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Old 01-16-2007, 02:55 PM
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Ok, ok, ok, next time I will give you a brown mustache. That's just dirty.......

That does look like your car but it can't be you since the driver is not wearing a helmet.

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Old 01-16-2007, 03:20 PM
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the low this weekend in Jackson was -25. Well below zero every morning.

It does add an interesting element to the skiing

These are from Grand Targhee on Sunday.

Note the snowbow, from ice crystals in the five below air
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Old 01-16-2007, 03:34 PM
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We have zero snow, but we got an inch of ice last night in southern NH that was fun to deal with. Good times! I can take any amount of snow, but ICE is evil!
Old 01-16-2007, 03:41 PM
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Wow, Mike those pictures look awesome. Much better than the slush we had. I now have this desire to take the family on a ski trip.

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Old 01-16-2007, 06:31 PM
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Damn Dave, with a house that size and only 2.5 people I would have expected each car to have its own bedroom!

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Old 01-16-2007, 06:33 PM
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Hahahaha! Yeah, I am ordering a lift, I think. 4 vehicles but 3 garage slots. And that doesn't even account for the trailer, which I am still trying to store somewhere... Or maybe I'll just rent a storage unit to hold the trailer + the M3...

George, you're right: that isn't me or my car above.
Old 01-16-2007, 06:57 PM
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George

Skiing makes for a great family sport, and you have lots of direct flight destination options being close to DFW
Old 01-16-2007, 07:13 PM
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Mike, time is my only issue. It seems I have less and less of it lately. My former boss just emailed me some pics from Santa Fe (Basin, I think). They had 19 inches of snow.

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Old 01-16-2007, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
The sleet has just turned to snow, George. Forecasted to sleet and/or snow through tomorrow night, maybe into Thursday morning. The meteorologists are so excited, they ar epeeing their pants. They will be making this one of their grad school case studies, it is such an unusual event (an unending stream of winter precipitation from the Big Bend/Rio Grande Valley all the way to Maine).
I lived in San Antonio some years ago. We got 12-14" of snow overnight. That was more than the 3 previous records added together. It hit on a Friday night and on Saturday, everyone wanted to go out and drive in it because they had never been in snow before. Needless to say, the ditches were lined with cars. Almost no one went out on Sunday.
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I love Darwinism.....
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Hey guys, look at this photo of my car caught out in the ice storm. Oh yeah, that's right, it's still at the ****ing dealer!
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Originally Posted by Greg Smith
Hey guys, look at this photo of my car caught out in the ice storm. Oh yeah, that's right, it's still at the ****ing dealer!

Old 01-16-2007, 09:02 PM
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Dang Dave, when'd you start driving F1?
Old 01-16-2007, 09:14 PM
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We always keep our track cars covered with tarps for the Ice Storms!!! But we unwrap them and do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-O6BO21Cs8

We regulary get about 125+ cars out each weekend... hop on a plane to Toronto and we can take care of the rest!

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Old 01-16-2007, 09:17 PM
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I moved here from Denver. I don't get what all the fuss is about. You all (read Y'all) need to sack up!

Hell, schools in my area were closed today because they were WORRIED about freezing rain!


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