SNOW DAY!!! The office just closed.....Winter Blitzkrieg in Detroit right now!

Early happy hour for me! :beer: :toast:

A couple of SoCo's with Sprite and lime, and maybe a Singapore Sling

Guess I better go check and make sure they're using their safety gear. I think we have about 8 inches here in Auburn Hills so far. Ahhhh. I hear the sound of snow blowers as I type. One of the boys is clearing the driveway, I get to stay nice and warm in the house. Thank god for children.:toast:

I'm going to hang out, eat and enjoy a couple of drinks before returning home to Madison Heights. Hopefully there won't be a snowdrift in front of my door.

But the road people should be out. It's still coming down hard too. I was told that it was supposed to stop snowing around 2 pm. Now I don't know if the forecast was based upon the snow starting at 1 a.m. I was up at 4:30 and it wasn't snowing then. I went back to bed and when I got up at 9 or so, there was a ton of it already. If it doesn't stop until rush hour, we'll probably have over 12 inches.

n/t

My step-sister lives on Gardenia. We'll be doing Christmas there. (Ever eat at Leo's on John R?)

:hi: :hi:

My proclivities are for Middle Eastern, Indian, Japanese and Corned Beef sandwiches from the Bread Basket, so I'd never gone into Leo's until a coworker demanded that I go there. I'm glad I did.

I like the folks who work there. They're all 'pros' and work hard to support themselves. The price is right and there are a lot of neighborhood regulars - older folks on fixed incomes.

I have a strong preference to patronize owner-operated places. The franchises and chains just don't give as much back to the local economy. The Star restaurant further south on John R is OK, too.

If you like Corned Beef at the Bread Basket then you'll LOVE Corned Beef at the Onion Roll Deli on Woodward, north of 11 mile!! The Onion Roll deli is the BEST I've found anywhere in the area! (The Bread Basket has gone down hill in the last 5-7 years.) I promise you, you'll love it. If you don't, I'll personally refund the cost of one corned beef sandwich ... and tell Alex (the owner-operator) you were unhappy.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

It's a machine with an auger type device on the front. You push it down the driveway like a lawn mower. It collects the snow and blows it into the neighbors yard.

I gave up snow for Lent in 1980.
Haven't wanted it back.
Tho, in all seriousness, it did snow in my area twice in ..25 years or so.
2 inches.
Caused dozens of wrecks.

I didn't even see your evil grins when I read your post. But thought that there could be someone out there that actually never heard of a snow blower.

I just went out to measure the snow depth - between 6 and 8 inches of snow on my front walk and it's still coming down. Unfortunately, it's no longer that nice, fluffy, big flake snow. It's looking a little more wet and sleety.

I am so glad I decided to take the day off.

you're about 30 minutes north of me.

Which is where the weather guys say the heaviest accumulation is expected. At this rate, we should have at least, if not more than, 12 inches. I hope I can get my driveway cleared, before the next snow hits, on Sunday.

most of their winters are really bad and everybody keeps on going.

That was sarcasm for those who might have missed it. But seriously, people are ready to start their winter break and this give us a very good excuse. We're going to be seeing lots of snowmen, snow angles and snow mobiles the next few days. In fact, I might round up the kids, snowboards, the portable outdoor fire pit and take them all to Bald Mountain for some sledding. I wonder if there's any good sledding at Stony Creek? I know their cross country ski trails get a lot of traffic at times like this.

I have my Jeep pointed TOWARD the road..if I need to go anywhere, I put her into 4 wheel drive, sneer, and run her down the driveway..so far shes gotten thru the piles of white stuff..
otherwise, I throw on my boots and walk.
looks like about 9 inches so far here by the lake.

..... I took Amtrak to Chicago in January and literally could see nothing outside but wind-whipped white stuff thru the window once we got west of K-zoo.

The last winter I spent there (before moving to California), we had over 4' of snow on the ground for over 2 months. Fences and hedges were totally buried. Couldn't see out of the driveway. Snow was pile up alongside drive ABOVE MY HEAD (and I'm 6'2") and my Labrador Retriever ("Bo") had to "porpoise" through the snow in the backyard just to pee.

I was so happy to move to California after that! (I wish I could've stayed.)

I couldn't possibly tolerate the western side of Michigan ... both with "lade effect" and the DeVos-style politics. Yech.

and mega churches..huge monstrous mega churches. there are some enclaves of weirdos like me here. we stick together.

At 7:30 this morning I called in and heard a magical "Our Troy office will be closed today due to the weather" message. Which was smart. They would have sent us home at noon anyway, I'm sure. I've been going out to shovel every hour or so to keep up with it. Otherwise, I get 2 foot drifts in my driveway. Happy, happy Snow Day! (Cocktail time to commence in a couple hours. Whoot!)

... between Crooks and Main and between 12 and 13. We were BURIED this morning ... about 6-7".

Hi, neighbor!! :hi:

Happiness is being retired ... no more rat race. (Just rat strolling.)

My WONDERFUL neighbor just finished snow-blowing my driveway. I was out a bit earlier and it was all I could do without dosing myself up with painkillers to clear the porches and walk. My new snowblower hasn't been delivered yet. (Sigh.)

Been decades since I had a snow day.

Please? Please? Please?

:dunce:

I've had my share of that.

if you really want to fully experience the fun of a Michigan snow storm! We're expecting a snowy holiday season, so there will be PLENTY of fun, yet to come.

My only bribe is sharing in a bottle of 21 year old Old St Andrews single malt.

What's that?

(I live in Knoxville, TN and we haven't had anything over a dusting since The Blizzard of '93).

My kid is home from school. Everybody is home from school! And my husband said he will probably be home early as well. Good times!

about an inch or more of ice pellets/rain and a light dusting of snow. tons of snow a few miles north...

early start to friday night!

took this pic about 10 minutes ago - Southern Ohio

How come it's so warm there? Where are you?