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this is cool. Lighthouse on Lake Erie was completely frozen over... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 16, 07:45 [youtube] 1
- it is cool - even our morning show here showed video today. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:48
Proof DC area can't handle snow: 1 county in VA is closed today, 2 have announced early closures (inc. Fairfax), it just started snowing -- (link) - MDH Dec 16, 07:38 5
- I can understand the early closings in a lot of manners; the nightmare is a school bus accident -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:43 1
  - the one county that closed the schools is Stafford, which is (relatively speaking) the sticks. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:44
- any bets on whether the Federal Government shuts down? -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:40 1
  - The Party of SNOW -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 07:41
- shocking! -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:38
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- and lots of injuries. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:41
- Wow...this could be devastating for Chicago. - Jim Dec 16, 07:41 1
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ST Winter Driving Poll -- Chains? Snow Tires? None of the above? -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 07:24 32
- Snow tires! -- nm - psilotum Dec 16, 07:52
- none -- nm - Ender Dec 16, 07:43
- When we go skiing, sometimes -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 07:43
- None. I only go into the Sierras during the summer. -- nm - ceregon Dec 16, 07:40
- Whatever tires came on the car. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:38
- All-Seasons. Front wheel drive. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 07:37
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  - yeah, but the city in snow and after a snow storm is the worst. walking around in that slush is annoying as hell -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:40 3
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      - believe me, I'd much prefer not having to deal with it. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 07:49
      - ah, gotch ya. -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:45
  - :P - znufrii Dec 16, 07:38
- all weather tires plus 4 wheel drive -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:31 1
  - I have a better chance of being stuck on the beach than in snow -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:33
- A pair of snow tires on the drive wheels. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 07:30
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  - Huh. Chains are sometimes *required* in the mountains here. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 07:46
  - unless the snow stays on the roads all winter that stuff just means more construction delays in the summer to fix the damage -- nm - zork Dec 16, 07:31
- It's been 6 years since we got a decent snow and still didn't need anything -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 07:28
- chains and studded tires are illegal here. I have all-seasons because winter tires cost a lot and take up too much storage space. -- nm - zork Dec 16, 07:27
- unless you live in the Arctic (or Idaho) all you need are all-weathers - decline Dec 16, 07:27 7
  - not really. most people would benefit from winter tires if it ever gets below freezing in their area. -- nm - zork Dec 16, 07:28
  - or Central New York. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:28 5
    - meh. I grew up around there and never had a problem -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:28 4
      - ever been to Ithaca in the winter? it's horrendous. I got stranded many times. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:29 3
        
        I have. I've also driven 17 to Olean (both my brothers when to St. Bonnie's) in a whiteout -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:30 2
        
        then you shoudl have had snow tires. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:31 1
        
        *snaps fingers in a z pattern, moves head side to side with track-13 level attitude* -- nm - loosi si Dec 16, 07:50
- new car. -- nm - amanda jones Dec 16, 07:26
- Convertible Top Down. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:26
- I have very good all-weather tires. no need for more in this area. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:24
- Nope. All-weather tires. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:24
And by the way, Hooters is a horrible place to eat, let alone I have no idea where one is -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:18 19
- The food isn't very good. The hotel/casino is horrible. My last stay was so bad I got a letter from the manager good for 2 free nights. - ceregon Dec 16, 07:43
- The times I've been the food was actually good. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 07:20 16
  - agreed. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 07:49
  - I agree. they have terrific salads. -- nm - Remlik Dec 16, 07:44
  - I agree with this - my favorite place for wings - Epiphany Dec 16, 07:32 10
    - wait wait wait. "favorite place for wings" meaning "Hooter's wings are my favorite wings anywhere?" -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:41
    - Hooters wings are the most vile things I have ever had. I'm not sure about BWW. I might have been there with STers in Brooklyn - CQ Dec 16, 07:35 8
      - The main difference is Hooters has breaded wings, BW3 does not bread thiers - and has about 20 more flavors. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:42 7
        
        breaded wings ? **shudders** -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:44 5
        
        you could have left off the first word really... - Mel Profit Dec 16, 07:46 3
        
        I'm not a wings fan either. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:49
        
        do you like ribs? or do your precious little fingers get sticky with those too? -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:48 1
        
        Ribs are a different animal...literally. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 07:55
        
        horrifying. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 07:44
        
        the one in bflo would never commit such sacrilege. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 07:43
  - I don't believe you. really -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:31
  - Your tastebuds were blinded by the boobies. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:26
  - the buffalo shrimp is pretty good. -- nm - zork Dec 16, 07:26
- The one in Buffalo has really good wings and they're prepared the right way without breading. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 07:19
so let's talk about internet ready TVs. I kind of feel like I would rather stream via my tivo or my roku than through the TV set, but I'm a non-fan of - amanda jones Dec 16, 07:15 5
- I much prefer doing it through a dedicated device. Roku rocks. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 07:21
- Have an internet-enabled Samsung BR player (Youtube, Pandora, Netflix) and the experience is infinitely better on the Roku - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:20
- This is exactly what I told my mom when she bought a tv last week. -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:18 2
  - I always feel as though integrated devices have two issues: model/actress and lonely cheese. - amanda jones Dec 16, 07:22 1
    - exactly - and I guarantee roku does it better. -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:23
I don't recommend any STers follow my Twitter feed - too much MB and Canadian politics - but which STers have feeds I should be following? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 07:15 6
- what is your twitter feed? - ReluctantEvoCynic Dec 16, 07:48
- Quite a few of us have ST/TT/HSX lists set up -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:17 3
  - "Sorry, that page doesn't exist!" -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:20 2
    - Doh. It was set private. Here's the public link -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:22 1
      - Wow, I need to tweet more and try to dilute dbldn and marcel. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:24
- Mine is maralinn, but probably not all that interesting. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:15
LYC: The snow is sticking in DC, initiate panic. (People are staring out the windows at my office debating leaving already) -- nm - MDH Dec 16, 07:14 41
- oh wow, here too. cool! the NPR weather dude said 1-3 inches at most. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:15 40
  - what exactly do people think 1 inch of snow is going to do, exactly? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:17 39
    - shut down the entire city -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:19
    - Around there...cause 100's of fender benders - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:19 4
      - I guess there's enough turnover in this town that we always have newbies. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:19 3
        
        Nah, more like it's the DC area so morons are plentiful. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:26 2
        
        very true. and really, the point is, when people drive badly, it is dangerous. it is not the ONE INCH OF SNOW, it is the driving. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:27 1
        
        Agreed. That's why I mentioned driving below. People are insane. haha. -- nm - MDH Dec 16, 07:28
    - don't look at me, I'm not going home. :) Keep in mind though that snow removal in this area is pretty poor, so it could be genuinely treacherous. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:18 24
      - It's enough to shut us down, too. Having lived in both the north and the south... - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:26 17
        
        but, really, most cities don't clean an inch of snow, most start at 3 inches before they do anything. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:28 6
        
        I give up, Toronto is clearly superior. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:30 3
        
        this has *nothing* do to with Toronto. it has to do with a city that gets snow every year going home early when they expect an inch of snow. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:31 2
        
        I am not sure who you are railing at. I think people here are ridiculous. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:32 1
        
        i'm not exactly railing at people, i'm railing at the excuses coming from a place that gets snow. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:33
        
        My hometown treated the roads ahead of time, actually. - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:30 1
        
        treating ahead is good. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:31
        
        exactly. Ice storms in your area are a nightmare. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:27
        
        Right....but I'd imagine an inch of snow down there isn't all that common - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:27 8
        
        right. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:29
        
        We had it earlier this week. The town basically shut down for Monday and Tuesday. - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:29 3
        
        Oh, ice is a competely different animal. I'll drive in snow, i'll drive in blizzards...i won't bother with ice. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:33 1
        
        yeah, there was one night in NYC when I drove from Manhattan to Queens on ice ... TERRIFYING. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:35
        
        like i said, ice is *entirely* different and very very dangerous. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:30
        
        hm, I am not sure DC gets so many, but I guess we'd have to check actual facts. Last year was a freak occurrence. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:29 2
        
        you go cross country skiing every year, you, in fact own skiis. you expect snow. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:29 1
        
        yes, I am a northerner. I spent every Christmas in Quebec City growing up. and yet, I am terrified of DC drivers in the snow. even ONE INCH. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:31
      - ONE INCH OF SNOW IS NOT TREACHEROUS. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:20 5
        
        you don't have talk to me like I'm an incompetent snow driver, thanks. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:21 3
        
        You're a woman. - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:44
        
        You are the one who called it treacherous, fwiw. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 07:22 1
        
        the weather dude said 1-3 inches, could be more, and with zero cleanup, yeah there will be accidents. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:22
        
        Word. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:21
    - In DC? Make every road known to man completly impassable. Seriously. - MDH Dec 16, 07:18 6
      - but, that's my point. you can, easily, drive on 1 inch of snow (even without snow tires). it's not an inch of ice. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:19 4
        
        For the record: DC is *not* the South. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 07:21 2
        
        then you have even less of an excuse. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:28
        
        everywhere is pretty much the South for Andie though is it? -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:22
        
        oh, you don't have to tell us. although, I have to say, we do have big problems with ice sometimes, since it's not that cold. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:21
      - the not knowing how to drive is what makes it bad. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:19
    - (exactly.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:17
Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 07:10
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- So she had paid for everything herself along the way? I'm confused on that point. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 07:32 1
  - I think the "emotional damages" probably won't fly, but she shouldn't be stuck with $100k of bills. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:37
- Why should he be exempt from sharing those expenses? -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:15
- says she got dumped four days before the wedding. Yeah, I'd sue. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:13
will hunting is applying for a job at a spice company? damn, i hold some stock in mccormick....nm - x Dec 16, 07:09 8
- *laughing* - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:12 6
  - Reminds me of when mel was shopping for a teapot for me at Teavana. - Diva Dec 16, 07:19 2
    - ....to bathe in it? What the hell do you mean my purpose? Are you serious? - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:20 1
      - exactly. He should have been like "she drinks it. that's her purpose." -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 07:44
  - "I know Scary...and I think there was one called Baby and I'd have to consult my CD collection to get the rest" -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:16
  - *phew* i will continue to hold it then,,,,nm - x Dec 16, 07:14 1
    - "I'm not sure this spice is what we're looking for, the kick is rather strong." "That's pepper, dumbass." - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:16
- don't be silly. WH in the vicinity of food can only be good for your stock. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:12
NFL developing laser first down markers... -- (link) - znufrii Dec 16, 07:06 1
- who the hell wants ill-tempered sea bass flopping around on the field? -- nm - zork Dec 16, 07:25
I just sent my first tweet. - Diva Dec 16, 07:04 4 2
- following -- nm - Epiphany Dec 16, 07:13
- favourite so I can follow you later. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:08
- Following! -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:06
- First follower! What do I win? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:05
If you are using Chrome, here's a way to donate to charity just by opening tabs. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 16, 07:04 1
- seems like a lot of work --nm - decline Dec 16, 07:36
Probst's blog. Disappointing... (spoilers) -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 06:58 9
- Who are the "3 idiots"? (spoils) - Jim Dec 16, 07:07 8
  - I understand the not wanting to go into (spoilers) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:10 7
    - No way that was a throw away vote - MDH Dec 16, 07:15
    - Bah...(spoils) - Jim Dec 16, 07:11 5
      - Spoiler - amoxy Dec 16, 07:13 3
        
        Frankly (spoils) - Jim Dec 16, 07:24 2
        
        Oh I agree (spoiler) - amoxy Dec 16, 07:30 1
        
        Her speech should be fantastic. What i want to see (which will never happen, though) (spoils) - Jim Dec 16, 07:36
      - Well, at some point, she has to vote for someone (spoilers) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 07:13

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