I think we need to find a new lounge meteorologist. underpants is again putting lives in danger.

[Midlodemocrat]

Okay, so it's not a hurricane or anything even remotely as severe, BUT, it is snowing here in central VA and there is a better than average chance that I will have to wait in line for a cart at Ukrop's when I rush to the store to pick up enough milk and bread to last until the next millennium.

(Hey, it's what we do here in Richmond)

Anyway. Thoughts?

[billyskank]

1. We need mutley back

:(

[underpants]

2. Okay there Richmonder that is what is called SNOW

I am in charge of running to the nearest hilltop and alerting you if there is a HURRICANE approaching, had one of those sneak up on you recently??? No I didn't think so.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Does John Bernier differentiate between severe summer and winter weather?

Didn't think so. :(

[underpants]

10. No but Channel 12 said it would be nothing significant

at least the morning guy did (Jim Duncan and his whole crew get so many different forecasts that it is impossible to nail them down on just one) which means that from past history I should be going home at about 3 PM

:bounce:

Channel 6 is by far the most accurate in the city even if they only send their low-man-on-the-totem-pole across the street for the outside report (Mactavish ave.)

Bernier has an spooky good knowledge of the local road systems.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. LOL. I know. I figured with them all saying it is not going to amount

to anything that I should start battening down the hatches.

I'll never forget waking up in Jan. 1995 to an absolute blizzard that had caught them 'off guard'. :wtf:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. Ukrop's?

I don't trust that name. Is that some sort of fucked up southern food store?

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Awesome, yet expensive, family run grocery store.

Delicious fried chicken (not breaded in corn flakes, not a fat actress to be seen ANYWHERE), and really great sides.

I go a lot on Fridays to get fried chicken and mac salad, potato salad, green salad, etc. for the weekend.

Downside. They don't sell beer or wine, so it's another stop if I want to imbibe.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. Grocery stores in NJ don't sell beer or wine.

:cry:

I'm jealous.

[LynneSin]

9. They don't in Delaware either HOWEVER...

...it can't be as bad as what Pennsylvania has. You can't even buy beer in the same store as wine & liquor

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. I seriously hate Pennsylvania. The whole fucking state.

That's just one more reason to hate it.

BTW, Delaware isn't a state.

[LynneSin]

15. Yeah and you're a freeper too! Probably a closested heterosexual too

SO THERE!

[Midlodemocrat]

20. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say no to the second part.

I might be wrong, but I gotta say it.

:bounce:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. As usual, you're right and LynneSin is wrong.

:thumbsup:

[LynneSin]

24. I'm never wrong - and you're just wrong for saying that

SO TAKE THAT BACK

:cry:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. Aww, did I make the little LynneSin cry?

:eyes:

[LynneSin]

29. Yes and now I'm gonna take my ball and go home

:cry:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. Wimp.

[LynneSin]

25. What - are you gonna gang up with Lost & Haruka

Geez anyone else want to jump on the "Bash LynneSin Bandwagon"

:cry:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. If I had a sockpuppet, my sockpuppet would.

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

28. What about the

bash Midlo for playing practical jokes on her own flesh and blood bandwagon?


:cry:


BTW, it's stopped snowing. Nothing to see here.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. I may be a freeper but...

I have someone to vouch that I'm definitely not a closeted heterosexual.

[LostinVA]

32. True

[Midlodemocrat]

14. LOL. When I moved here, almost 16 years ago, I went to the

nearest store K-Mart, to find some mini blinds to install.

And, a little backstory, when I moved here, there was absolutely NOTHING for miles, now it is a shopper's paradise,

but, I was wandering through the store because in my town in CT, we didn't have K-Mart, so although I was familiar with it, I wasn't sure where anything was, etc.,

I couldn't believe it when I got to the check out and there was a display of wine. Blew me away.

In CT, at least when I lived there and it might be the same still, you had to go to the package store and they closed at 8. Grocery stores sold beer, but again, only until 8.

Now, I can get beer/wine at WaWa or even CVS 24 hours a day. Weird.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. And to top it off, you can't buy booze in CT on Sundays.

This has lead to many a Saturday night stock-up trip in the summers. Doesn't the governor realize that my stepsister and I require mass amounts of Corona to lay on the beach?

[Midlodemocrat]

22. LOL. I remember.

When I was teaching school, all the kids would start talking about who was going to do the Port Chester run on Saturday night.

It's a wonder someone wasn't killed.

[LynneSin]

6. Perhaps YOU should be the new lounge meteorologist

I'd like to see if you could do a better job than underpants could.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. And, exactly WHEN do you think I would find the time for such an endeavor?

I have to keep tabs on matcom for my daughter. :eyes:

[matcom]

11. she's asking about me again isn't she

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

18. *sigh* yes.

I had to pull the plug on the computer last night.

again.


:bounce:

[LynneSin]

13. Then perhaps you should stop WHINING about the current meterologist

Or perhaps if you put 'playing practical jokes on my daughter' on the backburner you could perhaps find another 5 minutes in your week to do it

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

17. But, that would totally ruin our relationship.

Our relationship is built upon practical joking.

I wouldn't know how to 'bond' with her. :P

[LostinVA]

31. Tell me about it

SNOW. And maybe ice tonight.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. It's looking like you guys are going to get worse weather than up by me.

I just checked the weather channel and it says we're getting a "dusting at best." Granted, this probably means I'll wake up to a blizzard.

[Midlodemocrat]

34. LOL. That's why I'm worried. They 'say' it'll be nothing.

:eyes:

Generally that translates into three weeks of no school and no ability to go anywhere.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. Well, I'll be fine. I have a plow for my ATV and the Freep Mobile is 4WD.

You're fucked.

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

37. Totally.

The new MidloVan, while luxuriously equipped, is no match for the lack of snow plows or equipment in VA.

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

36. I live 20 miles out of town

Ice on winding back roads tomorrow morning -- ahhhh.... a teeth-clenchingly fun ride into work tomorrow morning.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. You'll just have to call in sick.

I did that all last week, but I had to call myself because I work from home all alone.

God. I SO need a life.

[LostinVA]

39. I just took off a week -- they'll freak if I don't come in tomorrow

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

40. Why don't you do something productive with your life?

Like move your daughter's car?

[mikeytherat]

41. Ukrops@Stony Pt. and Kroger@Bellegrade are DEAD right now

(approx. 9:45). Just got back from both.

mikey_the_rat

[NewJeffCT]

42. we've still yet to have snow here in Connecticut

though, we might get a massive 1-3" tomorrow morning. The meteorologists here in CT must be orgasming over this "snow event" because in most winters, they normally like to get everybody in a panic about this week's upcoming "Storm of the Century!!" (if it's not Storm of the Century, it will be "Killer Storm" or "Death Storm")

[Midlodemocrat]

43. LOL.

Here's the "Storm Center", and you better watch ALL THE TIME lest you find out that your trip to the grocery store was for naught.

[NewJeffCT]

44. Some of the local news stations...

act like we're Floridians who see snow once every decade or so... I mean, the local NBC affiliate in Hartford seems to go to round-the-clock storm coverage any time there is more than a stiff breeze outside...they'll warn viewers to make sure they stock up on vital supplies and to make sure we dress warmly. Yet, I have lived in CT for 40 years and cannot remember a time where we didn't have access to basic things like water, milk & bread for any length of time. We lost power for a while during the infamous ice storm in the early 70s, but we had food & water. And, don't get me started on telling us to dress properly for the weather...