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Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:41amSanction this postReply
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Dean,

It's good that the power line didn't hurt anyone.

I've heard stories about dudes driving bulldozers through a power line and getting fried, their skin melted to the machine. Electricity is so important but still so potentially lethal. Digging and hitting a gas line is bad, but not as bad as digging and hitting a power line.

I'm glad you're up and running again.

Ed


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Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 7:13amSanction this postReply
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[odd - always thought Dean peddled a bicycle to get his power :D]

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Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 12:49pmSanction this postReply
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Yeah,

I would have picked Dean as one of the trailblazers to go totally energy independent -- getting all his energy needs met with one of those small Tesla generators -- or a fast-breeder reactor -- which put out more energy than they use.

Ed


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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 12:26pmSanction this postReply
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I just got power back this morning. I have some friend in Southern NH who still don't have it. What a mess!

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 3:13pmSanction this postReply
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We're getting this crap coming our way tomorrow night.  Goody gum drops.  XP

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 5:16pmSanction this postReply
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Of course those of us who don't live in the third world don't have these problems with mere weather.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 5:35pmSanction this postReply
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That is true - Florida is not in the third world... :D

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 6:26pmSanction this postReply
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TSI: We're getting this crap coming our way tomorrow night.  Goody gum drops.  XP

"goody gumdrops" ?? There's a regionalism I haven't heard in a long time...  Do you count off by "one potato, two potato..." or do you catch a "tiger" (ahem) by his toe?  Ever play kick the can or hide and seek in the alley?  I heard two girls on campus last summer, one said to her friend about a third, "She think she Hollywood but she just Alley Hood."  Alley hood! Hey, that's my place, girl, don't diss it.

According to this, Greenland is missing two quintillion grams of ice, just about 75 quadrillion ounces.  I live on a corner lot and just shoveled about 100 running feet of it, if they want any of it back.

This area used to be an inland sea when dinosaurs roamed Utah, so under Cleveland, there is a salt mine.  Thank goodness, because it's great for melting ice and thereby frosting Greens.

(Edited by Michael E. Marotta on 12/17, 6:40pm)


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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 10:55pmSanction this postReply
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This area used to be an inland sea when dinosaurs roamed Utah, so under Cleveland, there is a salt mine.  Thank goodness, because it's great for melting ice and thereby frosting Greens.

Then there's no excuse for my county to run out of this precious mineral by the end of February, as they always do.

Worse yet, here in the third world (which is Pontiac, Michigan,) not a single lump of the mineral can be found, accept in a bucket on my porch.

Glad my little beater has four wheel drive, but I swear I'm not going to work on Friday if it gets that bad. 


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Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 7:52amSanction this postReply
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I've struggled for years with my 200 ft. dirt driveway that ascends from my garage. When the snow gets on there and melts it saturates the soil  and it becomes mud. I've spent thousands of $ attempting to get better drainage, better soil conditions, etc. but on Tuesday I bought a snow blower. Hallelujah! I lived in Ottawa, Canada for 20 years and never had a snow blower and it didn't enter my mind set to get one here. It's wonderful. Maybe tonight I'll get another chance to use it. (Chuckle)

Sam 


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Monday, December 22, 2008 - 4:58pmSanction this postReply
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So I hear NH just sentenced a man to death for the first time since '59. Sorry to call you Third World. Welcome back to civilization.

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Monday, December 22, 2008 - 5:07pmSanction this postReply
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Don’t apologize.

He’s in Maine (which you can call third world, but only if you want to insult the third world.)



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Monday, December 22, 2008 - 5:34pmSanction this postReply
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Barely got into the 60's today. Almost freezing overnight. Brrr. Think I'll move to southern California when I retire.


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Monday, December 22, 2008 - 8:21pmSanction this postReply
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It was 18 here in Jersey, pretty nice. With the power on.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 5:02pmSanction this postReply
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It's taken me almost two hours to drive less than 20 miles home in the past two nights.  I hate it here.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 6:15pmSanction this postReply
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Here I am, housebound. We had about 12" of snow today and my trusty snow blower and I cleared my 300 ft. driveway twice, so I could have gotten out but then the winds picked up and have now drifted it shut and undid all the work I so proudly accomplished. We're getting more snow tonight and I have doubts that my blower will be able to climb the grade through the drifts. I've got limited physical strength anyway with my pacemaker/defibrillator so I expect I'll be here until the end of the week. I've got power and heat so there's no immediate problem and even if I could get my car out of my driveway the connecting dirt road probably won't be plowed for several days.

I can always re-read Hayek's Road to Serfdom to prepare for an upcoming book discussion group. There probably won't be any postal delivery until after Christmas so no Netflix movies.

I just hope I live long enough to see Al Gore the laughing stock of the world.

Teresa:

Why not move to New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment and salubrious climate?   (Not!)

Sam


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 6:56pmSanction this postReply
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The day of the Challenger disaster we had a snow day off school in NJ. I was a senior in HS. I was driving down the NJ Turnpike. There was about four inches. A one hour ride was taking about four. I was in the left lane going about 20. The car 10 lengths ahead was moving slower, in the middle lane. The road was otherwise empty. For no reason he pulled over into my lane. I had to pump the brakes, and went into a skid. I am quite good at the "turn into the skid" thing, but the car went into a slow spin. I figured I would end up hitting the median barrier, or get rear ended. As I span, and the car was at 180 degrees, but still sliding straight ahead, I saw that the nearest car behind was about an 1/8th of a mile back. After about three spins I came to a stop facing forward, no damage. The car that had cut me off just kept going. About an hour later (20 miles south) I saw the bastard standing on the side of the road next to his overturned car which was lying in the gully on its roof. Nelson Muntz had not yet been invented, but...




(Edited by Ted Keer on 12/23, 10:08pm)


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:11pmSanction this postReply
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Diary of a Demented Snow Sniveler

December 8 6:00 PM

It started to snow. The first snow of the season and
The wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by
The window watching the huge soft flakes drift down
From heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So
Romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!


December 9  

We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow
Covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic
Sight! Can there be a more lovely place in
The whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've
Ever had!  
Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a
Boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks.
This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered 
Up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got
To shovel again. What a perfect life!
 

December 12

The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a
Disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry-
We'll definitely have a white Christmas.  No snow on
Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much
Snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see
Snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such
A nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.


December 14

Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The
Temperature dropped to -20.  The cold makes everything
Sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed
Up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is
The life!  The snowplow came back this afternoon and
Buried everything again. I didn't 
Realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling,
But I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish
I wouldn't huff and puff so.


December 15

20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4
Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2
Extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants
A wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think
that's silly. We aren't in 
Alaska, after all.


December 16

Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in
The driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The
Wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very
Cruel.


December 17

Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go
Anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to
Pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but
Stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I
Should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to
Her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe
I'm freezing to death in my own living room.


December 20

Electricity is back on, but had another 14 inches of
The damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all
Day. The damn snowplow came by twice.  
Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said
They're too busy playing hockey. I think they're
Lying.
Called the only hardware store around to see about
Buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have
Another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob
Says I have to shovel or the city will have it done
And bill me. I think he's lying.


December 22

Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more
Inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold,
It probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes
To get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I
Had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and
Dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to
Hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of
The winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the
Asshole is lying.


December 23

Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0.
The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house
This morning. What is she, nuts?!!  
Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She
Says she did but I think she's lying.


December 24

6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke
The shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I
Ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snow
Plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and
Beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he
Hides around the corner and waits for me to finish
Shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 
Miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just
Been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas
Carols with her and open our presents, but I was too
busy watching for the damn snowplow.


December 25

Merry f---ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn
slop tonight - Snowed in 
The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate
the snow! 
Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation
and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife
says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a  fricking
idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one
more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.


December 26

Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It
was all HER idea. 
She's really getting on my nerves.


December 27

Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze;
plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he
only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.


December 28

Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The BITCH is
driving me crazy!!!


December 29

10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or
it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever
heard. How dumb does he think I am?


December 30

Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now
he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the
beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the
broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to
her mother.
Nine more inches predicted.


December 31

I set fire to what's left of the house. No more
shoveling.


January 8

Feel so good. I just love those little white pills
they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?


 



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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:08amSanction this postReply
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I'm living in an apocalyptic scenario that far exceeds the worst case scenarios of global warming alarmists -- Hawaii in wintertime, several dozens of degrees warmer than most of the Mainland. In this hellhole, it's late at night in late December, we have all the windows in the house open, fans running to cool things off a bit (my son actually has A/C running in his room), and I'm wearing shorts and a thin shirt.

Terrible, yeah? The irony is that Obama has officially bought into GW alarmism to scoop up the enviro vote, and yet he's currently vacationing about a mile away from my house. The only thing that could make the irony more perfect would be if he held a press conference while visiting here, talking about the perils of a warming planet.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 6:41amSanction this postReply
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I am making a serious proposal here:    ;-)

I propose that all those who believe that Al Gore is out of his mind band together and create temples to the Greek God of Folly, Ate. These temples will be located at the four corners of the earth, the North and South poles, Greenwich meridian at the equator and longitude 180 degrees at the equator and will symbolically contain the drawn and quartered sacred remains of the Patron Saint of Folly, Al Gore. All these sites except the one at the South pole are under the ocean and even the South pole is virtually inaccessible to further manifest the folly of his adherents.

May he rest in pieces.

Sam


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