Dear Texas...
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Topic: Dear Texas...
Posted By: stratoaxe
Subject: Dear Texas...
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 1:58am
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The north called, they want their weather back.
So I've always wondered why people who live in cold climates piss and moan about the snow and ice. I now know why. I spent well over twenty minutes just getting my car de-iced for work. Then I drove home in this (which I realize is no big deal to many of you, but this is a freaking blizzard for us)-
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 2:14am
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I need to get a good pic of the crap me and flurry deal with.
Also: Dear Texas, please quit sending all your oil rig guys up with their beautiful pickups. Your going to send me dangerously into debt if you keep taunting me. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 2:37am
Ha, you would hate life if you lived here and were tempted by pickups. I don't even like them, nor do I have a need for one, nor could I afford the fueling costs, but when a nice pickup drives by (which happens all day err' day) I can't help but want one. Anyway, I literally got on my laptop to post a thread about the weather in Texas and the dangerous conditions that come as a result. We don't even have enough snow to cover the hood of our cars, but within five minutes of going outside with some housemates we saw one person skid to a stop 20-30 feet past their stop. Not ten minutes later we saw someone in an SUV do a 180 in the middle of the street. Nobody was hurt, so we laughed, but really, I'll be taking the nature-route to class in the morning to avoid the paved roads because I don't trust Texas drivers with the ice on the road. That's if the university doesn't just shut down, not because of the ice or because it might be dangerous to travel for some people, but because it's cold. Never change, Texas. Never change. ------------- 
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ammolord wrote:Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 3:14am
The biggest issue up here isn't the snow, it's the snow on top of the ice. I can generally handle most weather conditions just fine, but this one has been a little much. I parked my car in the driveway, and it slid back down as I got out of it 
But yes, Texas drivers do suck at weather of any kind. We're divided into two types of idiots-those that are scared to death and make panic decisions that cause wrecks, or those that think they can drive anything, even if they've never even seen a snowflake, and plow through red lights at 80 miles an hour, not realizing they can't stop.
I passed quite a few of both on the way to and from work, but the latter seemed to be the most predominate. Sadly, most of them had kids in the car, and likely there'll be a few people die over the next few days.
You're smart to take the back roads, I do the same. No way in hell I'm getting on 67 with the mix of dumbasses and 18 wheelers + ice.
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Posted By: Flurry
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 3:41am
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Dear Texas,
We have enough snow, and thought you would like a little.
Love,
North Dakota.
Don't feel too bad Ammo, one of those nice Oil trucks from Cali. wanted to take the train home. Too bad he was driving the wrong direction (East) on the tracks and was rear ended by a train. The guy got a quick trip to Minot...As far as I know he's still alive. Guys BAC was 4X the legal limit. ------------- It sucks being antisocial alone. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 6:18am
There's white stuff on the ground in winter. Salt could be falling from the sky and I would call it snow. Ice is the major concern here too, and that's what I meant. Turns out the "snow" that we saw falling is just really fine hail that has since become noticeably larger. What sucks is the ground is seems to be just warm enough to cause the hail to melt slightly, but cold enough that the water freezes, so we have sheets of ice on the ground that offer as little traction as ice but with the appearance of concrete. I know that's nothing novel for most of you, but Jesus are Texans woefully unprepared for this kind of thing. And since leaving this tab open in my browser a few hours ago, there is enough snow on the road for it to be completely white. I've already written MOO in twenty-feet letters on the road. Any suggestions on how else I can make up for 22 lost years of winter childhood fun? -------------
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 8:13am
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I guess you can't build a snowman, but if you find enough snow to do so you should.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 8:45am
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I'm sorry, I thought I lived in Texas. Couldn't tell with the 3" of ice on Monday, -5* windchill on Tuesday, and 2" of snow on Friday!
Worst part? While everyone else gets a week full of snow days, not Emergency Services! Nope... we have the make the drive in to work. It took me 6.5 hours to get home on Tuesday after a 24hr shift. But hey, I miss the snow from up north and would take snow over ice ANY day. 
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 10:52am
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SNOW! I was grinning ear to ear this morning. We tried driving out to AMD and the road we're on is a solid sheet of ice. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 11:37am
| You other texas people are a lot of pansies. I am from Texas as some of you know and I am up in Indiana and I have driven in the snow and I don't have problems. But I know sometimes, it's not your fault, it's the people that don't realize how to drive in conditions other than dry streets or rain. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 11:41am
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The best part about living in Kentucky is we get 100 degree summers and 20 degree winters. Luckily the snow hasn't been that bad this year for us.
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 1:38pm
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LOL. this is the view from my balcony after our blizzard dumped 16-20 inches.  also, we don't piss and moan about it... at least the people that are used to it. we are amazed at the reaction some people have to an inch or two of snow.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 2:13pm
When ever other quarter mile has a semi parked like this on the highway, I reserve the right to piss and moan on a 6.5 hour trip home after a long shift:
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 4:26pm
Negro please...>_> ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Flurry
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 4:43pm
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Close the door, were you raised in a barn? There is a reason you have windows. ------------- It sucks being antisocial alone. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 5:14pm
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He requires extra ventilation for his meth lab.
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 6:15pm
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Just an fyi, the snow isn't bothersome, just the people who drive in it.
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 04 February 2011 at 6:26pm
# days of melting later, I finally got the last piece of ice of my car.  Also, the ice destroyed my wipers. I can hear the motor but no movement. Guessing stripped gears because some water got down inside the mechanism and froze. I hit the wipers today and they went up, then half way back down. I heard a pop and they stopped, now they move freely by hand. Going to have to get into that tomorrow. ------------- 
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Posted By: Flurry
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 4:12am
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ha ha, you get snow in Teaxs the other day, we get rain in North Dakota tonight. ------------- It sucks being antisocial alone. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 8:11pm
Lol, it has been in Minot the last 2 days. Im not complaining, id rather have rain than snow. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 6:50pm
Fix'd ------------- 
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 7:30pm
| Just pop a couple of wheelies and everything will be ok. |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 8:15pm
This reminded me that I use to ride my bike in the snow all the time when I was young(er). -------------
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 07 February 2011 at 9:17pm
| Looks like we're getting round 2 Tuesday night. I really hope there are no mode school closings. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 08 February 2011 at 12:34am
| It got down to like 40* the other day for the first time in a month or so. That sucked. Now it's back to 60*ish. Thank you, south Georgia. |
Posted By: underground
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 2:03am
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Please. Michigan stays covered in snow from November to March (if we're lucky and it doesn't stick around till May). Although I do agree, it's more a matter of learning to drive in it and putting up with those who can't. But yeah, it's about 10 below zero right now, and I can actually scrape ice off of my wall. (I sleep in a basement). Needless to say, it stays cold in my world. On a completely unrelated note, I hate Florida.
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 7:24am
 This was apparently an actual message on I-35 in between Austin and San Antonio. Even if it wasn't, I think it sums up the collective feeling for the state pretty well. -------------
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 10:47am
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I'd flex my snow-peen here, but I won't. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 11:40am
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I will. I refuse to tolerate cold-weather related whining from anyone who hasn't had to scrape the inside of their windshield while driving to work at least once.
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 1:02pm
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Well I can't leave my building without walking across 50 feet of ice. I think that's more than enough winter for me. Send it away.
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 1:10pm
| So the other night my fingers swelled up like sausages and hurt like hell. It was 3*F. My good gloves are now completely destroyed because they froze to metal and ripped. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 5:21pm
| Today it was 67, an absolutely perfect day. I now love Texas again. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 7:09pm
Inside? What the hell did you do? ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 8:24pm
When your heaters cold and you breathe normaly it can build up condensation on the inside of the glass n from ice. I have it happen alot, it sucks to haave to scrape it off the inside. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 8:38pm
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Never had that happen. hmmm
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 13 February 2011 at 1:44am
Word. After roughly a month we're back to having perfect weather again. I'll be outside all day tomorrow. -------------
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 13 February 2011 at 5:58pm
Let your car warm up before driving it. ------------- |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 13 February 2011 at 7:10pm
Yeah, its been 45 here all day and everyone is out in t-shirts. its sooo nice. except its a slush hole since it went from -10 to 45 in 2 days.
Come to ND and tell me how that works out for you. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 2:41am
I was pretty miffed that I recently had to wear wool socks with my sandals. I Still wore shorts though, just had to pull the socks up higher. Weather is no match for my sense of style. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 1:01pm
Supposedly it's better on the engine if you let it warm up for a few minutes anyway. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 4:24pm
Ummm...go out 5 minutes early and turn it on? It works pretty easily... ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:10pm
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 4:38pm
| The best reason for warming a car up (besides your comfort) is so that you don't have condensation sitting in your exhaust system rusting it from the inside. It takes a few minutes for it to stop steaming. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 7:11pm
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Sounds to me like you guys need to replace your thermostats. ------------- |
Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 8:13pm
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Changing T-stats doesnt always help in really cold enviroments, When you first get into your car when its -20 and you breathe the condensation sticks to the glass and freezes instantly. I moved to the Canadian praries and got my first real taste of nasty winters. -40 sucks bigtime. Cars run like crap for the first 5 min, plastic cracks super easy and its damn hard on your car/truck. In this climate, heated seats FTW Cant wait to move back to the west coast. No need to plug the car in and no problems getting a diesel to start when its only -10. Only reason to idle longer than 30 seconds is for comfort and if you have a diesel with thick oil like 15/40 and you dont have a pan heater is to warm the oil before you put the revs on it. Start up your diesel, idle for 30 seconds then high idle at 1250 rpm for a few min. and high idle when ever you stop for any longer than 5 min and you need the engine running. ------------- |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 8:14pm
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