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top o' the mornin'®

#1 Post by earendel » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:34 am

There's bad weather a-comin' this way - radio and Internet reports are that it's gonna be ice, and possibly as much as 1" of it before evening. There's talk of sending us home early, which ordinarily would be OK but I'm working on a report for our Internal Affairs office (something that they, in turn, are forwarding to Army CID) and I don't want to go home until it's finished. Unfortunately the search parameters are a little ambiguous, so I have to run the report, send it forward, wait for them to tell me what more information is required (or what to remove) and then revise the report and run it again. Each iteration takes between 30 minutes and an hour. (Right now I'm waiting for the response to my last submission.)
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#2 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:20 am

It looks like it's going to rain here today. I love the television news when it rains, they have these huge stories about "Stormwatch" and they make the rain seem like such a big deal.

I am sure that our rain doesn't compare to your ice and snow.

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#3 Post by nitrah55 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:24 am

Snow and ice all day tomorrow here.

Most schools here are closed for President's Week. Many students are upset about the waste of a snow day.
I am about 25% sure of this.

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#4 Post by gsabc » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:12 am

Predicting 4-9" of snow starting tomorrow afternoon up my way. Managed to move my car repair appointment from Saturday to tomorrow. I can drop it off tonight, use BD's car to get to work (she's still sick, plus it's school vacation week), and pick up my car on Saturday after the snow has ended and we've dug out at some leisure. I'd better not ding BD's car driving home in the storm tomorrow. :)
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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:14 am

I'm looking forward to the snow predicted. I now know I can get up and down the driveway!

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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:21 am

peacock2121 wrote:I'm looking forward to the snow predicted. I now know I can get up and down the driveway!
Even with an inch of ice on it?
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#7 Post by earendel » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:35 am

earendel wrote:There's talk of sending us home early, which ordinarily would be OK but I'm working on a report for our Internal Affairs office (something that they, in turn, are forwarding to Army CID) and I don't want to go home until it's finished. Unfortunately the search parameters are a little ambiguous, so I have to run the report, send it forward, wait for them to tell me what more information is required (or what to remove) and then revise the report and run it again. Each iteration takes between 30 minutes and an hour. (Right now I'm waiting for the response to my last submission.)
Well, it's official. The District Engineer came through the office and told everyone to go home, awarding us administrative leave for the rest of the day. Now all I have to do is bundle up, get to the bus stop, wait for a bus to come along, and then get home.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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