My perspectives on both snow and disability were altered by that huge storm in Minneapolis we got on Halloween '91. We got 30" of snow in 24 hours. I was on crutches, so I had difficulty getting around for the next few weeks - where sidewalks were not cleared, I'd have to walk sideways on the footpaths through the snow. I don't know what people in wheelchairs do when sidewalks are not cleared of thick snow.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2010 9:32:56 am PST #8711 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
lisah - Feb 16, 2010 9:41:49 am PST #8712 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I don't know what people in wheelchairs do when sidewalks are not cleared of thick snow.
I've been thinking about that here a lot.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2010 9:45:19 am PST #8713 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn.
JPMorgan Bombing: Bomb Explodes At Bank Offices In Athens
(AP) Police in the Greek capital say a bomb has exploded at the offices of American financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Co., causing no injuries.
Good thing there were no injuries.
The government of Greece was hiding the extent of their financial borrowing. Now they're screwed, and possibly the European Union with them
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2010 9:47:17 am PST #8714 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
flea - Feb 16, 2010 9:48:02 am PST #8715 of 30001
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Having lived in Athens Greece, bombings are actually not that surprising. They regularly have student marches that disintegrate into Molotov cocktail throwing. Most of the businesses in the center of downtown have full metal curtains for this sort of regular occurrence. (There's a big violent-anarchist segment of the left there.)
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2010 10:14:25 am PST #8716 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Gah! My friend just posted part of Chris Rose's Letter to America from after Katrina, and I am homesick and in tears.
Glad that meeting was canceled.
sarameg - Feb 16, 2010 10:15:54 am PST #8717 of 30001
Wasn't an embassy toilet a casualty when Raq was there?
Yeash, lisah, this winter's been especially rough on you. I've never really liked snow, but now I have a pretty adversarial relationship with it. Plus now it is scary, not just annoying.
Despite the roads being a gawdawful mess (and the idiot decision to go ahead with the 39th closure) I really can't say the city is handling it poorly. We were never equipped for this kind of snowfall; it is going to take a while to recover. But the bonehead decisions, those I fault.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2010 10:36:40 am PST #8718 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My father just called to see if I still wanted to come over for dinner (my mother's out of town all week). Of course! I'm all equipped!
Lee - Feb 16, 2010 10:42:25 am PST #8719 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I would like some cake, either King or otherwise.
Also, patience. I ran out of mine on the commute to work today, and people keep expecting me to have some.
Dana - Feb 16, 2010 10:54:28 am PST #8720 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ack! I was unclear. I was asking Dana.
Oh, it's just me being a traditionalist. To me, king cakes come from McKenzie's, and are round and not filled with anything. Unless it's a king cake you got in grade school, which meant you had to buy the big square ones in order to feed everyone.