Looks like more and more snow for us this week. Sigh. Here is an article in the Seattle Times. Check out the picture of the person walking through blowing snow. That is where I live. :) I just hope I can get the 10 miles to my sister's place for Christmas.
-Lisa
Wow. That report shows a really nasty situation. I hope that you all do well, have enough heating, food and electricity throughout that snowtime. U.S. power cables are aboveground AFAIK, so severe weather nearly always leads to power outages IIRC, which makes things worse...
(I can recall something like that in Germany about 30 years ago, since then, we didn´t have much in the way of snow in winter. Today, it´s in the mid-to-high 40ies degrees Fahrenheit over here.)
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It is not snowing tonight (which is like a first in about 7 days), so Vic and I are going to try to make it the 15 miles to work tomorrow. We'll probably only make it in for a few hours, but I figure that we need to do what we can to get the office ready for the Christmas break. Wish us luck!
-Lisa
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It is not snowing tonight (which is like a first in about 7 days), so Vic and I are going to try to make it the 15 miles to work tomorrow. We'll probably only make it in for a few hours, but I figure that we need to do what we can to get the office ready for the Christmas break. Wish us luck!
-Lisa
Please don't take unnecessary risks and stay safe and warm!
You guys need to move your office to Columbia, MO. We just don't go for that kind of mess.
Darn global warming!
Looks like more and more snow for us this week. Sigh. -Lisa
The more you guys get snow, the more we get due west of you. Stop sending it our way already! ;p
Still, ...
I agree.
And with a name like 'Josh Frost' I thought he'd have some kind of weather-related powers. At the very least, he should have Cold resistance 10.
Even Cold Resistance 5 or at the very least an Endure Elements scroll nearby...
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It is not snowing tonight (which is like a first in about 7 days), so Vic and I are going to try to make it the 15 miles to work tomorrow. We'll probably only make it in for a few hours, but I figure that we need to do what we can to get the office ready for the Christmas break. Wish us luck!
We didn't make it. Our driveway includes a steep hill, which is now covered in ice.
Apparently Chris Self made it all the way to Paizo only to get stuck in the entrance to our parking lot.
I know it may not look like much snow to people in the Midwest... but you guys generally don't have a lot of 40-degree-plus sloped hills.
Wow!!! We could send you our warm weather! It is suppost to be almost 80 degrees F on Christmas Day.
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It is not snowing tonight (which is like a first in about 7 days), so Vic and I are going to try to make it the 15 miles to work tomorrow. We'll probably only make it in for a few hours, but I figure that we need to do what we can to get the office ready for the Christmas break. Wish us luck!We didn't make it. Our driveway includes a steep hill, which is now covered in ice.
Apparently Chris Self made it all the way to Paizo only to get stuck in the entrance to our parking lot.
I know it may not look like much snow to people in the Midwest... but you guys generally don't have a lot of 40-degree-plus sloped hills.
That nice Seattle weather resulted in me getting home from Korea almost 20 hours late; I landed in Seattle at 7:30 AM and, through no less than four cancelled flights and three delayed, I finally landed in Fairbanks at nearly 4 AM the next day. Did you know that Hudson News sells zero fantasy or sci-fi novels? I could only find the general pop and romance.
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Actually Chris's was the second of three cars I watched this morning spin their tires in the slush at the entrance to the parking lot. Each spent a half hour or more having to be dug out. (Including one native of place-which-snows-so-much-it-isn't-funny-and-look-at-the-silly-northwestern ers-who-can't-handle-snow-ha-ha.)
Those who make fun of us because we can't handle a little snow, because the snow where you live lasts four or five months of every year... well, if we had snow that often we'd be prepared for it too. I've spent time in Minnesota and Alaska, I know something of what you have to do to live there. Around here it snows every few years, and usually just a dusting that lasts for a day or so. When you get a foot of snow and you're not expecting it and there is no infrastructure to help and there are hills everywhere, yeah, things get dicy.
My commute for the past couple days has been more than an hour each way -- to go three miles. Public transportation is suspended or re-routed, and even after the main roads have been cleared, side roads are still only for those with four-wheel drive (chains aren't enough). The sidewalks are two- or three-foot-high glaciers of treacherous slush-on-ice. My body is sore from repeated slip-and-falls, and that's with my old logger boots for traction.
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Dude, I grew up in Florida and live in Dallas.
On the one or two days a year it ices, I'm hosed all to hell.
I have yet to not make it to work though.
I remember the first time; they called me and asked if I was coming in.
I said, "I don't know."
They said, "come on, don't be a sissy."
I said, "No. You don't understand. I'm coming in, but I'm from Florida, and the one day it snowed there in 30 years I didn't go anywhere. So when I say I don't know, I.......really don't know. My car will end up somewhere, and that somewhere might actually be work, for all I know."
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Those who make fun of us because we can't handle a little snow, because the snow where you live lasts four or five months of every year... well, if we had snow that often we'd be prepared for it too.
Hehehe. Yeah, I understand. I've lived in places that weren't used to the snow and then got hit bad.
Here in Ottawa we're suffering through a public transportation strike at the same time as a major snowfall. More cars on the road and half the road (snow pushing in from the sidewalk turning two lanes into one). The driving is pretty crazy even though we can expect to have snow from November through beginning of March at the very, very least.
Drive safe everyone, during these holidays. When the weather is crazy, put your favourite mellow CD in and take time to enjoy it. There is nowhere that you really need to be that bad.
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I'm getting a really strong defensive vibe from Paizo about the snow and just wanted to express that I, for one, don't blame you at all for not putting yourselves in danger to go to work. While I love your product, and have become somewhat dependent on the daily blog for my morning routine, I'd hate for anyone to get hurt on account of a book needing to get to my mailbox on a certain date or else. I'm sure you all and everyone else in Seattle are better judges of the weather there than the rest of us throughout the world, so it's all good in my book. Be safe and I hope you're all able to have enjoyable and festive holidays despite the nastiness from the Gods.
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I'm getting a really strong defensive vibe from Paizo about the snow and just wanted to express that I, for one, don't blame you at all for not putting yourselves in danger to go to work. While I love your product, and have become somewhat dependent on the daily blog for my morning routine, I'd hate for anyone to get hurt on account of a book needing to get to my mailbox on a certain date or else. I'm sure you all and everyone else in Seattle are better judges of the weather there than the rest of us throughout the world, so it's all good in my book. Be safe and I hope you're all able to have enjoyable and festive holidays despite the nastiness from the Gods.
Miserable slaves! Letting a little bit of snow stop you from working yourself to exahustion! ~shakes my head sadly~ The quality of help these days.....
J/K!!! Please be safe!
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Living in Baton Rouge, I can sympathize with a city unprepared for snow fall. We had our first significant snowfall in 20 years last week - a whopping 3.2" (yes, inches). This was sufficient to paralyze the city, cancel school, close businesses, and cause several accidents. (Cajuns on ice isn't as funny as one would think.) Of course, the snow lasted a whole six hours before temperatures in the forties and pouring rain washed it all away.
Anyway, I hope y'all can stay safe and warm, visit with friends and family, and enjoy one of the mythical moments often described - the wonder of a white Christmas. Maybe ole Bing Crosby and Irving Berlin had something there...
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Goodnight, and Merry Christmas!
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I'm getting a really strong defensive vibe from Paizo about the snow...
Nah—it's mostly just venting. Some of us are a little bit frustrated that, despite our best efforts, we haven't been able to reach the office for a week. And the few who have made it in have had really terrible commutes, for the most part.
I'd feel much worse about things if I didn't know that Jeff Strand lives across the street from the office, and has thus been able to walk in and keep all of the store orders moving—at least, as much as anything can move in this weather.
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I'm getting a really strong defensive vibe from Paizo about the snow...Nah—it's mostly just venting. Some of us are a little bit frustrated that, despite our best efforts, we haven't been able to reach the office for a week. And the few who have made it in have had really terrible commutes, for the most part.
Workaholic. Maybe some higher power's trying to tell you to take some time off. ;-)
I know it may not look like much snow to people in the Midwest... but you guys generally don't have a lot of 40-degree-plus sloped hills.
I'm not trying to bust anyones chops, just some friendly (or attempt at) banter. We get paralyzed by snow and cold around here too. Just takes more.
Plus, we call 40-degree-plus sloped hills around here 'flood prevention'.
I'm getting a really strong defensive vibe from Paizo about the snow...Nah—it's mostly just venting. Some of us are a little bit frustrated that, despite our best efforts, we haven't been able to reach the office for a week. And the few who have made it in have had really terrible commutes, for the most part.
I'd feel much worse about things if I didn't know that Jeff Strand lives across the street from the office, and has thus been able to walk in and keep all of the store orders moving—at least, as much as anything can move in this weather.
Tell Jeff Strand that we appreicate all of his hard work. Now enjoy your enforced vacation!
I'd feel much worse about things if I didn't know that Jeff Strand lives across the street from the office, and has thus been able to walk in and keep all of the store orders moving—at least, as much as anything can move in this weather.
THANK YOU JEFF! Extra cookies for you at PaizoCon!
I'm not trying to bust anyones chops, just some friendly (or attempt at) banter. We get paralyzed by snow and cold around here too. Just takes more.
Plus, we call 40-degree-plus sloped hills around here 'flood prevention'.
Preparation does make a difference though, I've been through "that's some nasty weather there" in Finland which would be a cause for national catastrophe in a place where it doesn't eg. snow every year. Capacity for plowing the snow is understandably quite different, drivers are more experienced to it and might actually have good winter tires under them, to name some factors...
And nasty icy slopes are awful, says one who has broken bones by being airborne for a fleeting second some years ago...
We didn't make it. Our driveway includes a steep hill, which is now covered in ice.
Apparently Chris Self made it all the way to Paizo only to get stuck in the entrance to our parking lot.
I know it may not look like much snow to people in the Midwest... but you guys generally don't have a lot of 40-degree-plus sloped hills.
You too? I spent three DAYS shoveling and salting my long, steep driveway. I'm amazed that I can still walk... unless I'm Sixth Sense dead, don't know it, and only thinking I'm communicating on Paizo.com.
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You too? I spent three DAYS shoveling and salting my long, steep driveway. I'm amazed that I can still walk... unless I'm Sixth Sense dead, don't know it, and only thinking I'm communicating on Paizo.com.We didn't make it. Our driveway includes a steep hill, which is now covered in ice.
Apparently Chris Self made it all the way to Paizo only to get stuck in the entrance to our parking lot.
I know it may not look like much snow to people in the Midwest... but you guys generally don't have a lot of 40-degree-plus sloped hills.
I read "dead" posts.
I read "dead" posts.
Nice! ;)
Well I can't listen to Atomic array while at work, so what else can I do.I read "dead" posts.Nice! ;)
Please tell your boss that a *study shows gamer employees who listen to RPG podcasts while working show a 23% increase in productivity. However, non gamers experience a 45% decrease in productivity, so low volume, a private office or ear plugs are highly recommended.
*Double blind study conducted at the Atomic Array Worker Efficiency Institute.
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Well I can't listen to Atomic array while at work, so what else can I do.I read "dead" posts.Nice! ;)Please tell your boss that a *study shows gamer employees who listen to RPG podcasts while working show a 23% increase in productivity. However, non gamers experience a 45% decrease in productivity, so low volume, a private office or ear plugs are highly recommended.
*Double blind study conducted at the Atomic Array Worker Efficiency Institute.
The VP laughed said Merry Christmas and left for the week. I don't know if that was a yes or a no.
The VP laughed said Merry Christmas and left for the week. I don't know if that was a yes or a no.
Well that's progress in my book!
Really, I don't usually get far, so that was definitely progress.
Happy to hear everyone's home safe for the holidays.
I really want to run "Crimson Throne" as a blitz. I want to grab a bunch of friends this winter and head out to the cabin in the mountains during Reading Week and run the campaign then. It would be like a D&D retreat. The ladies of my life are always going to scrapbooking retreats, so I thought this would be fun for the gamers. And there would be tobbogganing and snowmobiling galore! (And Doritos and Mountain Dew--no one's getting eaten on *my* watch.)
Here's hoping everyone is enjoying a wonderful holiday with family and friends and you all got not too much snow but enough to enjoy.
Happy to hear everyone's home safe for the holidays.
I really want to run "Crimson Throne" as a blitz. I want to grab a bunch of friends this winter and head out to the cabin in the mountains during Reading Week and run the campaign then. It would be like a D&D retreat. The ladies of my life are always going to scrapbooking retreats, so I thought this would be fun for the gamers. And there would be tobbogganing and snowmobiling galore! (And Doritos and Mountain Dew--no one's getting eaten on *my* watch.)
But *bite chomp* it's just *munch chew* another kind of *gulp swallow* white meat isn't it ?
Hi - IM trying to get a message to Lilith.
I have Just completed another Adventure and would love it if it could go up with my others at her DM tools site
http://www.dmtools.org/resources.php?nav=advs
I can be contacted at agentfestaskull@hotmail.com
Its another huge PDF and an adventure for 1-3rd levs !
Hi - IM trying to get a message to Lilith.
I have Just completed another Adventure and would love it if it could go up with my others at her DM tools site
http://www.dmtools.org/resources.php?nav=advsI can be contacted at agentfestaskull@hotmail.com
Its another huge PDF and an adventure for 1-3rd levs !
Dude. I received your email. No reason to spam the boards.
Im sorry to everyone for spamming the boards.
Thanks Lilith.
Im sorry to everyone for spamming the boards.
Thanks Lilith.
~grins~ It is ok. Live and learn, that is all.
