Ice

metirish
Feb 02 2011 06:46 AM

Not going to work today , it's a mess out there......the car in the driveway is like an ice cube and the heater went two days ago, trying to get it to Kia .....ugh ........be careful if you must drive today , and be careful out there if you are walking , the footpaths look a mess too.

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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 02 2011 06:56 AM
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I'm gonna sprinkle some salt on the driveway in a little while.

Everyone's home safe; my only concern is a power failure.

Edgy DC
Feb 02 2011 06:58 AM
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Pour a kettle full of hot water on the bastid.

Ceetar
Feb 02 2011 07:03 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Pour a kettle full of hot water on the bastid.

mix in some pickle brine.

I had to go to work. bleh. although it was better out, traction wise, than other storms, more water to get through though.

Car was a rock. took a long time to clean off.

overall, this storm was disappointing. I'd have liked that 8inches of snow mixed in with this mess.

around north jersey here walking wasn't too bad. thick coat of sleet, but it was wet enough from the rain that it mostly mush by 8am already.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 02 2011 07:07 AM
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i'm a complete moron headed toward the danger now, on train to white plains the platforms look hirrible. Icy on bklyn streets but precip was mostly rain already.

metirish
Feb 02 2011 07:13 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
i'm a complete moron headed toward the danger now, on train to white plains the platforms look hirrible. Icy on bklyn streets but precip was mostly rain already.

you take the train to White Plains?

Fman99
Feb 02 2011 08:03 AM
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I phoned in, I have a 50 mile commute and Fboy had a snow day. We're watching "Shrek" and playing with Star Wars legos.

metsguyinmichigan
Feb 02 2011 08:17 AM
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We're here today -- to bring you the news! Got stuck in the street in the subdivision, so the son let me borrow his pick-up, which has four-wheel drive.

We got about 15 inches. Usually snow doesn't freak out people here, but this is a little more than usual.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 02 2011 08:21 AM
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metirish wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
i'm a complete moron headed toward the danger now, on train to white plains the platforms look hirrible. Icy on bklyn streets but precip was mostly rain already.

you take the train to White Plains?

just today to cover a court case for work. Turns out hearing was postponed, so I put on a suit and woke up early just to take a dump in a federal mens room.

Edgy DC
Feb 02 2011 08:24 AM
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What a country!

Benjamin Grimm
Feb 02 2011 08:30 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
I put on a suit and woke up early just to take a dump in a federal mens room.

That's what I'd consider a perfect Facebook status posting.

themetfairy
Feb 02 2011 08:32 AM
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The kids have a snow day, but D-Dad drove into work. He reports that the main roads down here aren't bad, but the driveway is incredibly slippery.

metsmarathon
Feb 02 2011 09:19 AM
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day care is closed, and so is work.

metirish
Feb 02 2011 09:44 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
i'm a complete moron headed toward the danger now, on train to white plains the platforms look hirrible. Icy on bklyn streets but precip was mostly rain already.

you take the train to White Plains?

just today to cover a court case for work. Turns out hearing was postponed, so I put on a suit and woke up early just to take a dump in a federal mens room.

I trust you'll get paid for that shit?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 02 2011 09:53 AM
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Well, not extra or anything but they will pay for the train ticket.

Back at the office now!

MFS62
Feb 02 2011 09:54 AM
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Stayed home yesterday and today.
Don't want to do another Evel Knevel impression.
Still achy anyhow from last week's accident, and I have a 100 foot driveway to scrape - uphill (My house is lower than the street). The guy came to plow most of yesterday's snow off it, but the freezing stuff covers it now. Should be loads of fun.

Later

soupcan
Feb 02 2011 09:57 AM
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Did my damnedest to get on a train and get in but the New Haven line of MetroNorth is a complete disaster.

We bought a 4 wheel drive truck last week to make certain that we could get out of the driveway on days like this (we are on a back lot and our driveway is about 75-80 yards from to the street) and I was able to get to the train station no problem. Unfortunately the MTA does not share my concern about getting to work.

Long story short - I'm home today.

cooby
Feb 02 2011 10:19 AM
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You should have gotten a Jeep. Trucks are not good in the snow.

MFS62
Feb 02 2011 10:30 AM
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cooby wrote:
You should have gotten a Jeep. Trucks are not good in the snow.

Cooby, I rolled over in a Jeep.
Just sayin'.

Later

cooby
Feb 02 2011 10:36 AM
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That's what you were in last week?

metsmarathon
Feb 02 2011 10:57 AM
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cars with all wheel drive are the way to go. better fuel economy, handling and stopping characteristics, and awd is generally better than 4wd in adverse weather.

MFS62
Feb 02 2011 11:06 AM
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cooby wrote:
That's what you were in last week?

Yes.
But I'd still get another one. You're right. Better than a truck.
Later

themetfairy
Feb 02 2011 11:09 AM
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metsmarathon wrote:
cars with all wheel drive are the way to go. better fuel economy, handling and stopping characteristics, and awd is generally better than 4wd in adverse weather.

Like my Subaru, which I love.

cooby
Feb 02 2011 11:11 AM
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MFS62 wrote:
cooby wrote:
That's what you were in last week?

Yes.
But I'd still get another one. You're right. Better than a truck.
Later

Yipes, a Jeep is what we drive. I like to pretend I'm Margaret Houlihan.

Well, out to shovel. If this keeps up Im going to have to buy some boots

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Feb 02 2011 11:21 AM
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Been at work since 10:30.

Been lonely at work since 10:30.

cooby
Feb 02 2011 11:59 AM
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At least we're here for you.

Fman99
Feb 02 2011 01:01 PM
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cooby wrote:
cooby wrote:
That's what you were in last week?

Yes.
But I'd still get another one. You're right. Better than a truck.
Later

Yipes, a Jeep is what we drive. I like to pretend I'm Margaret Houlihan.

Well, out to shovel. If this keeps up Im going to have to buy some boots

Uh, no offense Coobs, but I think we all like to pretend you're Margaret Houlihan.

Benjamin Grimm
Feb 02 2011 01:06 PM
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I like to pretend that she's Margaret Hamilton.

cooby
Feb 02 2011 01:14 PM
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oh thanks!

cooby
Feb 02 2011 01:34 PM
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All up and down the whole [crossout:1mqqcqqy]creation[/crossout:1mqqcqqy], I mean, up and down the block, there are ladies out shoveling the driveway. I guess we all stayed home. It's only about 3 inches of sleet, but it's HEAVY!

All day long there have been men driving by with plows on their pickups or little Cats or some such, but do any of them stop to offer assistance? No.

Fman99
Feb 02 2011 03:31 PM
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My S-curved shovel, which I bought in 2002, gave up this morning under the weight of icy snow at the end of my driveway. It folded like Mariano did in 2001 WS Game 7.

themetfairy
Feb 02 2011 04:56 PM
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metsmarathon
Feb 02 2011 05:38 PM
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this is about as much ice as we got. enough to make for nice photos, but not nearly enough to make epic-looking photos.

Maple Buds Encased in Ice by twenny6point2, on Flickr

i was actually expecting to have gotten more ice from the storm than we did. for that i'm rather happy.

Ashie62
Feb 03 2011 12:07 PM
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Ice brought down a large pine tree in the backyard.

Ceetar
Feb 03 2011 12:09 PM
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themetfairy wrote:

This is really awesome. What's the backdrop? or just nothingness?

metirish
Feb 03 2011 12:30 PM
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That;s bokeh baby.....yes , great ice shots in here

soupcan
Feb 03 2011 12:44 PM
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metsmarathon wrote:
cars with all wheel drive are the way to go. better fuel economy, handling and stopping characteristics, and awd is generally better than 4wd in adverse weather.

I don't plan on using the truck as an everyday vehicle - just on those days when my (rear wheel drive) car can't do the job - which would be any day that someone spills a cup of ice on my driveway.

So far I dig the thing. It goes over and through everyhing that Ma Nature has thrown at me over the past week.

themetfairy
Feb 03 2011 12:59 PM
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This is really awesome. What's the backdrop? or just nothingness?

Thanks Ceetar :)

The icicle was hanging outside of my son's bedroom window, so the backdrop was the backyard.

Getting the camera to focus on the icicle rather than the yard took some work - I played around a lot with the ISO and shutter speed settings before being able to get a couple of reasonable shots.

Ceetar
Feb 03 2011 01:09 PM
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is that something outside or a drop of water? if it's outside might be worth cropping the picture.

metsmarathon
Feb 03 2011 01:56 PM
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the other day i got a great drip shot (um, cue fman...) in fairly bright sunlight. shot up at the overhang in front of my door with my 200mm lens at a 100 ISO, with an exposure of 1/1000. i was getting the autofocus to grab the icicle regularly, but catching the drip was tricky.

Perfect Timing by twenny6point2, on Flickr

after i captured this, i bumped up the iso, quickened the exposure to 1/4000 i think, to get rid of the blur, but never managed to capture a droplet. then i think a cloud moved in. sigh.

themetfairy
Feb 03 2011 03:26 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
is that something outside or a drop of water? if it's outside might be worth cropping the picture.

It's a drop of water melting off of the icicle.

cooby
Feb 08 2011 04:23 PM
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Okay the wind can stop now.

Note to metfairy: that is pretty!

cooby
Feb 13 2011 01:07 PM
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This went around a few years back but I forgot about it until a lady at church brought it up again today...
Enjoy!

http://lifelessons4u.wordpress.com/2010 ... ing-diary/

themetfairy
Feb 13 2011 02:31 PM
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cooby wrote:
This went around a few years back but I forgot about it until a lady at church brought it up again today...
Enjoy!

http://lifelessons4u.wordpress.com/2010 ... ing-diary/

LOL