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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 23, 2016 20:03:06 GMT -5
What I did during the Winter Storm Jonas:
Knowing what was coming, I went to some local libraries earlier in the week and brought home a ton of CDs and Audiobooks to download for later listening. The audiobooks I got include
Skyjack- The story of D.B. Cooper The Storm Of The Century by Al Roker regarding the Gulf Hurricane of 1900 Luke Skywalker Can't Read by Ryan Britt-Nerdy observations of pop culture Skymore Row-John Grisham One Man Against The World by Tim Weiner The downfall of Nixon including the final secret tapes declassified The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney St. Marx is Dead-The history of the famous street in Greenwich Village
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 23, 2016 21:19:42 GMT -5
My mother and brother in Southside Virginia tell me that the snow stopped at about 2pm today (Saturday) after two and a half days of snowfall. Accumulation is a bit less than a foot, and the temperature is still below freezing but will warm up rapidly starting tomorrow morning. Temperatures were low during the storm, about 24 degrees the whole time, and the wind was strong. The combination of low humidity and deep freeze made the snow light, and the wind blew it off of roofs, trees, and electric wires before it could accumulate to dangerous levels. Their neighbor plowed the street and driveways, so my brother expects to be able to get to work tomorrow for the first time since the snow started.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 23, 2016 21:37:46 GMT -5
Central Park snow accumulation as of 9PM is 25.1 inches, third highest in history. Still not over
Watching the movie Trainwreck right now. LeBron James is slam dunking it
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 23, 2016 22:41:38 GMT -5
I was lucky to be off today and I only stepped outside to dig a small path for my dogs to have a place to pee.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 24, 2016 2:48:30 GMT -5
Well the storm is just about over and I'm seeing reports of 30.5 inches of snow for JFK airport in NYC. This could be the all-time snowfall in this region since Mastodon Meat was served at the local Diner Cave. Not gonna be fun getting around tomorrow
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 26, 2016 1:09:20 GMT -5
Should have posted this earlier but the final Central Park official snow accumulation came in at .1 inch below the record. Oh soo close. I blame this on Coldwater skimming off some snow to take back home . It looked nice for awhile but now you can see black specks encrusted on top as well as yellow splotches. Come on back Coldwater and grab some more
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 6:55:06 GMT -5
Should have posted this earlier but the final Central Park official snow accumulation came in at .1 inch below the record. Oh soo close. I blame this on Coldwater skimming off some snow to take back home . It looked nice for awhile but now you can see black specks encrusted on top as well as yellow splotches. Come on back Coldwater and grab some more No, no. You can keep your yellow and dirty snow. I only come by when the snow is fresh. And, I totally wish I could have taken some of your snow! It warmed up over night here, and my allergies have been bonkers the past 3 days. UGH.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 26, 2016 11:36:47 GMT -5
I ate yellow snow once. It tasted...funny.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 26, 2016 12:14:21 GMT -5
DE tries to warn you about bananas. I am sure that applies to banana snow cones too Confessor.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 13:09:11 GMT -5
Dear Everyone
I just got an e-mail from one of my older brother who informed me that my Dad has passed away at the age of 86 and now I'm no longer have my Parents anymore. My Mom passed away in 2012 and because of this shocking news and I was informed that he was doing so much better two days ago and utterly speechless knowing that he died in his sleep. He was in a temporary nursing home and was scheduled to go back home in a day or two and now died in his sleep unexpectedly.
He died a couple of hours ago in his sleep.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 26, 2016 13:26:24 GMT -5
Man, I'm really sad to hear that, MG. Losing a parent is a terrible ordeal to go through, especially if you're close to them. I still miss my Dad every day and he's been gone some 8 years now. I really do feel for you. I know this is poor consolation or solace, but my thoughts are with you right now. Keep strong, my friend.
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Post by Mormel on Jan 26, 2016 13:28:26 GMT -5
Dear EveryoneI just got an e-mail from one of my older brother who informed me that my Dad has passed away at the age of 86 and now I'm no longer have my Parents anymore. My Mom passed away in 2012 and because of this shocking news and I was informed that he was doing so much better two days ago and utterly speechless knowing that he died in his sleep. He was in a temporary nursing home and was scheduled to go back home in a day or two and now died in his sleep unexpectedly. He died a couple of hours ago in his sleep. My God, Mecha. That's terrible. I am so sorry for your loss.
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Post by Mormel on Jan 26, 2016 13:38:09 GMT -5
Confessor: I'm not the wisest member of the board, but I'd say if you've fallen out of love with ASM over the post-JMS issues, you're probably best off letting go of them. Getting credits for them so you can buy some more expensive back issues sounds like the way to go. I decided to stop collecting Uncanny X-Men at the #500 mark precisely because I wasn't enjoying the post-M-Day setting quite as much. I did buy a couple of later X-Men TPBs and liked them, but it helped that there was no 'pressure' of keeping up with a series.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 26, 2016 13:57:43 GMT -5
Confessor: I'm not the wisest member of the board, but I'd say if you've fallen out of love with ASM over the post-JMS issues, you're probably best off letting go of them. Getting credits for them so you can buy some more expensive back issues sounds like the way to go. I decided to stop collecting Uncanny X-Men at the #500 mark precisely because I wasn't enjoying the post-M-Day setting quite as much. I did buy a couple of later X-Men TPBs and liked them, but it helped that there was no 'pressure' of keeping up with a series. Thanks for the advice, Mormel. In case anyone's wondering what he's talking about, I briefly posted some text about how I'm considering letting a load of post-2008 issues of ASM go. But when I saw MechaGodzilla's awful news, it seemed inappropriate to post it in the wake of that, so I edited my post to express my condolences.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 26, 2016 13:58:35 GMT -5
Here's my deleted post, which Mormel is referencing in his post...
I'm mulling over a big comic-related decision at the moment and would welcome any advice. I'm considering stopping buying Amazing Spider-Man, which has always been my favourite superhero title, and selling my complete run from 2008 (the end of the J. Micheal Strazynski run) to the present day, which is around 200+ issues.
Parts of the recent-ish Dan Slott run have been enjoyable, but parts of it have been a bit dull and I think I've just been buying ASM as a matter of habit. Prior to that, the post-One More Day stories were pretty damn awful, with some really shitty artwork at times too, but again I sort of just kept buying the series because I desperately wanted it to get better -- Spidey's my #1 favourite superhero character, after all. Recently, with Marvel having made Peter Parker the millionaire CEO of Parker Industries, a huge multi-national corporation with offices all over the world, it just seems like this isn't a character that is supposed to be a down on his luck everyman anymore. The last few issues of ASM have been enjoyable enough reads, sure, but they also seem strangely lightweight and this Peter Parker just doesn't feel like my Spider-Man.
The really telling thing for me though is that, while I'm often inspired to go back and re-read particular issues of ASM from between it's inception in 1963 right up to 2008, at no point in the last 7 years have I ever been inspired to want to re-read the post-Strazynski issues. That says a lot.
If I do decide to sell those issues, the idea would be to sell them in bulk to a UK based online comic store (probably Silver Acre) and see if they will give me store credit, rather than cash. Then use that credit to buy some older and more expensive comics that I will want to read and re-read.
But I dunno, it's a big step. I'm a huge fan of Spider-Man, but I'm just not sure I'll ever want to read those post-2008 issues of ASM again.
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