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[Stormhammer]

anyone wanna come play hang with me in somd and help me shovel snow i mean play video games

 

[newjeruse]

You'd have to be an idiot to not think that. Bread and milk lobby is strong.

Fuck provisions. My girlfriend lives 100 yards from a Papaya Dog and those lunatics aren't closing for 10 inches of snow.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Holy carp. I am not ready for this amount of shoveling. I can't wait until I have a house with a garage and don't have to clean two cars and 2 parking spots.

... How do you plan on getting your car from the garage to the street?

 

[Alric]

So excited. Hope we get a decent amount. Northern NJ here, about 30 minutes outside the city.

I have no plans this weekend and live in an apartment. My car is also in a public garage.

The plan is pajamas and video games.

Same, Lake Hopatcong. Losing power would totally ruin my gaming/pajama weekend.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Telecommute if you can. I'm not going in to work tomorrow. Just going to hunker down and stay away from the inevitable stupidity in the evening commute.

lol I fucking wish I could telecommute a retail job

 

[georly]

... How do you plan on getting your car from the garage to the street?

Heated driveway

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Mully where are you

 

[Fuchsdh]

Putting work on a hard drive today, but if I have to go in tomorrow no way I'm staying until 5 and I've only got a 10 minute commute so it couldn't get that bad. Hopefully office is closed entirely though. Still weighing taking the bus to NY, service is still saying everything will be running Sunday as-is.

 

[Selner]

Heated driveway

They have those out west.
My wife has a friend who has one in Utah I think.

Yeah, i'll see what the store has left. I have a bit of stuff to COOK, but if there's no power, I need food I can eat without cooking. Oh well. Hopefully i'm just snowed in, warm and cozy, playing videogames all weekend :/

Do you have a propane grill? I will be double-checking my tonight.
Digging my way to the grill will be interesting though.

Going to be stocking some wood in the garage though, so I can keep the wood stove going in the event of power outage. No power means no fan on the stove though, so we'd probably be sleeping/camping in the fireplace room.

 

[georly]

They have those out west.
My wife has a friend who has one in Utah I think.



Do you have a propane grill? I will be double-checking my tonight.
Digging my way to the grill will be interesting though.

Going to be stocking some wood in the garage though, so I can keep the wood stove going in the event of power outage. No power means no fan on the stove though, so we'd probably be sleeping/camping in the fireplace room.

Not anymore. Moving next month and mine was old and beat up, so I tossed it last week :/

 

[jstripes]

Our standards for "apocalypse" storm is a bit higher (maybe not for Toronto...) but really bad storms have led to empty shelves, gas shortages, and people freakout out here as well.

Toronto bringing in the army to clear the snow was actually a good call. The army had nothing else to do anyway, it got the roads cleared super-fast so important business could go on, and it didn't cost the city a cent. However, it got turned into a media circus, just like everything else that involved Mel Lastman.


I remember that day well. I walked an hour and a half to get to work (no buses running in my suburb), helping to push the occasional car out of a snowbank, and literally five minutes after I got there they decided to shut down for the day.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Mass gets spared for once... amazing.

 

[blame space]

I'm super jealous of you guys.

 

[crooked spin]

You'd have to be an idiot to not think that. Bread and milk lobby is strong.

Number 1 astroturfer: https://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU

 

[amishpriest99]

Telecommute if you can. I'm not going in to work tomorrow. Just going to hunker down and stay away from the inevitable stupidity in the evening commute.

That's exactly what I'm doing. Driving around DC Metro is hazardous enough in clear conditions.

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

That's exactly what I'm doing. Driving around DC Metro is hazardous enough in clear conditions.

I need to feds to close to get off work tomorrow. I hope it happens sooner than later...

 

[Omegasquash]

That's exactly what I'm doing. Driving around DC Metro is hazardous enough in clear conditions.

A light rain used to very nearly shut shit down, as I recall from my time living in the area.

Stay warm and off the roads, MD/DC/VA GAF.

 

[e_i]

The models are so all over the place that it wouldn't surprise me if the latest model said it would snow kittens.

 

[double jump]

they downgraded it. Was hoping to have Friday off.
We'll see though seems like it changes every hour.

 

[illiniguy05]

they downgraded it. Was hoping to have Friday off.
We'll see though seems like it changes every hour.

YOU LIE

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Wait till model runs tonight. The models were gonna have issues with the storm actually forming and the switch from the long range models to the short range models

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Looks like they're already closing school early tomorrow here.

 

[Tawpgun]

I can't get any consistent predictions for Boston

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

The Whole Foods in Silver Spring was crazy town.

 

[Omegasquash]

I can't get any consistent predictions for Boston

We'll fucking deal with it. Depressed acceptance has always been our way in winter.

 

[georly]

The Whole Foods in Silver Spring was crazy town.

There's a brand new whole foods next to my place... i've never been. I'm afraid to now.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Maybe put in the title about the upcoming ice storm in this storm for North Carolina and such? That's gonna be pretty awful

 

[Snaku]

There's a brand new whole foods next to my place... i've never been. I'm afraid to now.

Yeah, probably won't be a positive first time experience.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I bet Tinder is currently on fire in the northeast. Everyone wants their blizzard fuck buddy I mean snuggle bunny

 

[Clearos]

4-8 for shoreline CT. I will do my new englander duty and complain about the snow......that I get every year.

Denver should really be spending a card to the dolphins.

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

I can't get any consistent predictions for Boston

Bernie Ranyo in a video today described the issue with a Boston and NE forecast. It's too far ahead basically to know and the line between 5 inches and 15 inches can depend on a 25-50 miles shift when you're talking about the northern cut-off line.

 

[georly]

I bet Tinder is currently on fire in the northeast. Everyone wants their blizzard fuck buddy I mean snuggle bunny

I can't imagine getting snowed in with a stranger

 

[jstripes]

I can't imagine getting snowed in with a stranger

Yup. Sounds like a good plot for a horror movie.

 

[Amagon]

Same, Lake Hopatcong. Losing power would totally ruin my gaming/pajama weekend.

Hermanos! Mine Hill over here!

 

[spindashing]

I bet Tinder is currently on fire in the northeast. Everyone wants their blizzard fuck buddy I mean snuggle bunny

cuffing season bro

 

[Admodieus]

Yup. Sounds like a good plot for a horror movie.

It's a movie already. Look up Two Night Stand

 

[Fuchsdh]

It's a movie already. Look up Two Night Stand

Wait, according to Wikipedia the girl gets with a guy who framed her for a break-in?

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

My fiancé' was in Rochester, NY for work, so I joined her and worked from the hotel. We were supposed to fly out to KC (home) tomorrow.

We're stranded in a hotel now until Sunday night.

 

[Snkfanatic]

There's a brand new whole foods next to my place... i've never been. I'm afraid to now.

Same here....one only a mile or two away and I still haven't gone in. Would be crazy there right now.

 

[georly]

Same here....one only a mile or two away and I still haven't gone in. Would be crazy there right now.

Would be crazy if you were in the same neighborhood as me haha

 

[FTF]

My fiancé' was in Rochester, NY for work, so I joined her and worked from the hotel. We were supposed to fly out to KC (home) tomorrow.

We're stranded in a hotel now until Sunday night.

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

My fiancé' was in Rochester, NY for work, so I joined her and worked from the hotel. We were supposed to fly out to KC (home) tomorrow.

We're stranded in a hotel now until Sunday night.

Splurge on room service food and wine. Why not?

 

[amishpriest99]

The Whole Foods in Silver Spring was crazy town.

I live closer to Aspen Hill...got the last of what I needed at Shoppers this morning. It was nice and quiet but I can only imagine what it's like now.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I can't imagine getting snowed in with a stranger

Back when superstorm sandy was coming, it was craigslist that had all the listings for blizzard hookups. Now that Tinder is more widely used, I bet Tinder is experiencing those requests now

 

[kaskade]

Hermanos! Mine Hill over here!

Is that over by the rockaway mall?

 

[Eidan]

The Whole Foods in Silver Spring was crazy town.

Yeah, that's my Whole Foods. I decided to just buy some stuff at work today downtown instead of dealing with crowds after work.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

lol..... yuuuuuuup.

Splurge on room service food and wine. Why not?

That's the plan. She's A List Preferred (I'm a free flight since we now have a companion pass), but man, Southwest's customer service was dog shit. We called, asked to get the earliest flight out since things were cancelled, and -

- they couldn't get us a flight until Sunday
- they couldn't help us schedule a hotel booking
- they couldn't get us a car
- they couldn't credit us anything

... okay, fair enough... but then they recommended we go to the airport, anyway, as we might get better service or preferable flights if we wait. We said that's the point of being A List Preferred... she said yes, but at the airport you'll get better customer service.

... ... the... then... then what's the point of us calling you?

Lady says "because you're A List Preferred." lolwut

Anyway, I'm fishing up my work between now and about 5. After that? Chinese food and alcohol all weekend long. Aww yiss.

 

[Hypemaster]

Just got the hell out of the DMV area to end up in Rochester. The irony hah.

 

[EthanC]

Went for a jog and bought some Boarshead Pepperoni and Naan bread. Gonna grille some pizzas in the ice and snow.

 

[Dishwalla]

It's "wheel"

I modified it on purpose.

Also I figured someone was gonna correct me.