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Location: PDX | For this reason among others. Blinking idiot drivers!
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | people leaving a crack house? |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | LOL, yes we laughed heartily about that one last night on the news. 20th and Salmon, I think.. |
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Location: GA USA | And if you don't like COLD weather, don't come to Atlanta. We're gonna be down near 30 for a low. Brrrrr. 2 days ago it was in the 70's. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Did those cars have Fl. plates on them? Looks alot like here, only without that white stuff.
(still in the high 70's here) |
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Location: big island | bumper cars for adults. way cool!! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | So, um... when you like... decide to drain your waterbed.
You should be really, really careful where the end of the hose ends up.
Especially when you live on the... uh... top of the hill...
...and the temperature drops a little.
I am so-o-o-o-o sorry about that.
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Location: Omaha, NE | Thanks for posting that. It is rare when I get actual video of my teenage daughters driving. |
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Location: SoCal | Name that video, "Curling with Cars" or "Car Curling"
Modify the rules a little and it could be another Winter Olympic sport. |
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Location: Tennessee | Reminds me of a time I was in Seattle when a snowstorm hit (1986 I think). I spent an afternoon watching idiots trying to drive down Seneca Street with 6" of snow on the ground. I think they were trying to get off 5 and get to their ferries. There must have been a couple of hundred wrecked cars. The intersection at 3rd eventually became unpassable because so many cars were jammed together. That kept probably a couple of hundred more cars from crashing into each other at 2nd and 1st. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "But the Salesman said I could drive this car in any weather?" |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | Looks like what we just had here in Tulsa... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We got a little of that last Thursday. A lady in an SUV was hurrying down the center turn lane to try to make a left turn before the light turned red. She didn't see the curb in front of her. She hit it as she was just to my left, slid sideways past me and almost hit the car in front of me. She finally got turned around and was staring straight ahead at the light when I went past her. People here think if they have 4WD they can go as fast as they want on ice. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | It looks like the first guy was trying to flee the scene of the accident and it backfired. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | crackhead... :rolleyes: |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by philmax:
crackhead... :rolleyes: crackhead on "ice"... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah, some of those folks were definitely "leaving the scene!"
At work, we was tooling-along at 40 mph, and this idiot went by us at about 60. Had some mini-SUV. We was just keeping-up with traffic. This dude was looking for an accident.
Now there is slush, covering the ice and packed snow.
Portland is further North than NYC, or Chicago. You look to the mountains and see snow. You'd think that some of these people would know how to drive in the snow. Even if they are from California! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | lol...that too! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | every winter, in addition putting my snow tires on...
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | "But they're ALL SEASON RADIALS dammit!"
Around here when that stuff falls and sticks (usually once a year for 12 hours, three times so far this year...for longer) Everyone screams, "Whadafudat?" and promptly drives into the nearest stationary object.
Bodyshops love this time of year....
....like glass shops love little boys with rocks. |
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Location: NJ | I absolutely LOVE watching the Demolition Derbies that ensue whenever there's a Texas IceStorm . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I feel the need to reiterate this under
You know you are from the Northwest (WA/OR) when:
1. You know the state flower (Mildew).
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
3. Use the statement "sun break" and know what it means!
4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
5. You know more people who own boats rather than air conditioners.
6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk"
Signal.
8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain.
9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Veneto's.
10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.
11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, Yakima and Willamette.
12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.
14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark- while only working eight-hour days.
15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain,"
and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
17. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
18. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
19. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.
20. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.
21. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and Micro-fleece.
22. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.
23. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
24. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
25. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time.
26. You measure distance in hours.
27. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.
28. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat or incorporate a raincoat.
29. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk season (Fall).
30. You actually understood these jokes and will probably forward them!
Welcome home Miles! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Talking about trying to get out !!! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Yeah, sometimes the weather here'll do that to ya...
....I'm bound somewhere warm as soon as I can get my desk clear. |
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Location: SoCal | "going where the weather suits my clothes...." |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Whoa... I've been living in Oregon waaay too long. I pronounce it right. And I can relate to 29 of the 30 on that list.
My Mom was talking about earthquakes in CA. I said screw that, we got Volcanoes! Within sight on a clear day! (Once a month or so...)
Except for the thing about Salmon? |
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| Originally posted by cliff:
I absolutely LOVE watching the Demolition Derbies that ensue whenever there's a Texas IceStorm . . . When my father and I moved to Dallas from Ohio in the late 70's one of our favorite pasttimes was sitting in our living room(the window faced the beltline)and watching the locals all demonstrate their "winter round ups" we'd laugh till our bellies hurt.
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Location: NJ | btw:
It snowed here (just a "dusting") overnight.
Our first snow this Winter (and hopefully the last).
Is it Spring yet?? . . . |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...Eureka! Someone has found a "use" for the YUGOS! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door. The trucker lowers the window and she says "Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load."
The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street.
When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door.
Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never spoken, the blonde says brightly, "Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load!"
Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the street.
At the third red light, the same thing happens again. All out of breath the blonde gets out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the truck door. The trucker lowers the window. Again she says "Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load!"
When the light turns green, the trucker revs up and races to the next light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck and runs back to the blonde. He knocks on her window and as she lowers it, he says...
"Hi, my name is Kevin. It's winter. This is Washington. And I'm driving a SAND TRUCK!" |
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OT: Please don't move to the Pacific Northwest