# Yo, MADs! Ready for snow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430 "2002-12-04T14:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/61 "2002-12-05T18:19:00Z")
Woo hoo! We get to leave 2 hours early today! We also just had a snowball fight outside our office building which was lots of fun. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/62 "2002-12-05T18:28:40Z")
He’s not gonna come to your defense. This isn’t Diplomacy, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/63 "2002-12-05T18:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*What? My working makes it better? > > I’m feeling picked upon, here. > > And I **know** what you two were up to, Lucretia. \*\* Yeah, that too :D. And it does make my day so much better knowing that hard working folks like yourself are holding down the fort. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/64 "2002-12-05T19:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*As long as you put 'em on backwards and inside out. My kids wore their jammies inside out and backwards to bed tonight, because that makes it snow. > All hail the Snow Day. > 😃 \*\* Oddly enough, it started snowing here almost _right after_ I put my PJs on inside out and backwards. Just spent hours playing outside, sledding, throwing snowballs, etc. Yay snow!!! ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/65 "2002-12-05T19:55:52Z")
Bah. I had a harder time walking to the car and getting out of my apartment lot than on the roads. 2" does not constitute a winter storm. When you sink up to your shins in the snow and can’t figure out which white blob is your car, now _that’s_ a winter storm. So I got up and drove to work, which only took me 15 minutes longer than usual. All morning on the news they kept saying there was a “Phase 1” alert or something on the roads. I kept expecting someone to stop me and say, “don’t you know there’s a Phase 1 alert?” No such luck, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/66 "2002-12-05T20:12:08Z")
I just got in from shoveling. The snow stopped around 1. So calorie-burning is it that I took off my jacket and gloves after I’d been at it a few minutes; the light freezing drizzle and east wind simply felt pleasantly cool! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/67 "2002-12-05T20:22:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by BiblioCat:_\*\* > As long as you put 'em on backwards and inside out. My kids wore their jammies inside out and backwards to bed tonight, because that makes it snow.\*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Super Gnat \* > \*\*Oddly enough, it started snowing here almost _right after_ I put my PJs on inside out and backwards. > > Just spent hours playing outside, sledding, throwing snowballs, etc. > > Yay snow!!! \*\* See? It really works. You must appease the Snow Gods. Now have some hot chocolate and sacrifice some marshmallows in their name and they will be happy. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/68 "2002-12-05T20:25:34Z")
I left work at noon to go home and snuggle in my bed with a large mug of hot chocolate and a civil procedure hornbook. I thought about shoveling the walk in front of my house but I’m hoping this nice man next door will take pity on me and shovel it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/69 "2002-12-06T00:31:51Z")
JC, I too saw the Potomac in the snow this morning. I thought it was beautiful. I just wanted to go to Harpers Ferry and walk around. Woke up this evening at 6:00pm and was kinda bummed to see only 7 inches outside. A friend of mine pointed out that most women would be happy with seven inches. I guess I’m just hard to please. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/70 "2002-12-06T04:07:16Z")
On a second thought, I actually went to the office today, as the project I’m on right now is on a tight schedule, and I figured I could get some of the junk I need to do done on the Mac (no Mac at home). My boyfriend offered to drive me to work, which was great. What was not so great was that we went in my car, as he has a pick-up truck and thought my car would do better in the snow because the lack of weight in the back of the truck would make it harder to drive. On the way home, the poor man hit the back of a snow plow (he was following in its wake, hoping for a clearer path). Boyfriend was fine, which was good. The passenger-side front door frame is bent, the door itself is stuck shut, and there’s no glass in the window. I’m not sure if my insurance covers damage done while another person is driving the car, and I really can’t tell from looking at the policy. I am very much afraid I’m gonna have to tell my father about this, as he really knows more about the policy than I do, and has spoken directly with the agent more than I have. I’m afraid if I tell the insurance agent that my BF was driving, the damage might not be covered. Since my father paid for both the car and the policy, I think he may not be pleased. I know that from other accidents I’ve had that the rates always go up when stuff like this happens. I need to get this sorted out as soon as possible, and telling Dad about this, long-distance, early tomorrow morning, will not be cool. On the bright side, I got a lot of work done today! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/71 "2002-12-06T13:25:53Z")
Creaky, in my experience as an insurance broker (in Canada, though, may be different here), the damage would be covered if he was using the vehicle with your consent. Sorry about that, though, kinda crappy to become a statistic. Glad to know nobody was hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/72 "2002-12-06T15:57:36Z")
Yeah, I banged up my truch in LAST years snowstorm. I left yesterday about 1:15 having completed what needed doing. My staff is in today and stunned that I was here. Perhaps they’re a bit dismayed that they weren’t as well. heh heh heh ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/73 "2002-12-06T16:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Yeah, I banged up my truch in LAST years snowstorm… \*\* I certainly hope I never bang up MY truch. Nothing worse than a banged up truch… I guess. Sorry, **JC** - I know picking on typos is bad form. Just couldn’t resist. Please forgive? So here in Beantown, we’ve got great stacks of snow. Not that I get any time off work for it, mind you. _Sigh_. Keep warm, everyone! Love, Kn\*ckers ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/74 "2002-12-06T16:34:40Z")
Yeah, and Enterprise was a re-run. But a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/75 "2002-12-07T01:47:06Z")
Thanks, **Ginger**. I was pretty stressed about all of that. It seems that’s the way the insurance thing works here, too. My BF went out today with the car and started getting estimates for the body work. He’s going to help me handle the details this time, which is a great relief. My deductible is really small, apparently, and I have a choice of three different places where I can get the car fixed, so we may be able to deal with this without getting my dad involved. Whew. He’s a great guy, but he gets really angry about car stuff where I’m concerned. I’ve had a more than a few mishaps in a rather short period of time, so I can understand…! And yeah, it was good that nobody was hurt, for sure. **Jonathan** , I remember you posting, I think, about your truck accident last winter. Glad you made it back and forth to work safely this time! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/76 "2002-12-07T14:56:46Z")
I got much kudos for doing it. I’m new and striving to A) impress my CEO and B) impress my staff. You get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/77 "2002-12-07T15:27:31Z")
Johnathan Chance is a keeeener! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/78 "2002-12-07T15:42:38Z")
??? Any other American’s get that? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/79 "2002-12-07T16:50:34Z")
It’s a more polite way of saying you’re doing things to impress the boss. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/80 "2002-12-07T16:58:05Z")
Nah. But our power went out for over 10 hours last night and this morning. Woke up at my usual 4:30am (by insomnia, not by choice) to a pitch-dark house. (It’s normally pretty dark chez Firefly at night, but we do have a few small night-lights, plus the red numerals on the clock-radios and so forth, gives us enough light to not walk into walls by accident.) Looked out the windows, front and back - it’s the neighborhood. Went out to get the paper - from outside I could see that Chesapeake Beach and North Beach were entirely without power, and maybe a bit more than that. An hour later, I was dressed and driving around in the dark. The power was out for at least 3-4 miles in every direction. Did I mention that it got down to about 9º F. (-13º C.) last night? So by the time I thought to look at the thermostat (which runs on a battery), the house was a bracing 55º F. (+13º C.), which is where it is now, even though the power came back on an hour ago. Apparently one of the drawbacks of heat pumps is that if the power is off for long enough (8 hours will do - and the power was off from 12:30am to 10:50am, roughly), the coolant goes back into the compressor. The electricity to the heat pump has to be _back on for **another** eight hours_ in order for it to pump the coolant back to where it’s supposed to be, before you can use it again for heating and cooling. So I pulled my electric heater up from the basemant and am sitting here next to it, typing. My fingers are starting to warm up again. We’ll be able to start heating the house again around 7pm tonight. #$%@! storm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430.md?page=5)