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Dallas - Fort Worth |OT| The Big D & Cowtown
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I can't. Only admins can make linked tags, and they'd get really tired of me asking them to do it. I had a thread in community where I posted a link every time I changed it, but I've been lazy. My current one is from the Mountain Goats song Estate Sale Song off the album All Eternals Deck. I'll try and get back in the habit of adding links in the community besada thread
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Thank you for validating my pajamas drawer this week, it's fun to not wear day clothes.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Just wakes outside and kicked at the road. Water is solid frozen on the roads. I live 1 block from 635. Fuck trying to drive to work any sooner than 10
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Drove in via Tollway from Downtown this morning to Plano. Took 20-25 mins. Was perfectly fine/dry etc.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Nice. George Bush off ramps are pretty slick right now around Las Colinas. I'm about to drive into work but will take side roads there.
My connection is unstable at home so unfortunately I can't even get any work done. I scheduled for a technician to come tomorrow but we'll see if it still happens in this weather.
We ordered Thai food yesterday and the delivery boy looked cold and miserable. Said they were busier than ever and looked like he was gonna break down, so we gave him like a 35% tip.
My buddy's car battery died this morning. I'm driving him around to car battery shops when I could be snuggled under my warm sheets of blanket right now lol. ;_;
I hate snow!
We ordered Thai food yesterday and the delivery boy looked cold and miserable. Said they were busier than ever and looked like he was gonna break down, so we gave him like a 35% tip.
My buddy's car battery died this morning. I'm driving him around to car battery shops when I could be snuggled under my warm sheets of blanket right now lol. ;_;
I hate snow!
Pagusas
Elden Member
this isnt snow lol
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Side roads are actually the worst part so far and most are clear though.
Some patches are bad. Parking lots are the worst.
Some patches are bad. Parking lots are the worst.
Pagusas
Elden Member
this has definitely been an eye opening experience. Coming from Illinois I'm pretty shocked about how poor this region handles bad weather. You'd think the city would keep more salt trucks on standby for these events given how important interstate traffic is to the area.
Beyond that seeing people do incredibly silly things like "pouring hot water down an iced up drive way" makes me smack my head against the desk. You just dont do that, its not a smart idea and it will actually make your drive way more slick (and caused your drive way to fall apart faster, rapid cooling and heating will destroy it). Everyone says these things happen every year so why do people not keep a bag of road salt in the garage?
I even saw people pouring hot water onto their windshields this morning :-| I can't believe people can be this uneducated when it comes to winter weather prep, especially given that ice is common for Dallas. It should be a mandatory part of driver's ed or first time homebuyer education programs.
Beyond that seeing people do incredibly silly things like "pouring hot water down an iced up drive way" makes me smack my head against the desk. You just dont do that, its not a smart idea and it will actually make your drive way more slick (and caused your drive way to fall apart faster, rapid cooling and heating will destroy it). Everyone says these things happen every year so why do people not keep a bag of road salt in the garage?
I even saw people pouring hot water onto their windshields this morning :-| I can't believe people can be this uneducated when it comes to winter weather prep, especially given that ice is common for Dallas. It should be a mandatory part of driver's ed or first time homebuyer education programs.
It's too expensive to keep a fleet of sanding trucks to cover this large of an area for what's usually a day or two per year.
Everything else you said is spot on. I'm originally from South Dakota and when the weather gets like this, I stay inside. A lot of people around here haven't the slightest clue about snow/ice, let alone how to drive on it.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Ah, people in my office made it seem like this usually happens several times in the winter months and this winter hasn't been that bad. I can fully see how it would be to expensive for a once a year occurrence.
Outside of a few warmer days, this is a pretty standard winter here. The ice storm in 2013 and the week long snow that messed with Jerry World's Superbowl are more the exception than the rule. You'll almost always get one or two days of ice (together or separate) per year. If it was more than that, school districts would budget for a lot more snow days.
Treechopper
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So just become an admin lol. Thanks for the song.I can't. Only admins can make linked tags, and they'd get really tired of me asking them to do it. I had a thread in community where I posted a link every time I changed it, but I've been lazy. My current one is from the Mountain Goats song Estate Sale Song off the album All Eternals Deck. I'll try and get back in the habit of adding links in the community besada thread
BoboBrazil
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Collin Creek Mall was probably pretty excited to have a car in their parking lot.
Lol yeah. They are probably going to turn into a bazaar pretty soon. Firewheel, Stonebriar, and Allen Outlets killed them.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I'll call it the Colin Creek Casbah for slang if they convert!
TheSadRanger
Banned
^Speaking of which did Valley View finally get torn down? Remember hearing a story about it but I haven't been around that area in a while.
Nope, but it's coming as part of the rebranding of that area to Midtown. Probably once 635 is done, or shortly before. 635 is still a death trap, so I wouldn't upsell coming around here if you don't need to.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I rarely have had reasons to visit that area of 635 unless me and the family were meeting my great-grandmother, but I traveled east on it after going to QuakeCon '14...jeez was it slow.
True Underdog
Member
Haha. It wasn't so bad. I live super close to my office plus the new puppy was excited to have something to play in. Took him a bit to get used to the ice though.
It's been there for almost 15 years, so they're doing something right.
BoboBrazil
Member
Nope. Although the only real reason to go there now is the AMC theater which is MUCH MUCH cheaper than other theaters around and still shows the newest movies. Tickets are only like $6 at night there. Also, they have a really good mexican ice cream place in there that makes all of their ice cream home made. So good. The rest of the mall has turned into this weird art gallery in one part and the other half turned into a bazaar.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Wait, what?
BoboBrazil
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Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
What kind of bazaar is it brah? Just full blown India section? China town? Post apocalyptic?
BoboBrazil
Member
Mexican. Like you can see off Harry Hines. It isn't as good though.
it's good. standard middle eastern stuff, i liked the falafel
Kiwi is also really good mediterranean, east of Afrah a bit down beltline. Used to be an Arbys, great for drive through gyros.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kiwi-mediterranean-grill-richardson
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kiwi-mediterranean-grill-richardson
Go for the lunch buffet. Good stuff. I always went there with my Arabic friends
WascallyWabbit
Member
Dangit, I hope it doesn't ice over before i leave work at 4
Good luck, it's already a mess out there.
They let us go early and it was starting to get a little slick.
My office just closed. I'm still here because I'm trying to get my account sorted with square enix support and the wait was an hour long. I'll be gone as soon as I'm done with this.
jongkookie
Member
The view from my garage right now:
I love snow, but this is getting annoying. I don't even know how I'm getting to work today... most likely not actually.
I love snow, but this is getting annoying. I don't even know how I'm getting to work today... most likely not actually.
possiblyphil
Member
Went to Mr. Max last night.. amazing food and very affordable for what you get. show up when they open at 6 or be prepared to wait though
Heyo_Rockbreaker
Member
It's always fun seeing the DFW OT shoot up to the top of off-topic whenever we have crazy weather. Is snow is unreal though.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
This looks more than drivable, but we sure can rely on DFW drivers to muck the roadways up!
Yep. Drivers here are stupid. On Monday when the ice was a bit melted and drivable my commute took forever because this lady in front of me insisted on going 5 mph and using two lanes of traffic and like three to make turns which caused everyone behind her to have to stop.
aeolost said:
Yeah its ridiculous.
LostInNoise
Member
I live pretty close to I-35 and Stemmons and holy shit the amount of backed up traffic every which way you could go. I will never understand the mindset of going 5mph in this type of weather; especially when it's not even THAT bad. Then again, even people in cold weather states (I'm from one so I can drive in this ) that get this crap consistently can't drive in it so it's just the idiocy of drivers in general.
) that get this crap consistently can't drive in it so it's just the idiocy of drivers in general.Similar threads
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