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Xarshi
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It went from spring to blizzard here in Ohio. Wow. That doesn't even make sense. We are expected to get 10 to 15 inches of accumulation tomorrow. 5 to 8 tonight. Jeeze. I was wearing shorts just the other day...

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Venge
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 06:23
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I dunno. Ask Al Gore.

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Sid Sinister
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Yeah, I'm in the greater area of lower MI and the same BS is happening here too. I'm not a happy camper and have been rather depressed or edgy lately due to the 5 months of gray skies we've been seeing

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Quote: "How could this happen?"

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Osiris
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Black magic.

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Grandma
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 10:03
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I h4xd ur whether.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 11:26
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Yeah we are at 24c (77F) today. At last the chill (20c) is over!

Cheers

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 11:55
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You're so smug, Dazzag.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 12:19
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I think Dazzag should have a whole horde of people throwing Kebabs at his Window, not just me...perhaps we could have the next TGC convention in Cyprus.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 15:08
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I want to kill Dazzag and steal his house.

Don't you just hate that Zotoaster guy?
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tha_rami
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:14
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Quote: "
I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light.
I can’t remember how
I can’t remember why
I'm lying here tonight
And I can’t STAND the pain
And I can’t make it go away
No I can’t STAND the pain


*CHORUS*
How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I’m fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

Everybody’s screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I’m slipping off the edge
I’m hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
On to a time when
Nothing mattered
And I can’t explain
What happened and I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
No I can’t

*CHORUS*
How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
"

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:18
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Quote: "I'm in the greater area of lower MI"


Cool, I live there to.


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Agent Dink
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:32
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Quote: "How could this happen?"


Because that's how God made our planet to work in the Ohio area. I'm up here too. Just got back in from helping plow / shovel / unbury the driveway. Lets just say that while shuffling the cars around in the driveway I had to get out and brush off the window's multiple times it's snowing so hard LOL. Nasty. It's gonna be all buried again in a few hours. I came in and all the snow on my hair melted and it was like I got out of the shower a half hour ago.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:32
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Dazzag says these things knowing full well that I have every intention of flying out and to Cyprus one of these days and moving into his pool house against his will

Here in New York State we had a massive snow storm last week, and the very next day 90% of that snow was melted away, and it's been raining now for several days (and in case anyone forgets, Binghamton is prone to flooding all of the sudden, we had a major flood here in 2006 and a smaller one shortly after that). So I'm wondering if the same thing could happen again . I did have a few reservations about global warming before, but I've seen all the evidence I need first-hand.

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xplosys
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:37
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It's currently snowing here in Atlanta. It's the 3rd snow event this season, when we normally have one.

Quote: "I dunno. Ask Al Gore."


Al say's that the warming has disturbed the normal cycle and it's accelerating at an incredible rate, going from summer to winter in a matter of days, sometime hours. Next week will be the hottest summer on record and the following week the earth will freeze over as not seen since the ice age. I'm calling the media as soon as I finish here.

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:39 Edited at: 8th Mar 2008 17:43
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It's not global warming Look at all the averages and highs and lows. For as long as we've been keeping track they are all in line. And we started keeping track a good while before humans had any impact on what causes global warming. They say there's a degree or 2 increase over the last 100 years, but averages DO change ya know? I bet when they first started monitoring averages over the first few years it was up down down up up up down. That's how averages work. Now I'm not saying that we aren't harming our planet and atmosphere, but I will say this. It's mostly a natural cycle this planet just goes through. Too many people use Global Warming as a scare tactic and it's annoying.

BTW cows release more bad stuff into the air than humans do every day At least that's what they say.

EDIT: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cow-emissions-more-damaging-to-planet-than-cosub2sub-from-cars-427843.html

BTW though, yeah it sucks. Last monday I went to the zoo and I wished I had worn shorts. It was warm and nice 67 degrees. Next day was in the 30s F. Pretty normal though to have a fluke day or 2 this time of year.

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Grandma
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 17:45
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Quote: "Al say's that the warming has disturbed the normal cycle"


Warming IS the normal cycle. The earth has gone trough cool and hot periods for as long as we know.

Agent Dink got it right.

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Xarshi
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 18:21
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Yeah, its crazy out right now. I think we have about a foot of snow at the moment.

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xplosys
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 18:56
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If you think it's crazy there, you should be here when it snows. All those redneck jokes about snow in the south are true.

First, everyone runs to the store and buys a buggy full of bread, milk, water and batteries. The women, that is. The men head for the local bottle shop. Of course, no one can drive in snow or ice around here. (or even rain it seems). When the snow stops, it's fun to go out and count the cars in the ditches.

Best.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 19:21
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I can't believe how bad some people are at driving on snow. This last winter when we had a quarter inch of ice and then snow on top of that, I had few problems driving around in my car...Then I come home and see on TV that Washington D.C. got an inch of snow and had declared a 'snow emergency', and people were sliding off of roads and getting stuck in slush...

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hyrichter
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 20:20
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Hahaha,
It's a chilly 60 deg. and sunny over here in Arizona. Not a cloud in sight. I had to use the A/C in my truck to comfortably drive across town.

But, to be fair, a couple days ago, I had to travel up to a little mountain-top town. Since it was warm and beautiful here, I wasn't thinking to take a coat or anything. Got up there and it was 17 deg. with about 3 feet of snow.

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AndrewT
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 20:24
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We were expected to get 10-12 inches where I live (lower eastern Michigan), but it just barely missed us. That means no snow day on Monday.
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Xarshi
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:48
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@AndrewT - The people here in Ohio seem to be cleaning it up fast. So I doubt I'll get even a delay on Monday.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:51
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It's freezing here in England right now...

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Posted: 9th Mar 2008 04:35
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It's around 15F here now. I hope it's warmer tomorrow, so we can go paintball...

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Who says you can't paintball in 15F? It's bound to be more fun that way wearing bulky coats and gloves. Pretend your battling for Antarctica.

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Posted: 9th Mar 2008 04:42 Edited at: 9th Mar 2008 04:42
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Because last time we went paintballing, I got shot in the head twice because my "friend" decided to switch his gun to full auto...
Frozen paintballs hurt.

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AlanC
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Posted: 9th Mar 2008 04:48
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Quote: "Frozen paintballs hurt."


In war, bullets hurt.

We have had sunshine here in Seattle. Not normal indeed.



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