[QUOTE=the Lady]
Ah - I hope it goes well.
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Well, I have to take a personality test. Perhaps I don’t have one. 
[QUOTE=Darth Nader]
… and I sorta miss skiing to King Soopers after a blizzard when I lived in Boulder. True story.
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I believe it. My ex was almost every winter kicking herself for not bringing her cross-country skis when we moved to Denver.
How badly will this snowstorm damage the Democrats?
[QUOTE=elucidator]
How badly will this snowstorm damage the Democrats?
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I assure you that if I drive through Minnesota and the highways are not clear, I shall not vote for a Minnesotan Democrat.
Turn back.
[QUOTE=Frank]
I’m thinking about crossing the border, taking 75 south and curling around through Chicago. . .
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if you do decide to do this, get off I-75 at Gaylord and take M-33 West to US-131, then US-131 South. I-75 takes you too far East and even US-23 would leave you with a lot of extra Michigan to travel.
[QUOTE=PastAllReason]
PS In Canada we call them the prairies, not the plains. 
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I always knew that the Canadians were really from Chicago.
[QUOTE=Spoons]
Take it easy on those roads, Frank. We’re getting a light snow in Edmonton right now–you’re nowhere near there, of course, but it doesn’t seem as if things will get easier for you as you move west.
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Actually I drove from Saskatoon to Regina today and it was excellent driving conditions, aside from the whole southbound on 11 in the morning is straight into the sun thing. The forecast here only calls for chance of flurries, so this leg of the trip looks reasonable if a tad coldish for this time of year.
- People from Edmonton understand snow delays. Do keep them apprised of the situation of course.
- Employers in Alberta are ridiculously hard up for good employees. They’re not interviewing you. You’re interviewing them.
Well, I want you to get the job, just on principle, Frank, 'cos you’re a Doper. 
But your safety should be the primary concern. Please excuse my lack of knowledge of Canajun geography and transportation strategies, but is there any practical way you could take a train or plane to Edmonton, and rent a car when you get there?
[QUOTE=tomndebb]
I always knew that the Canadians were really from Chicago.
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Or, you know, Chicagoans from Canada. Some of us would be happy to claim Frank Lloyd Wright (for his architectural style, if not his somewhat messy personal life).
[QUOTE=Frank]
It was clear only around Sudbury, where the landscape has been ravaged by pit mining. Real scenic.
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I’m fond of saying that I spent a year in Sudbury one winter. While there are bad aspects of the effects of the mining on the environment (and paint damage to cars) the area is stunningly beautiful in the spring and early summer. With the leaves off the trees and the unending gray sky, it is fairly depressing in the winter, I’ll give you that. And you were lucky if it wasn’t snowing there, I think all it did was snow when I was there.
[QUOTE=Frank]
<snip>Then some asshole coming out of a Tim Horton’s cut us off and everything went to hell after that.
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That might be the most Canadian sentence you’ll ever type. 
Gorsnak is absolutely right - people in Edmonton will understand if you have to call and tell them you’re stuck in Butthole, Ontario because of the snow. Just keep the lines of communication open - we are given great leeway on deciding if we want to take our lives in our hands by coming in to work or not, but we are expected to call and let the employer know if no one is going to show up.
Good luck on the rest of your trip. Take it slow and easy. And if you have to leave your car, leave the keys with a Doper - we’ll get it back to you. Especially before Christmas - everyone is switching provinces this time of year.
For those keeping score, a long day of not quite as nasty driving as yesterday got me to Dryden. I wanted to put as many [del]miles[/del] kilometres behind me as I could before the storm got bad.
So I missed meeting Muffin, but I waved in the general direction of his house as I turned back on the Trans-Canada.
[QUOTE=PastAllReason]
Nuh uh. But while you’re still there, you might want to call Ontario, Ontararario.
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That’s “Ontariariario.”
I would like to say the language used in the OP is not in the true spirit of Christmas.
[QUOTE=Frank]
For those keeping score, a long day of not quite as nasty driving as yesterday got me to Dryden.
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Dryden. I’ve been there. So I guess you’ll definitely be moving on tomorrow?
As others have said, don’t push things–folks really do understand if weather gets in the way of keeping an appointment. But you have to keep in touch with them. Good luck with tomorrow’s drive!
blinking innocently
What is this snow of which you speak?
It’s going to get down to the 40s around here one day next week…I may have to break out my thermal underwear.
[QUOTE=Darth Nader]
… I sorta miss skiing to King Soopers after a blizzard when I lived in Boulder.
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Damn, now I miss Boulder even more! Haven’t been back since '97…
[QUOTE=Darth Nader]
Yellowknife: “Try not to sink in the lake, eh?”
Fargo: “No school, the plows are snowed in, but y’ll be okay”
Denver “Go home, no gvt work today”
Santa Fe “Chains on all roads”
El Paso “FUCK!!! THE BRIDGES WILL FREEZE! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!1!”
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Add: Los Angeles: “Ah screw it, the signs say 65, I can safely drive 80 in this white stuff. It’s all Hollywood special effects, right? Bring me another caramel mochachiatto non-fat latte with light foam, would you please?”
Calgary: “I know it just snowed 12 inches and there’s sheer ice under that, but I have an SUV - I’m untouchable! I can go as fast as I want! I’ll just drive right over all these small, fuel efficient cars.”
[QUOTE=featherlou]
Calgary: "I know it just snowed 12 inches and there’s sheer ice under that, but I have an SUV - I’m untouchable!
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The lucky thing is that most of them end up in the ditch allowing the rest of us to use the roads safely.