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Most of the contract jobs I've had last few years at least had the option of working remotely and a couple have been all remote due to the distances involved. No excuses for being snowed in or sick.

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

So it sucks to live where it snows lol.

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I'm sure you would hate it. Imagine having to park your Mustang and drive a beater car or truck for 4-5 months every year like I do!

But for those of us who grew up here it's no big deal. I lived in Chicago for a few years where they get a lot less snow but it's always a lot more cold & windy. I prefer the lake effect snow and milder temps here (not to mention the cost of living.)

Now it's a freaky 60F with temps expected to drop well below freezing in the next 24 hours. Glad we don't get these wild temp swings in the summer...

I wouldnt take a job that had bad weather or bad parking lol. I even get to work early just to get prime parking at the end of an aisle or next to the never used handicap spots up front :D

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Originally Posted by homer13j

Now it's a freaky 60F with temps expected to drop well below freezing in the next 24 hours. Glad we don't get these wild temp swings in the summer...

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This is the story for Louisiana's winter. We always have it to where one day it is nice in the low 70s and then the next day it is in the 40s and then in a few days it warms back up only to repeat next week.

Our 5 day forecast looks good, though a little wet:

Day: High/Low Rain%
Today: 76/62 20%
Tomorrow: 75/61 50%
Saturday: 74/60 10%
Sunday: 74/63 20%
Monday: 75/63 60%

Our 5 days is:

Today: 56/41 40%
Tomorrow: 42/19 10%
Saturday: 30/25 10%
Sunday: 40/24 0%
Monday: 40/34 10%

It was 5 degrees in the morning Monday and Tuesday of this past week...

Our five day forecast is sunny and COLD.

So, I got stuck trying to get into my driveway yesterday evening. All-wheel drive Subaru with good studded snow tires, and I was spinning the wheels without being able to move. I ended up getting out and adjusting the snow by one of the wheels. I thought I'd have to shovel out the others, as well, but wanted to be as quick as possible, since I was broadside across the road, at the time. That little bit was enough to force my way through into the driveway.

However, the temperatures dropped considerably, and all the slush has frozen into a strange ridge/valley tableau of ice, much of which is higher than the bottom of my car. I'm not at all sure that I could get to the plowed road, especially without tearing parts off the bottom of the car. Even if I did get out, I'd never get back in, so I'm stuck.

Might have to take a sledge to the ice later on, and try to knock down the bigger ridges, cause there's no change in sight for the next week.

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Might have to take a sledge to the ice later on, and try to knock down the bigger ridges, cause there's no change in sight for the next week.

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Just buy a couple of bags of this stuff:

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I'd need MANY bags. The ice is about a foot thick, maybe more.

My rough road building worked.

Upon further thought, it would be pretty funny to melt a path to my driveway, considering how deep the ice is. I wouldn't do it, since it would quite rightly piss off all the neighbors, but it would be a hoot. I'd be able to get to my house, everybody else would have a canyon they'd have to cross to get to their houses.

Another day of rain and cold, almost into the 50's -_-

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I always wondered what do poeple do when they cant get in to work because of the snow.

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like Shaggy i dial in remotely, i had to do that for a whole week a few years back but not recently.

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So it sucks to live where it snows lol.

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Well that depends ... if you like Skiiing / Snowboarding or not !

I do remember that a while back my Dad did a contract job over in Finland which he said was the coldest place he had visited. He said basically the locals dealt with the weather by using Sledges and Vodka!

I reckon the snowball fights in LA must be a bit of a washout.

L.A. is going to have some stiff football competition now: Raiders, Chargers, and Rams.

Piling on.

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Originally Posted by dday9

L.A. is going to have some stiff football competition now: Raiders, Chargers, and Rams.

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The Raiders play in Oakland, and will soon call Las Vegas home.

Edit: and I wouldn't call the Rams ("Scrams" LOL) or Chargers (putting the "1" in Cleveland's 1-15 season) "stiff football competition."

Perhaps not, but at least their fans will be stiff.

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

I reckon the snowball fights in LA must be a bit of a washout.

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Nawh, a 1 hour drive up the mountains and its snow

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Originally Posted by homer13j

The Raiders play in Oakland, and will soon call Las Vegas home.

Edit: and I wouldn't call the Rams ("Scrams" LOL) or Chargers (putting the "1" in Cleveland's 1-15 season) "stiff football competition."

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Both the Chargers and Lams have made recent changes in hopes of having a "decent" winning record next year. My bet is still on the Las Vegas Raiders :D

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Nawh, a 1 hour drive up the mountains and its snow

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That's normally how it is for us, too, though not this year.

We just had record rainfall last week and for Nocal they are officially out of the 5 year drought. Our local mountains received 1 foot of powder thursday and everyone is flocking to the mountains to ski n snowboard. Socal still in drought though :(

I "may" wash my car today as it looks no rain for a week. *crossing fingers*