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DeadLetterOffice

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11. Absolutely. I will gladly pay my town taxes...

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 10:42 AM

Nov 2014

... if you will make sure I can get my car to the grocery store the 7 months of the year that it snows.

But that doesn't explain Alaska... or the Midwest. hmm...

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One thing about living in the Snow Belt that you rarely hear about - [View all] hedgehog Nov 2014 OP

yes... handmade34 Nov 2014 #1

Good to hear, hedgehog. elleng Nov 2014 #2

years ago, I remember a neighbor who carried a heavy chain and hitch on his truck--and, whenever it niyad Nov 2014 #3

Absolutely, hedgehog! Octafish Nov 2014 #4

Best snowstorm ever: The Christmas 2001 Storm - hedgehog Nov 2014 #5

My parents got trapped with us for an extra few days DeadLetterOffice Nov 2014 #10

I'd link to think that this applies to all kinds of natural catastrophes, Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #6

Opened our home H. Cromwell Nov 2014 #7

I think this is why Northern states tend to be Blue. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #8

Absolutely. I will gladly pay my town taxes... DeadLetterOffice Nov 2014 #11

The Plains states are socially conservative because of... Odin2005 Nov 2014 #12

There are exceptions. My grandson rolled over on glare ice last winter and the woman living where jwirr Nov 2014 #9

I remember after Hurricane Wilma down here, neighbors came out of their houses.... Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #13

Same for up here in the "cold belt" - at 50 below, it gets a little odd. raven mad Nov 2014 #14