I am jealous...
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Speaking as someone who has lived in an area regularly cut off by snow, it does get to be a bore. Ample supplies of antifreeze are essential. (Our digs in Wyoming were at about 6800 feet, surrounded by 9000 ft peaks. We were snowed in several times every winter, for many days at a time. Although never 8 days at a stretch. Speaks to the impotence of the snowplows, methinks.) ;)
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They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
The 18 year old waitress did say the "novelty" was wearing off.
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Once, when I was a kid in Vermont, we had large number of relatives over for Christmas. Something like an additional 5 adults and 6 kids above the normal number, in a small house. We got hammered with something like 6 feet of snow between Christmas and New Years; the airport was shut for over a week. Every day, my one older sister who didn't have kids was on the phone trying to book a flight out of town. It provided the family with hours of amusement for years afterwards, recounting her increasing desperation... :laugh:
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They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
It could have been more serious - they could have run out of beer. :~
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
It could have been more serious - they could have run out of beer. :~
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Oh, were beer googles required? :~
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Speaking as someone who has lived in an area regularly cut off by snow, it does get to be a bore. Ample supplies of antifreeze are essential. (Our digs in Wyoming were at about 6800 feet, surrounded by 9000 ft peaks. We were snowed in several times every winter, for many days at a time. Although never 8 days at a stretch. Speaks to the impotence of the snowplows, methinks.) ;)
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Back home in Crestline, we got snowed in for ten days once. Three snowstorms in one weekend can do that. The official tally was about 5' of the stuff, but I measured 9' in my yard. Being mid-March, the snowplow people let the tanks run dry for the year, and by the time they realized their mistake all roads were closed up the mountain. Fortunately it was still possible to walk, and the bar in the center of town 2 miles away became Town Hall, serving drinks with cracked icicles and snow in place of cubes, cooking hot meals over a wood stove. From there we dispatched teams on quads to remote homes to check on food supplies and deliver needed items we all pooled. When the electric company helicoptered repair people in to restore power, another bar in another part of town set them up a command post and barracks on the dance floor, and served the men sandwiches and hot beverages to keep them going. Once a few people with really large vehicles packed the snow on the local roads, we could get around by truck rather than walking everywhere, but it was still an adventure until the main passes were cleared and the plow crews got back to work. As you mention, it was our saving fortune that the booze delivery trucks got through to the bars before the storm hit!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
It could have been more serious - they could have run out of beer. :~
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They didn't run out, frozen it was. :)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
It could have been more serious - they could have run out of beer. :~
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick Visit the Hindi forum here.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
Abhinav S wrote:
It could have been more serious - they could have run out of beer.
I never knew beer could be a replacement for condoms, or quarters for that matter. You learn something new every day. :)
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They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
They must have run out of condoms... or quarters.
Given that Manchester is not one in of the thankfully rare countries that uses silly coins by that name, I imagine you mean that the corralled punters lost interest in hind quarters. Poor things.
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Looks like they are back in business.
Don't see why you were down voted? I gave you a 5.
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Don't see why you were down voted? I gave you a 5.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Just some univoter finding an outlet for his/her immaturity and frustration. Nothing to worry about, I'm sure she/he will get the hang of things eventually.
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Just some univoter finding an outlet for his/her immaturity and frustration. Nothing to worry about, I'm sure she/he will get the hang of things eventually.
Most likely! With all the recent baseless down voting recently, I'm starting to think it would be a good idea to show who voted what.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."