We Got Snow

[Marswolf]

Woke up to about an inch of snow this morning. They think we'll have snow showers all day.

I'm staying in and enjoying it.

Of course schools are out and I'm sure the stores are already out of milk.

Personally I have milk, TV dinners and beer. All that's needed to sustain life - if you leave off the milk.

Now time for an old fart story. I grew up in Kingsport. During my 12 years in school there, we missed one day of school due to snow. The city contracted with a private company to run buses. The company put on chains and ran. These days, if a snow flake might fall within a hundred miles, they close the schools.

It's for the children.

[PackinMama]

I live about 15 miles south of Morristown and we've got about two inches this morning. It's the most we've had all year. I'm not even finished with my first cup of coffee and my 3 yr. old son keeps saying he wants to go outside and build a "snowman family." That's my boy.....big ambitions! I guess after my coffee I'll have to take him outside......maybe we'll build a miniture snowman family

[saintsfanbrian]

Nothing in Memphis. But I did watch the VOLS get BEAT by the Commodores!!!!

Go Vandy!

[Marswolf]

It's continuously snowing here, but just barely. We occasionally get clusters of flakes as large as golf balls. Goodness, gracious - great balls of snow....

I found I have a couple of Krystals (gut-busters) in the freezer, so the TV dinners are safe through lunch. I have some potatoes that need to be turned into freedom fries.

Figured out a use for the milk. I haven't had snow ice cream for years. Time to revisit an old pleasant memory. I wonder if it goes well with beer?

[Mike.357]

Now time for an old fart story.

When I was in grade school we had to walk to school, in a foot of snow, two miles, uphill both ways.

I wonder if it goes well with beer?

Everything is better with beer! Try some hot fudge with that snow ice cream. Goes just fine with a malted beverage.

[Fallguy]

Had a pretty good snow shower here at work in Milan. But all gone now.

Mars sounds like he well stocked up though, so I'm not too worried about him.

[molonlabetn]

Roads were a little slick first thing... but the main roads have enough salt on them to shrivel the monster that challenged the world. Just go slow until you're on the dry.

[Guest BG38357]

Couple inches here in Sevierville. Roads OK.

[Guest bulletproof]

Snow is coming down good here in northeast Nashville. Radar shows a band of it extending up into Kentucky and coming down directly thru Nashville. Looks like over an inch now. Roads are clear though which is a good thing 'cause I'm going to Guns and Leather today. My wife actually suggested it. Woo Hoo!

[Marswolf]

I was in Nashville some years ago when they got 5" of snow. Restaurants shut down. I had a Mercury Montego and had a ball running all over town with the streets all but deserted.

We have sunshine right now but it looks like more stuff coming in from Kentucky.

The snow ice cream was good. Haven't tried the beer yet, but the Krystals will need something to help hide their flavor.

[cadillacdude1975]

how fast people forget March 1993. that was snow. period.

[Guest bulletproof]

I remember the snow in the 80s where I had to walk 10 miles one night because no one could go anywhere. Some kids didn't get home from school until after midnight.

[Guest db99wj]

It's continuously snowing here, but just barely. We occasionally get clusters of flakes as large as golf balls. Goodness, gracious - great balls of snow....

I found I have a couple of Krystals (gut-busters) in the freezer, so the TV dinners are safe through lunch. I have some potatoes that need to be turned into freedom fries.

Figured out a use for the milk. I haven't had snow ice cream for years. Time to revisit an old pleasant memory. I wonder if it goes well with beer?

Hmmm, lunch is coming up, Krystals the meal that keeps on giving hours after you are done.......

Snow cream, Oh how I remember my mom's snow cream, Dyersburg got snow all the time, Memphis does not, it sucks, I love snow, I love driving in it, I love playing in it, and I feel sad that my kids won't get that experience, only rarely and when we do get it here, it is very icy. The few that we have had, we had a blast.

[Guest ETS_Inc]

You want a snow story?

During the winter of '86-'87, I lived in Gilliams, Newfoundland, Canada, where my Mom was raised. During the winter, we got so much snow, that at one point, we had 16 FEET of accumulation in our yard! Yes, you read that right, 16 FEET! If my brothers and I didn't go out a couple times a day and clear the snow from in front of the door, we'd have never left the house. Our little metal shed was totally covered in snow, and when it eventually melted, the roof had caved in from the weight.

We did have one day off of school for snow that year. Although, given the fact that the school was less than a half-mile from the house, I could have walked it. But, it was the only high school on the North Shore of the Bay of Islands, and served five communities, which were pretty well spread out, so not everyone could make it in.

We could look across the bay, to Blowmedown Mountain, and see a patch of snow, regardless of what time of year it was. I swear that that patch of snow has been there since the last Ice Age.

My Mom and her brothers and sisters did have to walk several miles to school, in the snow, with hills running both ways. When they got to the old, one-room school, they had to keep themselves warm with an old pot-bellied stove. Then, at lunchtime, they had to walk home for lunch, and back to school for the afternoon. When my Mom tells stories about "walking through snow, uphill, both ways", she's not exaggerating, she's telling the truth. I've walked from my grandparents former house to where the school used to be, it's no fun, not even in the summer, much less in the winter.

After living there, it takes a lot of snow to impress me. But, since I've had frostbite numerous times in the Army, it doesn't take much snow to depress me. lol

[Mike.357]

I have a buddy in New Hampshire. I am sure he would be getting a giggle out of this now talk here in TN. He has maybe 8 feet of it piled on his land and is worried if they get much more he will be snow bound as he has run out of room to pile the stuff.

He says they get no mail service. So much for that mailman creed. Says the snow is well over the mailboxes if the plows on the street have not run over them already. He lives out in the boonies somewhere so has to take care of it on his own.

[Mr. Brooks]

While we didn't get a lot of snow, the roads were pretty nasty last night. I was coming home from a concert downtown at about midnight. I had one car spin out into the median right behind me and almost take out the car next to him. I turned around and made sure everyone was alright. They were fine and got back on the road so I went along my way. There were multiple accidents on EVERY bridge I went over. And by multiple I mean from anywhere from two up to five cars.

[Marswolf]

Hmmm, lunch is coming up, Krystals the meal that keeps on giving hours after you are done.......

Yeah, they require Prilosec, Pepsid and Tums. And you get bathroom reminders the next day.

But they are soooooo good. I got hooked on them in college. Of course, they were only 12 cents back then. Always had to run to the Krystal about sun up after the all night card game.

I added some good greasy fries and lots of salt to keep both my cholesterol and blood pressure high. Add a couple of beers and you get a great nutritionally balanced meal.

[Guest Len]

Great story Frank! I've spent some time in Newfoundland myself (St. John's, Gander, etc) and can attest to the snow. Going to get to Labrador someday, where the locals scoff at the snow levels on the island...

You want a snow story?

During the winter of '86-'87, I lived in Gilliams, Newfoundland, Canada, where my Mom was raised. During the winter, we got so much snow, that at one point, we had 16 FEET of accumulation in our yard! Yes, you read that right, 16 FEET! If my brothers and I didn't go out a couple times a day and clear the snow from in front of the door, we'd have never left the house. Our little metal shed was totally covered in snow, and when it eventually melted, the roof had caved in from the weight.

We did have one day off of school for snow that year. Although, given the fact that the school was less than a half-mile from the house, I could have walked it. But, it was the only high school on the North Shore of the Bay of Islands, and served five communities, which were pretty well spread out, so not everyone could make it in.

We could look across the bay, to Blowmedown Mountain, and see a patch of snow, regardless of what time of year it was. I swear that that patch of snow has been there since the last Ice Age.

My Mom and her brothers and sisters did have to walk several miles to school, in the snow, with hills running both ways. When they got to the old, one-room school, they had to keep themselves warm with an old pot-bellied stove. Then, at lunchtime, they had to walk home for lunch, and back to school for the afternoon. When my Mom tells stories about "walking through snow, uphill, both ways", she's not exaggerating, she's telling the truth. I've walked from my grandparents former house to where the school used to be, it's no fun, not even in the summer, much less in the winter.

After living there, it takes a lot of snow to impress me. But, since I've had frostbite numerous times in the Army, it doesn't take much snow to depress me. lol

[Guest Len]

School opened two hours late today, so I got to sleep in. More snow coming, supposedly. Love it. Miss it.

[strickj]

Mmm,snow cream! Ever try Mayfields snow cream?Its taste just like moms snow cream when I was a kid.

[SkWaShDeM]

ETSU officially canceled all evening/night classes about half an hour ago.

[creeky]

I'm thinking if it keeps snowing and picks up just a little bit...

We could have social unrest by 5:00pm, with a total breakdown of

society by morning.

Pretty much "Road Warrior" meets a "Lynard Skynrd" concert type of thing.

(Thought I would provide a visual.)

[Marswolf]

Mmm,snow cream! Ever try Mayfields snow cream?Its taste just like moms snow cream when I was a kid.

I had forgotten about that stuff. Yes, I have tried it and the flavor was just like snow cream.

Much of the snow has melted here, but I put a bowl of snow in the freezer and can have a couple of days of snow memories from my childhood. Building snowmen, sledding, playing with the mastodons and dinosaurs.

[Im Neero]

I hate all of you.

[molonlabetn]

...playing with the mastodons and dinosaurs.

Their extinction is beginning to make more and more sense...