Post #191,171
1/22/05 1:30:04 PM
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Snow!!!!
About 2 inches have come down so far.
Another 10-20 to go.
Looking at Sarah shoveling the walk.
For fun.
It won't last.
And it'll cost me.
Big.
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Post #191,173
1/22/05 2:04:03 PM
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Same here...
Courtney out shoveling for enjoyment. Joined by my neighbor.
I have been forbidden from ever partaking in that avtivity again. I think I might miss it.
Well...
Maybe not.
Almost 4 inches here and the worst is coming over the next 4 hours (so they say)
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #191,175
1/22/05 3:01:14 PM
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well in your condition, sounds like a good excuse
to get a plow for the rv :-)
regards,
bill
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Post #191,180
1/22/05 3:28:36 PM
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Removed 6" this morning
I got up and hadn't even finished my first cup of coffee before I was rudely ushered outside to extract our driveway from the snow-demons.
Son's 8th birthday today, so the driveway needed to be clear for people to arrive. Luckily, we've only received a dusting since then, so I don't need to re-do it.
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #191,379
1/24/05 1:40:32 PM
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8" here
and thankfully it's a dry powder snow. If it was a wet, heavy snow, the whole weekend would have been manual labor.
P.S. - Did my email get to you?
lincoln
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Post #191,186
1/22/05 5:14:34 PM
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Shoveled three times so far today
Second time started right after the first time finished. By the time I got to the end of the driveway the steps had over a inch again. Now we're getting the 40mph winds, so it's starting to drift into the low spots ... like any freshly-shovelled driveways.
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Post #191,190
1/22/05 5:19:08 PM
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Only 3-4" here today, rather than 6-10". I'm happy. :-)
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Post #191,197
1/22/05 7:07:38 PM
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7-8 so far. Philly airport shut down around 5 pm.
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Post #191,199
1/22/05 7:10:04 PM
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whats the forecast for the game?
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
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Post #191,202
1/22/05 7:26:07 PM
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Scattered flurries. Windy. Wind chill 0 to -5.
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Post #191,203
1/22/05 7:41:30 PM
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Tea on porch, with visiting lap-cat - no sunscreen needed..
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Post #191,217
1/22/05 10:24:48 PM
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Up here
It's -1 F, blowing snow. According to the afternoon forecast, we should only be getting about four inches, but it looks like we've got more than that already. Wind's blowing at 30 mph, which makes the wind chill -24.
Or, if you live up here, it's really twenty below, 10 cm of snow, and winds at forty to fifty km/h.
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Post #191,241
1/23/05 10:52:29 AM
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Sweet.
That is the weather I love.
I swear I should been a Canadian.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #191,242
1/23/05 10:59:48 AM
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Re: Sweet.
Today's shaping up to be pretty nice.
Sunny. <- that'd be the whole reason. Again, converting to Yankee Units, we've got -4, wind from the north at 20 mph, leading to a wind chill of -27.
Gonna have some shoveling to do before we can get out and about in the wheeled transportation. Nice thing about these conditions is that there's no fear of the snow staying nice and fluffy and light.
Pretty typical January weather... at last. Winter came damn' late this year; it was raining, RAINING I tell you, a week and a half ago... that's just weird.
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Post #191,335
1/24/05 11:04:39 AM
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You. Need. Help.
I was out in that weather for most of the day and night Saturday and it was terrible! Give me nasty hot sticky summer anytime!
lister
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Post #191,336
1/24/05 11:06:22 AM
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What he said.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #191,337
1/24/05 11:25:11 AM
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I love snow.
It's probably due to the lack of it around here, but I do love it and cherish it so...
"Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."
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Post #191,350
1/24/05 12:14:19 PM
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You. Need. Help. Too.
You need to spend a considerable amount of time living in an area that gets snow and cold that sticks around for a while. Sure it's fun when you're a kid. When you start to get older you have to help out with the shovelling then you inherit those responsibilities. If you're lucky you'll have siblings around your age to help out. Then there's the cold. The freezing cold. And the wind to make it even worse. The kind of nastiness that makes you question your sanity after being in it for two minutes. Gah, and dealing with people that can't drive in it worth a lick!
lister
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Post #191,354
1/24/05 12:24:13 PM
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Walking the dog
12 degrees F
Winds at 40mph off Lake Erie
Blowing snow hits your eyes from the side making them tear up
Tears blow sideways across your face, then freeze
Corners of the eyes get chapped
Hurts to blink
Oh yeah, this shit is great. Want some, Thane?
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Post #191,356
1/24/05 12:37:13 PM
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That's why I don't have one.
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Post #191,360
1/24/05 12:47:17 PM
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I do. Oh wait...
I was in that Shiite you got... this weekend.
I have a Front wheel drive car with Awesome Tires and a Great Driver. An Olds Bravada... all-time 4-wheel drive. nice.
I also have a 10HP(conservative) (rebuilt motor ... zoom zoom only runs on premium, gotta prime the crap out of it to start it though)
28" wide... 32" Tall main scoop. Throw snow 50 feet or right next to you.
I also, have Carhart Jackets, Pants and some Good Insulated work boots. Gloves are $6 cheapies from a Plumbing Work store, they are awesome for how thin they are. Nice Stocking hat with neck cover.
I can stay out and let the dogs run while I snow-blow mine and 4 other neighbors, Clean off all the cars and Snow-rake the roof.
I love Winter. I wish it were here LONGER and about 10 times the snow.
I figure it this way: In Winter, you can stay warm with good clothing. In summer, I am sure, more than one person will agree they really do not want to see me trying to stay cool in a G-String Speedo, IOW, I can't take enough clothes off to stay cool.
Now you know why I like Winter.
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Post #191,414
1/24/05 5:29:32 PM
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Good reason for the rest of us to like it, too
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Post #191,362
1/24/05 12:50:39 PM
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Born and raised in Minnesota
Wouldn't want you wimpy winters. Not Winter until -20\ufffdF. Until then it's just late Fall weather. Have worn winter jacket twice this winter, and that was 'cuz I was washing my regular jacket.
We FINALLY got some snow 10" (on my deck) on Friday. Couple more snowstorms and I might have to fire up the snowblower.
Cold and snow and day over heat and humidity.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #191,364
1/24/05 12:53:42 PM
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Aye-Freakin'-men.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #191,367
1/24/05 1:01:56 PM
1/24/05 1:02:11 PM
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You can always add additional clothing to keep warm...
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Edited by jbrabeck
Jan. 24, 2005, 01:02:11 PM EST
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Post #191,368
1/24/05 1:04:19 PM
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DING-DING-DING. We have a winnah!
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #191,387
1/24/05 2:02:33 PM
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What.He.Said.Again.
And what really blows is the new FBO at the airport across the street from where I work decided this year that it costs $20.00 to pre-heat an airplane engine for 30 minutes. Twenty freaking dollars to turn on a little electric forced air heater with dryer ducting on it and shove it up under the cowling. Needless to say, I'm not commuting by air until the frickin' temperature stays above 40 all day. Which will be some time in late April or May. We get our first snow (almost always) in October and our last snow in April (when it doesn't snow in May, which it has done three times in the last 10 years).
Only an idiot, or some one who married some one from here, would live up here.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #191,375
1/24/05 1:25:33 PM
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Re: I love snow.
I don't necessarily love snow, but I sure love the cold as opposed to the heat. The main reason is because my allergies go absolutely nuts in the heat and spring months also, but when it gets cold and stays cold, I feel so much better, and can breathe so much better. And like someone mentions later in this thread, you can always add more clothes.
But lately our winter in St. Louis has been nuts. When that big snow storm came through towards the East, it completely missed us. There was this huge hole in the snow blanket and ta da, we were in it. So weird. Then, it's 40 degrees today when it was 17 two days ago. That is the kind of winter weather I can really do without, because my migraines happen when the weather changes back and forth dramatically, as well as my allergies go nuts.
Give me a straight cold snap any day.
Brenda
"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
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Post #191,380
1/24/05 1:41:56 PM
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Move to Houston
then you can visit Spiceware while you enjoy your preferred weather.
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
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Post #191,551
1/25/05 1:08:22 PM
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Problem
The only two places I would consider living in the US are Hawaii (though I haven't visited there yet to 100% confirm wanting to live there but I've heard good things) and NYC if I could somehow magically afford one of those nice homes bordering around the southern half of Central Park.
Any other place I'd have to clear out most of you American folks and bring the Canadian system down with me.
How moist does Houston get anyways? I definitely dislike a dry heat.
lister
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Post #191,569
1/25/05 2:56:36 PM
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Tuscon, AZ is nice and Arizona is almost another country.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #191,572
1/25/05 3:50:14 PM
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Flagstaff gets ya 'seasons' too; real snow + the other stuff
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Post #191,573
1/25/05 4:07:57 PM
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But who'd want to live in Flagstaff?
I did a multi-day job there once. Depressing place. A couple months later I did a similar job in Prescott. Now that was nice!
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Post #191,600
1/25/05 6:41:32 PM
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Agree.
Flagstaff I can take or leave. Prescott is dead center, God's country (for those who will forgive the christian intonation ;-)
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #191,613
1/25/05 8:01:13 PM
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Ummmmm . . . .
How does "God" imply Christian? Christians have a monopoly on God maybe? Other opinions may differ.
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Post #191,629
1/25/05 9:55:45 PM
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Just poking
No monopoly.
substitute "religious" if you like.
of course..I could quote foghorn leghorn....
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #191,630
1/25/05 9:59:48 PM
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But . . . Foghorn Leghorn IS God . . .
. . isn't he?
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Post #191,633
1/25/05 10:07:18 PM
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Re: But . . . Foghorn Leghorn IS God . . .
I thought he was a [link|http://www.wiseacre-gardens.com/buttons/pics/sounds/fog2.wav|9 ball champion.]
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #191,638
1/25/05 10:48:28 PM
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Hmmm - maybe so. Limited experience.
Friends there; general layout seemed tolerable, but I didn't meet enough locals to evaluate the atmosphere, nor had they been in town long enough to..
For their sake, hope there's another 'Flagstaff' than your sample (!)
(Did note that there are few meeja outlets you'd want to attend, so cable / satellite would be not even optional, unless one is dropping out anyway.)
But hey: there's snow!
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Post #191,570
1/25/05 3:31:09 PM
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Then you'd really like it here
Humid, very humid.
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Post #191,576
1/25/05 4:57:04 PM
1/25/05 4:57:23 PM
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I'd take dry heat over humidity any day.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Edited by jbrabeck
Jan. 25, 2005, 04:57:23 PM EST
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Post #191,619
1/25/05 9:12:03 PM
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Move to the Stumps
Twentynine Palms, CA. It don't get too much drier ... at least nowhere that's inhabited year-round.
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Post #191,640
1/25/05 10:57:52 PM
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How about Furnace Creek in Death Valley? :)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #191,669
1/26/05 9:15:33 AM
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I remember a few blast furnace days...
at Edwards AFB, CA (on the edge of the Mohave Desert). I still prefer it to the cold up here in North Dakota, but I prefer a more humid environment.
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #191,256
1/23/05 4:38:12 PM
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5 hours of shovelling this weekend here.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #191,263
1/23/05 6:42:14 PM
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Too deep for my mother-in-law
She lives in Barnstable county, Cape Cod, MA.
They have the possibility for 15' show drifts!!!
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Post #191,275
1/23/05 10:55:08 PM
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I barely missed the storm
I was scheduled to fly from Boston to Chicago.storm was still hitting Chicago when I was supposed to arrive, and was scheduled to slam Boston at 6 PM. But the flight was scheduled to go on time.
I showed up on time. The release from Chicago did not.
Every half hour we got another update. Several times we were told that we were about to go. Once we were about to start boarding. We found out that Boston would close at 6, and reopen Sunday at 2 PM. All Sunday flights were already booked. So were a good chunk of Monday's.
At 5 we boarded. At 5:30 we took off. Not knowing whether we were going to Chicago or Rockport (to refuel and go to Chicago). 20 minutes from landing we found out that if we could circle for 30 minutes, we could land in Chicago. And did at about 7:30 PM.
Then my car reservation with Enterprise ran into the hitch that their office closed at 7 PM.
But we got to the hotel at 9.
All in all not bad. Except for the detail of a 2 month old baby who wasn't really happy most of the trip. Now that is a detail that I don't recommend. But, we survived.
Oh, and the storm? We left Boston before it got hit, and arrived in Chicago after most of the mess was cleared. So we missed it. (But nearly got stuck in Boston for several days because of it.)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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