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  • F feline_dracoform

    yep, its true. down here in Cornwall, England, somewhere where "snow" means 3 flakes that melt the instant they land we have had the first snow of the year. so much snow that the local roads are impassible :~ i tried to drive home a few hours ago. when i found myself going sideways i got the idea that this was not all that safe :wtf: at least i was lucky, i was able to get the car back to the office, so i know i am parked somewhere safe. several other people had to abandon their cars upto a mile away and walk back, because there was no way they could drive up any of the local hills. so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter :zzz: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

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    El Corazon
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    this has always been a fear of mine living an hour from work. I have been the last person let through by state police twice. Although it is easier knowing you are the last person on the road. Good luck and hopefully they will clear the roads for you soon! _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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    • F feline_dracoform

      yep, its true. down here in Cornwall, England, somewhere where "snow" means 3 flakes that melt the instant they land we have had the first snow of the year. so much snow that the local roads are impassible :~ i tried to drive home a few hours ago. when i found myself going sideways i got the idea that this was not all that safe :wtf: at least i was lucky, i was able to get the car back to the office, so i know i am parked somewhere safe. several other people had to abandon their cars upto a mile away and walk back, because there was no way they could drive up any of the local hills. so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter :zzz: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

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      David Wulff
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      This morning was pretty bad, both with the heavy snow slowing my journey down, and the idiots who think they can drive at 80mph in the road-slush giving the police and ambulance services plenty to work with. I passed two seperate white vans who managed to spin themselves around and hit the barriers on the A380 past Telegraph Hill. Crazy, crazy people. It was very pretty first thing though - I was the first person out in my street so all the snow was untouched, except for a few cat prints. Just like on the Xmas cards. This evening there wasnt any snow at all though, it had all cleared, so you have my comisserations.

      feline_dracoform wrote:

      so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter

      Can't you find a local bar?


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      • F feline_dracoform

        yep, its true. down here in Cornwall, England, somewhere where "snow" means 3 flakes that melt the instant they land we have had the first snow of the year. so much snow that the local roads are impassible :~ i tried to drive home a few hours ago. when i found myself going sideways i got the idea that this was not all that safe :wtf: at least i was lucky, i was able to get the car back to the office, so i know i am parked somewhere safe. several other people had to abandon their cars upto a mile away and walk back, because there was no way they could drive up any of the local hills. so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter :zzz: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

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        Judah Gabriel Himango
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        It's pouring down snow here in Minnesota, USA. We have something like 3-4 inches (~10 centimeters) since this morning. It's crazy. And I need to drive about 2 hours to the in-laws tonight for Thanksgiving. Gonna be a rough ride. :)

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          feline_dracoform wrote:

          so much snow that the local roads are impassible

          Cool - did you get any photos? :-) On a different note, you do realize that using feline in your nick would imply that you are a woman, don't you? For some reason feline is always taken as a feminine thing!

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          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

          For some reason feline is always taken as a feminine thing!

          Feline means cat, doesn't it? :confused:

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            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

            For some reason feline is always taken as a feminine thing!

            Feline means cat, doesn't it? :confused:

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            Graham Bradshaw wrote:

            Feline means cat, doesn't it?

            Yep, and cats are typically associated with women! That's why we have cat woman but no cat man! I don't know why this is so though. Or maybe I am the only guy here who thinks that feline is usually associated with women?

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            • J Judah Gabriel Himango

              It's pouring down snow here in Minnesota, USA. We have something like 3-4 inches (~10 centimeters) since this morning. It's crazy. And I need to drive about 2 hours to the in-laws tonight for Thanksgiving. Gonna be a rough ride. :)

              Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Bought a House! Judah Himango

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              Gary R Wheeler
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              Good luck. My step-dad and his wife just came back from his cabin up in Ely, MN a week or so back. Apparently they just missed the snow. Up there they routinely have a couple of feet on the ground for most of the winter.


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              • N Nish Nishant

                Graham Bradshaw wrote:

                Feline means cat, doesn't it?

                Yep, and cats are typically associated with women! That's why we have cat woman but no cat man! I don't know why this is so though. Or maybe I am the only guy here who thinks that feline is usually associated with women?

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                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                Yep, and cats are typically associated with women! That's why we have cat woman but no cat man! I don't know why this is so though. Or maybe I am the only guy here who thinks that feline is usually associated with women?

                Only partially true.... The Samurai Cat[^] I have actually used this name as my handle on a number of forums. So too do other men, often the handle is already used. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  Yep, and cats are typically associated with women! That's why we have cat woman but no cat man! I don't know why this is so though. Or maybe I am the only guy here who thinks that feline is usually associated with women?

                  Only partially true.... The Samurai Cat[^] I have actually used this name as my handle on a number of forums. So too do other men, often the handle is already used. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                  Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

                  Only partially true.... The Samurai Cat[^]

                  Not to forget: Mcavity! And of course, the devious Kathmandu... :rolleyes:

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                    Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                    Yep, and cats are typically associated with women! That's why we have cat woman but no cat man! I don't know why this is so though. Or maybe I am the only guy here who thinks that feline is usually associated with women?

                    Only partially true.... The Samurai Cat[^] I have actually used this name as my handle on a number of forums. So too do other men, often the handle is already used. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                    code frog 0
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                    I've always believed the world needs a kick-ass Samurai Chicken. Written in the same spirit as Samurai Cat. Only I think the chicken would need to have been raised by rebel Ninja's to pull it all off...;)

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                      Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

                      Only partially true.... The Samurai Cat[^]

                      Not to forget: Mcavity! And of course, the devious Kathmandu... :rolleyes:

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                      Nish Nishant
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                      Shog9 wrote:

                      Not to forget: Mcavity! And of course, the devious Kathmandu...

                      Yeah, cats can be guys - Macavity, Tom and Garfield are all really cool guy-cats. But humans are cat-like only when they are women!

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                        Shog9 wrote:

                        Not to forget: Mcavity! And of course, the devious Kathmandu...

                        Yeah, cats can be guys - Macavity, Tom and Garfield are all really cool guy-cats. But humans are cat-like only when they are women!

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                        Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                        But humans are cat-like only when they are women!

                        Again, I would disagree. Ferociousness is associated with the big cats, lions, tigers, leopards. Anyone who has met a cougar, or even a bobcat in the wild knows they are just miniature big-cats very dangerous. The examples of wild cats in Hawaii and Australia where they become huge preditors and have to be hunted to protect the other species. Cat association with females is a modern thing, Cat association as a hunting male is very common in aboriginal cultures. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                          I've always believed the world needs a kick-ass Samurai Chicken. Written in the same spirit as Samurai Cat. Only I think the chicken would need to have been raised by rebel Ninja's to pull it all off...;)

                          Some assembly required. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.

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                          code-frog wrote:

                          would need to have been raised by rebel Ninja's to pull it all off..

                          I don't know... having seen a ... rooster fight once, I think a chicken doesn't need training. You might want something that is completely unassociated with violence... like turtles... ;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            Good luck. My step-dad and his wife just came back from his cabin up in Ely, MN a week or so back. Apparently they just missed the snow. Up there they routinely have a couple of feet on the ground for most of the winter.


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                            Judah Gabriel Himango
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                            Oh, in Ely, eh? My family used to go on vacation up there, we'd go fishing on Veteran's Lake.

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                              code-frog wrote:

                              would need to have been raised by rebel Ninja's to pull it all off..

                              I don't know... having seen a ... rooster fight once, I think a chicken doesn't need training. You might want something that is completely unassociated with violence... like turtles... ;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                              Gary R Wheeler
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                              Turtles not associated with violence[^]


                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              • J Judah Gabriel Himango

                                Oh, in Ely, eh? My family used to go on vacation up there, we'd go fishing on Veteran's Lake.

                                Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Bought a House! Judah Himango

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                                Gary R Wheeler
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                                My step-dad's mentioned Fall Lake; IIRC, his property is on one edge of it.


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                                • F feline_dracoform

                                  yep, its true. down here in Cornwall, England, somewhere where "snow" means 3 flakes that melt the instant they land we have had the first snow of the year. so much snow that the local roads are impassible :~ i tried to drive home a few hours ago. when i found myself going sideways i got the idea that this was not all that safe :wtf: at least i was lucky, i was able to get the car back to the office, so i know i am parked somewhere safe. several other people had to abandon their cars upto a mile away and walk back, because there was no way they could drive up any of the local hills. so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter :zzz: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

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                                  I'm in Helston and there's about an inch of snow here - the roads were pretty slushy when I drove home around 4:45 but not too bad. It's much worse on Bodmin Moor. Hope it clears up soon or you'll be doing an all-weekender! Steve. Asynes yw brassa ages kwilkynyow.

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                                    Turtles not associated with violence[^]


                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    El Corazon
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                                    That was why the smiley. :) I had the first editions back when they were released while I was in college. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                      That was why the smiley. :) I had the first editions back when they were released while I was in college. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                      :doh:


                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        :doh:


                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        :-D though yours is more fitting... they'd be worth a fortune now... if it were not for a couple of marriages that terminated their existance.... I preferred Aztec Ace anyhow, not as collectable, but more enjoying, and more ... adult story. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                        • F feline_dracoform

                                          yep, its true. down here in Cornwall, England, somewhere where "snow" means 3 flakes that melt the instant they land we have had the first snow of the year. so much snow that the local roads are impassible :~ i tried to drive home a few hours ago. when i found myself going sideways i got the idea that this was not all that safe :wtf: at least i was lucky, i was able to get the car back to the office, so i know i am parked somewhere safe. several other people had to abandon their cars upto a mile away and walk back, because there was no way they could drive up any of the local hills. so for the first time i will be doing an all nighter :zzz: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

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                                          Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                          Ouch! My sympathies hun. I saw it on the news tonight and it looked pretty grim. I hope your night isn't too uncomfortable. :rose: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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