Nato Unravelled 2

[Misotu]

Er, well um. You see, this is America. And although I live just a few hundred miles from the Canadian border and just 100 miles from where moose (mooses? meese?) roam through the wastelands, SNOW strikes terror into the staunch American heart it appears. Of course, the treacherous fluffy white substance appears every year, and every year it is greeted with horror, alarm and a confusion about how to handle it

Articulated lorries were banned from 5am today state-wide, in case they get stuck and block the roads. All work places closed today, schools didn't open at all. We had ... um ... 4 inches of snow. We're expecting a further 12-18 inches overnight, apparently, which will be fun. If that happens, the state is empowered to declare an emergency, should it choose to do so, and *forbid* people to travel on the roads until further notice ... Bread, milk, salt, grit and generators are completely sold out round here. Fresh food is somewhat scarce too.

I called the local cable TV company to book an installation in my new place and was told to go away unless I have an "emergency". Now I can understand an "emergency" if your power is out, say. But what do you think constitutes a "cable TV emergency"? Any and all enlightenment gratefully received.

It would be funny if it weren't so damned inconvenient right now.

Mis the Desperate (being hounded by the pregnant-buyer-from-Hell's attorney. Apparently I am contractually bound to hand-carry the entire contents of a 4-bedroom house 25 miles to my new abode, if necessary. Or they sue )

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Turn whatever it is went off to Big_C

[Misotu]

Latest update - everything is closing, my husband has been told not to come into work until Wednesday earliest and the guy in the liquor store says we're heading for a State Emergency.

Which, for the uninitiated (like I was) means a 24-hour curfew on the general public until it's lifted again.

Gulp.

But ... undaunted, the valiant Mis struggles on at the computer and forwards 2106 to Big_C ...

[Tau Ceti]

2108 to Googlie.

quote: All work places closed today, schools didn't open at all. We had ... um ... 4 inches of snow.

ROTFL! I suppose that partly explains why the increase in the greenhouse effect does not seem to particularly worry the typical American.

quote: We're expecting a further 12-18 inches overnight, apparently, which will be fun.

That IS rather a lot, but still not quite emergency material. Oh well.

quote: But what do you think constitutes a "cable TV emergency"?

This IS the US, right? Surely not having it is an emergency?

quote: Apparently I am contractually bound to hand-carry the entire contents of a 4-bedroom house 25 miles to my new abode, if necessary. Or they sue

Yep, this is the US all right.

[Aredhran]

Sorry to hear about your problems Mis.

On the bright side of things though, being stuck at home because the State forbids you to get out probably means you'll get an overdose of SMAC

Good luck
Aredhran

[Misotu]

Thanks for the good wishes gang I'm back now, anyway. In the end it was about 12 inches of snow in total, so we managed to get all the furniture out of the house, just the small stuff and storage to go now.

My boxes and I are installed in the new temporary place. Small, but with a very nice deck overlooking a river gorge and facing the sunset ... am looking forward to sipping chilled wine out there in a couple of months

Am now on the internet (just! but it's a lash-up so I could lose my connection for a while again while it's properly installed. Won't be more than a day though). Dial-up instead of cable modem of course.

So hopefully my problems are over, provided I can get the rest of the house cleared in a couple of days. Needless to say, I won't be checking in as often as usual until the boxes are unpacked and I have found a number of vital items cunningly concealed by my husband.

2108 to Big_C

[Misotu]

2109 to Big_C

[Tau Ceti]

Welcome back, Mis! Hope you enjoy your new place!

2110 to Googlie.

[Misotu]

Thanks Tau

2110 is off to Big_C

[Tau Ceti]

2111 to Googlie.

[Googlie]

2111 to Misotu

[Misotu]

2111 to Big_C

[Tau Ceti]

2112 to Googlie.

[Googlie]

2112 to Misotu

[Misotu]

2112 to Big_C

[big_canuk]

Mission Control, we have a problem. I am at Libraian, I think. (24 ecs to switch SE). Are we all at 24, or is one at 40? How about NU1?