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Post by Ginger on Jan 21, 2014 19:00:40 GMT -6
Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. Now that you have made partner and left the cubicle I assume you have a fancy office and a closet. Wear other clothes to work and set up an arrangement with a cleaners that delivers to the office. I hate wearing dress clothes to and from the office and I have the cleaners pick up and deliver once a week. This...Keep some clothes at work.
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Post by LansingHawk on Jan 21, 2014 19:04:28 GMT -6
Good lord! You're from Fort Dodge, Iowa. Quit being a pus. Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. I just go out in the garage and fire up the F-150. Let it warm up for 15 minute and drive to work warm and dry enjoying my coffee. Of course I only own one suit that is pretty much only used for funerals.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 21, 2014 19:09:24 GMT -6
Back to the OP, fuck this weather. We're absolutely getting hammered with snow today and tonight. Fucking Weather Service upped their forecast from 5-6 inches to a foot or more, but my call early this morning was this felt like storms previously where in central Chris Chrispie-land we got two feet of snow or more in one storm. Right now the storm has stalled over the area; looking out the back door I would say we have at least 18 inches. I've already cleared the drive and walkway once and made path out back for mah dawg to take her deuce and pee, but those are filling in. My call early this morning was we could get 20 inches or more and we're right in line for that. I think I am more qualified to replace Al "Shit my adult diaper" Roker. 'Cept he black and I'm white. Going to get windy tonight; what has been plowed will fill with drifts. Wiefy's school already canceled for tomorrow. Having her hoem is the worst part of this scenario; no wasting time on teh Wasteland or anything else. I gots to be doing something meaningful. So, yeah, fuck this weather. Sounds like fun to me. We really haven't gotten that much snow this winter.
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Post by LansingHawk on Jan 21, 2014 19:11:50 GMT -6
Back to the OP, fuck this weather. We're absolutely getting hammered with snow today and tonight. Fucking Weather Service upped their forecast from 5-6 inches to a foot or more, but my call early this morning was this felt like storms previously where in central Chris Chrispie-land we got two feet of snow or more in one storm. Right now the storm has stalled over the area; looking out the back door I would say we have at least 18 inches. I've already cleared the drive and walkway once and made path out back for mah dawg to take her deuce and pee, but those are filling in. My call early this morning was we could get 20 inches or more and we're right in line for that. I think I am more qualified to replace Al "Shit my adult diaper" Roker. 'Cept he black and I'm white. Going to get windy tonight; what has been plowed will fill with drifts. Wiefy's school already canceled for tomorrow. Having her hoem is the worst part of this scenario; no wasting time on teh Wasteland or anything else. I gots to be doing something meaningful. So, yeah, fuck this weather. Sounds like fun to me. We really haven't gotten that much snow this winter. Plenty of fucking cold though. Think we have been below zero more than above. So yeah the fucking weather sucks.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 21, 2014 19:12:27 GMT -6
Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. I just go out in the garage and fire up the F-150. Let it warm up for 15 minute and drive to work warm and dry enjoying my coffee. Of course I only own one suit that is pretty much only used for funerals. I just fire up the minivan. Got new tires last winter that handle the snow well. Good tires can make a difference. Otherwise, if it's too shitty, I'll just fire up the laptop and work from home.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 21, 2014 19:13:32 GMT -6
Sounds like fun to me. We really haven't gotten that much snow this winter. Plenty of fucking cold though. Think we have been below zero more than above. So yeah the fucking weather sucks. Yeah...I am ready for the below zero stuff to stop. Anytime. My nose is starting to get dried out.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 21, 2014 20:49:30 GMT -6
Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. I just go out in the garage and fire up the F-150. Let it warm up for 15 minute and drive to work warm and dry enjoying my coffee. Of course I only own one suit that is pretty much only used for funerals. Im fucking retired. I spent $500 on booze in Nov and I aint left the house since dec one cept to fly to warm weather SW florida while you sucks opened presents in shit ass midwestern fuck shit cock cunt balls. I cant remember the last time I had to put on somefin other than pajamas.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 21, 2014 20:54:09 GMT -6
Good lord! You're from Fort Dodge, Iowa. Quit being a pus. Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. Why are such a cheap ass that you dont spring for a car service in the winter? Plus Ma dont work right? Why not let her drop you off at work on her way to doing whatever Asian women do during the day?
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Post by LansingHawk on Jan 21, 2014 21:04:55 GMT -6
I just go out in the garage and fire up the F-150. Let it warm up for 15 minute and drive to work warm and dry enjoying my coffee. Of course I only own one suit that is pretty much only used for funerals. Im fucking retired. I spent $500 on booze in Nov and I aint left the house since dec one cept to fly to warm weather SW florida while you sucks opened presents in shit ass midwestern fuck shit cock cunt balls. I cant remember the last time I had to put on somefin other than pajamas. Color me green with envy. I like my booze and jammies.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Jan 21, 2014 21:31:29 GMT -6
Again, toots, the worst god damned thing about Chicago in the winter is the fact you have to be outside for extended periods while commuting. Fuck, I'd have no problem with a Minneapolis winter where all I had to be outside for is to shovel because you can drive to work and skywalk it around downtown. But walking 10 fucking blocks in a suit when it is 5 degrees outside with a brisk wind sucks extreme donkey ass. Mah poor suits get salt and sand and shit on them and have to be dry cleaned after every wear and then that means I gotta walk to the fucking dry cleaner twice a week, too, or listen to Ma complain about going. Why are such a cheap ass that you dont spring for a car service in the winter? Plus Ma dont work right? Why not let her drop you off at work on her way to doing whatever Asian women do during the day? Traffic, brah. Traffic. Sucks ass. Plus, a car service would be liek 2 grand a month and I ain't fucking drop that kind of coin. I want to fucking retire someday, brah. And Ma has a strict "NO DRIVING IN CHICAGO" rule. She is not allowed to go south of Howard. Ever. She knows her limitations as a driver and when there are too many cars on the road, she gets nervous and becomes quite dangerous. She flipped over a Ford Escort and so she is terrified to go above 30 mph and she has no ability to anticipate other drivers' moves because she didn't learn to drive growing up liek the rest of us. We got her driving classes and stuff but it hasn't helped and I've tried to help her learn, but she just can't do it.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 21, 2014 21:41:43 GMT -6
How the fuck do you flip a ford escort? Those things had a center of gravity about an inch off the ground. Thats an amazing accomplishment, even for an Asian woman.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Jan 21, 2014 22:06:24 GMT -6
How the fuck do you flip a ford escort? Those things had a center of gravity about an inch off the ground. Thats an amazing accomplishment, even for an Asian woman. Yeah, I know. It was liek 15 years ago and Ma is still terrified of driving. She flipped the thing on highway 1 just north of IC and it rolled 2.5 times and some nice farmer couple saw the whole thing go down and got her out and took her to a gas station to call the highway patrol. Thankfully the roof didn't collapse. I've wanted to get a small-ish SUV but Ma doesn't think she can drive one at all. She can drive our current car around Evanston and around the north suburbs by herself, but the last time she took a long trip (i.e. 15-20 miles to Arlington Heights), the GPS told her to get onto the freeway and she called me from some bank parking lot because she absolutely cannot drive on the freeway and she knows it. She was fucking hysterical, too, liek as in wanted me to get a cab and come find her and then drive her home, but I had no idea where she was. And oh by the way, there are maybe 2 or 3 east west thoroughfares across the immediate north suburbs and the roads never change names so once you've seen them once, it is basically impossible to get lost because it is a simple grid, but no matter how many times I explain the grid, she doesn't get it.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 21, 2014 22:35:02 GMT -6
How the fuck do you flip a ford escort? Those things had a center of gravity about an inch off the ground. Thats an amazing accomplishment, even for an Asian woman. Yeah, I know. It was liek 15 years ago and Ma is still terrified of driving. She flipped the thing on highway 1 just north of IC and it rolled 2.5 times and some nice farmer couple saw the whole thing go down and got her out and took her to a gas station to call the highway patrol. Thankfully the roof didn't collapse. I've wanted to get a small-ish SUV but Ma doesn't think she can drive one at all. She can drive our current car around Evanston and around the north suburbs by herself, but the last time she took a long trip (i.e. 15-20 miles to Arlington Heights), the GPS told her to get onto the freeway and she called me from some bank parking lot because she absolutely cannot drive on the freeway and she knows it. She was fucking hysterical, too, liek as in wanted me to get a cab and come find her and then drive her home, but I had no idea where she was. And oh by the way, there are maybe 2 or 3 east west thoroughfares across the immediate north suburbs and the roads never change names so once you've seen them once, it is basically impossible to get lost because it is a simple grid, but no matter how many times I explain the grid, she doesn't get it. Wow. That's terrible. And I thought I was directionally challenged. I think you're right about learning to drive when you are young. My mom never learned to drive when she was young. My dad tried teaching her when she was in her 50's and 60's. She just can't do it. She gets all freaked out about the other drivers. I think you have to learn when you're feeling of being invincible is pretty much at it's highest. 16.
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Post by Master Blaster on Jan 21, 2014 22:45:19 GMT -6
Gonna be below freezing tomorrow night. Fucking garden is goin to shit the bed. Fuck me.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Jan 21, 2014 22:46:37 GMT -6
Yeah, I know. It was liek 15 years ago and Ma is still terrified of driving. She flipped the thing on highway 1 just north of IC and it rolled 2.5 times and some nice farmer couple saw the whole thing go down and got her out and took her to a gas station to call the highway patrol. Thankfully the roof didn't collapse. I've wanted to get a small-ish SUV but Ma doesn't think she can drive one at all. She can drive our current car around Evanston and around the north suburbs by herself, but the last time she took a long trip (i.e. 15-20 miles to Arlington Heights), the GPS told her to get onto the freeway and she called me from some bank parking lot because she absolutely cannot drive on the freeway and she knows it. She was fucking hysterical, too, liek as in wanted me to get a cab and come find her and then drive her home, but I had no idea where she was. And oh by the way, there are maybe 2 or 3 east west thoroughfares across the immediate north suburbs and the roads never change names so once you've seen them once, it is basically impossible to get lost because it is a simple grid, but no matter how many times I explain the grid, she doesn't get it. Wow. That's terrible. And I thought I was directionally challenged. I think you're right about learning to drive when you are young. My mom never learned to drive when she was young. My dad tried teaching her when she was in her 50's and 60's. She just can't do it. She gets all freaked out about the other drivers. I think you have to learn when you're feeling of being invincible is pretty much at it's highest. 16. My bro is 40 and has no clue how to drive. My dad busted his balls and made him practice with the old '72 Toronado under the theory that once you can drive a tank like that you can drive anything. I was in the car. Kid damn near hit a telephone pole. My dad got pissed and yelled. Kid threw it in park and made my dad drive home. He didn't take criticism well and he has not driven a car bince that day in 1989. He's pretty much relegated to NYC for life.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 22, 2014 8:05:50 GMT -6
I couldn't live like that. I would get to claustraphobic not being able to just pick up and go somewhere.
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Jan 22, 2014 8:47:07 GMT -6
Dont get me started on irrational fears.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jan 22, 2014 9:01:26 GMT -6
My wife is a good driver, but until recently she refused to use cruise control. She didn't trust that it would switch off with a tap of the brakes or by hitting the off button. She had wild visions of the cruise control locking on and her being totes unable to stop the car. Like any man, I said "even if that did happen, which it never would, all you need to do is slap this bitch into neutral and apply the brakes." She didn't buy it for a long time. Once I wuz on I-80 driving from D-Prolt to LeClair (about 12 miles) in an old early 90's Aerostar minivan. As I'm going along, the wire connects to the accelerator somehow came undone, and I couldn't go faster. However, the cruise control worked, so with quick thinking, I was able to get that sucker rolling, and the electronic accelerator for the CC still worked, so I could basically still drive the thing. Still, I had to come to a complete stop to get where I was going, and I couldn't resume from the stop, so I parked on the shoulder of highway 67 and ran across the street to tell my dad something was fucked up with his super awesome van.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 22, 2014 10:03:45 GMT -6
My wife just refuses to use cruise control. It's maddening to be a passenger when she's driving down the interstate. She drives a bout five above the limit normally, but when she's on the phone, which is often, she slows down about ten miles an hour. After about the third time of passing the same car, then slowing down and have them pass us back, I want to punch her in the fucking face.
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Post by #70 on Jan 22, 2014 10:46:27 GMT -6
Ghosts wife doesn't even have a license. Think of how maddening that would be.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 22, 2014 10:52:30 GMT -6
Ghosts wife doesn't even have a license. Think of how maddening that would be. It's much easier to keep them in the kitchen when they aren't allowed to drive.
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Post by #70 on Jan 22, 2014 10:54:29 GMT -6
Ghosts wife doesn't even have a license. Think of how maddening that would be. It's much easier to keep them in the kitchen when they aren't allowed to drive. But they gotta get the groceries some how....
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Jan 22, 2014 11:01:19 GMT -6
It's much easier to keep them in the kitchen when they aren't allowed to drive. But they gotta get the groceries some how.... They got legs don't they?
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Post by Ginger on Jan 23, 2014 21:36:37 GMT -6
I love cruise control. I like to use it in those streets that have low speed limits, like 25 mpg, and have frequent speed traps. It's maddening to try and go that slow.
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Post by egadsto on Jan 23, 2014 23:14:14 GMT -6
I love cruise control. I like to use it in those streets that have low speed limits, like 25 mpg, and have frequent speed traps. It's maddening to try and go that slow.
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