tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post2399530139350767755..comments2024-01-15T18:37:16.075-05:00Comments on Sticky Crows: Snow daytornwordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-40906636595181726752007-12-06T14:17:00.000-05:002007-12-06T14:17:00.000-05:00As a working mommy, I kept asking myself that same...As a working mommy, I kept asking myself that same question... Why do we, parents, should go to work, if teachers aren't???<BR/>What is happening to kids that the parents are leaving home alone??? I think there is something wrong there... no matter porfits or not... but it is unfair... on the kids...Johannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813652248495431555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-71749654724158287832007-12-06T10:22:00.000-05:002007-12-06T10:22:00.000-05:00Montreal bus drivers know their stuff. We've had ...Montreal bus drivers know their stuff. <BR/><BR/>We've had a couple of snow days at my job and I'm in IT at an insurance company. We did have to show up but then they sent us home at 1pm.<BR/><BR/>Loved it.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606586997949252867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-60530379293012518492007-12-05T08:26:00.000-05:002007-12-05T08:26:00.000-05:00I've actually had employers close down during extr...I've actually had employers close down during extreme inclement weather, so maybe capitalism isn't quite the profit machine it's made out to be. For schools, it's issues of safety and resulting lawsuits from parents that motivate the closing, so I think capitalism influences that as well. I remember one day in high school in the winter when the generator had broken. While there was no snow on dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-9305968679894447882007-12-04T22:20:00.000-05:002007-12-04T22:20:00.000-05:00I LOVE your building! If I was in Montreal, I'd t...I LOVE your building! If I was in Montreal, I'd totally live there and be your tenant. And I'd even pay the rent ontime...no nude dancer drama from me! :)<BR/><BR/>HUGS...Polthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480544010972209436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-68998808065185890362007-12-04T19:11:00.000-05:002007-12-04T19:11:00.000-05:00It still looks like fun to me even if it is a pain...It still looks like fun to me even if it is a pain in the ass.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314659840459487144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-76803868749169867702007-12-04T16:12:00.000-05:002007-12-04T16:12:00.000-05:00Though the traffic is unbearable and unsafe, it su...Though the traffic is unbearable and unsafe, it sure is beautiful when it snows like that. I think you were quite wise to take public transport and leave your vehicle in the garage.<BR/><BR/>Mark :-)Mark in DEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-72651565856222514382007-12-04T14:02:00.000-05:002007-12-04T14:02:00.000-05:00In spite of your house looking fabulous and just l...In spite of your house looking fabulous and just like Holiday Time, I wouldn't wish that much snow on anyone. Hugs. Be safe, please!A Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066992019067893513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-539602655703090052007-12-04T11:15:00.000-05:002007-12-04T11:15:00.000-05:00I think if the public transport can't make it safe...I think if the public transport can't make it safely about town, there should be a mandatory snow day for adults.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-15083413842492437822007-12-04T11:08:00.000-05:002007-12-04T11:08:00.000-05:00Hey, it WAS brutal out there. If it's any consolat...Hey, it WAS brutal out there. If it's any consolation, the universities were open too, so no snow day for me either. I actually sawe a cab sliding down Cote des Neiges in a spiral, so there is no wuss-ness in not driving in THAT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-4021065701809365652007-12-04T10:43:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:43:00.000-05:00Love 'porfits'. It's fun to say out loud too. Ye...Love 'porfits'. It's fun to say out loud too. Yes, snow days for all seems like the only sensible response, but who said business was sensible. About this time of year I start thinking that we really all should be semi-hybernating, not struggling to maintain the same level of activity we achieve easily in warmer weather... but that would require not merely acknowledging weather, but Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-54895721411524962222007-12-04T10:30:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:30:00.000-05:00I love snow storms, and try to avoid going out in ...I love snow storms, and try to avoid going out in them at all costs. I've had two vehicles totaled in winter weather... by the other drivers out there.<BR/><BR/>As for being wussy; think you may be more intelligent than wussy... <BR/><BR/><BR/>-C (http://christopherc.wordpress.com/)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-6403246643880987672007-12-04T10:27:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:27:00.000-05:00I cannot imagine dealing with snow of that nature....I cannot imagine dealing with snow of that nature. <BR/>Even I know one must rock that sucker to get unstuck. Don't know that I'd be any more successful getting unstuck, but I'd be rocking a whole lot more. Doesn't doing that, back and forward repeatedly, put an awful strain on the transmission?Javahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377033663576614925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-6402731346570346262007-12-04T09:56:00.000-05:002007-12-04T09:56:00.000-05:00Wuss.hehe. We have a ton of snow too, cold temps ...Wuss.<BR/><BR/>hehe. We have a ton of snow too, cold temps and a brutal windchill. I didn't leave the house yesterday and have no plans of doing so today either. <BR/><BR/>Patricia is right. Stuck dude was a dumbass!Roxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109820610940479415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-18754754207292578512007-12-04T09:03:00.000-05:002007-12-04T09:03:00.000-05:00your home looks beautiful in the snow!!and that mo...your home looks beautiful in the snow!!<BR/><BR/>and that moron in the truck didn't appear to know the first thing about how to get unstuck. i'da yelled at him if i was there, i swear i would've. take your foot off the gas, idiot! you must <I>rock</I> your way out of being stuck, it's the only way. <BR/><BR/>i have so little patience for bad drivers anymore. i'm gonna be one of those people Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556535711209804501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-10172815470985606882007-12-04T08:29:00.000-05:002007-12-04T08:29:00.000-05:00I'll echo Steven and Snooze: I think you were quit...I'll echo Steven and Snooze: I think you were quite wise to take public transportation. You not only avoided your own trauma of dealing with the driving, but you were then one less car to find a parking place, to clog the roads, etc. for others to deal with.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately here in the "south 50" we seem to have this aversion to developing good systems of public transportation. I think Lemuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397995062492531171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-3928021978805171922007-12-04T08:04:00.000-05:002007-12-04T08:04:00.000-05:00I so enjoyed the video. Your laugh at the other gu...I so enjoyed the video. Your laugh at the other guys misfortune makes me like you more. I won't mention that I said in an earlier comment that you won't need snow tires if you don't drive until the snow is cleared. I wouldn't dare. EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-497994917316696192007-12-04T07:37:00.000-05:002007-12-04T07:37:00.000-05:00Oh it's so beautiful! Like Steven, I think it was ...Oh it's so beautiful! Like Steven, I think it was smart to have left your car at home.Snoozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358347075690351485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-73477716971994625972007-12-04T07:08:00.000-05:002007-12-04T07:08:00.000-05:00Don't feel like a wuss, but rather a sage. You pro...Don't feel like a wuss, but rather a sage. You probably saved your own life by not risking driving out in that mess. Not that you wouldn't be able to handle it, but that some other hot-shot driver couldn't.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460856009625389973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-71449078432334909352007-12-04T07:05:00.000-05:002007-12-04T07:05:00.000-05:00I spoke to a co-worker in Montreal yesterday, he s...I spoke to a co-worker in Montreal yesterday, he said you guys were getting pounded with snow! It's pretty, but I am glad I don't have to contend with that.CoffeeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561507227103151863noreply@blogger.com