So I work at one of the Lowes Foods with a gas station and the line was backed up all night. If the roads are slick then why does anyone need to drive on them? Also the shelves have pretty much nothing on them now. LOL!

1/29/2010 11:15:43 PM

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"PEOPLE ARE STUPID"

1/29/2010 11:16:25 PM

It has been snowing for thousands of years and people still can't figure out how to deal with it

1/29/2010 11:24:04 PM

i just walked by and laughed at the empty milk and eggs sections in the grocery store tonight

1/29/2010 11:27:15 PM

They were just hoping they'd get to see you in your elmo costume and black face.

1/29/2010 11:28:07 PM

cause you know, if it's as bad as the worst snow storm eastern NC has seen in the past century you all could be snowed in for as long as 2 days.

1/29/2010 11:28:54 PM

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"It has been snowing for thousands of years and people still can't figure out how to deal with it"

Well I'm sure all the people that have been around for thousands of years do just fine with the snow...you know...they've had thousands of years to practice...

And yeah...us folks in eastern NC we are pros at driving in the snow...we see it all the time, we totally know what to do.

1/29/2010 11:30:43 PM

people in Wisconsin are actually safer in the snow, when the roads are dry they believe they are invincible.

1/29/2010 11:32:51 PM

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"It has been snowing for thousands of years and people still can't figure out how to deal with it"

No, just people in central NC

1/29/2010 11:36:29 PM

my dads excuse was that if everything else failed you could get in your car and run the heater to prevent death.

1/29/2010 11:39:36 PM

THIS JUST IN....

People who rarely see snow can't drive in it!

1/29/2010 11:41:42 PM

in case ice causes major power outages and there aren't any gas stations with generators

it was really hard for my family to find gas during the ~6 days we were w/o power after hurricane fran

we needed gas to run our generator, get to work, etc.

1/29/2010 11:48:03 PM

This reminds me a year or two ago where schools in PA, NY, and NJ were canceling school because of a "heat wave" since the classrooms only had fans instead of AC. The temperatures were warm for up there, but it was still only into the 90s.

The kid they interviewed said they were like laying out on the floor and pouring water on themselves the day before because they only had fans and not AC.

Now, being from upstate NY and having most of my family still there, I have been there lots over the summer (my preferred time to visit haha). Most of my family does not have AC because it doesnt get hot enough. It has been into the 90s plenty when I was there and over 100 one time in HS and, yes it was a little uncomfortable sleeping at night, but during the day it was a minor annoyance being inside.

Conclusion: People freak out over weather they are not used to.

This also applies to times where I hear northerners making fun of southerners delaying school and jobs to wait for roads to clear when we get a few inches of snow.

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 11:54 PM. Reason : ]

1/29/2010 11:53:11 PM

Ancillary Conclusion: These threads get made every time it snows.

1/29/2010 11:57:36 PM

^^Part of the school closings in the south has to do with the fact that we don't invest as much in snow plows.

1/30/2010 12:03:55 AM

and there's more rural areas that are more difficult to drive in when snow/ice is on the roads.

1/30/2010 12:05:58 AM

busses also have donut smooth tires

1/30/2010 12:07:11 AM

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"Ancillary Conclusion: These threads get made every time it snows. "

YUP! NO ONE IN FUCKING NORTH CAROLINA CAN FUNCTION IN THE SNOW! OMFG

AND YES I TYPE IN ALL CAPS, GET THE FUCK OVER IT PRICK BALLS.

seriously though. truth. leave well enough alone.

Drink some bud dry!

1/30/2010 12:10:29 AM

yo shredder did you go with the XX or what?

1/30/2010 12:17:59 AM

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"Part of the school closings in the south has to do with the fact that we don't invest as much in snow plows."

I totally understand that as I grew up here, but a lot of transplants don't realize that.

1/30/2010 1:24:18 AM

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"i just walked by and laughed at the empty milk and eggs sections in the grocery store tonight "

No Shit! My woman wanted to make me some awesome new cookies. They took our jobs eggs!

1/30/2010 1:25:55 AM

So tonight we actually had milk left, but the gas line was once again long. Part of that is the fact that people shop on Friday when they get paid, so they probably fuel up too.

2/13/2010 1:56:15 AM

gargs, why do you say "fuel"

do you also say "pop"

2/13/2010 1:57:36 AM

Car needs dat fuel drink!

2/13/2010 1:57:52 AM

^^I did say pop until about 1987. When we first moved to Raleigh in 1985 from Iowa everyone knew we weren't from here everytime we said "pop."

2/13/2010 1:59:49 AM

holy shit

you're from iowa?

it all makes sense now

2/13/2010 2:15:25 AM

2/13/2010 2:19:03 AM

just imagine what things will be like if there is an actual apocalyptic situation

2/13/2010 2:20:46 AM

FUCK IT'S SNOWING

WE MIGHT LOSE POWER


QUICK, BUY ALL THE PERISHABLE GOODS FROM THE GROCERY STORE!

2/13/2010 2:45:32 AM

based on title i thought this was a lafta thread

big4country you MIGHT have hit a new low

2/13/2010 4:12:29 AM