Just got an e-mail from my daughters school they will close today at noon because of the weather.
Looks like daddy gets a 1/2 day off today! ::Bleh::
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Just got an e-mail from my daughters school they will close today at noon because of the weather.
Looks like daddy gets a 1/2 day off today! ::Bleh::
No word of that here yet. White stuff is falling from the sky though.....
Yikes! It must be the white death they were speaking of on WBAP this morning!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpie
Yep... the white stuff just reached the PGBTW.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpie
Whoo Hoo::Banana:: We just got the word up here we are closing at noon.
supposed to be 72 here today...
guess I'll just he stuck in my cube if ya need me.....
YAY!
I'm driving back from San Antonio today... in the Miata...
Nothing happening over here in McKinney:(
I went in this morning, but left about 12:45 to head home. On 635 westbound it was either dry as a bone or frozen solid... nothing inbetween.
BTW, can anyone explain to me why Texas drivers insist on slamming on their brakes while they're crossing icy patches, and nowhere else? :scratch: ::Drive2::
Buncha %*$@(!& idiots.
Little ice pellets are hitting the window as I type this. Brrr...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim the Teacher
Not looking forward to driving to and from work tonight.
BTW, FedEx doesn't close due to weather. :(
Yea I called in, no way im driving the Miata 30 miles west in this crap...plus the wife is home ::Naughty:
Neither do we... :(:(Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
Ofcourse you guys dont. Someone needs to keep an eye on the sky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
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I'm a teacher, and I didn't get any time off today or tomorrow.
Working at home has benefits, but when the wife gets sent home because of weather and I'm still in the office slaving away, it is hard to remember the benefits.
Yeah well I was doing between 45-50 on 82 coming from Sherman, right lane was pretty clear, but the left lane was all ice and I had rednecks in huge trucks PASSING me going like 70. Idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
YEEOUCH - plenty of wrecks coming up I-35... and plenty of idiots driving 60-70 in trucks and SUVs... I was sliding around like crazy and had enough... I found a room in Waco.
RJ
Well no school tomorrow! My daughter is thrilled! ::Banana::
Yea, luckly my job sucks enough I dont normally go in till 3:00.
Just heard my school is only delayed 2 hours, so no algebra :cheers: but still have theater and humanities. At least I'm off work.
I dont work until 9:30, but I figure we are going to be open. I dont think a few hours are going to make a difference either. It isnt supposed to get much over freezing. I guess Ill leave extra early.
Well, I'm one of the few in the office today - I expect the rest are hoping for an "ice day", but good luck to them, the roads coming in were pretty much clear.
Unlike last night - ventured out for some Southern Comfort (it's cold out there!) and there were people driving at 60 up the sheet ice street, weaving in and out of each other whilst sliding sideways. Or, the other extreme - the guy in front of me (about 50 yards, I leave a BIG gap in this stuff) who slowed to 5mph going UP the hill out of work... rear end goes left, rear end goes right, repeat!
THATS A HELLUVA PLAN! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiliwizz
i dont think ive had any of that before (quite unexperienced in the ways of Kiliwizz) should i buy anything else like 7up or orange juice? (or god forbid, milk?) or is it something you take straight up and/or on the rocks?
It took me an hour and 35 minutes to drive from Flower Mound to Denton, about 22 mile trip, but the back roads I drive were at a stand still so pick ups could spin there way to to the top of each hill.
I finally lost my patience went into the on coming lane and motored by 6 cars waiting for this poor spinning s-10.
I was happy to see school closed so I didn't have to worry about getting hit by someone not being careful. I was in the Civic not the miata.
It's a bourbon-based liqueur, quite sweet, very warming, to be drunk sparingly - not something to get smashed on (bad bad head). You can have it on the rocks (my recommendation), with water, in coke, straight up, mixed with JD (tastes very nice), or in hot chocolate (very very nice indeed!).Quote:
Originally Posted by BAM!
[QUOTE=Sharpie]It took me an hour and 35 minutes to drive from Flower Mound to Denton, about 22 mile trip, but the back roads I drive were at a stand still so pick ups could spin there way to to the top of each hill.[QUOTE]
It took Shelley and I an hour and ten munites from Lake Worth to Springtown, mainly due to over-cautious drivers. This morning, we left at 8:15 and there was very little traffic, but 199 was solid ice until we got to the Lake Worth bridge. We drove the Mini, which does great in this stuff.
I looked out the front window this morning, saw the driveway and street covered in ice, and decided I'd be better off telecommuting today. The CR-V is the perfect vehicle for this weather (full tread all season M+S tires, full-time awd, ABS, and traction control, plus six airbags and 5-star crash test ratings should the idiots get too close), but it hasn't moved a wheel since I drove home yesterday afternoon.
I love my job. :mrgreen:
thats a very versatile beverage! good choice. i may have to get me a biggn'!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiliwizz
YAY! Made it home... 3 1/2 hours to get from Waco to Lewisville.
We were stopped just South of West for 45 minutes for some unknown reason. That median sure did look tempting to cross - the access road was moving very well... but I'm glad I didn't do it. Once we started moving we passed a Boxter about 2 miles up the road that tried... and got stuck. Too bad my camera was in the trunk. DOH!
I-35 is almost bone dry once you hit DeSoto all the way to my exit, but south of that it has some real nasty spots.
RJ