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xplosys
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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 14:34
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We got about 20-24 inches yesterday and overnight. The gov placed a driving ban on all roads, which is pretty unusual for Rhode Island. Maybe I'll get some coding done...... Nah!



Brian.

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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 14:45 Edited at: 9th Feb 2013 14:47
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The sled is ready, the dogs are fed.

I see you got the snow we wanted. Blasted Mother Nature getting the locations all screwed up again. How she does that I have no clue, considering you and I are on opposite coasts. May need to make a better map.


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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 14:56 Edited at: 9th Feb 2013 14:58
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I can relate. 24+ inches this morning and it's still going strong. There isn't much to do here because of the driving ban so all I can do is sit here and wait. But once that ban goes away I'm heading straight to Hew Hampshire to shred the best snowstorm we've gotten in years

I took this picture last night when the sun was going down. There wasn't much snow yet, but pretty surreal



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Quik
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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 16:30
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20 inches...

and a driving ban?



what sissies are you?



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A few years back someone from work finally had to call in that he wouldn't be in. Snowed in. 6 feet overnight. He always said its not enough snow till you can measure it with a yard stick. Thats good old lake Erie and Buffalo for ya.
I'm glad I only got a few inches of snow from this new storm. They were calling for 6 to 12 inches of snow but only got 3 to 4 inches of snow. Sometimes I sure do miss living in Florida. Enjoy your snow!!!!
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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 16:52
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Quote: "what sissies are you?"


Don't even go there Pony Boy.

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Quote: "Don't even go there Pony Boy."


LOL epic.

You could always invite him over for orange soda and get that slushball out of the freezer.


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We got, like, four inches.

Britain is nice like that.
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Quote: "20 inches...

and a driving ban?



what sissies are you?"


My thoughts exactly
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I thought all Americans drove SUVs... ?

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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 18:29 Edited at: 9th Feb 2013 18:32
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Quote: "I thought all Americans drove SUVs... ?"


I thought all French were stuck up?

Stereotypes: They're Universal.

Quote: "My thoughts exactly"


Considering the population of New York is 8,244,910 (2011), and the population of the entire country of Sweden is 9,103,788 (2011); I think we're doing pretty good. When you guys have that kind of numbers in a single city, let me know.

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Quik
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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 18:34
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Atleast I am not the one afraid of a bit of snow.
Or live in a country that cant handle a bit of snow :3

But now we're almost getting hostile here! Aint no need for that...
<3



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Quote: "But now we're almost getting hostile here! Aint no need for that..."


If you're going to start something, be prepared for someone to finish it. Some people here are getting fed up with the whole "America sucks because of XYZ", to the point where even something that's somewhat harmless is taken offensively.

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That means you have as many people that could shovel snow in a single city as we do in our whole country
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Quote: "I thought all Americans drove SUVs... ?"


What are these SUV's you speak of? Some of us still use dog sled in our neck of the woods.


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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 19:10
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Yeah, there almost isn't any need to be here anymore. This You and Us crap that's always coming up, or being inferred, is getting old.

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Posted: 9th Feb 2013 19:19 Edited at: 9th Feb 2013 19:20
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Quote: "Yeah, there almost isn't any need to be here anymore. This You and Us crap that's always coming up, or being inferred, is getting old."


Yes, but we're older and wiser. And we have cookies.


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Quote: "That means you have as many people that could shovel snow in a single city as we do in our whole country"


You got me there.

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Quote: "I thought all French were stuck up?"


I'm guessing since you took my tongue-in-cheek comment as offensive, this is intended to be offensive. I was poking fun at the stereotype that all Americans have big cars.

... But it's true, the French are pretty arrogant as a people.

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Quote: "I thought all Americans drove SUVs... ?"

Most that do tend to steer them right into a ditch.

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Quote: "Considering the population of New York is 8,244,910 (2011), and the population of the entire country of Sweden is 9,103,788 (2011); I think we're doing pretty good. When you guys have that kind of numbers in a single city, let me know."


What does that have to do with anything? That's like me telling you to let me know when you guys invent anything like the light bulb or the internet.


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Quote: " That's like me telling you to let me know when you guys invent anything like the light bulb or the internet."

The lightbulb was invented here in the US, not the UK.

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Quote: "Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was a British physicist and chemist. He is most famous for inventing an incandescent light bulb before its independent invention by the American Thomas Edison.[1]"



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Sigh! Yawn! Who cares who invented what? We all share in it, dont we?

All I know is Bluefox makes the best muffins.

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Pft! One time we got 6 feet here in Colorado, and that I'm aware of, no road bans! It's interesting how cities that normally don't get much or any snow react when they do; I remember one time when Florida was crippled by a centimeter of snow.
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My point is - I'm sick of hearing about how mighty the US is when somebody makes the slightest comment about it around here.


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Quote: "If you're going to start something, be prepared for someone to finish it. Some people here are getting fed up with the whole "America sucks because of XYZ", to the point where even something that's somewhat harmless is taken offensively."


Oh but my first message was with a joking fashion, and I was not offended, and the second message was also in a joking fashion

Of course I understand that a country - where you almost never have snow, and certanly not in this mass, if I understand correctly - then you will have a bit of panic once it hits like this



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I dont see anyone saying how mighty they are...really I dont

What gets me is how a general populace gets so proud of their discoveries and inventions when in fact they themselves had nothing to do with it. Unless you yourself are that genius then I see no reason to go blowing my trumpet, we all have our fair share of scum and serial killers too, not something to get mighty about....right?

Why does a guy posting about snow turn into this kind of us and them BS around here.....I am not American by the way but I do admire some of them just as I admire many from all over the world....now that's something to be proud of....individual achievement.....National pride is shallow and causes more fights between individuals than really necessary....heck....I once saw a plumber and an electrician come to blows over who had the more skilled job....meh!

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Quote: "Considering the population of New York is 8,244,910 (2011), and the population of the entire country of Sweden is 9,103,788 (2011); I think we're doing pretty good. When you guys have that kind of numbers in a single city, let me know."


It's right there, seriously.

Quote: "What gets me is how a general populace gets so proud of their discoveries and inventions when in fact they themselves had nothing to do with it"


There's nothing wrong with a sense of national pride, so long as you're not rubbing it in people's faces.


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To get back to the topic.

There are cities that are prepared and expect large snowfalls on a regular basis. When a city like London for example gets more than two inches it can cause chaos on the roads, because they are not prepared it doesn't make them sissies (I know this was said jokingly) there are areas of the world that come to the crunch because of a drought, its all relevant and there will always be someone to say "I think your soft cos we get it a lot worse" its what your used to, or not used to in this case.

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Haha, as soon as I read Quik's first post, I knew it was going to be one of those US bashing threads.

It's kind of nice to see a few Americans defending themselves around here. The whole time I've been on this forum, Americans have just kind of taken the slack or joined in on a little stereotyping at their own expense.

Here lately though, I'd probably be lying if I said I didn't enjoy a little counter-stereotyping.

And Indicium, I can see where you're coming from, but surely you can't think what you quoted KeithC on was uncalled for? They were having a back-and-forth where Quik was the instigator of the whole thing while others piled in on the US-bash free for all, and you just picked the worst sounding quote from the guy who's defending his homeplace.
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Posted: 10th Feb 2013 06:27 Edited at: 10th Feb 2013 06:33
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Quote: "I'm guessing since you took my tongue-in-cheek comment as offensive, this is intended to be offensive."


It appears that you're taking my retort to be offensive. That's your prerogative I guess.

Quote: "What does that have to do with anything? That's like me telling you to let me know when you guys invent anything like the light bulb or the internet."


Uh...since we're talking about having driving banned for the storm, one would assume that I am making a correlation about the sheer number of drivers (ie., cars) in one single part of the Country (in this case a single city), versus the entirety of a Nation; and how dangerous that would be. Guess that one went over your head. The second part of your "message" has me wondering where the correlation to the actual conversation is.

Quote: "There's nothing wrong with a sense of national pride, so long as you're not rubbing it in people's faces."


I agree; unfortunately I see a large portion of the "my country is better than your country" statements on this forum over the years...targeting America and Americans in a derogatory way.

My statement had ZERO to do with "national pride". It was a statistical number meant to illustrate the need to shut down driving for the time being, in a place that is severely congested. Therefore saving lives, as well as the lives of those first responders who would have to save someone who ignored said orders.

Is that clear enough for you, or would you like me to draw you a graph and/or diagram?

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Australia's the best! chuck out the rest!
Our climate is so awesome and powerful that snow barely stands a chance.
Suffer in ya jocks rest of world!(turns around and moons everyone)



on a more serious and back on topic note, I have never seen it snow, I imagine it would look pretty cool, kinda like a snow globe... Enjoy

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Everyone knows Australia's awesome. I was hoping you wouldn't point that out though.

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Quote: "I'm sick of hearing about how mighty the US is when somebody makes the slightest comment about it around here."

It's my country and yes I think it's better than the rest. What's wrong with national pride and sticking up for where I live? I wouldn't be much of a soldier if I didn't.


Quote: ".I once saw a plumber and an electrician come to blows over who had the more skilled job....meh!"

That's easy, programmers!

Quote: "Australia's the best! chuck out the rest!"

Isn't it 70% desert?


The driving bans have nothing to do with fear of the snow, it's merely a safety measure. I don't care how well you think you can drive, with 2ft of snow your vehicle isn't getting far and will just cause a mess.

It's also to avoid 100 car pileups like Ohio just had last month in 3 different cities.

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Quote: "Quote: "Australia's the best! chuck out the rest!"
Isn't it 70% desert?"

And?

I'm impressed by the amount of snow you guys got. I didn't think it got that bad unless you live at the North Pole or something.

Quote: "Our climate is so awesome and powerful that snow barely stands a chance. "

I'm not sure if I want the 45C degree summers or the snow. Both seem equally undesirable.

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Quote: "20 inches...

and a driving ban?



what sissies are you?
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2 inches put the UK at a standstill, so I guess that makes us ultra-sissies.

20 inches, isn't that like a Swedish summer?



In all seriousness, that's a crazy amount of snow overnight, hope we get 20 inches overnight, I fancy a 3 day (or 4 or 5 day) weekend, maybe I can get on with some coding.


Quote: "Australia's the best! chuck out the rest!
Our climate is so awesome and powerful that snow barely stands a chance.
Suffer in ya jocks rest of world!(turns around and moons everyone)

"


Please don't rub all your awesome in our faces. Saying that, we don't have giant snake eating spiders over here. The deadliest thing we have here are tea cosies (and I'm serious, people have died because of them).

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That's why I love this country. Some snow fell a while back on a Friday and my school was closed right after lunch which means we got to go home early and therefore meaning I didn't have to do French which I truly despise (Sorry Benjamin), which means epic win.

I think we should start talking with signatures again!
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<3 One would think that xD



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Sure just be a little self-effacing about it. Otherwise people will troll. That's why you always get disparaging comments about the US. There is always an American that needs to get over himself that will start throwing his weight around and give everybody a good laugh.

By way of demonstration, he emitted a batlike squeak that was indeed bothersome.
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This is a once-a-year occurrence here in ol' Wisconsin. Though... we really haven't had snow much this year. The most so far has been 5 or 6 inches a few days ago. And today it's warm and rainy, so that snow is as good as gone.



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its been up around 80 here in texas, im jealous, in fact its been something like ten years since i saw any decent snowfall

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Quote: "It's my country and yes I think it's better than the rest. What's wrong with national pride and sticking up for where I live? I wouldn't be much of a soldier if I didn't."


Yes, and now let us stand for anthem of the glorious People's Republic of America:
Quote: "
America, greatest country in the world
Our military might is magnificent
Pledge allegiance to the flag young citizen
Tomorrow you shall fight for the glory of the empire
America is strong and true and always right
If you disagree then prepare to fight!
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"This is the greatest country in the world!" is only ever an abhorrent statement lacking the humility that would come naturally if it were true.

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Yay! Snow!

^ That's what she said.
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How about everyone get off their high horse and stop with the anti-american BS.

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Quote: "How about everyone get off their high horse and stop with the anti-american BS."

It was not anti-American, I was just making a joke after your "It's my country and yes I think it's better than the rest" remark. My last sentence was serious so maybe that made me come off as a bit snobbish. No offence intended.

^ That's what she said.
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One of my friends was talking about the snow back east the other day. I'm lucky I guess, California's climate is pretty tame. We're pretty lucky all around, no twisters, no big storms... just the occasional city-leveling earthquake
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And rampant wildfires, we get those too :/

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(This thread is hilarious, top-notch jokes 8D)

The arguing reminds me of this:



[edit]
and, yeah, I'm in southern california, the opposite corner of the US, so, I don't have much to add. Except, what's snow? is that like the stuff in your freezer?

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When I arrived in Virginia last february, locals told me it rarely snowed around there (richmond area). Said it was just south enough that most snow missed them. A few weeks later it snowed several inches and military snowball warfare broke out! I couldn't even take out my trash without getting hit by a snowball! But it was funny to see the folks from other parts of the country that have never seen snow before. They were so happy to play in snow it was like giving a chocolate cake to a 5yr old.


Meanwhile, in Sound Beach, NY... (photo courtesy of a friend on FB)


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The main thing I don't like about Australia is the stupid prices of most games :p

That's all I have to say!

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