I have an ice day! [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

Aggie

01-27-2009, 05:42 AM

Texas rocks...you get to stay home if there is even a threat of ice or snow. I emailed my boss and said I didn't feel comfortable driving in the ice and voila! I'm home, comfy, drinking my coffee and posting.

Suckers.

Reephdweller

01-27-2009, 05:44 AM

Maybe I should move to Texas.

~Katja~

01-27-2009, 05:45 AM

how is the housing market in Texas?
and Jobs?

I think I am moving too.

JerseyRich

01-27-2009, 05:52 AM

Texas rocks...you get to stay home if there is even a threat of ice or snow. I emailed my boss and said I didn't feel comfortable driving in the ice and voila! I'm home, comfy, drinking my coffee and posting.

Suckers.

Now you can just sit there and watch Ryan Adams videos all day.

TheMojoPin

01-27-2009, 05:54 AM

patrick187

01-27-2009, 05:55 AM

It's 6 below right now in Minnesota. We have an ice season. This sucks.

King Hippos Bandaid

01-27-2009, 05:59 AM

Id love to live in Texas, but im Jewish

Aggie

01-27-2009, 05:59 AM

Aggie

01-27-2009, 06:01 AM

how is the housing market in Texas?
and Jobs?

I think I am moving too.

Actually, they are both strong right now. Dallas has tons of people from all over the country living here. There are not a ton of native Texans like in Houston.

Furtherman

01-27-2009, 06:02 AM

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Aggie

01-27-2009, 06:02 AM

Id love to live in Texas, but im Jewish

Yeah, you might not like it here.

JerseyRich

01-27-2009, 06:02 AM

Id love to live in Texas, but im Jewish

That's what Austin is for.

Misteriosa

01-27-2009, 06:05 AM

not fair. :(

i had to go to school and blizzards and everything ...

Aggie

01-27-2009, 06:08 AM

not fair. :(

i had to go to school and blizzards and everything ...

Just one of the perks of a warm climate. They only have so many salt/sanding trucks and there are SO many overpasses and bridges. It's just not economical to keep all of the gear on hand like in the north.

It's perfect because it still gets chilly/cold in the winter but it doesn't last long. A few days ago it was 75 and sunny. Now we have a few days of ice, then it will be back in the 60s by the end of the week!

Coach_Mac

01-27-2009, 06:18 AM

Growing up in Texas they would cancel school for any threat of ice or snow. Sometimes they would cancel it for frost on the ground.

TheGameHHH

01-27-2009, 06:53 AM

weird, ive been at work for two hours and its been 74 degrees all day.

ToiletCrusher

01-27-2009, 07:00 AM

It's sunny and 12 here. There's a threat that there might be a foot of snow by tomorrow morning. That's just called a given.

I need an ice day.

Judge Smails

01-27-2009, 07:06 AM

One night I was pulled over for speeding while vacationing in Florida in some pretty decent weather. I was only going ten miles over the speed limit and only got a warning. When the female state trooper gave me back my license (after seeing I was from New Jersey) she says to me with a completely straight face: "Be careful because we can get some black ice on these roads and, I don't know what you're used to up north, but you don't ever want hit a patch of Florida black ice." I said: "Thank you I'll be sure to be more careful." Then me and the people riding in the car with me laughed our asses off as we drove off into the treacherous Florida frozen tundra.

Snoogans

01-27-2009, 07:07 AM

Texas rocks...you get to stay home if there is even a threat of ice or snow. I emailed my boss and said I didn't feel comfortable driving in the ice and voila! I'm home, comfy, drinking my coffee and posting.

Suckers.

Im coming over. EVERYONE, PARTY AT AGGIE'S

Aggie

01-27-2009, 07:21 AM

Im coming over. EVERYONE, PARTY AT AGGIE'S

My stash is almost out. You better bring some of your own. I have beer and wine, if you want liquor you better bring it with ya. :drunk:

Snoogans

01-27-2009, 07:28 AM

My stash is almost out. You better bring some of your own. I have beer and wine, if you want liquor you better bring it with ya. :drunk:

Im pretty sure I got that covered

boosterp

01-27-2009, 08:23 AM

Actually, they are both strong right now. Dallas has tons of people from all over the country living here. There are not a ton of native Texans like in Houston.

What's wrong with natives?

Katja, Texas has long been insulated from the rest of the nation's economy thanks to the energy sector. Even when the energy sector starts to go down our economy will shift to another sector and maintain. We have not had a state deficit like California and New York in many years.

Aggie

01-27-2009, 08:32 AM

What's wrong with natives?

Katja, Texas has long been insulated from the rest of the nation's economy thanks to the energy sector. Even when the energy sector starts to go down our economy will shift to another sector and maintain. We have not had a state deficit like California and New York in many years.

Nothing is wrong with natives, I just feel more comfortable in Dallas than I did in Houston and I think it's due to all the Yankees that live here. I love Texas or I wouldn't live here. I'm just trying to think of it from a view of people coming from the northeast down here. I find Dallas/Fort Worth to feel more like "home."

But all in all native Texans are great and very welcoming.

Snoogans

01-27-2009, 08:35 AM

Nothing is wrong with natives, I just feel more comfortable in Dallas than I did in Houston and I think it's due to all the Yankees that live here. I love Texas or I wouldn't live here. I'm just trying to think of it from a view of people coming from the northeast down here. I find Dallas/Fort Worth to feel more like "home."

But all in all native Texans are great and very welcoming.

Tell June Jones that he fuckin sucks. He shoulda stayed in Hawaii

drusilla

01-27-2009, 08:40 AM

It's sunny and 12 here. There's a threat that there might be a foot of snow by tomorrow morning. That's just called a given.

I need an ice day.

it's a warm 20 degrees here & we're expecting 7 to 16 inches of snow tomorrow. supposed to be only a few inches in the morning & just go on all day. can't wait. i wonder if i'll be allowed to stay home tomorrow.

i don't think my tiny car can handle it.

Coach_Mac

01-27-2009, 08:54 AM

Actually, they are both strong right now. Dallas has tons of people from all over the country living here. There are not a ton of native Texans like in Houston.

When you say natives in Houston, you mean native of Mexico right?

TheMojoPin

01-27-2009, 08:58 AM

When you say natives in Houston, you mean native of Mexico right?

PotD.

Aggie

01-27-2009, 09:09 AM

When you say natives in Houston, you mean native of Mexico right?

You can take that however you want it. :laugh: But I'm telling you right now I'm scared of Mississippi. I won't go there unless someone forces me.

Snoogans

01-27-2009, 09:16 AM

You can take that however you want it. :laugh: But I'm telling you right now I'm scared of Mississippi. I won't go there unless someone forces me.

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Coach_Mac

01-27-2009, 09:17 AM

You can take that however you want it. :laugh: But I'm telling you right now I'm scared of Mississippi. I won't go there unless someone forces me.

Well, if I know what you mean...and I think I do. You're correct about 90% of Mississippi but I will say the northern-most part of it is nice. Tupelo, Oxford, and the Mississippi side of Memphis suburbs are nice places to live.

boosterp

01-27-2009, 09:37 AM

Nothing is wrong with natives, I just feel more comfortable in Dallas than I did in Houston and I think it's due to all the Yankees that live here. I love Texas or I wouldn't live here. I'm just trying to think of it from a view of people coming from the northeast down here. I find Dallas/Fort Worth to feel more like "home."

But all in all native Texans are great and very welcoming.

Austin and Dallas are the melting pots of Texas. Also, thank you for the sentiment towards Texans.

Aggie

01-27-2009, 10:00 AM

Austin and Dallas are the melting pots of Texas. Also, thank you for the sentiment towards Texans.

You're very welcome. I need to get that bumper sticker "I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!"

As for the melting pot, after living in College Station for 5 years (yes, it took me five years to graduate) Dallas feels like NYC!

boosterp

01-27-2009, 10:18 AM

You're very welcome. I need to get that bumper sticker "I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!"

As for the melting pot, after living in College Station for 5 years (yes, it took me five years to graduate) Dallas feels like NYC!

Average for an Aggie is 6 so you did better than most. :lol:

Then again I can't speak, took me forever too.

ToiletCrusher

01-27-2009, 01:31 PM

What the fuck is Texas?

You mean Mexico?

Coach_Mac

01-27-2009, 01:52 PM

Average for an Aggie is 6 so you did better than most. :lol:

Nice one.

Farmers Fight.

GreatAmericanZero

01-27-2009, 02:04 PM

its so icy here (and hailing). I took a late lunch and when i got back to the office, after 2 hours i got back to my car and it took me 20 minutes to scrape the ice off just so it felt somewhat safe to drive. I felt like i was in fargo

Aggie

01-28-2009, 06:47 AM

Can't drive on the roads yet, there was freezing rain last night and now it's a sheet of ice. It's starting to melt so I'll probably have to go in around noon. :thumbdown:

At least I got to sleep in a little.

TheGameHHH

01-28-2009, 06:53 AM

Can't drive on the roads yet, there was freezing rain last night and now it's a sheet of ice. It's starting to melt so I'll probably have to go in around noon. :thumbdown:

At least I got to sleep in a little.

LAZY!!!

Aggie

01-28-2009, 07:13 AM

LAZY!!!

I'm still crying over the Giants loss. Don't judge.

IamFogHat

01-28-2009, 07:20 AM

No teaching those snot-nosed little shit heads for me today! Ice rules.

Aggie

01-28-2009, 07:36 AM

No teaching those snot-nosed little shit heads for me today! Ice rules.

Nice! It does rule. Where are you?

It doesn't hurt we have about a million bridges and overpasses in the D/FW area so it's bound to be bad and people can stay home.

IamFogHat

01-28-2009, 07:42 AM

Nice! It does rule. Where are you?

It doesn't hurt we have about a million bridges and overpasses in the D/FW area so it's bound to be bad and people can stay home.

DC area. And normally they are panicky pete's about this shit, but today the roads really are dangerously icy so good on em.