January 08, 2014

Emergency Polarvortex Open Thread [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

Apparently the polarvortex sucked up all the cobloggers, so here's a fresh thread for you to play in while we wait and watch the snow fall.

Speaking of snow, it is snowing here now. We've blown past the two inches predicted and look to be headed to some real accumulation. I favor doing a quick shovel after a few inches (TWSS!) and spreading out some salt. Makes the second round of shoveling go much better.

Mercifully, none of my neighbors use snowblowers, which I hate with the cold of a thousand Al Gore winters. That reminds me...

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1 Pure as the driven snow!

Posted by: AMDG at January 08, 2014 08:49 AM (t7OO0)

2 Foist?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 08, 2014 08:49 AM (NZRyg)

3 Holy shit, it really worked!

willow shows up and BOOM!


Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 08:50 AM (GQ8sn)

4 *takes a big breath and spreads out in the comfy new digs*

Posted by: AMDG at January 08, 2014 08:50 AM (t7OO0)

5 Nothing wrong with Snow Blowers... Most Scandi chicks are pretty hot.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 08:50 AM (92ljV)

6 I saw Polar Vortex open for Vanilla Ice in Miami 1993

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 08, 2014 08:50 AM (32Ze2)

7 * comes up gasping for air *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 08, 2014 08:50 AM (aDwsi)

8 Thanks Willow!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (U1Tts)

9 Thats alot of global warming that needs shoveling

Posted by: u wot m8 at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (DZLYG)

10 new thread smell

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (T2V/1)

11 Much of North America was under an ice sheet 20k or so years ago.

Contra Al Gore it looks like we might be headed back in that direction now...

Which makes me wonder - how long until the first Warminista claims we need government regulation/control to stop global cooling?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (P3U0f)

12 somebody go fetch willow

Posted by: fixerupper at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (nELVU)

13 MSNBC on this morning in the breakfast room at our LaQuinta dog motel. Trying their best to make the Gates book story go away.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (NZRyg)

14

Here is the next face to be added to Rushmore.

 

http://tinyurl.com/lxk2rug

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 08:51 AM (xWW96)

15 I want to start a Prog Rock band just so we can make a concept album called "Polar Vortex." It will be 60 minutes long, consisting of two 30-minute suites. With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. And MiniMoogs. And harps. And Mellotrons. Maybe some sitars. Definitely some gongs. Maybe I can get Jon Anderson to write the lyrics.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (7ObY1)

16 Which makes me wonder - how long until the first Warminista claims we need government regulation/control to stop global cooling? Carbon: What can't it do?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (U1Tts)

17 It really is funny, they don't seem to use them around here. Maybe it's the "Utah snow is fluffy" thing. Point of pride that we NEVER (as in sometimes) have heavy wet snow.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (zDsvJ)

18 do i even get a thank you?

(steals glory from ynot)

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (nqBYe)

19 Snow? What the hell is snow?

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (LSJmV)

20 It's a Saturnalia miracle! Well, today's looking up. It's up to 56 degrees in the office, the plumbers showed up to fix the pipe that burst over my desk last night and the water's back on so that we can stop going over to the office building next door to use the bathroom. It's the little things, really.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (VtjlW)

21 Pet peeve: "It's snowing here" Where's here? I don't know where everybody lives. I mean, I know Y-Not lives in Utah, but seriously, you guys.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (T0NGe)

22 Does the Polar Vortex do Lapp dances?

Posted by: votermom at January 08, 2014 08:52 AM (GSIDW)

23 14 Here is the next face to be added to Rushmore. She looks like the Missing Link in that pic. Moreso that usual, anyway.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (7ObY1)

24

"We've blown past the first two inches ..."

 

Had me right there ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (Ob1uv)

25 The OFA is predicting a new ice age coming up.  We have actually been cooling since 1998 but the warmies are still hawking the AGW scam.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (T2V/1)

26 Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 12:51 PM (xWW96) You, sir, are an asshole.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (U1Tts)

27 Whats yer beef w/snow blowers pal??

Posted by: Snow-Blowers Local 686 at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (wmU4G)

28 do i even get a thank you?

(steals glory from ynot)

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (nqBYe)


No.

But you can get us some sammiches

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (JpC1K)

29 *dusts off willow*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (4df7R)

30 Which makes me wonder - how long until the first Warminista claims we need government regulation/control to stop global cooling? Second look at socialism?

Posted by: AmishDude in frozen Iowa at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (T0NGe)

31 21 Pet peeve: "It's snowing here" Where's here? I don't know where everybody lives. I mean, I know Y-Not lives in Utah, but seriously, you guys. Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (T0NGe) THIS! Drives me nuts.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (bCEmE)

32 Thanks Willow! Posted by: Burn the Witch Think, uh, maybe someone should go back & get willow?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (FNtJ6)

33 Maybe I can get Jon Anderson to write the lyrics. Posted by: BlueStateRebel +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Can you get Annie Haslam for vocals?

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (LSJmV)

34 I saw Polar Vortex open for Iced Earth in 1998.

Posted by: Iasonas at January 08, 2014 08:53 AM (RUraj)

35 I saw Ceramic Squirrel open for Polar Vortex at the Mixed Meme Festival in '04.

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (OtQXp)

36 "She looks like the Missing Link in that pic. Moreso that usual, anyway.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 12:53 PM (7ObY1) "

 

 

 

 

 

Note the complete lack of any spark of intelligence in those eyes.

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (xWW96)

37 RAMMING SPEED!

http://youtu.be/2fSWL16Vp8o

//Lt Worf(the elder brother of the Kronos Konsort currently on Earth)

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (TE35l)

38 Where is there snow on the ground nearest to NW Louisiana? And can I drop my kids off for an hour or so?

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (SUKHu)

39 >>18 do i even get a thank you? LOL! I left the thread to go try to put a thread up. Funny coincidence!

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (zDsvJ)

40 Can you get Annie Haslam for vocals? That would be cool. She's still got the pipes. Maybe Rick Wakeman can come by in his cape and add some harpsichord too.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (7ObY1)

41 Bannion! Be nice to willow! Here, willow, you may have all of Bannion's blondies and extra whipped cream.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (VtjlW)

42 I want to start a Prog Rock band just so we can make a concept album called "Polar Vortex." It will be 60 minutes long, consisting of two 30-minute suites. With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. Freebird. There's half of a side.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 08:54 AM (FNtJ6)

43 "You, sir, are an asshole.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 12:53 PM (U1Tts) "

What the hell, I gotta be me

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (xWW96)

44 Sean o right,  shelepps off into kitchen, shakes dust bunnies into sammich. slaps unknown meat source and moldy cheese onto dry bread .

*here*

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (nqBYe)

45 13 MSNBC on this morning in the breakfast room at our LaQuinta dog motel. Trying their best to make the Gates book story go away. It's their biggest mistake. They just don't let the scandal burn out, they try to keep it down and the embers just keep glowing. Yes, I'm using a fireplace analogy.

Posted by: AmishDude in frozen Iowa at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (T0NGe)

46 THIS! Drives me nuts. Posted by: Tami ++++++++++++++++++++++ This!

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (LSJmV)

47 Imagine that. Enough snow that moving it requires a "shovel."

Posted by: brak at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (M2qTM)

48 Seriously love my snowblower.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (92ljV)

49

MSNBC on this morning in the breakfast room at our LaQuinta dog motel. Trying their best to make the Gates book story go away.

 

In other news, hey look at this!

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry jiggling car keys at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (5iuEW)

50 OMG maddog. At the risk of being cruel, she looks like Fireman Bill or whoever that old SNL character was.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (zDsvJ)

51 Space Herpes. Don't catch it.

Posted by: OG Celtic American at January 08, 2014 08:55 AM (vHRtU)

52 Polar vortex? Hah! Weather Nazis always invent new 'problems'.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (EitNX)

53 Shaka, when the snow fell.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (V4CBV)

54 see alex knows. I deserved sumthin -sumthin and it wasn't makin sammichs!

ty MWR, shew

sneezes.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (nqBYe)

55 11 18-1 at January 08, 2014 12:51 PM (P3U0f)

they are trying the triple lindy backflip into springing dismount "this cooling is warming we need new taxes" ploy now...

if we somehow knock back this round of bullshit we'll get at most 2-5 years before they shamelessly restart the hurdy-gurdy...

It ain't the weather they care about it's your pocketbook.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (TE35l)

56 "We've blown past the first two inches ..." Had me right there ... Just the tip....

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (FNtJ6)

57 Al Gore?  Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (Pr6hk)

58 47 Imagine that. Enough snow that moving it requires a "shovel." Posted by: brak at January 08, 2014 12:55 PM (M2qTM) That should be "so little show that moving it only requires a shovel."

Posted by: AmishDude in frozen Iowa at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (T0NGe)

59 With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. And MiniMoogs. And harps. And Mellotrons. Maybe some sitars. Definitely some gongs. === And a snowblower instead of drums.

Posted by: votermom at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (GSIDW)

60 Here, willow, you may have all of Bannion's blondies and extra whipped cream.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 08, 2014 12:54 PM (VtjlW)

Oh.  ::: sigh :::  OK.

Well, at least I still have my blondes and whipped cream.

Any of the Horde wanna come over and sample a few?  With or without whipped cream.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (JpC1K)

61 Sorry, AmishDude! Orem, Utah. I can see Mt. Timpanogos out of my office window.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (zDsvJ)

62 I can't believe you guys are complaining. It's 50 here in FL right now. We're completely unprepared to handle this kind of hard freeze.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (U1Tts)

63 50 Fireman Bill was Jim Carrey on In Living Colour.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (zqvg6)

64 "I got two boys....I put one of them through college, and the other through a wall."



Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 08:56 AM (GQ8sn)

65 11 Which makes me wonder - how long until the first Warminista claims we need government regulation/control to stop global cooling? Posted by: 18-1 at January 08, 2014 12:51 PM (P3U0f) ------------------------------ They'll need a decent interval. I mean, they didn't switch from OMG The Coming Ice Age!!! to OMG Global Warming!!! overnight. So they'll come up with a host of little squirrels for a while --- acid-rainy stuff, spotted owls, furbish louseworts, water shortages. Then they can shift to a BIG NEW OMG!!!!!!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (dfYL9)

66 >>Where's here? Well, I always figure people don't really care that much or if they do, maybe they remember the last 500 times I mentioned it.

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (SUKHu)

67 It is now above 40F

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (T2V/1)

68 It ain't the weather they care about it's your pocketbook.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 12:56 PM (TE35l)


A bankrupt serf is a compliant serf!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (o3MSL)

69

Pet peeve: "It's snowing here"

Where's here?

 

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (T0NGe)

 

 

Neptune.     Our snow is made of diamonds, but the diamonds are made from    methane.   This whole planet reeks of farts.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (4df7R)

70 49 MSNBC on this morning in the breakfast room at our LaQuinta dog motel. Trying their best to make the Gates book story go away. That fucking fucktard Vichy Joe Scarborough was twisting himself in knots. Because he's praised Gates many, many times and even had him on the show many times. Now he's all "I just don't know what to make of this. We'll ask him to come on the show and explain himself."

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (7ObY1)

71 Here is the next face to be added to Rushmore.

http://tinyurl.com/lxk2rug

***

Thulsa Doom?

Posted by: B at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (Pson9)

72 Seriously love my snowblower.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 12:55 PM (92ljV) i prefer shovel. why?

soo

i start up the snowblower..

it has a self propel ...

and there i am off to the street after a dive down the driveway on my ass.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 08:57 AM (nqBYe)

73 Jessica Nigri gets gifts from fans for Christmas.  She is so cute and having so much fun doing it.

http://youtu.be/tIMakKh_qNs

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (xydLk)

74 53 Shaka, when the snow fell. Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 12:56 PM (V4CBV) That's chakra. Both of them.

Posted by: AlGore, gettin' his second chakra released at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (T0NGe)

75 Auntie Em! Auntie Em! It's a Polar Vortex! It's a Polar Vortex!!!

Posted by: Dorothy from Kansas at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (lbIW8)

76 see alex knows. I deserved sumthin -sumthin and it wasn't makin sammichs!

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 12:56 PM (nqBYe)


willow, there are many in the Horde probably willing to give you sumthin sumthin and not sammichs

Jus' sayin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (JpC1K)

77

Space Herpes. Don't catch it.

 

Too late :-(

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (5iuEW)

78 >>Axelrod On Robert Gates' Memoir: His Stories Are Confusing, Vague And Subjective<<

Maybe to the dumb, muttering liberal drones. But not to any thinking person.

Talk about self-indictment. Do these people ever get tired of being lackeys? 

Posted by: Marcus at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (GGCsk)

79 Plow on SUV is the only way to go.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (EitNX)

80 The snow lay on the ground, The stars shone bright, When Barack the King was born On Kwaanza night.

Posted by: Poet Laureate at January 08, 2014 08:58 AM (DrC22)

81

Seriously love my snowblower.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 12:55 PM (92ljV)

 

 

"*sniffle* 

 

*gorges on Haagen-Daaz*"

 

-The Toaster

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (4df7R)

82 Orem, Utah. I can see Mt. Timpanogos out of my office window. Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 12:56 PM (zDsvJ) Have you ever seen the Will It Blend videos? Blendtec is headquartered in Orem.

Posted by: AlGore, gettin' his second chakra released at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (T0NGe)

83 Is Ice-Nado the sequel to Sharknado?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (EitNX)

84 Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 12:57 PM (nqBYe)

You do know that there is a clutch on that snowblower?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (o3MSL)

85 Release the chakra sock.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (T0NGe)

86 I got yer "polar vortex"....

RIGHT HERE!!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 08, 2014 08:59 AM (wtvvX)

87 With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. And MiniMoogs. And harps. And Mellotrons. Maybe some sitars. Definitely some gongs. Maybe I can get Jon Anderson to write the lyrics. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (7ObY1) I would add in a theremin and maybe some improvisational xylophone.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (LIQGY)

88 Polar vortex hunting.


Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (GQ8sn)

89 My first rule of picking a place to live? Never, ever live somewhere that requires a snow shovel. I've never had to go outside and shovel the hot on a August morning in Dallas.

Posted by: MMW at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (kt/h1)

90 Our senior vice president just got fired. That could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how far in your nose was.

Posted by: Caliban at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (DrC22)

91 Gates is shit,he stayed on and was a loyal soldier,what good do his revelations do now?None but to line his pockets.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (zqvg6)

92

willow, there are many in the Horde probably willing to give you sumthin sumthin and not sammichs

 

Or in exchange for sammiches   at the very least.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (4df7R)

93 So they'll come up with a host of little squirrels for a while --- acid-rainy stuff, spotted owls, furbish louseworts, water shortages.
Then they can shift to a BIG NEW OMG!!!!!!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 08, 2014 12:57 PM (dfYL9)

____________________

DELTA SMELT!!!!!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (32Ze2)

94 unknown meat source ----------------------- Are we shifting back to the Potted Meat thread?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (aDwsi)

95 Sean. cough.
sneeze , pulls hair out of hat. shakes off dust. wipes face off of muck ..

ya sure?

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (nqBYe)

96 Shovel is ok for the first couple sessions. Once there's 2-3 feet of snow to shovel over, the appeal of the snow blower is instantly apparent.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (92ljV)

97 Where are you that you have had 2" of snow? It's still below 0 here.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (HVff2)

98 Fire MARSHALL Bill. I have the DVD sets, "Homeboy Shopping Network" and "Men On..." frickin' ruled.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (7ObY1)

99 Mike, mystery meat  can be potted.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:00 AM (nqBYe)

100 Left my lunch in the car this morning. My ham sammich is now a Hamsickle.



Yummy.



Thank you Polar Vortex Godz.


...and the Goreacle.



Posted by: dananjcon at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (wmU4G)

101 Looks like the Chris Christie bridge brouhaha is beginning to blow up: a deputy chief of staff was apparently involved in lane closures to punish a city whose mayor declined to endorse the Gov, and I wonder how the Republican pundits are going to cover for that staunch conservative.

Posted by: Bubba at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (8tLzE)

102 If the theremin shows up, the Krell can't be far behind.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (xydLk)

103 Or in exchange for sammiches at the very least.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (4df7R)

My point, exactly.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (JpC1K)

104 willow, there are many in the Horde probably willing to give you sumthin sumthin and not sammichs


A shopping bag with a bra in it.


Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (GQ8sn)

105 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (PYAXX)

106 91 Gates is shit,he stayed on and was a loyal soldier,what good do his revelations do now?None but to line his pockets. Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (zqvg6) A 2011 resignation and a 2012 book release would have been nice...

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (T0NGe)

107

From last thread -

 

1. From left to right name the Presidents on Mt. Rushmore?

Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincon.

2. What landmark is on the back of the 50.00 bill?
Grant's Tomb

3. Who desinged the Statute of Liberty ?
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The face is his mother.

4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones?
Don't know.

5. Who officially named the White House theWhite House?

Teddy Roosevelt

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 09:01 AM (zF6Iw)

108 Q. What state is the Polar Vortex from? A. Vortexas

Posted by: votermom at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (GSIDW)

109 I would add in a theremin and maybe some improvisational xylophone. With all of these great ideas from the Horde, I think this project is a go. I can do the guitars, some keyboards and fake my way through the bass parts.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (7ObY1)

110 You do know that there is a clutch on that snowblower?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 12:59 PM (o3MSL)


uhm,

now i do.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (nqBYe)

111 sneeze , pulls hair out of hat. shakes off dust. wipes face off of muck .. ya sure? Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (nqBYe)

Positive.

I mean, this IS the Horde after all.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (JpC1K)

112 Every time I've been in MN, WI, or upstate NY during the winter I can't get over how crazy you people are for living that far north. Then I remember there's a whole other country farther up.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (U1Tts)

113 >>>50 Fireman Bill was Jim Carrey on In Living Colour.<<<



Lemme show ya' somethin'!
It was Fire Marshall Bill. On In Living Color.

Posted by: Jim Carrey at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (lbIW8)

114 I can see Mt. Timpanogos out of my office window.

Timpanogos sounds like an obscure percussion instrument used on BlueStateRebel's prog rock album.

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (fD/pw)

115
A snowman walks OUT of a bar and goes home.   His wife confronts him at the door. 

"You've been seeing that snow blower again haven't you???" She screams.

The snowman replies "No.... I was at the bar ..... getting plowed."



**rimshot**

Posted by: fixerupper at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (nELVU)

116 i saw that EC.

just biding my time .

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (nqBYe)

117 With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. And MiniMoogs. And harps. And Mellotrons. Maybe some sitars. Definitely some gongs. Maybe I can get Jon Anderson to write the lyrics. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (7ObY1) I would add in a theremin and maybe some improvisational xylophone. Zamfir on the pan flute FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (FNtJ6)

118 I gotta Polar Vortex in my pants!!

Posted by: the guy that has everything in his pants at January 08, 2014 09:02 AM (wmU4G)

119 i saw that EC.


*runs*

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (GQ8sn)

120 I've never had to go outside and shovel the hot on a August morning in Dallas. Posted by: MMW at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (kt/h1) Yeah, but you can only throw water at other kids in balloon form...and driving on ice can be um, invigorating.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (LIQGY)

121

Oh! My  Lord! The rumors of it's existance are true!

http://tinyurl.com/m7ugswd

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (xWW96)

122 107 4 Great Wall of China.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (zqvg6)

123 Polar Vortex ... Also known as ScoggDog's Marriage.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (Ob1uv)

124

Oh Polar Vortex goodness.

I saw some Rocket Surgeon on Megyn Kelly's show last night explain that global warmening was behind the polar vortex because as we all know, hot air rises and cold air falls, so all the hot air from the equator and what-not has risen to the northern pole and the cold air has fallen down to North America. Hence, it's global warmening's fault.

Gravity, how does it work?

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (Zswg6)

125 Worst part of Fat RNO Fuck's brige tantrum (if true) is that MSDNC has been hyperventilating over this story for weeks. But...maybe Maddow will finally explode from excess smugness.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (7ObY1)

126 If Joe Biden ever got a Polar Vortex in his pants, well...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (xydLk)

127 A shopping bag with a bra in it.


Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)

 

Hee!   Oh, our poor willow.  That story... 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (4df7R)

128 Did you see where the NBCtards put up a pic of 'the polar vortex over Chicago'?

Posted by: OG Celtic American at January 08, 2014 09:03 AM (vHRtU)

129 With plenty of widdly-widdly solos. And MiniMoogs. And harps. And Mellotrons. Maybe some sitars. Definitely some gongs. Maybe I can get Jon Anderson to write the lyrics. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (7ObY1) I would add in a theremin and maybe some improvisational xylophone. And MOAR COWBELL!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (PYAXX)

130 *shoves another 16oz steak through the Internets to willow.*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (xydLk)

131 willow, there are many in the Horde probably willing to give you sumthin sumthin and not sammichs Instructions on making sammiches?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (FNtJ6)

132 Everytime I hear someone bitching about the snow hear in Colorado, I give thanks that I'm not in the Midwest/East anymore where you have to crack through layers of ice to shovel the heavy wet snow. What a joy it is to be able to clear the walk with a leaf blower.

Posted by: Xander Crews at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (z2IAW)

133 Yeah ,forgot he was a Fire Marshall but that show launched the career of that piece of shit Jamie Foxx.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (zqvg6)

134 Oh Polar Vortex goodness.
I saw some Rocket Surgeon on Megyn Kelly's show last night explain that global warmening was behind the polar vortex because as we all know, hot air rises and cold air falls, so all the hot air from the equator and what-not has risen to the northern pole and the cold air has fallen down to North America. Hence, it's global warmening's fault.
Gravity, how does it work?

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 08, 2014 01:03 PM (Zswg6)



Then we're in trouble.  All of our water is going to flow down to antarctica.



Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (GQ8sn)

135 >>Have you ever seen the Will It Blend videos? Blendtec is headquartered in Orem. Oh, yeah, a lot of folks around here swear by them. Are they the ones that blend AND heat so you can make soup all in one container?

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (zDsvJ)

136 MWR,
 a tale of woe that still makes me laugh and cry.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:04 AM (nqBYe)

137 Oh btw ,Electro is now black to.Jamie Foxx playing him in the new Spiderman.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (zqvg6)

138 There's nuthin like -15F to make you appreciate +2F.

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (wtvvX)

139 and srsly you guys you need to drink more, you shouldn't have remembered that.
that was told  mths ago!

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (nqBYe)

140 I saw Polar Vortex open for Chakra-khan in 1982.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (EitNX)

141 Gravity, how does it work?

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 08, 2014 01:03 PM (Zswg6)

 

*FACE*

 

*PALM*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (4df7R)

142 Yeah, but you can only throw water at other kids in balloon form...and driving on ice can be um, invigorating. Ah, but you can also shoot them. With water, I mean. And I don't want an "invigorating" drive. That's right up there on my list of priorities with "live in interesting times" and "come to the attention of the authorities."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (PYAXX)

143 and srsly you guys you need to drink more, you shouldn't have remembered that.
that was told mths ago!

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 01:05 PM (nqBYe)



We never forget.


Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (GQ8sn)

144 Good news, the Russian and Chinese ships now claim to have broken free of their Antarctic icy tombs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:05 AM (xydLk)

145 93 DELTA SMELT!!!!! Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (32Ze2) -------------------- There you go!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (dfYL9)

146 125 BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 01:03 PM (7ObY1)

I think their polling shows he will beat Hillary!

I also think if she gains 2 more smirks of smug she goes critical mass and we are all incinerated.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (TE35l)

147 Anna , is the loveliest person in the room right now.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (nqBYe)

148 I like getting the exercise from shoveling, but I hate dealing with the piles the snow plows make at the end of our driveway. "Fortunately," the city appears to have decided to cut way back on our plowing this winter as punishment for us voting down the tax increase they wanted.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (zDsvJ)

149 101 Looks like the Chris Christie bridge brouhaha is beginning to blow up: a deputy chief of staff was apparently involved in lane closures to punish a city whose mayor declined to endorse the Gov, and I wonder how the Republican pundits are going to cover for that staunch conservative. Posted by: Bubba at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM (8tLzE) It isn't going to go away because it reinforces the Christie narrative. He's spiteful, mean and petty. That's why, when Obama does the same things, it doesn't stick. LIV's still think of him as earnest and "nice". We've seen that when he lectures conservatives. Christie's going to find that, when you don't have loyal supporters, you don't get loyal support. If he hadn't pissed on conservatives, we might have rallied around him. But I say...let 'im crash.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (T0NGe)

150 Then we're in trouble. All of our water is going to flow down to antarctica. Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 01:04 PM (GQ8sn) But then that will push those big ol' ice shelves up to inhabited latitudes, providing fresh water and snow cones for all! Like stirring a rum and coke!

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:06 AM (LIQGY)

151 Snow? Watch this, Southern Pacific loco pushing plow, at speed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvbgq2Ni2uE

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (aDwsi)

152 I may have to shovel snow, but when I lived in San Antonio you could actually fry an egg on the sidewalk in August. I know because I did it. When I moved to San Antonio, the day we got off the plane it was 115 degrees out. Took one step through the airport door and wanted to run straight back in and catch the first flight back to where I came from. I said "people can't possibly LIVE and WORK in this Hades-like blast furnace!" But you get used to it. Sorta.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (7ObY1)

153 I read somewhere that fatal heart attacks during snow shoveling for 40+ year old men are unfortunately common.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (zqvg6)

154

63 50 Fireman Bill was Jim Carrey on In Living Colour.

 

Um, that was Fire Marshall Bill. Mr. Bill was the clay guy on SNL.

Posted by: Bill R. at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (QnRSM)

155 Woman Rushed to Hospital After Three Hour Orgasm. Ace strikes again!

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (Qev5V)

156 so all the hot air from the equator and what-not has risen to the northern pole and the cold air has fallen down to North America. Really? That's really what he said? Please tell me this was another one of her joke segments, 'cause that's just f*cking imbecilic.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (PYAXX)

157 More like a Pocket Sturgeon.  Ask that Mensa candidate how does convection work.  Or does he also think that magnets are magic.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (xydLk)

158 *hands willow some beer to go along with the mystery meat*

Posted by: chemjeff at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (2TXEZ)

159 EC well i will buy a new improved one and turn  it into a sling shot and ..

well .....run

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:07 AM (nqBYe)

160 and srsly you guys you need to drink more, you shouldn't have remembered that.
that was told mths ago!

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 01:05 PM (nqBYe)

 

The Horde never forgets.   We're like elephants, but with less tendency to grab each others' tails with our noses while walking.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:08 AM (4df7R)

161 It isn't going to go away because it reinforces the Christie narrative. He's spiteful, mean and petty.

That's why, when Obama does the same things, it doesn't stick. LIV's still think of him as earnest and "nice".


Christie's rookie mistake was to have too few middlemen between himself and the incident like TFG.  Christie should have place at least 3 levels of fall-guys inbetween himself and the low-level employee responsible for giving the order.  That way, he can promise to get to the bottom of this and look like he cares at the same time while not doing shit.

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:08 AM (GQ8sn)

162 chemjeff, thank you.
i was very,very  thirsty.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:08 AM (nqBYe)

163 A couple months of snow, deep freeze temps, and a 3 mile drive down an up and down iced over gravel road is a blessing. It keeps out the rabid dog liberals and assorted riffraff. Count your small blessings.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 08, 2014 09:08 AM (hpgw1)

164 Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 01:07 PM (7ObY1) 115 sucks wind. But I want my 105 degree days back. Being cold sucks worse.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (PYAXX)

165 Posted by: Bubba at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM (8tLzE)

At least Christie has the balls to retaliate against his perceived "enemies", but I doubt this would carry over to attacking his fellow Democrats.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (o3MSL)

166 Green Bay: The wheel chains and couple hundred  pounds of weight did not come off the lawn tractor/snowblower until mid-June.

Posted by: Kafiroon at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (U0DWi)

167 Forty Below Keeps The Riff-Raff Away! Or preserves them for the spring jerky making...

Posted by: OG Celtic American at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (vHRtU)

168 But I say...let 'im crash.

 

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 01:06 PM (T0NGe)

 

Yeah.  As a spiteful partisan, I applaud that kind of action.  "Didn't vote for me?  Fuck you."  But Christie burned every last one of his bridges when he fellated TFG, so he can FOAD, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (zF6Iw)

169 But then that will push those big ol' ice shelves up to inhabited latitudes, providing fresh water and snow cones for all! Like stirring a rum and coke!


OMG!  Win-win!

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (GQ8sn)

170

Then we're in trouble. All of our water is going to flow down to antarctica.

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 01:04 PM (GQ8sn)

 

ENVIROWEENIE:  "The polar bears will drown!"

HORDE:  "First, no they won't.  Second, you're an idiot.   Third, wrong pole."

ENVIROWEENIE: "The penguins will drown!"

HORDE: "*sigh*"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (4df7R)

171 138 There's nuthin like -15F to make you appreciate +2F. LOL, absolutely. I got up this morning and was cheering because it was 17 degrees out. Quick example of the Western NY attitude towards weather: yesterday morning I went to World Gym at 5:00 am in the morning. It was minus -15 out. And snowing like mad. Half the people walking in came in wearing shorts and T's. Sometimes WNYers just take it a bit too far.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 09:09 AM (7ObY1)

172 I discovered this winter, after moving back to the Midwest, that they use beet juice/brine mixture to keep the ice off the roads. I kept seeing these purple stripes down the road. I'd never seen that before in the NE. Is that just 'new' to me?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (bCEmE)

173 mwr, Lol with the tail.
i've seemed to have misplaced mine .

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (nqBYe)

174 NRO is now emailing me sausage recipees. *shrug* ps - please unban IP 173.226.71.34

Posted by: Serious Cat at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (Hw3Gh)

175 Does urine freeze? Just asking....

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (V4CBV)

176 That way, he can promise to get to the bottom of this and look like he cares at the same time while not doing shit.

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 01:08 PM (GQ8sn)


Apparently, Christie learned NOTHING from Jersey mob operations!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (o3MSL)

177 I always got a kick out of Funky Fingers Production on In Living Color. BAM!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x1noBLSRZjY

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 08, 2014 09:10 AM (LSJmV)

178 We might have overdone it just a little bit with that Live Earth concert

Posted by: lemmiwinks at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (fR6i8)

179 HORDE: "Penguins swim."
ENVIROWEENIE: "But they will die from the heat."
HORDE: "Galapagos you mouth breather."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (xydLk)

180 72 "Seriously love my snowblower.".. Must be nice to have functional snow equipment when there is snow on the ground. Maybe next year.

Posted by: jwest at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (u2a4R)

181 91 Gates is shit,he stayed on and was a loyal soldier,what good do his revelations do now?None but to line his pockets.

Posted by: steevy at January 08, 2014 01:00 PM (zqvg6)

 

 

 

And also to cover for Hillary!

Posted by: Havedash at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (gvqyH)

182 149 AmishDude at January 08, 2014 01:06 PM (T0NGe)

Heh you're nice I say add to the MSLSD noise and create a firestorm to crash him...

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (TE35l)

183 After spending most of the last 2 days - outside, in an open structure process, as high as the 10th floor - I'm ready for this cold to go!!!

Posted by: PMRich at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (KDUNf)

184 164 A couple months of snow, deep freeze temps, and a 3 mile drive down an up and down iced over gravel road is a blessing. It keeps out the rabid dog liberals and assorted riffraff. Count your small blessings. Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 08, 2014 01:08 PM (hpgw1) That's counteracted by the idiots who think they can drive fast anywhere, any time because they got themselves a big fancy 4x4 SUV...which they promptly get stuck or crash.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:11 AM (LIQGY)

185 That guy on stage looks like the fat kid from The Far Side comics.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (V4CBV)

186 Does the Polar Vortex do Lapp dances? Posted by: votermom
And snow jobs in the VIP* Lounge.
* Very Important Person not Vagina In Penis.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (PK+r9)

187 21 Deg now, feels like a heat wave

Posted by: PMRich at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (KDUNf)

188 a slow day good a good excuse for me to watch Jägarna and Jägarna 2 back to back a bit too under the weather to do much more than that have fun ya'll...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (IXrOn)

189 EC well i will buy a new improved one and turn it into a sling shot and ..

well .....run

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 01:07 PM (nqBYe)



*observes willow opening a crate stenciled with "Brassiere, gel-insert, Type:  Pushup, Mk. 38DD MOD 0*




Oh crap...

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)

190 I give thanks that I'm not in the Midwest/East anymore where you have to crack through layers of ice to shovel the heavy wet snow. What a joy it is to be able to clear the walk with a leaf blower. --- Gotta agree with that. Was very glad that when we lived in Chicago we didn't have a car, so didn't have to dig it out. But I got stuck digging us out our last winter in Boston (Belmont) when the total snowfall was something like seven and a half feet. And we had a "wicked" long driveway then. I used a broom for our last snow storm.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 09:12 AM (zDsvJ)

191 Coming Soon...

From the creators of Sharknado --


PolarBear Vortex

Posted by: SyFy Channel at January 08, 2014 09:13 AM (lbIW8)

192 173 I discovered this winter, after moving back to the Midwest, that they use beet juice/brine mixture to keep the ice off the roads. I kept seeing these purple stripes down the road. I'd never seen that before in the NE. Is that just 'new' to me? Posted by: Tami at January 08, 2014 01:10 PM (bCEmE) No, that's the secret ingredient that makes midwestern roads so damned tasty.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:13 AM (LIQGY)

193 Maybe next year. May-June is the time to do all your snow machine maintenance.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:13 AM (ocbLV)

194 I prefer a snow blower to a heart attack/throwing my back out. Shovel's fine for small areas, but you get a deep snow of that good packing snow and you're looking at a lot of pain shoveling that.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at January 08, 2014 09:13 AM (8qbeU)

195 169 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:09 PM (zF6Iw)

He has way more ire for my economic concerns than he does for DeStalino's communism...

one should wave at the fatman's pratfall and then cue the audience for applause.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (TE35l)

196 but seriously, you guys. Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 12:52 PM (T0NGe) Also, just noticed this Style Guide violation. It should be "Syrias, you guys!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (PYAXX)

197 Snowblowers I wouldn't mind. We don't need them here in VA, but there would be no reason for my neighbor to use it 3x a day, 7 days a week line he does his leafblower. He's out there now with it. The dick comes home at lunch to blow nothing off his lawn. Then he'll do it again ( maybe twice ) when he gets home.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (dSa5I)

198 Snowblowers, Leafblowers... que es la problema?

Posted by: Manuel Labor at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (wAQA5)

199 Really? That's really what he said?

Please tell me this was another one of her joke segments, 'cause that's just f*cking imbecilic.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 01:07 PM (PYAXX)

----------

 

I embellished it a bit, what he said hot air rises and cold air falls, and that due to increased temperatures worldwide, hot air rose to the northern pole and cold air fell to the states, hence proof of global warming.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (Zswg6)

200 14 Here is the next face to be added to Rushmore.
http://tinyurl.com/lxk2rug
Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 12:51 PM (xWW96)
That looks like the Marvel Radioactive Kid in the sidebar.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (9W1fA)

201

I thought Vortices only happened in Tornado Alley.

 

You people up north seen any twisters lately?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (PZ6/M)

202 o man. just wait.



steevy, i have lost so much admiration for most of those , DC really causes insanity .
we should make everyone stay in their states and visit dc  by phone.

Posted by: willow at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (nqBYe)

203 Half the people walking in came in wearing shorts and T's.

 

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 08, 2014 01:09 PM (7ObY1)

 

 

That sounds like most   of the young adult male population of NH.  lol

 

Though I will admit to wearing short sleeves pretty much all year   in regular conditions.  

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:14 AM (4df7R)

204 4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM

=======

Hoover Dam

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 09:15 AM (OtQXp)

205 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones?


Cheney's WarCock.

Posted by: EC at January 08, 2014 09:15 AM (GQ8sn)

206 4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.

Hoover Dam.  East end is in Arizona, Mountain Time Zone.  West end is in Nevada, Pacific Time Zone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 08, 2014 09:15 AM (YEelc)

207 205 4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM ======= Hoover Dam Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 01:15 PM (OtQXp) Chris Christie?

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:16 AM (LIQGY)

208 124 Oh Polar Vortex goodness.
I saw some Rocket Surgeon on Megyn Kelly's show last night explain that global warmening was behind the polar vortex because as we all know, hot air rises and cold air falls, so all the hot air from the equator and what-not has risen to the northern pole and the cold air has fallen down to North America. Hence, it's global warmening's fault.
Gravity, how does it work?

***

I knew we couldn't trust those damn Equator People all ridin' around in their gas guzzling SUVs!

The knowledge of over two thousand years of Western civilization accessible by hand in seconds via a four hundred dollar smartphone and we've got folks in charge with less fucking intelligence than a 12th century scullery maid.

Freaking awesome....

Posted by: B at January 08, 2014 09:16 AM (Pson9)

209 According to a link on facebook (that I didn't click) this cold weather is the result of a "jetstream tug-o-war" between the Russian and USA govts. They are pushing the stream back and forth, trying to freeze each other. Second look at the Cold War?

Posted by: Meremortal at January 08, 2014 09:16 AM (1Y+hH)

210 Chris Christie?
Obama's ego. (Three time zones, actually.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 08, 2014 09:17 AM (PK+r9)

211 nitrate fertilizer, just as good as salt and HELPS your grass grow. You will have to show ID to buy, you might be a bomber!

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:17 AM (0FSuD)

212 Two time zones? PRobably that silly arch.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 08, 2014 09:17 AM (1Y+hH)

213 205 4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM ======= The chunnel

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 09:17 AM (V4CBV)

214 Second look at the Cold War? Posted by: Meremortal at January 08, 2014 01:16 PM (1Y+hH) If only we still had GWB and his hurricane machine. The Cold Front War would be over instantly!

Posted by: AMDG at January 08, 2014 09:17 AM (t7OO0)

215 No, that's the secret ingredient that makes midwestern roads so damned tasty. Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 01:13 PM (LIQGY) I also saw beet juice at Wal-mart to attract deer. I'm buying Beet juice futures.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 08, 2014 09:18 AM (bCEmE)

216

I've got an emergency penile vortex manifesting itself in my pants.


Fair warning.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 09:18 AM (BZAd3)

217 hot airrose to the northern pole and cold air fell to the states, hence proof of global warming. That's the part that was so imbecilic. The north pole is not "up" and the south pole is not "down." Up is the atmosphere and down is the ground. We live in a f*cking bubble you imbecile! (him, not you) So Global Warming is responsible for the seasons now? We get winter when the earth gets too hot (to regulate the temperature donchaknow) and when the temps come down we get Spring- and we wouldn't get summer at all except for AGW!?! What the fucking fuck?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:18 AM (PYAXX)

218

I give thanks that I'm not in the Midwest/East anymore where you have to crack through layers of ice to shovel the heavy wet snow. What a joy it is to be able to clear the walk with a leaf blower.

 

My poor sister and her hubby    had moved to PA a few years back; specifically the year when the mid-Atlantic states kept getting pounded with snowstorms dumping 3 feet of snow on them over and over again.  They hadn't brought a shovel with them, and all the stores were sold out.  So being crafty and innovative NHites, they bought an industrial-sized dustpan and used that and an old bent license plate to keep their cars cleared.  

 

I gave them a shovel the next    time they came to visit. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:18 AM (4df7R)

219 211 Chris Christie? Obama's ego. (Three time zones, actually.) Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2014 01:17 PM (PK+r9) Actually, his ego is so large it's practically a new planet.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:19 AM (LIQGY)

220 Those loud gas-powered leafblowers are the worst. So damn loud, and people use them dame near every day, year-round here in Texas

Posted by: brak at January 08, 2014 09:19 AM (M2qTM)

221 I remember my first pair of gloves; the army issued them to me. But, mom said tube socks work just fine!

Posted by: Bloe me at January 08, 2014 09:19 AM (bUmSq)

222 The Polar Vortex was caused by the chemtrails and HAARP. My pet prawn Simon told me so.

Posted by: OG Celtic American at January 08, 2014 09:19 AM (vHRtU)

223 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:19 AM (xydLk)

224 Coincidentally, Polar Vortex was actually my Scandi porn name.  I was known for my signature move the Icy Swirl.

Posted by: TallDave at January 08, 2014 09:20 AM (/s1LA)

225 Aw, crap! The SS Ice-Ice-Baby is free from Penguinland....

There goes the potential for comedy gold....

Posted by: fred zeppelin at January 08, 2014 09:20 AM (zL/eJ)

226 Yeah. As a spiteful partisan, I applaud that kind of action. "Didn't vote for me? Fuck you." Unfortunately, we are at that point. To put it simply, Republicans have rules of engagement and Democrats are ruled by Machiavelli.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 09:20 AM (T0NGe)

227 Polar Vortexes have been around forever but now they are trying to explain away the cold weather using it.  Anything to keep from saying we are cooling down and not heating up.


We have been having record cold Winters now for several years in a row.  At same point someone will have to admit this is climate and not weather.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 09:20 AM (T2V/1)

228 Gravity, how does it work?

Magnets.


Posted by: HR at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (ZKzrr)

229 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday? Global Warming. Or George W. Bush. Perhaps Global Warming caused by George W Bush.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (PYAXX)

230 My pet prawn Simon told me so. ...asset "Simon" has gone rogue, repeat, "Simon" has gone rogue...!

Posted by: NSA Anthropod Spy Control at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (naUcP)

231

Al  Gore  walks into a bar .

 

The bartender looks up and says,  "  What  the hell, this is the first time its ever snowed inside the bar"

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (m2CN7)

232 "Well, at least I still have my blondes and whipped cream." Saw My Blondes and Whipped Cream open for Bi-Polar Goretex back in 86 at the Aragon in Chicago. Great show.

Posted by: Bob Plankton, krill hater at large. at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (QLbhS)

233 Good read from the WSJ;

>>Top 10 Revelations From Robert GatesÂ’s Memoir<<

http://tinyurl.com/pgewshg

Posted by: Marcus at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (GGCsk)

234 227 Yeah. As a spiteful partisan, I applaud that kind of action. "Didn't vote for me? Fuck you." Unfortunately, we are at that point. To put it simply, Republicans have rules of engagement and Democrats are ruled by Machiavelli. Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 01:20 PM (T0NGe) Except Machiavelli seemed to have some class and self-respect.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (LIQGY)

235 The Polar Vortex was caused by the chemtrails and HAARP. Chemtrails. what can't they do? They are so awesome that they are dropped from the sky yet can't be analyzed for content. Science!

Posted by: Meremortal at January 08, 2014 09:21 AM (1Y+hH)

236 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday?

Mooch's [ice cream freezer, vibrator--can't decide which is funnier] blew the grid.


Posted by: HR at January 08, 2014 09:22 AM (ZKzrr)

237 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday?

Mooch plugged in her "cordless personal massager" to recharge and the current inrush blew out the breakers.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 08, 2014 09:22 AM (YEelc)

238 Chris Ledoux & 40 below.... http://tinyurl.com/yb8jqwx

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 09:22 AM (FNtJ6)

239 Mooch's [ice cream freezer, vibrator--can't decide which is funnier] They're the same thing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:22 AM (PYAXX)

240 PolarBear Vortex Posted by: SyFy Channel at January 08, 2014 01:13 PM (lbIW Nice photoshop work. http://tinyurl.com/ky8rtxv

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (fWAjv)

241 "So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday? Global Warming. Or George W. Bush. Perhaps Global Warming caused by George W Bush." Nope. It was the soopah seekit tsunami machine that is currently sitting in Dick Cheney's basement what done it.

Posted by: Bob Plankton, krill hater at large. at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (QLbhS)

242 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday? M'chelle forgot her spare batteries?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (naUcP)

243 144 Good news, the Russian and Chinese ships now claim to have broken free of their Antarctic icy tombs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 01:05 PM (xydLk)


Clear evidence of global warming!

Posted by: joncelli at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (RD7QR)

244 The north pole is not "up" and the south pole is not "down." ------------------- Quite true.., but for a quirk of the Portuguese (?), we might be referring to New York as 'down south'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (aDwsi)

245 The chunnel Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 08, 2014 01:17 PM (V4CBV) Good catch. I think it's two time zones. I'll bet if we worked at it we could list all the bridges from ID to IL during daylight saving time. Also, is Windsor on same time as Detroit? I-75 in Tn bridge crosses over TN river and Eastern and Central time zone.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (0FSuD)

246 "May-June is the time to do all your snow machine maintenance." I had the mechanic start back then. Had a new compressor put in for the air adjustable seat, got new quick disconnects for the hydraulics on the dump body and even bought new graphic stickers with the logo to make it look pretty. But now that the snow's here, the sonofabitch doesn't run.

Posted by: jwest at January 08, 2014 09:23 AM (u2a4R)

247

hot air   rose to the northern pole and cold air fell to the states, hence proof of global warming.

 

 

Seriously, does... does the guy not understand basic convection?   Because they make ovens with that shit.  

 

I bet this guy wears a chinstrap on his hat when he visits the southern hemisphere.   You know, since    he's walking upside down.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (4df7R)

248 So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday? Oprah's Sybian.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (ocbLV)

249 Clear evidence of global warming! The only time they could have done that is summer! Oh. Wait...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (PYAXX)

250 240 AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 01:22 PM (PYAXX)

in a jam it is also a piledriver, and a cyclotron....

Oooo ohhh baby

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (TE35l)

251 We have to raise taxes to pay for a space ship to go to the Sun and turn up the heat!

Posted by: Etheral Moonglow, enviro-to-the-stars at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (1Y+hH)

252 Posted by: B at January 08, 2014 01:16 PM (Pson9) Just because you have information.... it does not mean you understand what it means, and how it connects to other information.

Posted by: Conumdrums at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (lZBBB)

253 I'm sort of in the mood for a Penn and Teller show today. Entertaining, and a little down and dirty. Maybe including a couple of gun shots. YouTube is my friend...

Posted by: MTF at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (SmPBN)

254 We have been having record cold Winters now for several years in a row. At same point someone will have to admit this is climate and not weather. Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2014 01:20 PM (T2V/1) Doing something as stupid as giving winter storms names delays that admission, keeping the perceived misery caused by first world comforts at proper levels.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:24 AM (LIQGY)

255 Magnets.

Donnie says Vacuum.

Posted by: Donnie at January 08, 2014 09:25 AM (QupBk)

256 Being born and raised in Chicago and the NW burbs, I LOVE snow blowers. We never got to use one, though. Dad told us he had three snow blowers and had no need for a fourth. To quizzical looks, he pointed at me and my brothers and said: "One, Two and Three." We gave up trying to convince him needed to buy a riding lawn mower.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 08, 2014 09:25 AM (/doES)

257 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know. Pikers!

Posted by: The Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe at January 08, 2014 09:25 AM (l3vZN)

258 But now that the snow's here, the sonofabitch doesn't run. For sale - Snow Removal Equipment : Low Hours!

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:25 AM (ocbLV)

259 Magnets cause vacuums...

Posted by: OG Celtic American at January 08, 2014 09:25 AM (vHRtU)

260

Rather impressive.....

http://tinyurl.com/okpuxtk

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 09:26 AM (xWW96)

261 >>>So have they determined what cause that power outage in Hawai'i yesterday?

Global Warming.
Or George W. Bush.
Perhaps Global Warming caused by George W Bush.<<<



Nope.

Posted by: Tony Romo at January 08, 2014 09:26 AM (lbIW8)

262 Good news, the Russian and Chinese ships now claim to have broken free of their Antarctic icy tombs. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 01:05 PM (xydLk) funny how they got loose, just as soon as they heard the Americans were coming....

Posted by: Conumdrums at January 08, 2014 09:26 AM (lZBBB)

263 Just because you have information.... it does not mean you understand what it means, and how it connects to other information. Posted by: Conumdrums --------------------- That. I mean ferrous/non-ferrous, how does that work? I have some questions about energy too...

Posted by: Barky at January 08, 2014 09:26 AM (aDwsi)

264 Drudge had something up yesterday about TIME Ragazine blaming a Polar Vortex for global cooling in the 70's. So they were for it before they were against it, or something.

Posted by: Etheral Moonglow, enviro-to-the-stars at January 08, 2014 09:26 AM (1Y+hH)

265 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Great Wall of buffet land?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2014 09:27 AM (FNtJ6)

266 HR and AllenG that image is disturbing.

Michelle: "Oh I just mixed some new tropical drinks.  Try them."

USSS agent: "How did you make these?"

Michelle: "Oh I just used my ice cream maker.  It was a jiff."

USSS agent: "Well uh I am on duty. So I ah can't drink."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:27 AM (xydLk)

267 I think it is a bar down in Georgia/Tennessee

Posted by: Barky at January 08, 2014 09:27 AM (aDwsi)

268 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.

Great Wall of China.

Posted by: HR at January 08, 2014 09:27 AM (ZKzrr)

269

Polarvortex walks into a  hispanic  bar.

 

The bartender says, " Can I help you?"

 

Polarvortex replies , "  yes , I'm looking for my friends, El Nino and La Nina. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 09:28 AM (m2CN7)

270 Clear evidence of global warming! Posted by: joncelli at January 08, 2014 01:23 PM (RD7QR) We told you wInGnuTZ!!!111 it would show up eventually. Now, bow before the superior kindergarten intellect, you much.

Posted by: Dr. A "Lab Coat and Shit"Sharpton, Ph D. at January 08, 2014 09:29 AM (/doES)

271 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 01:27 PM (xydLk) M: "Oh, try these new drinks I just mixed up." A: "What do you call it?" (sniffs) "And why does it smell like cheese...?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:29 AM (PYAXX)

272 I bet this guy wears a chinstrap on his hat when he visits the southern hemisphere. You know, since he's walking upside down. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 08, 2014 01:24 PM (4df7R) Doesn't everyone? I thought we passed a law requiring that. When I go to Alabama, I always wear a helmet.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at January 08, 2014 09:29 AM (0FSuD)

273 do I really have to read the comments to find out what's driving some people nuts?

Posted by: Guido at January 08, 2014 09:29 AM (Q0CzQ)

274 We gave up trying to convince him needed to buy a riding lawn mower Are you the guy that grew up mowing an acre & 1/2 with a pushmower, then when everybody moved out, dad bought the rider?

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 08, 2014 09:30 AM (dSa5I)

275

12" on the ground and new snow falling. Yesterday morning the temp was -14 with a -45 WCF. The folks in Minnesota and Canada all think we must be wussies but the entire State of Indiana was on Weather Travel Advisery with most of the State closed down for private travel.

I'm at work, with 6 other staff members, but only 3 patients to work on. Slow day here at Obvious Dental Office.

Posted by: MrObvious at January 08, 2014 09:30 AM (jgcLl)

276 I'm glad the polar votexnado thing is going away.
Back to our regularly scheduled Global Warming!

Posted by: RolandTHTG at January 08, 2014 09:30 AM (QM5S2)

277 258 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.
Posted by: The Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe at January 08, 2014 01:25 PM (l3vZN)
The tavern where Alvin York used to go drinking?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 08, 2014 09:30 AM (9W1fA)

278 270 joke. I believe that's racist. But I like it!

Posted by: Guido at January 08, 2014 09:30 AM (Q0CzQ)

279 Are you the guy that grew up mowing an acre & 1/2 with a pushmower, then when everybody moved out, dad bought the rider? Nope. That's me. Luckily, it was just 1 acre. I think we'd have died in August if we tried an acre & 1/2.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (PYAXX)

280

I also saw beet juice at Wal-mart to attract deer.

 

Yeah, but who opened for them?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (A0sHn)

281

Feel good story of the day:

http://tinyurl.com/ntksj2r


Guy with AK-47 not to keen on home invaders who assaulted him.  One bad guy suffers terminal lead poisoning infection


Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (BZAd3)

282 That. I mean ferrous/non-ferrous, how does that work? I have some questions about energy too... Posted by: Barky at January 08, 2014 01:26 PM (aDwsi) Mr. President, you wouldn't know a ferrous element from a Ferris Wheel, and any answers to your questions concerning energy would not be understood by you. Just go play hide and seek with Biden and leave us alone.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (LIQGY)

283 Don't know if this was posted or not - Letter from Allen West (and others) to Boehner regarding his piss poor performance with Benghazi. http://tinyurl.com/lfb4kve Some analysts believe your inaction and passivity towards getting to the truth concerning Benghazi is because you were briefed on the intelligence and special operations activities in Libya as a member of the “Super 8.” You may possess “guilty knowledge.” We recall how then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi developed a form of “amnesia” concerning a documented briefing she received on so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” – later termed “torture” for political purposes. Are you in the same position as your predecessor? Are you dodging a legitimate, thorough, coordinated investigation of Benghazi because it will damage your political position as Speaker? You should be embarrassed that members of Congress, and your own party, are forced to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with Obama administration agencies to get basic information about the Benghazi issue. What a sad and pathetic statement about the operations of House standing committees looking into this tragedy that FOIA has become the last resort of even Republican Members seeking the truth!

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (fWAjv)

284

The polar vortex isn't new.  It's not something that appears suddenly   out of thin air.   It's always there, swirling around the north and south poles.  The MFM is trying to play it up like it's this rare and unforeseen weather   event;  like it's a fucking Sharknado.   It's not.    The polar vortex gets bigger in winter   and smaller in summer.  Sometimes when it   expands    it expands further than usual.   This is not unheard of.  

 

Like I said yesterday,  the polar vortex is like El Nino:  it happens.   The MFM doesn't know shit from shinola.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R)

285 Snow Plow too loud? No neighborhood brats? Half-way to a heart attack?

Introducing Weft's Snow Catapult Driveway™.

Just yank the chain, and the snow - she's'a gooon!

Call Now! Contractors standing by to rip you off!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 08, 2014 09:32 AM (dwArK)

286 My heart warms a little every time Allan West speaks up. Man crush.

Posted by: MTF at January 08, 2014 09:33 AM (SmPBN)

287 @282 You don't shot at people AFTER they have left. He is going to have serious problems I suspect.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:33 AM (0FSuD)

288 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 01:31 PM (BZAd3) Feel-good story of the day. But I'm still annoyed that they claim he had an "assault rifle." I'm willing to bet his AK was not the military select-fire version.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:33 AM (PYAXX)

289 Slow day here at Obvious Dental Office. Posted by: MrObvious at January 08, 2014 01:30 PM (jgcLl) Well, get you ass down here, they are lined up out the door.

Posted by: FL Dentist Office at January 08, 2014 09:34 AM (0FSuD)

290 Ah, so. I thought it was voles that caused the vortex.

Posted by: Japanese Dude at January 08, 2014 09:34 AM (l3vZN)

291 The folks in Minnesota and Canada all think we must be wussies but the entire State of Indiana was on Weather Travel Advisery with most of the State closed down for private travel.

Shit, I live here and think we're all wussies.

But you'll need to be a little more specific about "Canada"...I've got a friend been trying to leave via Air Canada since Monday and apparently Toronto's shut down today.

Posted by: HR at January 08, 2014 09:34 AM (ZKzrr)

292 280  Luckily, it was just 1 acre. I think we'd have died in August if we tried an acre & 1/2.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 01:31 PM (PYAXX)



Someone stole my riding mower a few years ago while I was at work.  I asked grand youngins if they would mow my yard for $40 with a push mover.  They said sure so I bought a push mower.  They mowed it one time.



I mowed it in July with the push mower.  Then promptly went down and bought another riding mower.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 09:34 AM (T2V/1)

293 286 Snow Plow too loud? No neighborhood brats? Half-way to a heart attack? Introducing Weft's Snow Catapult Driveway™. Just yank the chain, and the snow - she's'a gooon! Call Now! Contractors standing by to rip you off! Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 08, 2014 01:32 PM (dwArK) I'd go for something more fun, and less expensive...like a flamethrower.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:34 AM (LIQGY)

294 "The MFM doesn't know shit from shinola." Ya got that right. Ace says it best: "Carnival barkers," trolling for hits. Like U.S. News running anti-Catholic--anti-Catholic, do you even know how stupid and anachronistic that sounds?--editorials.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (pginn)

295 You don't shot at people AFTER they have left. He is going to have serious problems I suspect. You do in TX (well, sort of). The theory is that you don't know if they're running to get bigger guns, or just running away. And *since* they already threatened you with grave bodily harm or death (read: gave you a beating), you get to use deadly force.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (PYAXX)

296 If it was a military AK-47 wouldn't it just have two settings?  Safe and Auto?  So being a civilian, its already not military with the one trigger pull one bang function.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (xydLk)

297 Well, get you ass down here, they are lined up out the door.

Hey, Obama said I get free pediatric dentistry with my insurance so polish those milk teeth!

Posted by: HR at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (ZKzrr)

298

I'm kinda diggin' Shinola, may have to have one.

http://tinyurl.com/mznw7vf

Posted by: maddogg at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (xWW96)

299 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? I-90.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (ocbLV)

300 You don't shot at people AFTER they have left. He is going to have serious problems I suspect.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 01:33 PM (0FSuD)

 

Unless they are in Texas.  Didn't read the link.   In Texas you can use deadly force to stop someone fleeing with your property. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (m2CN7)

301 Just because you have information.... it does not mean you understand what it means, and how it connects to other information.

***

Agreed. If we're talking about a child.  An adult undoubtedly college educated "expert" though?  I had a basic grasp of how weather works by the time I was ten.  But then I'm right at fifty years old this year and actually had real science classes when I was in school.

Posted by: B at January 08, 2014 09:35 AM (Pson9)

302 Polar Vortex, because the rubes were starting to catch on to the BS phrases, global warming/climate change. They considered zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: Buffalobob at January 08, 2014 09:36 AM (RZBmV)

303 The big dumb arch in St. Louis. Crosses two time zones and sucks in Polar Vortexes. It's gotta go!

Posted by: Etheral Moonglow, enviro-to-the-stars at January 08, 2014 09:36 AM (1Y+hH)

304 291 Ah, so. I thought it was voles that caused the vortex. Posted by: Japanese Dude at January 08, 2014 01:34 PM (l3vZN) I thought it was that weirdo in Texas that did the vortex thing.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:37 AM (LIQGY)

305

205 4 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:01 PM

=======

Hoover Dam
Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 01:15 PM (OtQXp

 

Just to  confirm  that is the answer I was looking for.  

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 09:37 AM (m2CN7)

306 297 If it was a military AK-47 wouldn't it just have two settings? Safe and Auto? So being a civilian, its already not military with the one trigger pull one bang function. Non Auto 47 only have two settings, military one have three, safe, 3 round burst, and full auto. I am assuming 47 are the same as M-16s

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:38 AM (0FSuD)

307 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 08, 2014 01:35 PM (xydLk) It has a semi option. But I highly doubt his had a full auto option.

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2014 09:38 AM (fWAjv)

308 295 I saw that. She doesn't go with any subtlety whatsoever. Basically "these papists can't be trusted." Thankfully no one reads US News except for once a year to see college rankings.

Posted by: AMDG at January 08, 2014 09:38 AM (t7OO0)

309 Where's Ace?  Did the vortex get him?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 08, 2014 09:38 AM (T2V/1)

310 I saw Beet Juice Futures open for the Waterboys at Schrute Farms in 2010.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 09:39 AM (zF6Iw)

311 I-90. Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 01:35 PM (ocbLV) I-90 is a landmark? Man you have a low threshold for landmarks.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:39 AM (0FSuD)

312 Unless they are in Texas. Didn't read the link. In Texas you can use deadly force to stop someone fleeing with your property. Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 01:35 PM (m2CN7) Does that include politicians?

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:39 AM (LIQGY)

313 As a denizen of southern Michigan, I love snowblowers. Mine is the best thing I own. I'm considering having a flame job air brushed on it this spring. If I had to choose between giving up pron or giving up the snowblower, pron would lose. I am sure it has litterally saved my life. Without it they would have found me dead in a snow drift alongside my driveway with a damned shovel in my frozen hands. Until I can finally retire to the tropics, my snowblower will remain a treasured item.

Posted by: Reactionary at January 08, 2014 09:39 AM (7BKi/)

314 Does that include politicians? Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 01:39 PM (LIQGY) The government always exempts itself from the law...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (PYAXX)

315

To counteract the effects of the Polar Vortex, we must find a way to   simulate an Equatorial Ejection.   This would cause an upward ripple in the    Jet Stream, essentially piledriving the Vortex back up into the arctic circle where it belongs.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (4df7R)

316 Unless they are in Texas. Didn't read the link. In Texas you can use deadly force to stop someone fleeing with your property. Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 01:35 PM (m2CN7) It was in FL. Wait for some dumb ass lawyer to sue him, counting 10,9,8....

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (0FSuD)

317 I-90 is a landmark? 'If you reach I-90, you've gone too far north...'', yep. Landmark.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (ocbLV)

318 Ace up.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (bCEmE)

319 Spain unemployment is over 57%.  How is this even possible?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 09:40 AM (BZAd3)

320 It was in FL. Wait for some dumb ass lawyer to sue him, counting 10,9,8.... FL & TX have very similar gun & castle doctrine laws (IIRC). So he's probably fine.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 08, 2014 09:41 AM (PYAXX)

321 Just to confirm that is the answer I was looking for. Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 01:37 PM (m2CN7) Yeah, but Chunnel and Great Wall of China are better "Landmarks" that's for sure.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 09:41 AM (0FSuD)

322 Unfortunately, we are at that point. To put it simply, Republicans have rules of engagement and Democrats are ruled by MachiavelliAlinsky.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 08, 2014 01:20 PM (T0NGe)

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 09:41 AM (o3MSL)

323 Posted by: Reactionary at January 08, 2014 01:39 PM (7BKi/) Just go with the classic pinstriping for your snowblower...maybe a customized license plate. Flame jobs just detract from their inherent beauty.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:42 AM (LIQGY)

324

do I really have to read the comments to find out what's driving some people nuts?

 

Yaaar!!

Posted by: The Pirate With A Steering Wheel Attached To His Crotch at January 08, 2014 09:42 AM (zF6Iw)

325 Yeah, but Chunnel and Great Wall of China are better "Landmarks" that's for sure.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 08, 2014 01:41 PM (0FSuD)

 

This was Americana trivia. 

 

And MPPPP -  The Capitol building is on the back of the 50.00.  

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 09:42 AM (m2CN7)

326 Polar Vortex is the new miracle material that I use to keep my tushie dry, warm, and as fresh and tight as Uncle Joe's wallet.

Posted by: Fritz at January 08, 2014 09:43 AM (TKFmG)

327 Two inches of snow.  That's sandal weather where I come from-- St. John's Newfoundland.  And I love my Honda snowblower.  Not love like you would have for a family member; Honda love is real, can't-live-without-you love.  Unless it breaks down at which time I might pour gas over it instead of into it.  That's how I roll. 

Posted by: dirks strewn at January 08, 2014 09:43 AM (kfcYC)

328 Ok, I searched the page for "vag", and got no relevant hits. h/t elvischupacabra at CTH's Wed Open Thread (see nic): http://tinyurl.com/pmawvsw Smoking Gun link. Quite possibly an early contender for weirdest story of the year.

Posted by: Taqiyy. at January 08, 2014 09:44 AM (e7KZr)

329 the Waterboys at Schrute Farms in 2010. Posted by: Mary Poppins' ----------------- The Waterboys. I thought I was the only one who had ever heard of them...

Posted by: Barky at January 08, 2014 09:44 AM (aDwsi)

330 Oooops Barky sock fail

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 08, 2014 09:44 AM (aDwsi)

331 280 Luckily, it was just 1 acre. I think we'd have died in August if we tried an acre 1/2 I do my acre with a walk behind. I just break it up over a couple days. It's really rather enjoyable. If it's really miserable out, I borrow a zero- from a buddy. The 60" model does the whole yard in less time than it takes to get it off the trailer & gas up. I had that thing doing about 15 mph last summer. Kinda scary, but the kid loved it.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 08, 2014 09:44 AM (dSa5I)

332

Letter from Allen West (and others) to Boehner regarding his piss poor performance with Benghazi.

 

More balls in the left side of his jockey shorts than the whole of the GOP.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 09:44 AM (zF6Iw)

333 Ace thread up.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 08, 2014 09:45 AM (zDsvJ)

334

Snow Plow too loud? No neighborhood brats? Half-way to a heart attack?

 

My prices are so low, you'll think I've suffered brain damage!

Posted by: Mr. Plow at January 08, 2014 09:46 AM (zF6Iw)

335 The Waterboys. I thought I was the only one who had ever heard of them... Posted by: Barky at January 08, 2014 01:44 PM (aDwsi) Most people familiar with the soundtrack of "Good Will Hunting" have heard of them...someone gave me that CD as a gift years ago, and that's how I got to know them.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:46 AM (LIQGY)

336

Letter from Allen West (and others) to Boehner regarding his piss poor performance with Benghazi.

Just another reason to determine which one of these two I will cast my vote for in the primary


http://jdwinteregg.com/

 

http://www.gurrforcongress.com/

 

Posted by: PMRich at January 08, 2014 09:47 AM (KDUNf)

337 Sun is out here in Boston area.

Posted by: Carol at January 08, 2014 09:47 AM (z4WKX)

338 Letter from Allen West (and others) to Boehner regarding his piss poor performance with Benghazi.

More balls in the left side of his jockey shorts than the whole of the GOP.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2014 01:44 PM (zF6Iw)


If ever you thought that the R establishment had any speck of integrity, just look at their treatment of Allen West.


If you want to see a man of integrity and honor, look no further than Allen West.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 08, 2014 09:47 AM (o3MSL)

339 320 Spain unemployment is over 57%. How is this even possible? Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 01:40 PM (BZAd3) Because they underreported the true percentage?

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:48 AM (LIQGY)

340

@269 What man-made landmark extends across two time zones? Don't know.

Great Wall of China.

----------------

 

China's all in one time zone - by decree from Beijing.  So oddly enough, that's not the answer.

 

Posted by: junior at January 08, 2014 09:48 AM (UWFpX)

341

Rush was talking about the increase in Gonorrhea and Syphilis amongst the MSM population today and, thanks to some bad writing, speculated it was due to gays not going in for checkups because of the homophobia.

 

Not true. They're different diseases and have different issues, but what I see at my job first of all is that gays will seek testing much more often than most - but mostly for HIV. They'll do the quick tests from the mouth swabs and - if negative - say they're good to go.

 

Secondly, in the case of Gonorrhea, it infects wherever the infection occured. So, if anal or pharyngeal, there can be few or no symptoms. This is common mostly since gays will use condoms for eveything but oral sex. Often, when they do go in for testing, the doctor or nurse will only obtain urine samples which, obviously, won't detect GC in sites other than the urethra. [in the case of women, urine may not even detect a vaginal infection - swabs are required. Lesbians think they can't get anything but that's erroneous too]

 

Lastly, syphilis is one that all of us track closely and had almost eradicated, so it's disappointing it's on the rise. It's often missed in diagnosis even by medical professionals and we still find people who were infected back in WW2 who were never treated for it. It's rarity makes it doubly hard for docs and nurses who may have never seen a case of syphilis ever.

We talk to every single person who pops a titer for syphilis in our County, and I know that's a goal in every State. The interview is desgned to figure out where the infection came from and to alert potential infected persons of the need for treatment. Unfortunately, many gay [and straight] persons refuse to disclose, mislead us so as to preserve their effed up relationships, or simply don't know who their partners are. There are many reasons for that, too many to list in an already long comment.

Posted by: Bigby's Karate Chop at January 08, 2014 09:50 AM (3ZtZW)

342

Peter Berg on Dennis Miller talking about Lone Survivor.



Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 08, 2014 09:50 AM (BZAd3)

343 i went outside to test this polar vortex thing.....had my boiling water.....threw my boiling water....anticipated snow.....it didn't work......i can only conclude the polar vortex is not here in phoenix....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 49 days until spring training at January 08, 2014 09:52 AM (u8GsB)

344 Posted by: Bigby's Karate Chop at January 08, 2014 01:50 PM (3ZtZW) Whatever you get paid to contemplate such matters, it's probably not enough.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 09:52 AM (LIQGY)

345

I like diseases. Its a living, I guess.

Posted by: Bigby's Karate Chop at January 08, 2014 09:58 AM (3ZtZW)

346 Hoover Dam Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 01:15 PM (OtQXp

Just to confirm that is the answer I was looking for.

Posted by: polynikes at January 08, 2014 01:37 PM (m2CN7)

=======

It's pretty cool to stand on the sidewalk midway across and have one foot an hour older than the other...

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 10:00 AM (OtQXp)

347 apparently Toronto's [airport] shut down today.
I don't know about today but yesterday the wind chill was effing up equipment used on the runways and, I think, the luggage loading machines. The wind also affected how long the guys working on the runway could stay outside. So it's things like that and not snowfall to blame.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 08, 2014 10:00 AM (PK+r9)

348 It's pretty cool to stand on the sidewalk midway across and have one foot an hour older than the other... Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2014 02:00 PM (OtQXp) I used to geek out to checking when the time change hits my cell phone when I cross time borders. Usually, that was when I crossed the TX/NM border, so there's not much else to do.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 10:04 AM (LIQGY)

349 Man, imagine how miserable this cold would be if we hadn't been wise enough to heat the planet up for the past few decades.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at January 08, 2014 10:06 AM (2oU2+)

350 350 Man, imagine how miserable this cold would be if we hadn't been wise enough to heat the planet up for the past few decades. Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at January 08, 2014 02:06 PM (2oU2+) Too hot or too cold can only be cause by the selfish luxuries American white people gluttonously indulge in...somehow. Just ask any environmentalist.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 10:09 AM (LIQGY)

351 Wonder how much of that VD is making its way up from the border, like TB. I denounce myself

Posted by: Thunderb at January 08, 2014 10:12 AM (zOTsN)

352 352 Wonder how much of that VD is making its way up from the border, like TB. I denounce myself Posted by: Thunderb at January 08, 2014 02:12 PM (zOTsN) Tijuana Brass?

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 10:13 AM (LIQGY)

353 I mean, all sorts of things we thought we almost got rid of, like TB and whooping cough, coming from below the border. Why not VD?

Posted by: Thunderb at January 08, 2014 10:13 AM (zOTsN)

354 Too hot or too cold can only be cause by the selfish luxuries American white people gluttonously indulge in...somehow. Just ask any environmentalist. Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 02:09 PM (LIQGY) Only carbon footprint I wanna leave is on Al Gore's forehead.

Posted by: Bunny at January 08, 2014 10:17 AM (2oU2+)

355 Way more syphillus in Latin America than here. Most incidence here in southern states

Posted by: Thunderb at January 08, 2014 10:17 AM (zOTsN)

356 Only carbon footprint I wanna leave is on Al Gore's forehead. Posted by: Bunny at January 08, 2014 02:17 PM (2oU2+) I think there's an app for that.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 08, 2014 10:24 AM (LIQGY)

357 Andy "I don't know about today but yesterday the wind chill was effing up equipment used on the runways and, I think, the luggage loading machines. The wind also affected how long the guys working on the runway could stay outside. So it's things like that and not snowfall to blame."

Dad works avionics in Indy, and said the de-icer was icing from the nozzle upon spraying, showing the various planes with freshly minted ice.
Said he and the rest of the av team were howling as the grounds crews were trying to stop further damage and dents....

Posted by: fred zeppelin at January 08, 2014 10:43 AM (zL/eJ)

358 What's the best caliber for a vag-gun? One with sufficient coitus crippling power I guess. (Best I could come up with)

Posted by: SamIam at January 08, 2014 11:17 AM (FKt6g)

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