Well here we are on page 100 of general BLAH BLAH BLAH and can I just say -


I'M GOING OUT OF MY GOURD WAITING FOR LOCI TO RETURN.

As a teacher I am a proud Democrat...now do I always vote Democratic, no...If Hillary wins the Dem. party nom. I will vote Republican no matter who is running...my states primaries aren't until April 22 so I have a while to wait, but I will vote...My brother can't vote in the primaries, only the General election b/c he is a registered Independent...

I like Obama over Hillary, but on the Republican side, I am not sure yet...

I miss good TV not just L&O...lol...

Are all our members OK in Tennesee, Arkansas, and--was it Missouri? I know we have TenneseeCIFan--I don't know who else is in those states. It sounds bad. Tornados scare me--give me a nice earthquake any day.

I'm in Knoxville, just windy and rainy. Seems to be getting better as the day goes on.

Stay safe up ther Bubba!

Glad you guys are OK. I would hate for your houses to get caught up in a tornado and dropped on a witch! Just remember: There's no place like home, there's no place like home!

I hope you all are ok! It looks bad on the news! Keep safe!

At least 50 confirmed dead, and the system hasn't moved all the way east out of the country yet.....We're safe here, tho. Only got rain, and not much at that.....praise God!

We don't get too many tornados, we do get them in south louisiana without hurricanes but not that often, my heart goes out to those and their family, who have lost family and property. I don't think I want earthquakes either, no floods, I don't think there is any disasters I would chose over another, those fires they get in california don't look like fun either.

Amen!

I'm glad we only have earthquakes. Torandos are scary as heck. That is one major reason i wouldn't move south east.

God bless California!

21 days clean for my son--and counting!
Cloggs, how about some nice fruit drinks all around--put it on my tab!

Here in upstate New York we just get a TON of snow. We shovel, it melts, done. I feel so awful for you all in the flooded areas. Stay safe.

Bubba and Flashy mom,

My 16-year old son is going to Chalmette on Feb 16. with Habitat for Humanity. What should he expect for weather? Here it is 20 degrees. To him anything over 50 is shorts weather.

hey ci!!.. congrats to your son!.. i've been there ... so i know what he's feeling.

we had tornados all around us.. but we escaped .. there was a warning for us at 3am... i was up all night with my sis... it was a tragedy for memphis and parts of kentucky, arkansas and mississippi.. we had three deaths .. a family.. so sad..the weather here is insane.

*bug*

just got the update and there were 54 killed throughout the southern states with 30 of those in tennesee...

I now have all of seasons 4 and 5 recorded in order--except for ITWSH. Sigh.....But I did leave a 2 hour space on one tape for whenever USA or Bravo decides to air it!
Now I just need to finish season 6. I have all of the episodes, just not in order. Its not obsessive to want them in order, is it?

No not obsessive. I would want them in order too. I guess we're the strange ones, huh. Makes more sense if they're in order, to me anyway.

Found this, and had to laugh at myself, some might know some of these things, if you have a question I or others from this area I am sure wouldn't mind answering, I am sure other areas have their own versions.


Signs You Might Be From Louisiana


1. You greet people with "Howzyamomma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"

2. Every so often, you have waterfront property

3. When giving directions you use words like "uptown", "downtown", "riverside", "lakeside", "other side of the bayou" or "other side of the levee."

4.When you refer to a geographical location "way up North", you are referring to
places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, "where it gets real cold."

5. You've ever had Community Coffee.

6.You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it.(also, Thibodaux, Opelousas,
Ponchartrain, Ouachita, Atchafalaya.)

7.You don't worry when you see ships riding higher in the river than the top of
your house.

8.You judge a po-boy by the number of napkins used. (Amen!)

9. The waitress at your local sandwich shop tells you a fried oyster po-boy
"dressed" is healthier than a Caesar salad.

10. You know the definition of "dressed".

11.You can eat Popeye's, Haydel's and Zapp's for lunch and wash it down with
Barq's and several Abitas, without losing it all on your stoop.

12. The four seasons in your year are: Crawfish, Shrimp, Crab and King Cake.

13.You "wrench" your hands in the zink with an onion bar to get the crawfish
smell off.

14.You're not afraid when someone wants to "ax you something".

15. You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.

16.You don't realize until high school what a "county" is.( We have Parishes)

17You go to buy a new winter coat (what most people would refer to as a windbreaker)
and throw your arms up in the air to make sure it allows enough room to catch Mardi
Gras beads.

18Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.

19You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team


20 You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.

21.here in Louisiana we don't call people Mr./Mrs. Last Name...we use their first
name after Mr./Mrs. I don't know why, but that is the way it has been for
yards a years. It seems comfy for us here.

I went to Bourbon Street twice, and had a blast! Went into Pat O'Brian's for a drink, the hurricane, and don't remember much after that! I did buy a t-shirt that says coon-ass on it!

Even though a lot of you might not understand what I'm talking about, I thought I'd make up my own list. This is meant to be tongue in cheek and probably tells you more about me then Albertans. Any questions, feel free to ask.

Signs you might be from Alberta

1. Edmonton or Calgary? There is no neutral ground in this debate.

2. You know how to put up a tent in five minutes or less.

3. You follow the price of oil, and actually care.

4. You've experienced/know what a blizzard and a chinook are.

5. You know someone who comes from another province or country.

6. You know exactly where to go in Banff.

7. You know Loydminister is the only place in Canada that's in two provinces.

8. You laugh at redneck jokes.

9. You know what prairie oysters are, and would never eat them. Though a steak sounds good...

Long pants and workboots are a must, regardless of the weather -- safety first.

He should pack for layering -- long sleeved shirt over a t-shirt, maybe also a hooded jacket for the wind. A poncho or rain coat, also.

I've read the 'Signs Your From California' and 'Signs you from Northern California' ones, i think they are hiliarious cause they almost 100% true.

Funny! I don't think I could come up with that many for Michigan...


We totally got dumped on in the snow department today. Started last night, all day today and still going now. So far we have 14 inches of new snow at our house. I got the thrill of delivering our pizza all over unplowed roads and streets tonight, thank good ness for 4 wheel drive explorers...Oh, btw, did you know you can get stuck in a 4 wheel drive??? Yup, its true! Took 14 deliveries on unplowed strrets and roads and did just fine: actually had fun making my own paths! Hit the 15th delivery going on a parking lot in an apartment complex that had just been plowed. Realized it was iced over under the packed down snow, sadly that was after I hit the breaks (although I was crawling, speedwise). Slide sideways into the 3 foot snow bank, at 2 miles an hour! Running boards and undercarriage filled with snow. Took the customers their dinner. Then, I decided to let the man handle the situation, before I tried it myself and made it worse. Called the hubby to come help, luckily I was in town and its not a large town. Long story short...took 45 minutes of heavy shoveling, sliding sideways down a 6 foot drop-off towards the apartments front doors and 5 people (and lots of unneeded and some actually silly advice!) and a 4 wheel drive jeep with a tow-strap = to pull it out! Took 3 more deliveries after that, on unplowed streets! and did just fine. Couldn't feel my calves by closing time, because of the caked up snow on my pants and boots,...came home stood in a hot shower for 40 minutes (wondering what Vincent and the rest of NY is up tp tonight...). Came out just in time for LOCI and SVU. Had hot tea and here I am...another day of fun tomorrow!! WhoooWeeeee!
Michigan weather, yer closer to Alaska than you think...! HA!

Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. He is convinced that it will be shorts and t-shirt weather. How low does it usually get at night? How high in the day?

Here is one for you all...it was too much to type, but it is funny...I gave you the link so you can check out others....


YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM BOSTON WHEN..

LMAO! Thank you for that entertaining and informative tour of Bostonian ways, Irish. I will be laughing about that one for a while.

That California one is kinda iffy.

I've definitely seen better--but i like the Northern California ones the best for sure.

Only if you are from California...lol...just kidding...

You know you are in San Francisco when...

lol, Wish I would have read that, before I spent those two months in cape cod, driving to the airport in Boston was challenging, Especially with the Big dig, How do you pronounce Worchester?, Had to go there and rent a u haul to come back, they wanted to much for one in Cape Cod. Of course I prounced Like the Sauce, lol. I just loved the accents up there, and of course they said, we don't have accents, you do, and they would ask me to talk so they could hear mine, lol.

67 - 69 for a high next week, lows could get into the 30's (which is darn cold for us here, lol). BUT -- it's windy.

I only encourage jeans because I don't want him to get himself scraped up working on the new home. I think it's wonderful that he's coming down just to work on a Habitat for Humanity home.

Very funny! We do #21 in Maryland too!

Thanks for the info. That is about 40 degrees higher than here in upstate NY.

He is going with a group from our church. My daughter and a few of her friends went last year and she couldn't stop talking aout it, and he was very impressed with her stories. Up until last week, he didn't even know anyone else that was going in the group. He said he didn't care. Now he knows a few people. This will cover all his confirmation/community service/honor society requirements.

He has a lot of empathy for people and I know this will give him a new appreciation for many things in his life, as it did my daughter. They are driving church vans. About a 28-hour drive.

Has anyone heard from TenneseeCIFan?

You know you are from Michigan when:

• You own only three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup
• You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit
• You have more miles on your snow blower than your car
• You have 10 favorite recipes for venison
• Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas
• You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow
• You think everyone from the city has an accent
• You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons
• You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car
• The local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports
• Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof
• You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday
• Summer takes place the second week of July (and it still rains!!)
• You know which leaves make good toilet paper
• You find -20F a little chilly
• The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer
• You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snowmobile boots
• Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout
• You know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
• The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus
• You drink "Vernors" and play "Euchre"
• You hold up your right hand, palm towards your face and thumb stretched out, as an accurate map of Michigan to explain where you live, we aren't called the "mitten" state for nothing.
• You really know what a penninsula is... and no it is not the same as an island.
• You tell all your out-of-state friends about the Mackinaw Bridge and how its one of the largest suspension bridges in the USA.
• You know what people mean when they say "the U.P.".
• You actually 'get' these jokes, and forward them to all your Michigan friends

I've been worried about her.

Thanks for the laugh about Boston and San Francisco, Irisheyes. My parents have been to both cities, and those lists are true. Kimberly, I agree with you about the -20F being a little chilly. Last week, when that was the warmest we got and everyone was complaining, I went out to MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) and bought some long johns. Now if we get cold weather again, I'll be prepared. Calgarians can be wimps, considering Edmonton has -20F weather for four months straight. Maybe that's why so many people cheer on the Oilers or Flames, because there's not much to do in the winter other then Hockey Night in Canada, winter sports (skiing, snowboarding, or curling) or going to the movies/theatre. Personally, I perfer curling up in front of the fireplace with a good book, but to each their own.

Oh, and I haven't anything from TennesseeCIfan. I hope she's all right.

Ha, yeah but im farther north than SF, and they have a whole general Northern California one.



Me too...we haven't seen her since the Torando madness..

She was the first person I thought of this morning when I read my newspaper about what had happened. I didn't realize what was going on. I did read that Tennessee was the worst hit, I think. I hope I read it right. I really hope she is ok.

The closest I can think to write the pronounciation of Worcester is : Woostah The double oo sound is like wool not woo.

I grew up in Quincy which is pronounced Quinzy.
We can tell when we get a new TV news person who isn't a local and hasn't done their homework.

We can tell that down here in Louisiana, too. Can you pronounce Nachitochez correctly?

I'm watching Jay Leno, and OMG, there is one of those "ghost" ad things in the bottom left that says "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad -- February 18", no kidding!

Mmmm Ben & Jerry's with my good friend, always cures boy trouble.

I wouldn't even dare try.

Do they really call you guys from Louisiana Coon-Asses?

Yeppers! 'Specially the ones south of I10.......

I had so much fun there! I can't find my coon-ass t-shirt though. Need to clean drawers and many closets! Yuck!

Yeah I've seen the banners for it on the site here yesterday and today. Ugh. Desperation is smelly.

Its hard to say, cause one day the high is 50, the next it could be 70s, Lows in the 40- 50 right now, we go from running the heater to the AC from one day to the next. I wear my burkinstocks with no socks no mater how cold or hot it its, lol. Only wear a coat if its lower than 60 other wise I am in short sleeves, cause then your inside and have to take the coat off.

and dam proud, lol.

Nak O tish ?


Isn't that a new show coming out, My Dad is Better than your DAd.