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How much snow is too much snow?
Asked at Speedway Shell, 1733 Mass. St. on December 8, 2009
“If I have to shovel it, it’s too much.”
“10 feet is too much, I’m from Oregon.”
“No snow at all is too much snow.”
“If it’s going to be cold, there’s not too much snow. You got to have the snow with the cold.”
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RoeDapple 3 years, 5 months ago
Anybody else think Andrew should change majors?
(And now your local weather, by Andrew Storm...)
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 5 months ago
She thought her sister was Bob Dylan?
gphawk89 3 years, 5 months ago
There is no thing as too much snow. As long as it doesn't close the slopes due to avalanche conditions and the snow cats have time to groom it overnight, the more the merrier.
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 5 months ago
If the snow is deep enough to hide a delicious buttery biscuit, well, that's too deep.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago
Depends on if it is the wrong type of snow.
OonlyBonly 3 years, 5 months ago
Because she wanted to see the man at her sister's funeral
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago
Too easy of question space, She is hoping the guy will show up at her sisters funeral.
preebo 3 years, 5 months ago
Too much snow???
I guess when its May... and it dumps, then you might say it's too much.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago
hog, What I really dislike is when the damn shrink asks you open ended questions like: Do you see yourself as needing to correct God's mistakes?, then they stop you before you are done answering,
AreUNorml 3 years, 5 months ago
as an old girlfriend of mine used to say, 10 inches is just too much. snow that is.
dajudge 3 years, 5 months ago
I thought she had forgotten all about the man, but, did remember that time her sister wiped a booger on her as a kid and several other mean things growing up. She snapped. Had enough, and then there was a baseball bat laying right there handy, so she had no choice but to hit a home run using her sister's head as the ball.
AreUNorml 3 years, 5 months ago
it's ok, i'm used to being censored. a little of me seems to go a long way.
merrill 3 years, 5 months ago
Grab a 24" push broom and start pushing the snow away before it becomes too much whatever that is....
Pushing with a broom is much easier than digging with a shovel it seems...... unless that is an illusion.
Plan ahead:
alm77 3 years, 5 months ago
Whoa, did Merrill just post a list I can agree with? Mmmmm, beans, cheese and salsa!!!!
Mel Briscoe 3 years, 5 months ago
snow is pretty to look at. in a picture. not while i'm wading thru it, shoveling it or scraping it off of my car.
i think we got about 3 inches overnight here in salina and its still coming down.
charliejohnson 3 years, 5 months ago
It has snowed enough when they cancel school.
Pywacket 3 years, 5 months ago
When I was 8, we had a legendary snowstorm that dumped 4 feet of snow on us. The drifts between the houses literally met the icicles that hung from the eaves. My friends and I tunneled our way to each other's houses and built forts--down into the snow instead of up from the ground.
My dad was stranded about 15 miles away, in the neighboring city where he worked. He made it home about 2 days later, after the highways and secondary roads opened.
All the neighbor men were out in our street shoveling so he could make it the rest of the way home, as our street had not yet been plowed.
It must've been miserable for Dad & lots of people, but we kids were in hog heaven. For once, school actually closed! That was very rare up there. Neighbors helped each other and we had a little corner store that ended up selling just about everything in their coolers & off their shelves before the roads cleared enough for people to go to the big grocery stores.
11 years later, a very similar snowstorm hit the same area. Being older, having a job & night classes, I didn't have as much fun as when I was 8! I moved here a few years later. They have not had that much snow again so far. I'd love to see that happen here just once.
You just can't have too much snow!
dickmerkin 3 years, 5 months ago
spacehog, That's no diagnostic question, that's just a really old joke. I think the first time I heard it was a rerun of an old black & white movie. Give these guys a chance to Google it and their on it.
CWGOKU 3 years, 5 months ago
AH! THE BIG BUG SUNGLASSES ARE BACK! Snow is a four letter word.
1029 3 years, 5 months ago
When I was a kid my family told me that snow was Satan spewing saliva over the land because he was mad that so many people were rejecting him and going to church. We used to have this big 8' x 5' painting over our couch that depicted Satan looking down on a snow-covered city scene with a burst of snow spewing from his smiling, foaming, mouth. Therefore, though the nightmares stopped years ago, I still get a little uncomfortable everytime it snows and I think of that painting and how this cold, white madness will never stop as long as people continue to go to church.
I_Bejewel 3 years, 5 months ago
That's a great story Py! Just once I'd like my boys to experience a real big snow like I remember growing up.
1029.....I didn't know whether to laugh or be very disturbed by that story.
jonas_opines 3 years, 5 months ago
1029, thank you again for helping me test my hypothesis on how bizarre you have to get on the internet before no one thinks that you're being serious. Not so much here, too much evident suspicion, but the other thread is gold.
Pywacket 3 years, 5 months ago
1029, in that picture, did Satan bear any resemblance to Bob Dylan? Great story, regardless!
I_Bejewel~ Yeah, I have always wished my kids could see a snow like that. Two are grown & out of the house, but the little fella still has a chance before he's too old to appreciate it. So here's to hoping....
My husband is not at all enchanted with the white stuff. He's one of those sick, twisted types who prefer 90 degrees and blazing sun.
AreUNorml 3 years, 5 months ago
1029, that story makes me cry. Mostly because it's so danged real. There are actually people out there that believe that type of nonsense. I mean, come on. isn't satan the guy with the big firepit and such? where did he suddenly get ice cold lungs?
RoeDapple 3 years, 5 months ago
Don't look 1029!!!!
http://fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/satan-snow-angel.jpg
spiff 3 years, 5 months ago
one of the best OTS threads i've seen in many a moon
misterlee 3 years, 5 months ago
Spacehog, KKFI is not a country music station. It's easily the best station in this area, with the best variey of music available. While it's not for everyone, it's an excellent alternative to commercial radio.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 5 months ago
KKFI... Isn't that that pinko commie socialist propaganda station way down on the dial?
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