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B2G

(9,766 posts)
8. Winter in the warmer climes:
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jan 2014

One inch of now is forecast, schools are closed before the first flake falls. Everyone develops a sudden craving for french toast and clears the store shelves of milk, bread and eggs.

Sleep late and try to have a snowball fight with rapidly melting remnants of snow. Build a fire and put it out promptly because you're sweating. Bonus points if you grew up in the midwest and can bitch and moan about all of the idiot southern drivers.

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Do a few folks drop dead from shoveling? That seems to happen here and FSogol Jan 2014 #1
Yes, they do. Not as many as you'd think though. MineralMan Jan 2014 #2
I love it when they plow the alleys The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #3
I know. Those ridges of snow, called "windrows" for some reason, MineralMan Jan 2014 #4
Yes, the churned snow off the plow melts a bit and then refreezes into a dense mass Thor_MN Jan 2014 #5
Yah, Spring is on its way, then. MineralMan Jan 2014 #6
I snowblow an 8' wide strip in the street, next to the curb in MineralMan Jan 2014 #7
My driveway is on the upplow side of my property. :( Thor_MN Jan 2014 #10
Minneapolis won't pick up your garbage or recycling The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #9
Winter in the warmer climes: B2G Jan 2014 #8
Ole & Lena bvar22 Jan 2014 #11
ROFL! MineralMan Jan 2014 #13
It loses something without the dialect. bvar22 Jan 2014 #23
Our plows have a little attachment laundry_queen Jan 2014 #12
Wow! MineralMan Jan 2014 #14
Got to love that "ridge" at the end of the driveway. NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #15
That's bad! MineralMan Jan 2014 #16
It was heart breaking to view. NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #17
YIKES! MineralMan Jan 2014 #18
2011 was a year that was hard to forget. NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #21
I'll pass malaise Jan 2014 #19
Jah, mon... MineralMan Jan 2014 #20
70 degrees and sunny here- T shirt weather at work -What's snow? panader0 Jan 2014 #22
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