Comments on: Fear of Snow http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/ The WGMD 92.7 FM Delmarva Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Mixon http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-681 John Mixon Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:44:11 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-681 Did you call me a name, you {ADMIN EDIT} and the horse you {ADMIN EDIT}. Did you call me a name, you {ADMIN EDIT} and the horse you {ADMIN EDIT}.

]]> By: commonsense http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-670 commonsense Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:51:03 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-670 hey! don't edit my posts without acknowledging that you edited them. A simple {admin edit} would suffice. hey! don’t edit my posts without acknowledging that you edited them. A simple {admin edit} would suffice.

]]> By: commonsense http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-669 commonsense Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:06:24 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-669 <p>i may, or may not. you never know...{ADMIN EDIT}. </p> i may, or may not. you never know…{ADMIN EDIT}.

]]> By: John Mixon http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-664 John Mixon Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:59:57 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-664 It's been done before. I know of a few teams who have spent every day of their vacations at one of our events. They didn't win them all but they sure had fun trying! Do you currently play at any of our locations? It’s been done before. I know of a few teams who have spent every day of their vacations at one of our events. They didn’t win them all but they sure had fun trying!

Do you currently play at any of our locations?

]]> By: commonsense http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-661 commonsense Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-661 i was thinking of taking my trivia team on the road and just following you around collecting the prizes wherever you went. i was thinking of taking my trivia team on the road and just following you around collecting the prizes wherever you went.

]]> By: John Mixon http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-658 John Mixon Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:18:12 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-658 Wonder1 - that's exactly when I was there! That's the exact storm I was referring to! Small world. Perry and Amish Electrician - The drive inside the gated community would have been very short and much safer than public roads. Back up and take a look at the big picture. I am speaking of the fear that 'chance of snow' brings out in folks and I am using (attempting) humor to convey my points. Nancy and RonR understood that this was a PRIVATE event inside a PRIVATE community. Obviously I was not putting the call out for folks from Dewey to travel to the Peninsula,... they couldn't even get in! Wonder1 - that’s exactly when I was there! That’s the exact storm I was referring to!

Small world.

Perry and Amish Electrician - The drive inside the gated community would have been very short and much safer than public roads. Back up and take a look at the big picture. I am speaking of the fear that ‘chance of snow’ brings out in folks and I am using (attempting) humor to convey my points.

Nancy and RonR understood that this was a PRIVATE event inside a PRIVATE community. Obviously I was not putting the call out for folks from Dewey to travel to the Peninsula,… they couldn’t even get in!

]]> By: wonder1 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-657 wonder1 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:40:19 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-657 I guess you weren't here in '94/'95 when we had the fabulous ice storm that knocked out power for a couple of weeks. When everything in your house is electric (because gas pipelines don't exist) and the blower on your oil heater is electric and you have a well and no water for 14 days give me a call, k? Not everyone lives in a subdivision - heck, were there even really subdivisions here back then? I was on a farm 1/2 a mile from the nearest neighbor with trees coming down and the sound of cracking wood that never stopped. Many, many people had similar experiences - roads never touched by DOT/county/municipalities, going out and chipping ice off cars and the ground to melt water to simply flush, roofs damaged from the ice and no way to deal with it without power - and in some cases (including ours) no phone for several days. Cell phones weren't nearly as prevalent then and in many cases the towers were out anyway. I live in a city now and even though I have gas heat and water heater as well as municipal water I still feel the draw to fill the washer and bathtubs with water (finally broke myself of that one). I lived in High Point, NC - a few miles from W-S, during the snow in 2000 (about 18" of snow) and it took us about 5 days to get out from that because of a lack of preparedness by everyone involved. Personally, I'd rather have my French Toast Fixings - they do the supermarket raid here in NC, too - because it's all part of the anticipation and preparation for something potentially going wrong (like in 2000). I drive and walk in snow maybe once a year - I'd rather not have an accident or fall and break something even going 20 feet. Maybe your neighbors felt the same way... I guess you weren’t here in ‘94/’95 when we had the fabulous ice storm that knocked out power for a couple of weeks. When everything in your house is electric (because gas pipelines don’t exist) and the blower on your oil heater is electric and you have a well and no water for 14 days give me a call, k? Not everyone lives in a subdivision - heck, were there even really subdivisions here back then? I was on a farm 1/2 a mile from the nearest neighbor with trees coming down and the sound of cracking wood that never stopped. Many, many people had similar experiences - roads never touched by DOT/county/municipalities, going out and chipping ice off cars and the ground to melt water to simply flush, roofs damaged from the ice and no way to deal with it without power - and in some cases (including ours) no phone for several days. Cell phones weren’t nearly as prevalent then and in many cases the towers were out anyway.

I live in a city now and even though I have gas heat and water heater as well as municipal water I still feel the draw to fill the washer and bathtubs with water (finally broke myself of that one). I lived in High Point, NC - a few miles from W-S, during the snow in 2000 (about 18″ of snow) and it took us about 5 days to get out from that because of a lack of preparedness by everyone involved.

Personally, I’d rather have my French Toast Fixings - they do the supermarket raid here in NC, too - because it’s all part of the anticipation and preparation for something potentially going wrong (like in 2000). I drive and walk in snow maybe once a year - I’d rather not have an accident or fall and break something even going 20 feet. Maybe your neighbors felt the same way…

]]> By: RonR http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-652 RonR Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-652 You tell 'em Nancy! Yes, everyone had only about 20 feet to travel. They were not part of a gambling junket flying in from Vegas. You tell ‘em Nancy! Yes, everyone had only about 20 feet to travel. They were not part of a gambling junket flying in from Vegas.

]]> By: Pat Patterson http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-651 Pat Patterson Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:19:33 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-651 Come experience lake effect. Then we'll talk... Come experience lake effect. Then we’ll talk…

]]> By: Nancy Cleveland http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-650 Nancy Cleveland Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:00:53 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/29/fear-of-snow/#comment-650 I don't think they had that far to go...gated community (read that tightly guarded!) only residents would participate, no? I don’t think they had that far to go…gated community (read that tightly guarded!) only residents would participate, no?

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