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Old 01-16-2021, 11:00 PM   #1
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Default January 17, 2021: Snow Day In Austin

January 17, 2021: Snow Day In Austin

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Old 01-16-2021, 11:10 PM   #2
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/Me laughs in Michigan at your puny "snow!"

Yes, I know, even a dusting like that is unusual in TX, and I shouldn't laugh considering we've not had any serious snowfall yet to speak of, but, hey, gotta find something to laugh about right now, right?
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Old 01-17-2021, 07:36 AM   #3
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When the south gets an inch of snow, they shut the state doen

To which the Midwest says "That's nice"

New England responds with "Hold my beer!"

To which Colorado chimes in with Hold my joint!"

And finally Alaska adds "You're all adorable!"
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Old 01-17-2021, 03:12 PM   #4
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Snow day here in Montréal, too.
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Old 01-17-2021, 05:04 PM   #5
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That's cute.
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Old 01-17-2021, 10:40 PM   #6
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/Me laughs in Michigan at your puny "snow!"

Yes, I know, even a dusting like that is unusual in TX, and I shouldn't laugh considering we've not had any serious snowfall yet to speak of, but, hey, gotta find something to laugh about right now, right?
You Trolls are so cute. (Da Yooper leans back and smirks.)

(State Smack Talk Jargon Definition: MI has two peninsulas: the Upper and the Lower, joined by the Mackinac Bridge. The Lower Peninsula is Below the Bridge. What lives below bridges? Trolls. Hence, Lower Peninsula residents are Trolls. QED. Note that said jargon precedes the Internet definition of troll by several decades.)
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Old 01-18-2021, 05:30 AM   #7
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You Trolls are so cute. (Da Yooper leans back and smirks.)

(State Smack Talk Jargon Definition: MI has two peninsulas: the Upper and the Lower, joined by the Mackinac Bridge. The Lower Peninsula is Below the Bridge. What lives below bridges? Trolls. Hence, Lower Peninsula residents are Trolls. QED. Note that said jargon precedes the Internet definition of troll by several decades.)
You Yoopers, gee, ain't you gotta case a beer to finish to try to keep warm up there by the North Pole?

;-)

(So, where about in Mi are you? Macomb County here)
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Old 01-18-2021, 11:14 AM   #8
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Hey, it's a big deal for us down here! :)

I had some friends whose kids got to build their first snowmen ever, because we only get enough to even make small ones every handful of years. And it does shut us down when we get moderate storms (mostly when there's ice) because Austin has a lot of elevated roadways, and only a small fleet of sand trucks to treat the roads (like one truck per 50,000 people or so). We're just not built for it here.

But have your fun poking at us, we'll just return the favor in August. :)
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Old 01-18-2021, 01:10 PM   #9
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You Yoopers, gee, ain't you gotta case a beer to finish to try to keep warm up there by the North Pole?

;-)

(So, where about in Mi are you? Macomb County here)
I'm in MN now. But originally I'm from Delta County, at the very northern tip of Lake Michigan. Ironically, that area was known as "The Banana Belt" locally. The local geography made a microclimate that was statistically warmer and had lower snowfall than pretty much the rest of the UP.
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