Snow Day!!

[altiain]

It's fvcking cold in here.

[Rob®]

Going on the 3rd day in a row with no mail delivery...My office in FL FedEx overnighted me some needed documents for delivery by 10:30am yesterday, but of course I'm still waiting on that too. Awesome.

UNT is still sending me messages that it's closed. Would be good, but I'm already missing every Wednesday's programming class, and our first lab was supposed to be today. So now I will have to play a week's catch up instead of just the usual 2 days.

I only missed an hour of work the other day from the blackouts. Working from home for a company in Florida sucks - I can never call out for a snow day. "Luckily" most of my customers are in the midwest or northeast so I've been all but completely dead.

Oh, and the dogs *finally* are OK with going outside again, so that's a plus. Stupid not used to snow little dogs.

[Dave04]

Hey, now... I don't have a 4x4!

You don't have an F250 either...

[tailchaser]

You don't have an F250 either...

yeah... we know he really meant 3/4 ton redneck hauler, anyway...

[POS Racing]

Drove the bitter 1/2 to work downtown Ft. Worth then headed back over to the world headquarters in Euless.

Roads were much improved from yesterday but be careful the idiots are still out there among us like Tailchaser in his redneck hauler.

yeah... we know he really meant 3/4 ton redneck hauler, anyway...

Better??

[CosmosMpower]

Just got the email, 4 days straight now. Think I'm going to try and walk to the new Cinemark movie theater down the street just to get out of the freaking house.

[trickyrix]

The roads down here are fairly decent today. I ventured down Garland Road near White Rock Lake for lunch - no problemo.

[tailchaser]

Still a crapshoot around Plano. Huge stretches of clear concrete followed by inexplicable 3/4 sheets of ice.

[BigDmiata]

Ventured to work today, wasn't too bad. Sadly car couldn't make it back up the driveway into the garage.

[CosmosMpower]

Had enough of sitting around, ventured out to get some food around downtown Frisco. Still ice but under 25 mph no problem. Took the loaner automatic base model Mini.

[OZMDD]

Been hanging around the house for the most part. Got cabin fever yesterday and rolled over to Home Depot for paint and frog tape (shit works!). Even ventured out to the local honky tonk last night for a couple beers and pool after the wife finally got sick of me (can't believe it took 2 days!), but there were some big ice patches in the shady areas along Bear Creek Rd, and no shoulders before the ditch.

Times like this make me feel pretty smart about owning a 20 year-old Chevy PU w/ a 5-speed. Here's the reasoning:

1) manual tranny = launch in 3rd, no wheel spin, even on ice.
2) Fiberglass bed lid = extra weight on rear axle, storage for lotsa recovery gear, cement bags, etc.
3) 5000 lbs curb weight = excellent family protection, impact-absorbing mass
4) $1000 investment = not devastating if the worst happens.
5) 20 year old truck = other drivers know you don't give 2 shits and steer clear.

[Matt V]

It's snowing again, dammit!

[Squid]

yes it is. Still ice under it -- slick as 'ell.

[HudsonHawk]

mmm oour light dusting is now about 4 inches and stil coming down.

[altiain]

I measured 5 inches of snow this morning in Murphy. Between that, the patchy ice still on the roads, and the prospect of another day in an office that's only 50 degrees, I punted and I'm going to work from home again today.

[trickyrix]

Last night we got enough snow that it comes up to Molly's belly. She's officially in "f*** you I'm holding it" mode.

Got out again last night and it was fine except for a few squirrelly bridges (and the guy who pulled out in front of me). Should've hit the grocery store while I was out... I'm out of eggs. Oh well.

[ckearns]

NBC should trade in their weather guesser for a younger model with a big rack and a slutty disposition. If they're going to be wrong, at least there's an upside.

Five inches in Valley Ranch and no signs of life beyond two sets of rabbit tracks across the yard.

Chris

[rpkgmx5]

3" in GP on 360....I took the truck out for a minute this morning. 2WD just sat there and spun...4X4HI went like there was nothing on the ground. Scary part is not being able to see the ice under all the snow. Waiting to see if I have to go in to work today. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[Rebel]

Have about 6 inches in Frisco. Extremely slick with the ice under the snow.

[trickyrix]

NBC should trade in their weather guesser for a younger model with a big rack and a slutty disposition.

Well, they've kinda got a foot in the door with traffic girl Tammy Dombeck... aka Mooseknockers.