# Prairie Cana-Dopers - How are you doing with the Blizzard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320 "2010-01-25T03:50:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320/21 "2010-01-27T07:03:56Z")

</div>

> [@Muffin](#):
>
> I’ll never get rich this way.

We’ll form a partnership. I’ll look after your files during ski season, you look after my files during golf season.

Hey, it’s an idea! 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320/22 "2010-01-27T15:41:56Z")

</div>

> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
>
> It’s really all Regina has going for it.

Hey, the IMAX is pretty cool…actually, no, it isn’t since it doesn’t play theatrical movies.

Can I go back to Saskatoon now?

(to be honest, everyone I’ve talked to says Regina is a horrible city in the winter, and you really don’t get to see the fuss about it until the snow melts)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320/23 "2010-01-28T01:54:11Z")

</div>

With the storm over and hoping that the mail might have been delivered, I thought I’d pick up my mail from my mail box up the road.

Unfortunatly, the lock was seized.

I tried holding a lighter under it for half a minute.

That didn’t work.

I poured very hot water over it.

That didn’t work.

I tried heating it with a propane torch.

That didn’t work, and the flaming lock cover made me feel environmentally guilty.

I tried cutting it with a cutting wheel.

That didn’t work, for my vehicle’s inverter was not manly enough.

I tried cutting it with a hacksaw.

And cutting it with a hacksaw.

And cutting it with a hacksaw.

(It was a Master 2-5/8" Wide Body Pro Series Weather Tough lock, don’cha’know.)

And cutting it with a hacksaw.

And cutting it with a hacksaw.

That worked.

After an evening working at the lock in the cold, I was finally able to get into my mail box.

There was no mail.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320/24 "2010-01-28T21:17:40Z")

</div>

So today my ski race is cancelled due to the deep freeze. On Sunday my race was cancelled due to rain. Go figure.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prairie-cana-dopers-how-are-you-doing-with-the-blizzard/526320.md?page=1)