 |
| Kinda pretty, innit? |
We're only a few inches of snowfall away from the snowiest winter since they've been keeping records in Indy, the current record being held by the winter of '82-'83 with fifty-some-odd inches of snow.
In previous winters there have been periods where the Bimmer was snowbound for a couple days at a stretch, but nothing like this; the alley has been effectively impassable for the Zed Drei on its summer skins for several weeks. Living in the city and working from home, this isn't that big of a deal; there's a grocery store, a bodega, and several restaurants in easy walking distance, and I could always take the bus. Still, I am so thankful I got the Subie when I did.
(I think I've remarked before that, having had my own wheels since I was a teenager, I get claustrophobic if my car's in the shop. I don't know how, say, a Manhattanite deals with the inability to just grab your car keys and go, wherever and whenever you want to.)
Overnite rain, temps dropped, then more rain. Black ice everywhere, I did a most excellent impression of a wounded goose while flapping down my driveway, grasping the fish wrapper in one hand while trying to play sky hook with the other.
ReplyDeleteSlamming into the tailgate of the truck saved me from impending DOOM!
MACVS2
They have to take a test before they move in.
ReplyDeletea Manhattanite deals with the inability to just grab his car keys and go, wherever and whenever he wants to by voting for leftist scum who strive to ensure that the rest of the world is as dependent on government as he is.
ReplyDeleteI start to feel trapped if I take a business trip or vacation without a rental car. I have no idea how true ubanites do it.
ReplyDeleteThink I will stay right here!
ReplyDeleteCocoa, Florida
Weather Report · Interactive Map · Extended Forecast · Hourly Forecast · Past Observations · Historic Averages
Current Conditions - °F | °C
As of 2:58 PM on Tuesday 11 Feb 2014 (Local Time) from KCOF Reporting Station
Few Clouds Few Clouds
75°F
Feels Like: 75°
Wind Chill: 75° Ceiling: Unl
Heat Index: 75° Visibility: 10mi
Dew Point: 66° Wind: 9mph
Humidity: 73% Direction: 100° (E)
Pressure: 30.02" Gusts: NA
Report Text: KCOF 111958Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM FEW046 24/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02380188 $
Next 3 Hours
4 PM
P Cloudy P Cloudy 75°
5 PM
P Cloudy P Cloudy 73°
6 PM
P Cloudy P Cloudy 71°
Local Information
!
No Weather Alerts
for this location
Interactive Weather Map
View detailed Observations
48 Hours ·
A Manhattanite deals with the inability to just grab the car keys and go, wherever and whenever - by hopping on the subway and riding to another neighbourhood with a different cuisine, culture, language and vibe...
ReplyDeleteWait until you get the AWD functioning and get a set of snow tires... you'll be amazed about how little you care about snow.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an awesome winter for you guys. Not much snow on the ground but have to enjoy what you get.
ReplyDelete- wodun
Considering your email addy, shouldn't the Zed Drei be referred to as the Thunderbolt Grease Slapper?
ReplyDelete(Ducks and runs, zigzagging across the lawn).
It was sunny all the way to Wheeling. Which is probably why I didn't actually run any semis off the road in Ohio. Not that they didn't deserve a fiery end in the ditch.
ReplyDeleteYou know, up In Atlanta that call that THEENDOFTHEWORLDASWEKNOWIT.
ReplyDeleteYou know, up In Atlanta that call that THEENDOFTHEWORLDASWEKNOWIT.
ReplyDelete"Wait until you get the AWD functioning and get a set of snow tires... you'll be amazed about how little you care about snow."
ReplyDeleteUh... lolwut?
The AWD is working fine. The Subie hasn't even been slowed down by the winter.
WHILE MANY NEW YORKERS OWN AND USE CARS ON A DAILY BASIS FOR WORK OR PLEASURE THERE ARE SOME DOWNSIDES WHEN YOU ARE NOT SITUATED IN BUCOLIC SPLENDOR I WILL NAME FOR YOU BUT A FEW
ReplyDeleteMONSTER TRAFFIC JAMS
PARKING (OR LACK THEREOF) A PLACE IN A GARAGE IN MID-TOWN COSTS WHAT SOME FOLKS PAY IN RENT FOR AN APARTMENT
METER MAIDS AND THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU A DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING REVENUE FROM THE UNWARY
TOW-AWAYS AND IMPOUNDING SHERIFFS
SALES
INSURANCE RATES SO THROUGH THE ROOF AS NOT TO BE BELIEVED
WHAT IS THE UPSIDE ?
WE HAVE THE SUBWAYS BUSES COMMUTER RAILROADS AND FERRY BOAT SERVICE
WHICH IS REASONABLY SAFE CLEAN EFFICIENT AND MOSTLY AFFORDABLE AND IT GETS YOU WHERE YOU WANT/NEED TO GO
ENJOY !
I ALSO GIVE TOURS
WITH BEST WISHES
NAVIGATOR
That Canon DSLR likes you! ;-)
ReplyDeleteG98,
ReplyDelete"That Canon DSLR likes you! ;-)"
That's actually the little Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650 I've taken to keeping in my coat pocket when I remember to.
All in all, it's a mediocre little point-n-shoot, but it's the size of a pack of cards and bridges the gap between cell phone cam and DSLR nicely.
Manhattanites don't know how the rest of the U.S. deals with the inability to just take the subway whenever you want to.
ReplyDeleteWe're about 200 miles farther north than you, and if the weather is to be beleived we are warming up by something like 36 degrees over the course of the day.
ReplyDeleteSadly that still maxes out about 10f below the freezing point of water :-/
I love my winters, but this one I think is defective, can I return it?
"I don't know how, say, a Manhattanite deals with the inability to just grab your car keys and go, wherever and whenever you want to."
ReplyDeleteHow do you think we ended up with that degenerate reprobate Alan Ginsberg?
gvi