc.  Then, they cancelled classes for Hurricane Isabel, PD2, and a number of other storms over the next couple of years.

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, SnowenOutThere said:

It was honestly really impressive. Though only having ohill open for three days was rough for some people on Sunday and Monday. I just survived off my Saturday 6am wegmans bakery run  

Is the Treehouse still there?