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| #1AstromathFeb 06, 2010 12:15:08 | It's snowing right now as I type this. We have ~2-3 feet of snow here in Martinsburg WV and it's still snowing. I moved from Maine to get away from this ~16-17 years ago. In my opinion, the word "snow" should be relagated to the four letter word ban list.
Don't mind me, this is just a rant. |
| #2Cpt_MichaFeb 06, 2010 12:18:58 | I live in the South. It's not supposed to EVER do this here.
... stupid snow. |
| #3lhockeeFeb 06, 2010 13:22:10 | Boowhoo! 
Damn Yanks think that they actually know what snow is! 2-3 feet? That's pocket change where I'm from. Course, I grew up with snow, so I love it. Biased much?  |
| #4AstromathFeb 06, 2010 14:37:01 | Don't forget that I said that I was originally from Maine. I grew up in Howland which is ~30 miles north of Bangor. I remember when I was in high school on a wrestling trip to Madawasca (the northern-most town in Maine) travelling by snow banks almost taller than the bus we rode in. So I do know snow.
P.S. on a side note, our wrestling coach's name was Mr. Snow. |
| #5EscefFeb 06, 2010 16:40:39 | Seeing as I spent almost all of last year in Iraq, I don't mind the snow right now. Maybe next year, or the year after. But now? No. |
| #6oxybeFeb 06, 2010 17:56:23 | it's -10C (14F for you silly Yanks) and oddly enough, though we live in the supposedly perma-snow canada in our electric igloos, we don't get much snow that sticks here. we get a little bit, it warms up a little bit, it leaves. repeat. |
| #7EscefFeb 06, 2010 18:06:52 | it's -10C (14F for you silly Yanks)
In the U.S. a lot of people from the south call people from the north "Northerners" and "Yankees". Up here, we just call ourselves "Americans". I attribute this to the fact that many people in the south are obsessed with a war that ended before their great-great-grandparents were born.
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| #8oxybeFeb 06, 2010 18:17:30 | alright then! *pout. like really pouting*
it's -10C (14F for you silly americans) and oddly enough, though we live in the supposedly perma-snow canada in our electric igloos, we don't get much snow that sticks here. we get a little bit, it warms up a little bit, it leaves. repeat. |
| #9EscefFeb 06, 2010 18:22:15 | Better! |
| #10KlirshonFeb 07, 2010 1:43:15 | Yeah, the wannabe Confeds are oppose to being labeled a Yankee...
As for the snow, normally I wouldn't care if my LeSabre was operating smoothly. Being that the brakes are deteriorating, I have to drive extra carefully to avoid colliding with traffic. Usually I just drive rationally through the snow while everone else is either insane (due to believing 4-wheel drive means "drive through snow like it wasn't there") or blubbering babies. |
| #11EscefFeb 07, 2010 2:30:55 | Yeah, the wannabe Confeds are oppose to being labeled a Yankee...
People from Massachusetts are opposed to being called Yankees because Yankees Suck! Go Sox! (I don't care about baseball, but hating New York is so much fun.)
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| #12ViolenceJackFeb 07, 2010 3:11:57 | But you Americans have been calling yourselves Yanks since WWII (at least) without making the distinction. Example from popular songs of the day: "When the Yanks raise the Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima Isle..."
Just sayin' is all. For us outside your borders, this kind of thing can make it all very confusing. |
| #13KlirshonFeb 07, 2010 3:49:59 | Perhaps the majority of Americans don't mind/care about being called Yankees (unless they hate New York as Escef had mentioned). The rebels are a minority here (considering their side lost the civil war); I am sure they would change the words of songs/phrases that use the word Yank and words they associate with Yank. (Edit) Unless it was meant for an insult to the union/northerners. |
| #14EscefFeb 07, 2010 8:36:11 |
But you Americans have been calling yourselves Yanks since WWII (at least) without making the distinction. Example from popular songs of the day: "When the Yanks raise the Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima Isle..."
Just sayin' is all. For us outside your borders, this kind of thing can make it all very confusing.
Attributed to E.B. White:
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- To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
- To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
- To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
- To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
- To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
- And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.
The term Yankee has evolved in meaning greatly over the past. It has frequently been used in a derogatory fashion; not just by southerners to their northern bretheren, but also by citizens of other countries referring to any or all citizens of the United States. An interesting article, though take with the grain of salt necessary for its source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
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| #15AstromathFeb 07, 2010 11:43:25 | Hmmm. Topic started about a rant about snow. Now its a rant about yankees. Ok. Let's put the 2 topics together. What do yankees think about snow. |
| #16oxybeFeb 07, 2010 11:54:56 | i guess i'm outta this conversation.
or are we talking about what we believe the Yankees (baseball team) think about snow? |
| #17KlirshonFeb 07, 2010 12:21:50 | I don't believe they think about snow at all. They are probably more interested the money they are making. What can you expect from a team whose payroll is the largest in the league... |
| #18lhockeeFeb 07, 2010 12:30:17 | I think that Yanks might need more snow, teach 'em what it means to have a real snow storm. |
| #19EscherEnigmaFeb 07, 2010 15:40:17 | I'm from Connecticut, and "yank" has always meant "New Englander" to me. |
| #20The-Mage-KingFeb 07, 2010 15:42:35 | May I say that it's a lovely 60° here, and I'm smirking at everyone else's misery? |
| #21EscherEnigmaFeb 07, 2010 15:44:32 | According to google, it's 77 Fahrenheit outside. So a little chilly.
Edit: Ah, sorry. Google was looking at a different Socorro. It says it's 54 Fahrenheit outside. So a little chilly. |
| #22oxybeFeb 07, 2010 16:09:27 | currently -1 (30 for you americans). still in a t-shirt, though the only time i've worn a sweatshirt this winter was when i was sick for a few days.
then again, i've often been called a bear (both grizzly and polar) by the local bus drivers and several people i know. i also vaguely remember being called a bugbear on these forums in the "what do you look like" threads... |
| #23The-Mage-KingFeb 08, 2010 9:37:51 | I retract my '60° and sunny' claim.
It's now about 50°, but rising... |
| #24boraxeFeb 08, 2010 9:47:04 | Wah! A little real weather and you all lose it. I'd give my left maple-nut to have three feet of snow right now. Get over it, ladies, you don't know how good you've got it! 
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| #25The-Mage-KingFeb 08, 2010 9:50:42 | ...You insult me, sir. I will have you know that the summers here are the worst. You've got 'skeeters, the pounding rays of the sun... Cruel people dragging you to theme parks... |
| #26boj0Feb 08, 2010 10:06:26 | Lol I live in Minnesota, a foot of snow is child's play |
| #27Cpt_MichaFeb 08, 2010 10:08:27 | Again. This is just unnatural.
I live in the South dammit. It's supposed to be slightly cold in the winter, and rainy.
Not this frozen hell.
I guess this means maybe we'll get a cold summer.... I could only hope. |
| #28KlirshonFeb 08, 2010 10:22:58 | Here in Ohio (or at least in Southwest), the denizens panic over any type of storm in any season. Just check our grocery stores right before and during a storm; they go completely ape  . |
| #29AstromathFeb 08, 2010 10:53:48 | Same thing goes for WV, at least in the eastern panhandle area. Even a little bit of snow causes the schools to shut down. Where I grew up (Howland, ME), it would take at least 6 inches or more to shut down the schools. My father was superintendent of SAD 31 (a district of 8 towns) and he personally went out and drove around to check the status of the roads. |
| #30zombie_babiesFeb 09, 2010 9:47:37 | Here in Ohio (or at least in Southwest), the denizens panic over any type of storm in any season. Just check our grocery stores right before and during a storm; they go completely ape .
It's not so bad where I'm at (Northeast-ish). People still drive like idiots (constantly braking in snow does not a safe driver make), but they also still drive better than Virginians do even in the summer. Worst. Drivers. Ever. |
| #31The_SilverswordFeb 09, 2010 11:00:46 | Im still waiting for the Global Warming thing to kick in! |
| #32lhockeeFeb 09, 2010 11:10:37 |  |
| #33KlirshonFeb 09, 2010 11:38:14 |
It's not so bad where I'm at (Northeast-ish). People still drive like idiots (constantly braking in snow does not a safe driver make), but they also still drive better than Virginians do even in the summer. Worst. Drivers. Ever.
I think I saw a Virginian (with Ohio license plates but that's not the point) driving in the snow today. What a load of ... I get stuck behind this namby-pamby whose going around thirty-something in a fifty-five (mph for you metric folk) speed zone. I had to wait in a left turn lane because this slow bugger took too long and caused the light to change before I could turn. I was close to catching up to this wuss but yet another traffic-light stops me.
When the revolution begins, the first meatbags on the list are those that shouldn't drive in the snow... |
| #34zombie_babiesFeb 09, 2010 11:41:52 | I've only had the misfortune of driving through VA in the late spring/early summer. Two lanes through Richmond. They think there's six. And they rubberneck worse than I've ever seen. One tiny fender bender on the other side of the divided highway and everyone on my side slows to 5mph. Yeah. Morons. |
| #35AstromathFeb 10, 2010 10:12:16 | 2nd snow storm in a row. Now we're looking at a total accumulation of ~4 feet. I reiterate the topic header: "SNOW, BAH!!!!!" |
| #36The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 10:17:38 | Sucks to be you.
Nyer, nyer, I'm in the...
45 degree weather...
But at least it isn't snowing. |
| #37lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:28:39 | Snow = |
| #38The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:34:00 | 
So, anyone read the new Fullmetal Alchemist? |
| #39boraxeFeb 10, 2010 11:37:17 | 2nd snow storm in a row. Now we're looking at a total accumulation of ~4 feet. I reiterate the topic header: "SNOW, BAH!!!!!"
Lucky bastards. 
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| #40lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:39:12 | Oh, look at that; it's a little TMK trying to be all funny. How cute! |
| #41The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:41:19 | ...I shall invoke the name of the terror if you continue with that.
The terror from... The imageboard that shall not be named. |
| #42lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:44:12 | {poke}
Bring it! |
| #43The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:45:40 | Oh, Anonymous! I call thee! Strike down this fool who dislikes Caturday! AND called you stupid! |
| #44lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:46:46 | It'll never find me!  |
| #45The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:48:37 | Can you hear that?
Virtual footsteps, hundreds of them, coming towards you... |
| #46lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:51:09 | Nope, can't hear anything safe in my fortress. |
| #47The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:52:12 | They're coming for you...
Say, have you heard of the person named Lightsource John?
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| #48lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:53:18 | What's that, some kind of lame anime persona? |
| #49The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:54:21 | No, no...
He's from an American cartoon, by Speilberg, call Freakazoid.
You know his name...
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| #50lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 11:55:04 | Never heard/seen of it. Any good? |
| #51The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 11:57:59 | It showed for like one season when I was five.
The only way I remeber any of it is from TVTropes.
The name I was trying to get you to say is Candle Jack, by th |
| #52lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 12:01:47 | And I assume that Candle Jack has something to do with snow yes? |
| #53The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 12:03:42 | No, he kidnaps people who say his name.
That is why I wanted to see if you know the Candle Jack me |
| #54lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 12:05:23 | So, technically, by saying said name you just screwed yourself right?  |
| #55The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 12:06:20 | Yes, basically. |
| #56lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 12:08:49 | Well, we'll light a candle in memory of you. And name it Jack. |
| #57The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 12:09:08 | Also...
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| #58lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 12:10:41 | Excellent! |
| #59The-Mage-KingFeb 10, 2010 12:12:06 | Thanks for the help. |
| #60ebenmckayFeb 10, 2010 12:12:55 | Former Michigan resident here, just moved to sunny Tennessee a couple months ago. Moved into my new apartment in December to beautiful 55 degree wather. But of course it couldn't last. Unusual amounts of snow here (according to the natives anyway) and everything closes when they get more than an inch (wimps!). Meanwhile MI is getting snow by the foot. I moved just in time.
On another topic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkGVhmw7x9Q
The whole thing is that if you say the name Candle Jack he'll kidnap you in mid-sen |
| #61lhockeeFeb 10, 2010 12:13:55 | The whole thing is that if you say the name Candle Jack he'll kidnap you in mid-sen
That's creepy... {shudder}
Also, I still think Snow = |
| #62zombie_babiesFeb 10, 2010 13:40:20 | Snow blows. Unless it's deer season. Or bunny season. Otherwise, it blows. I'm not one of the lucky few that works somewhere that actually closes due to incliment weather. Occasionally, I get let out a li'l early if it's real bad. But I always, always have to struggle my way in. |
| #63KlirshonFeb 10, 2010 13:54:50 | I sure won't attempt to go to work on a level 3 snow emergency. I'm not risking being arrested for trying to get paid... |
| #64zombie_babiesFeb 10, 2010 13:57:16 | Heh. That'd be about the only way I'd get out of it. Maybe.  |
| #65KlirshonFeb 10, 2010 14:07:45 | I see it as three options:
-Out maneuver emergency vehicles to get to work
-Spend the night in the "slammer"
-Stay home
I can't out maneuver anyone (unless it is a Virginian) with my big lumbering sedan. If I tried it will be like I'm at an ice capade. Taking a trip to jail and not collecting my two-hundred dollars doesn't appeal to me. Staying home sounds logical out of those three.
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| #66AstromathFeb 11, 2010 11:44:13 | Being that I was born & raised in Maine, I can outmaneuver most everybody here in WV, except for those idiots who think they can outmaneuver me. Never argue with an idiot. Just let them have their way. For example, in today's paper, a couple of crooks trying to get away from the scene of the crime plowed right into a snow bank and got caught. They thought they could outmaneuver the police. They rolled a natural 1 on a d20 for their DEX roll. |
| #67EscherEnigmaFeb 11, 2010 15:54:55 | Still suffering from snow? Well, I saw a funny picture [link]. Warning: the link goes to a small post in the blog Joe.My.God., and some of the side-bar ads can be risque. I'd link to the picture itself, but it looks like they blocked linking from outside like that. |
| #68KlirshonFeb 12, 2010 5:49:39 | It's a great way to store all that beer you just couldn't fit into the fridge. You'll have to watch out when the snow melts though. |
| #69lhockeeFeb 12, 2010 14:26:06 | I think I'll have to try that out on my igloo! |
| #70KlirshonFeb 13, 2010 5:48:26 | I thought you lived in a wigwam... |
| #71lhockeeFeb 13, 2010 11:02:26 | Only on Sundays, silly. |