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And I always imagined that when he got home from work everyday, they all ran inside and piled onto the couch in new and interesting ways.
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Smokin
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Actually most of the world uses Celsius.
Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius Left Their Marks, Alaska Science Forum
Celsius and Fahrenheit were two dudes who lived a long time ago, each came up with a different way of measuring temperature.
My point being...who cares?
Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius Left Their Marks, Alaska Science Forum
Celsius and Fahrenheit were two dudes who lived a long time ago, each came up with a different way of measuring temperature.
My point being...who cares?
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From: Brinklow Md
Evening all. I'm completely sick of the winter weather now. Arrived last night in the far NW corner of Iowa...nearly Minnesota...it was 10 below zero according to the thermometer in the Avalanche. Snow had moved through, and roads were relatively clear though.
Warmed up to a balmy 6 degrees when we left the hotel to do the audit. Thank goodness we were able to get finished up there quickly and hit the road early for Des Moines. What should have been a 4 hour trip took over 7 hours because of the weather. It was snowing and icing the whole trip. It never warmed up over 8 degrees.
Defroster would not keep the windshield clear either, because it was so cold. Everyone was having that problem...about every mile or two there would be a car pulled off the road scraping their windshield. I ended up having to stop and buy washer fluid. Used over 4 gallons of the stuff just today.
Conditions were deceptively slick too. I saw several accidents, cars in the ditch, and even one semi truck on its side in the median. I'm very thankful we were not involved in any of the accidents today. However, driving for that long in that kind of weather has me absolutely beat. My mind is shot from being at attention all day and tensions in the truck were starting to run high from being cooped up together all day in the treacherous conditions. I'm glad the day is over.
There's a chance we'll be able to head home tomorrow evening instead of Thursday evening, as the original plans called for. That would be excellent since the forecast for tomorrow night is clear and free of precipitation, but another snow storm is in the forecast for Thursday night. We won't know until in the morning when we get to the company though, whether or not what our schedule will be.
Sorry for the length, y'all. Just had to vent a little. I'm sure most of you see my long *** posts and just skip right over them anyway.
Warmed up to a balmy 6 degrees when we left the hotel to do the audit. Thank goodness we were able to get finished up there quickly and hit the road early for Des Moines. What should have been a 4 hour trip took over 7 hours because of the weather. It was snowing and icing the whole trip. It never warmed up over 8 degrees.
Defroster would not keep the windshield clear either, because it was so cold. Everyone was having that problem...about every mile or two there would be a car pulled off the road scraping their windshield. I ended up having to stop and buy washer fluid. Used over 4 gallons of the stuff just today.
Conditions were deceptively slick too. I saw several accidents, cars in the ditch, and even one semi truck on its side in the median. I'm very thankful we were not involved in any of the accidents today. However, driving for that long in that kind of weather has me absolutely beat. My mind is shot from being at attention all day and tensions in the truck were starting to run high from being cooped up together all day in the treacherous conditions. I'm glad the day is over.
There's a chance we'll be able to head home tomorrow evening instead of Thursday evening, as the original plans called for. That would be excellent since the forecast for tomorrow night is clear and free of precipitation, but another snow storm is in the forecast for Thursday night. We won't know until in the morning when we get to the company though, whether or not what our schedule will be.
Sorry for the length, y'all. Just had to vent a little. I'm sure most of you see my long *** posts and just skip right over them anyway.
Glad to hear you didnt wreck and made it ok.
I saw one of those hybosa (I think they are turboed) bikes today, and those things just look plain stupid fast.
white sand beach- nope
cooler full of beer- does a fridge count?
Come on down, you know you wanna. Plus all the cool kids are doing it.
You can hang out with me and Jim.
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My Cummins is at home, parked inside some commercial building Jeff is working on, safe from the weather and securely locked up. I'm in my parents Chevy Avalanche...nice truck too.
Yeah. They like to "help" me when I drive, as if I haven't been driving an average of 20K every year for the last 14 years, and have no idea what I'm doing or how to drive in bad weather.
Let me know if you find a place that will accept those .3g2 vids. I've got a few from my phone, and the video uploads okay, but the sound is all goofed up.
Me too. I'm working on something else that will get me to the south east, but it wouldn't happen for several years.
Darling, I would love to make sure I'm out of here tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's not at all my decision. I can give my input, but the final decision ultimately belongs to my step-dad. I'm only the VP of our company...he's the President.
Yeah. They like to "help" me when I drive, as if I haven't been driving an average of 20K every year for the last 14 years, and have no idea what I'm doing or how to drive in bad weather.
Darling, I would love to make sure I'm out of here tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's not at all my decision. I can give my input, but the final decision ultimately belongs to my step-dad. I'm only the VP of our company...he's the President.
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Found it ain't good weather for lumberjacking
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Yeah. They like to "help" me when I drive, as if I haven't been driving an average of 20K every year for the last 14 years, and have no idea what I'm doing or how to drive in bad weather.
Darling, I would love to make sure I'm out of here tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's not at all my decision. I can give my input, but the final decision ultimately belongs to my step-dad. I'm only the VP of our company...he's the President.
Tell your President that we're slated to get a foot of snow, a lot more in cities West of here, according to the news. They predict 15-17" for Waterloo. $5 says he'll agree to scoot.
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Thanks Lisa. I'll let him know. Hopefully it will help.
Sheldon, the 12 inches doesn't bother me that much...it's driving with my "assistance" that would make it bad. The trip back home is supposed to take 4.5 hours in normal conditions...who knows what in a snow storm.
Last year, we got 15 inches overnight in Columbia. The truck wasn't even fazed by it. It was kind of funny to see the town though, with only a few big trucks driving around.
Sheldon, the 12 inches doesn't bother me that much...it's driving with my "assistance" that would make it bad. The trip back home is supposed to take 4.5 hours in normal conditions...who knows what in a snow storm.
Last year, we got 15 inches overnight in Columbia. The truck wasn't even fazed by it. It was kind of funny to see the town though, with only a few big trucks driving around.
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Yep, PhotoBucket worked. Here are a couple vids I shot with my Omnia. You can see the SW we use to trace the phones on the PC. There are two instances of it up (one per phone) for this trip -- when I run Verizon tests, there are four plus a spreadsheet. It's a bit of a handful keeping up with all that in bad coverage when they're dropping calls, ringing, etc, while trying to keep the data correct in the sheet.
Here's the link to the vids:
Izzy351/Reno Vids - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Here's the link to the vids:
Izzy351/Reno Vids - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Smokin
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Its not the snow thats a real problem...its the retards in sedans out trying to drive around in it, getting stuck and slamming into each other and shutting down the highways.
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You laugh!!