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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 16, 2010 16:31:08 GMT -5
Nothing like starting your work week by spilling coffee in your lap... Ouch!  |
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 16, 2010 16:32:14 GMT -5
Copying this over from my LJ and putting it under a cut: My fun evening, let me tell you it: So, overnight last night we got a dusting of snow. No biggie, even for us around here really, except for the fact that there was rain underneath that that then froze. So, the streets were bad this morning. I stayed home, then went into work around 1:30pm. The sun was out and had pretty much dried the roads up, even though the temps never got above freezing.
Then it started snowing again. While I was at work. And it just didn't stop. And the snow was melting on the roads, until it suddenly decided to stop melting, and then everything froze. While I was still at work. And no one thought to inform anyone who would be driving that this freezing was actually going on. None of the news stations, no police departments said or did anything. And then there was rush hour traffic.
It normally takes me about 40 minutes to get home, on a good day. Tonight, it took me almost 2 hours. The interstate that I drive on to get home? The second I got off the on ramp and onto the freeway, it was a SOLID SHEET OF ICE. I drove for almost 10 miles before I could get off on an exit that could take me a back way home. 10 MILES OF A SOLID SHEET OF ICE, NO ROAD SALT, NO SNOW CHAINS, SURROUNDED BY IDIOTIC SOUTHERN DRIVERS WHO HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE HOW TO DRIVE ON ICE, IN EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE WITH 5 LANES, BUT AT THIS POINT IT WAS JUST ALL ONE BIG LANE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE THE LANE DIVIDERS.
If I went over 25 miles an hour, I started swerving and sliding. It was mass pandemonium. People were crashing into the concrete median, sliding off into ditches, the opposite-bound side of the freeway was backed up bumper-to-bumper for miles, fire trucks and ambulances and cop cars all over the place because of all the wrecks, and still, AND STILL, I had fucking morons tail-gating me and passing me on both sides AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME. AND IDIOTS IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES WHEN THEY WERE ON BRIDGES, WTF, DO YOU WANT TO DIE? BECAUSE I CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT, JSYFK.
I would have been fine with the driving on a SOLID SHEET OF ICE if I had been the only car on the road. It's all the other idiots that scare the bejeezus out of me.
Oh, and local news stations? I'm putting you on notice. Way to fucking warn the public when there is actually something for them to freak out over.
In conclusion: PEOPLE BAD, SNOW PRETTY. I hope Gigi kept her cool. Gigi was safe at home tucked in her little sock on my desk. So yes, she kept her cool.  |
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 16, 2010 16:34:55 GMT -5
Nothing like starting your work week by spilling coffee in your lap... Ouchy. When will human evolve to have an extra mouth down there?   So many comebacks, so little time . . . . |
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 16, 2010 16:38:15 GMT -5
SUPERNATURAL RENEWED.  Just don't kill the angel Kripke. Please? Does this mean they have to draw out the whole apocalypse thing? [Don't you love that spellcheck always wants to capitalize Apocalype -- as in "one and only."  ] Word that I'm getting is that the Apocalypse storyline will be wrapped up one way or another this season. And that they've been planning for quite a while what they want to do for next season.  |
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 16, 2010 16:44:26 GMT -5
Does this mean they have to draw out the whole apocalypse thing? [Don't you love that spellcheck always wants to capitalize Apocalype -- as in "one and only." ] I don't know. As far as I know - the apocalypse is still ending this year. But Cas could become human or something like that. It's worrisome though. I HAVE BEEN ON CLOUD NINE EVER SINCE I SAW THE NEWS!!!   But yeah, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR ANGEL, KRIPKE, PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF OUR ANGEL!  |
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 16, 2010 19:23:01 GMT -5
I don't know. As far as I know - the apocalypse is still ending this year. But Cas could become human or something like that. It's worrisome though. I HAVE BEEN ON CLOUD NINE EVER SINCE I SAW THE NEWS!!! But yeah, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR ANGEL, KRIPKE, PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF OUR ANGEL! Don't be shy. Tell us how you REALLY feel. |
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Post by Rachael on Feb 16, 2010 19:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 16, 2010 20:31:07 GMT -5
So cute! And she just looks so happy. When my son was a baby, my mother-in-law took many, many, many pictures of him. She just couldn't lay off the camera. Anyhow, his uncle (my husband's bro) and his uncle's wife, took Vince, when he was about 18 mos old or so, to the zoo. His uncle had picked him up and they were looking at an outdoor animal area, when suddenly a camera clicked and a flash went off. This caused Vince to immediately turn around and say: "Grandma??" Of course, she never lived that down. Anyhow, that is one cutie pie! And you can almost see how bright she is, right through the screen. Thanks for sharing the pictures. |
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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 16, 2010 20:32:25 GMT -5
I don't know. As far as I know - the apocalypse is still ending this year. But Cas could become human or something like that. It's worrisome though. I HAVE BEEN ON CLOUD NINE EVER SINCE I SAW THE NEWS!!! But yeah, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR ANGEL, KRIPKE, PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF OUR ANGEL! Wow. You'd think they'd announced a Dean/Cas wedding coming up with all this celebration! |
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Post by Sara on Feb 16, 2010 20:42:55 GMT -5
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Post by Sara on Feb 16, 2010 21:01:25 GMT -5
I've decided that my brother owes me big time. He came to Manchester this past weekend to do some tech support work for a woman he's helped out in the past. While he was there she got a call that she was needed at the store she owns, so she got into her car to head on over. And came back inside mere moments later, apologizing profusely to Greg—she'd backed right into Greg's car: As you might expect, he had to leave his car here to be assessed by the insurance company prior to being repaired (she accepted full responsibility, so it won't cost Greg a cent). He figured he'd drive Dad's Jeep back to Albany and use it for the duration. But I knew it had been quite a while since he'd driven a standard, and that trying to reacquaint himself with the process either on the highway or in city traffic would be more than a little challenging. Meanwhile, I'd actually been driving the Jeep since Thursday to keep the battery from going dead while my folks are gone. So I told Greg to take my car, which is the exact same model as his, and that I'd use the Jeep. Naturally, today we got 4-6 inches of snow over the course of the day. So he gets to drive an all-wheel drive automatic with brand new snow tires, and I'm stuck with maneuvering a 2-wheel drive stick shift. Like I said--he definitely owes me, no? |
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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 16, 2010 21:13:26 GMT -5
I've decided that my brother owes me big time. He came to Manchester this past weekend to do some tech support work for a woman he's helped out in the past. While he was there she got a call that she was needed at the store she owns, so she got into her car to head on over. And came back inside mere moments later, apologizing profusely to Greg—she'd backed right into Greg's car: As you might expect, he had to leave his car here to be assessed by the insurance company prior to being repaired (she accepted full responsibility, so it won't cost Greg a cent). He figured he'd drive Dad's Jeep back to Albany and use it for the duration. But I knew it had been quite a while since he'd driven a standard, and that trying to reacquaint himself with the process either on the highway or in city traffic would be more than a little challenging. Meanwhile, I'd actually been driving the Jeep since Thursday to keep the battery from going dead while my folks are gone. So I told Greg to take my car, which is the exact same model as his, and that I'd use the Jeep. Naturally, today we got 4-6 inches of snow over the course of the day. So he gets to drive an all-wheel drive automatic with brand new snow tires, and I'm stuck with maneuvering a 2-wheel drive stick shift. Like I said--he definitely owes me, no? Start your wish list right now! You are a good sis. |
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Feb 16, 2010 21:56:20 GMT -5
You and I had stump-vision today, only I didn't get as good an image; I'm going to take the tripod up tomorrow and do a little more controlled small-aperture stuff, since I can't get the whole thing in focus otherwise. Julia, no shelf fungus, though, I'm jealous. |
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Post by Lola m on Feb 16, 2010 22:10:12 GMT -5
I've decided that my brother owes me big time. He came to Manchester this past weekend to do some tech support work for a woman he's helped out in the past. While he was there she got a call that she was needed at the store she owns, so she got into her car to head on over. And came back inside mere moments later, apologizing profusely to Greg—she'd backed right into Greg's car: <snippedy> As you might expect, he had to leave his car here to be assessed by the insurance company prior to being repaired (she accepted full responsibility, so it won't cost Greg a cent). He figured he'd drive Dad's Jeep back to Albany and use it for the duration. But I knew it had been quite a while since he'd driven a standard, and that trying to reacquaint himself with the process either on the highway or in city traffic would be more than a little challenging. Meanwhile, I'd actually been driving the Jeep since Thursday to keep the battery from going dead while my folks are gone. So I told Greg to take my car, which is the exact same model as his, and that I'd use the Jeep. Naturally, today we got 4-6 inches of snow over the course of the day. So he gets to drive an all-wheel drive automatic with brand new snow tires, and I'm stuck with maneuvering a 2-wheel drive stick shift. Like I said--he definitely owes me, no? Indeed, his Greg-powers should be used for your benefit in repayment. ;D Love the pictures of stumps and various fungi, by the by! |
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Post by Lola m on Feb 16, 2010 22:18:57 GMT -5
Psst: <sadly snip>  <sadly snippy> I HAZ TOYS. YOU NO TAKE OKIES? ;D It's LOLBABY!! Fab pictures! |
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