North Balti Zen Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 My favorite sub-genre of posts in what is supposed to be the discussion threads are the “I would just be happy with an inch of snow and brisk cold winds” posts… you ain’t fooling no one, bargainer. You would be dying inside. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 11 hours ago, H2O said: All that matters is that you and minimap are ok. A car is easily fixed or replaced Different breed up here in PA....people, not the deer. Hit a deer and within minutes somebody is scraping it off the road and stocking their freezer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: Different breed up here in PA....people, not the deer. Hit a deer and within minutes somebody is scraping it off the road and stocking their freezer. Pretty sure it ran off, we drove back by the scene after dance and couldn't see a deer anywhere. I mean, hell, I never even saw it when it hit me. Just driving along a back country road and BAM, loud thud and the car shuddered. I saw a brown blur bounce off my drivers side and that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, mappy said: Pretty sure it ran off, we drove back by the scene after dance and couldn't see a deer anywhere. I mean, hell, I never even saw it when it hit me. Just driving along a back country road and BAM, loud thud and the car shuddered. I saw a brown blur bounce off my drivers side and that was it. Glad you're ok. Those things can do a number to vehicles and the folks inside. Like you said...in a flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: Glad you're ok. Those things can do a number to vehicles and the folks inside. Like you said...in a flash. I am always on alert on that drive, no street lights or anything. usually see them out in the farm fields, but this happened near homes. Phew. Incredibly thankful it wasn't worse, and that I can still drive the car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, mappy said: I am always on alert on that drive, no street lights or anything. usually see them out in the farm fields, but this happened near homes. Phew. Incredibly thankful it wasn't worse, and that I can still drive the car. You said you didn't see it? Hmm, haven't seen Ji around today yet. I wonder if he was stalking and you clipped him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 12 hours ago, mappy said: Friendly reminder to watch out for deer. Never even saw it and it hit my front left bumper. Kid dropped a well placed “what the fuck was that” when it happened. lol we are okay, car will need repairs, but it’s driveable. Oof what an evening. @mappy, that's awful and I'm sure quite scary! Definitely would freak me out to have that happen suddenly in the dark. Glad you are OK. The car's condition obviously is secondary to how you and mini-map are! (Oh, and by the way, did your little mini-map actually use the "f" word???!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: You said you didn't see it? Hmm, haven't seen Ji around today yet. I wonder if he was stalking and you clipped him. I sure hope it wasn't a person! 4 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said: @mappy, that's awful and I'm sure quite scary! Definitely would freak me out to have that happen suddenly in the dark. Glad you are OK. The car's condition obviously is secondary to how you and mini-map are! (Oh, and by the way, did your little mini-map actually use the "f" word???!!!) Startling more than scary, just very sudden. Could have been worse, so we are grateful it wasn't. But yes, she actually used the word. I couldn't help but laugh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: You said you didn't see it? Hmm, haven't seen Ji around today yet. I wonder if he was stalking and you clipped him. Always a good sign, I normally take that as an indication that the models didn't totally suck for us the previous night! Whenever I see the last post (or several posts) in the discussion thread is by him...I know it's a rant about how everything sucks!! LOL!!! Kinda like Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren's quote: "I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, mappy said: Startling more than scary, just very sudden. Could have been worse, so we are grateful it wasn't. But yes, she actually used the word. I couldn't help but laugh. Of course! Sometimes you just have to laugh at that, when it's blurted out suddenly! You were probably thinking the exact same thing that she said!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 13 hours ago, mappy said: Friendly reminder to watch out for deer. Never even saw it and it hit my front left bumper. Kid dropped a well placed “what the fuck was that” when it happened. lol we are okay, car will need repairs, but it’s driveable. Oof what an evening. Glad it was not as bad as it could have been and that you are both ok. And kids using the appropriate phrase that they assign to an event in the moment is always ok in my book. Then again I am one of those parents that used to have a swear jar when they were younger so it just does not phase me anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said: Of course! Sometimes you just have to laugh at that, when it's blurted out suddenly! You were probably thinking the exact same thing that she said!! Oh I was, she just beat me to actually saying it 2 minutes ago, Mrs.J said: Glad it was not as bad as it could have been and that you are both ok. And kids using the appropriate phrase that they assign to an event in the moment is always ok in my book. Then again I am one of those parents that used to have a swear jar when they were younger so it just does not phase me anymore. Thanks! And yes, I laughed. No way would I be mad at her for that, she was scared/confused just as I was about it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Given how my dad cursed like a sailor I learned that vocabulary at a very young age. I'm sure if it was me in the car I would have said "holy fucking shit, that was fucking close and fucking scary. I think I shit my pants. Fucking A. What a fucking asshole deer. I need a fucking drink." 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just picked up my shades from lowes....by the looks of the posts in the medium range thread just in time....those damn trends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, mappy said: Oh I was, she just beat me to actually saying it Thanks! And yes, I laughed. No way would I be mad at her for that, she was scared/confused just as I was about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: Just picked up my shades from lowes....by the looks of the posts in the medium range thread just in time....those damn trends 50 Shades of HL Blocking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, H2O said: Given how my dad cursed like a sailor I learned that vocabulary at a very young age. I'm sure if it was me in the car I would have said "holy fucking shit, that was fucking close and fucking scary. I think I shit my pants. Fucking A. What a fucking asshole deer. I need a fucking drink." You can probably find it, but there's this recording some time back of a narrator (sounding very professorial) with classical music in the background, going into all the uses of the word "fuck". He starts off by saying something like "Of all the words in the English language, perhaps the most versatile is the word 'fuck'". He then goes on to use it as every part of speech ("It can be use as a noun, as in 'you worthless fuck'", etc.). Pretty amusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I may have heard my parents curse once as I was growing up, and I'll never forget it! My mom told me that she was was "tired of this shit" when I was acting up about something when I was probably like 10 years old. That's just stuck with me, so I don't think my kids have ever heard me curse. Wife might drop an "ass" or "damnit" from time to time, but otherwise you don't hear much colorful language in our house! On another note...tension is rising in the long-range thread. Even if he's making a valid point, you gotta love psu coming in and pushing some folks closer to the ledge. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, mattie g said: I may have heard my parents curse once as I was growing up, and I'll never forget it! My mom told me that she was was "tired of this shit" when I was acting up about something when I was probably like 10 years old. That's just stuck with me, so I don't think my kids have ever heard me curse. Wife might drop an "ass" or "damnit" from time to time, but otherwise you don't hear much colorful language in our house! On another note...tension is rising in the long-range thread. Even if he's making a valid point, you gotta love psu coming in and pushing some folks closer to the ledge. Yeah I saw all that in the main long range thread! PSU does have some good points, he always does, and he's very thorough. I like his detailed posts to be honest. But I will admit at times it gets too much on the "well, this can go wrong, that can go wrong, we don't want it to evolve how it's showing now..." Caveats are great, but sometimes you end up just looking at the worst case scenarios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, mattie g said: On another note...tension is rising in the long-range thread Imagine what happens if the 12z runs aren’t good, the forum will be borderline unreadable what a fun hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, Always in Zugzwang said: Yeah I saw all that in the main long range thread! PSU does have some good points, he always does, and he's very thorough. I like his detailed posts to be honest. But I will admit at times it gets too much on the "well, this can go wrong, that can go wrong, we don't want it to evolve how it's showing now..." Caveats are great, but sometimes you end up just looking at the worst case scenarios. Agreed. Part of this "effort" for me is just enjoying the art of the possible. Turning that into the "art of the not likely " is a bummer, even though I get it from a scientific and discussion standpoint. Maybe I just need to put psu on Ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, SnowenOutThere said: Imagine what happens if the 12z runs aren’t good, the forum will be borderline unreadable what a fun hobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said: Imagine what happens if the 12z runs aren’t good, the forum will be borderline unreadable what a fun hobby lol you said "IF" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 What does the extrapolated NAM look like for Next Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: lol you said "IF" It’s gonna be an epic meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 21 hours ago, SnowenOutThere said: My partner dipped on my spanish presentation to go to Delaware early because "the snow would be too bad", I now have to redo my whole script in the yo form instead the nosotros form! I got a 97 percent and forgot around a quarter of my script, all in a days work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Glad you and the kiddo are ok, @mappy . Also, gold star parenting that she knew exactly the right expression to fit the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Also, holy hell, but WELL DONE to everyone for so quickly and efficiently assuming their various weenie super-identities in the long range thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prestige Worldwide Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Without question the best winter weather prospects around Christmas in years and many are gloom and doom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: Glad you and the kiddo are ok, @mappy . Also, gold star parenting that she knew exactly the right expression to fit the moment. Thanks friend! And yeah, I was almost proud of her reaction. Expected her to be crying and freaking out. But we both were so startled and confused. She's been telling the story to anyone who listens. I feel for her friends at school today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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