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saucycobblers:
Here in South West UK it's a gloriously crisp, sunny winters day - just perfect for walking in the hills and mountains.
As you can probably tell I'm chomping at the bit to get outa this damn office!! >:(
southendmd:
Happy Friendship Day, Everyone!
Jeff Wrangler:
More snow and ice on the ground down here than I expected. >:(
Very few folks made it into work this morning, but I phoned our Building Status Line right after 7 a.m., and the building was open, so here I am. :-\
I am beginning to think, however, that I need to start staying home on days like this. Why, you ask? Because I'm beginning to think I'm too stupid to walk on snow and ice. :(
I mean, I look out of the bus window, and I see people in ordinary leather-soled dress shoes striding along on a couple of inches of snow and ice as if it were a sunny, dry day in June. What's up with that, hunh? ??? Me, in motorcycle boots? Every step I take one foot slides one way, the other foot slides the other way, and I'm lucky I don't break my neck. :(
David:
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David:
What a mess!
The drive to work yesterday was scary! My usual 30 minute drive took an hour. The highway was snow covered and visability was terrible. I just stayed behind a large tractor trailer and followed his tire tracks doing 30-35 mph at best.
The snow had changed over to sleet and with the the wind it pelted my face as I crossed the employee parking lot at the Terminal. Once inside I noticed all the monitors that listed Arrivals and Departures said CANCELLED. There were long lines at the ticket counters as travellers tried to rebook their flights. We actually had little to do. Since nobody was flying, there were no passengers or baggage to screen. I was at the SoutWest Airlines baggage drop and we checked 13 bags all shift. And none of those made it onto a plane.
Thirteen had called in sick which means they didn't want to drive in the snow. By noon the Supervisors were going around asking who wanted to use leave time and go home early. Many did. I was with my boy Nicholas and we decided to stay for the duration. Easy money after all. We eventually ordered out for a pizza and some grinders (aka: Subs, hoagies). We were surprized anyone was delivering in this storm let alone to the Airport Terminal.
Eventually the masses of humanity left to go find hotels. Quite a few people got stuck at the Airport as the hotels filled quickly. By 6pm the Airport was virtually empty. Most of the ticket counters had closed. A few lost passengers walked around looking for comfortable chairs to sleep on. There was nothing much we could do except wait for 8 PM so we could go to our cars and dig them out for the slippery drive home.
As I left there was a voicemail message on my Mobile. My neighbor buddy had called. "I shovelled your driveway and sidewalks. Happy Valentines day!"
That was the Best V-day present I could have received!
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