# Bad, bad, bad Beck and the big Snow in the southland **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080 "2021-02-17T03:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/41 "2021-02-19T18:14:25Z")
Excellent summary, RTF! I fail to understand why folks want gov’t to fail so badly that they are willing to hurt the people who put them in office and gave them a salary, but there it is. On the subject of winter, it was a joy in my childhood and much of my adulthood. But I am so over it this year. Partly because of Covid and spending too long alone, but also because I have arthritis and a bad back and those things are not good when the temp is -20F and everything is iced over. I might have to do something about it soon. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/42 "2021-02-19T19:11:41Z")
Brave, brave Sir Teddy! When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned around and fled brave, brave Sir Teddy! A US Senator is a powerful person. He can go to bat for his state. He can pull strings. He can advise constituents where to turn. He can help his state government coordinate with FEMA. But he can’t do that in Senor Frogs in Cancun. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/43 "2021-02-19T21:47:36Z")
Ted Cruz was feeling awful cold The power failure was systemic. Why not fill up on Cuervo Gold? The sun’s more fun than a pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/44 "2021-02-19T22:39:26Z")
Hey, folks, this isn’t P&E This is MPTIMS. Can y’all please drop the politics and return to our regularly scheduled bitching about bad bad bad snow? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/45 "2021-02-20T00:13:09Z")
We’ll go back to begging Beck for footprints in the snow. Please?? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/46 "2021-02-20T00:16:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hey, folks, this isn’t P&E This is MPTIMS. Can y’all please drop the politics and return to our regularly scheduled bitching about bad bad bad snow? > > Thanks Sorry about that. It’s just I don’t often have a chance to channel my inner Python. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/47 "2021-02-20T00:52:11Z")
We had strange foot prints all around the house in the deep snow. We fretted, thought about it, shivered in our collective boots (well, I had on Crocs and socks, not good in snow, btw) Til, smarty pants Hamza told us they were common kid sized rubber boot tracks that had begun to thaw. Thereby making them look huge. No danger at all. He’s a party pooper. I may not let him eat leftovers, tonight. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/48 "2021-02-20T01:09:11Z")
Hamza’s back? StG ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/49 "2021-02-20T01:43:52Z")
Did he ever leave? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/50 "2021-02-20T01:51:46Z")
He did go to work last September. He’s been back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/51 "2021-02-20T01:53:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We had strange foot prints all around the house in the deep snow. We fretted, thought about it, shivered in our collective boots (well, I had on Crocs and socks, not good in snow, btw) > Til, smarty pants Hamza told us they were common kid sized rubber boot tracks that had begun to thaw. Thereby making them look huge. I know the fright of seeing giant footprints. I had some around my house last winter. Wasn’t sure if it was a Yeti or just a giant bear. I sent a friend pictures of the prints. He replied back, “what you have there are the prints of the rear end of a bunny rabbit hopping through the snow.” It was kind of a letdown, really. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/52 "2021-02-20T07:44:18Z")
Yeti he ain’t no Bigfoot.that looks right, but it don’t sound right ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/53 "2021-02-20T07:53:05Z")
Beck, dearie, have you been into the moonshine? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/54 "2021-02-20T20:21:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We fretted, thought about it, shivered in our collective boots (well, I had on Crocs and socks, not good in snow, btw) Even Bayliss? ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/55 "2021-02-20T20:54:32Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’m from Arizona. Snow is something you drive for a few hours to play in for a day, maybe two days if you can find a nifty lodge, then _drive away from._ I get that feeling - I live 28 miles from Mt. Hood, if I want to see snow, I’ll drive up there, do not need it on the ground at my farm. Oddly enough, we only got hit with 6" of ice and snow on the farm (el. 1200’+/-), and only lost power for about 6 hours total. The shop I work for, just 14 miles from me (and 600’ lower in elevation) got hit with 12"+, my folks in Vancouver, WA got hit with 18". PDX was a mess, and they still don’t have all the power back on south of the metro area. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/56 "2021-02-21T17:01:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Sorry about that. It’s just I don’t often have a chance to channel my inner Python. I think that was aimed mostly at me, and yeah, I did overstep more than a wee bit there. My apologies, @puzzlegal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/57 "2021-02-21T19:13:04Z")
I find it hard to keep track of what forum I’m in in the new software. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080/58 "2021-02-21T23:09:26Z")
I took a hard left to the pit one time. Scar-----y!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080.md?page=2)