• Ice and snow

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Tue Jan 7 07:59:46 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    I think I'm just 2 to 3 miles from the local campus. I lived at home

    My freshman year in Colorado in the early '70s I lived at home attending
    a junior college. My sophomore year was at a commuter community college. Neither had dorms.
    When I went to WVU I lived in a few different places off campus. I never lived in a dorm. Had enough "dorm life" in the Navy sharing everything.

    working at Burger King, paid my way through college. Back then (40
    years ago), tuition was $400 a semester, with $100 for books and a $20
    yearly parking sticker

    The GI Bill at the time paid for tuition but I had to pay for everything else. I think tuition was like $250 a semester, and books were equal to
    that. I had worked part time all though college save for my first year when I lived at home.
    Never had to pay for parking. The first two were first come-first served finding a place. At WVU I walked to class.
    The last couple of semesters I "inherited" the house a friend had (the
    one I visited in NYC), which was a block from campus with a drive way! That was living large there.

    Today, dorms are all over the place, and it costs BIG BUCKS...plus,
    the freshman students are REQUIRED to live there.

    Same here.
    The university is moving away from two or more per room with a shower
    etc down the hall to units. Each unit has a common room with single bedrooms radiating around that. And private bathrooms. Unthought of in my day.

    I rode my bike and people exclaimed "You rode your bike in that?"
    I replied Well I wasn't about to walk through all the snow and ice. :)

    Good point. What was their reaction??

    They just hung their heads and sighed. :)
    Joe

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Jan 8 18:32:00 2020
    Joe,

    The GI Bill at the time paid for tuition but I had to pay for everything

    I think of the Looney Tunes cartoon, where Foghorn Leghorn refers to
    the dog as GI -- Gibbering Idiot. <G>

    The university is moving away from two or more per room with a shower
    etc down the hall to units. Each unit has a common room with single bedroom JM>radiating around that. And private bathrooms. Unthought of in my day.

    Why I am I seeing in my minds eye the baboon at the zoo banging on the
    door, and the caption "When you need to go potty really bad"?? :P

    Good point. What was their reaction??

    They just hung their heads and sighed. :)

    I do that with some of the stupid behavior I hear of today.

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Mon Jan 13 07:47:34 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    Your bike must have nice fat tires with a decent tread on them, to be
    able to mush through.... :) A pair of good boots might have made a
    decent alternative, to make walking possible... ;)

    At the time I had a mountain bike with those fat tyres.
    Actually its easier for me to ride on ice (unless I have to make a sudden turn) than snow. Riding through snow is like riding through so much sand.
    Of course now that I'm a bit older (and maybe wiser) and retired, I don't
    go out in that unless I have to. :)
    My street is bound on the north and south by Rt 60, four lanes, one way.
    The state takes care of them. The city has responsibility for my street.
    The city's snow removal program is called Spring and happens every year around March. :)
    Joe
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Fri Jan 17 15:53:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-13-20 07:47 <=-

    Your bike must have nice fat tires with a decent tread on them, to be
    able to mush through.... :) A pair of good boots might have made a
    decent alternative, to make walking possible... ;)

    At the time I had a mountain bike with those fat tyres.
    Actually its easier for me to ride on ice (unless I have to make a
    sudden turn) than snow. Riding through snow is like riding through so much sand. Of course now that I'm a bit older (and maybe wiser) and retired, I don't go out in that unless I have to. :)

    Having never managed to learn to ride a bike, I have no experience with
    either good weather or foul weather riding... but I think I understand
    what you are saying... :) And even with a car, I don't go out in foul
    weather unless I have to, either, now that I'm a bit older... ;)

    My street is bound on the north and south by Rt 60, four lanes, one
    way. The state takes care of them. The city has responsibility for my street. The city's snow removal program is called Spring and happens
    every year around March. :)

    That's earlier than ours comes... :) So then, as long as you can manage
    to get yourself to the state road, you can ride pretty easily... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sat Jan 18 06:39:18 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    Having never managed to learn to ride a bike, I have no experience with either good weather or foul weather riding

    I generally ride mine regardless of the weather. I just dress for it.
    But if I had to chose one, I would rather ride home in rain/snow than
    going to work since once home I change into something dry. :)

    So then, as long as you can manage to get yourself to the state road, you can
    ride pretty easily... :)

    Except for the crazy drivers, yes. :)
    They are bad enough in dry weather but one flake falling and they off the rails.
    I live about five or so blocks from campus. The grounds people are
    usually good about cleaning sidewalks so once I got to campus the rest of the ride was a breeze.
    Joe
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Jan 22 22:08:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-18-20 06:39 <=-

    Having never managed to learn to ride a bike, I have no experience with either good weather or foul weather riding
    I generally ride mine regardless of the weather. I just dress for
    it. But if I had to chose one, I would rather ride home in rain/snow
    than going to work since once home I change into something dry. :)

    That makes perfect sense.... unless you were able to store a dry set of
    clothes at work to change into in the circumstances... ;)

    So then, as long as you can manage to get yourself to the state road,
    you can ride pretty easily... :)
    Except for the crazy drivers, yes. :)
    They are bad enough in dry weather but one flake falling and they're
    off the rails.

    Up north here, there's less angst about snowflakes... except for the
    first storm of the season, sometimes... ;) But we do also have our
    share of crazy drivers all the same...

    I live about five or so blocks from campus. The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalks so once I got to campus the rest
    of the ride was a breeze.

    That's not all that far... and when you know there will be cleared
    sidewalks once you get there..... not bad...

    ttyl neb

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu Jan 23 05:58:04 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalks

    That's not all that far... and when you know there will be cleared
    sidewalks once you get there..... not bad...

    I've mentioned this before I'm sure.
    One day we got a snow, the light fluffy kind.
    I watched as the grounds people spread down salt with one of those push salters and following right behind was a guy with a blower. One put down
    salt, seconds later it was blown off the sidewalk.
    I asked why they didn't blow off the snow first then salt? They said
    they were told to "salt and blow" not "blow and salt". ==sigh==
    State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(
    Joe
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Jan 28 20:30:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-23-20 05:58 <=-

    The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalks
    That's not all that far... and when you know there will be cleared
    sidewalks once you get there..... not bad...

    I've mentioned this before I'm sure.
    One day we got a snow, the light fluffy kind.
    I watched as the grounds people spread down salt with one of those
    push salters and following right behind was a guy with a blower. One
    put down salt, seconds later it was blown off the sidewalk.
    I asked why they didn't blow off the snow first then salt? They
    said they were told to "salt and blow" not "blow and salt". ==sigh== State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(

    Yup... you've mentioned that before.... As I probably said before, what
    a waste of the salt... and the workers' energy.... And such a minor
    adjustment to make the orders make sense..... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sat Jan 18 12:20:00 2020
    Joe,

    They are bad enough in dry weather but one flake falling and they off the
    rails.

    So, you have been in Arkansas before. <G>

    Daryl


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Jan 23 12:02:00 2020
    Joe,

    State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(

    Your tax dollars at work. :P

    That's as bad as the picture of the sign "END ROAD WORK", noting that construction zone is now behind you.

    But, when I first saw that, I thought "Darn...even the orange barrels
    are protesting now". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to NANCY BACKUS on Wed Jan 29 09:03:00 2020
    Nancy,

    Yup... you've mentioned that before.... As I probably said before, what
    a waste of the salt... and the workers' energy.... And such a minor NB>adjustment to make the orders make sense..... ;)

    Or like with the blonde, following this dump truck, trying to get the
    drivers attention, that "he's constantly losing his load".

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Feb 13 06:46:08 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(

    Your tax dollars at work. :P

    I would see two guys watching another do something at Marshall and I join them standing around watching.
    When asked what I was doing I replied asking, "Isn't it a state law you
    need a minimum of three people to lean against a shovel watching one man
    work?" :)
    One day a fella said he didn't have a shovel to lean against and I
    suggested he file a grievance.

    That's as bad as the picture of the sign "END ROAD WORK", noting that construction zone is now behind you.

    But, when I first saw that, I thought "Darn...even the orange barrels
    are protesting now". <G>

    LOL
    Joe

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Feb 13 13:10:00 2020
    Joe,

    One day a fella said he didn't have a shovel to lean against and I
    suggested he file a grievance.

    LOL.

    That's as bad as the picture of the sign "END ROAD WORK", noting that JM>> construction zone is now behind you.

    But, when I first saw that, I thought "Darn...even the orange barrels JM>> are protesting now". <G>

    LOL

    The 2 seasons on the road are WINTER and CONSTRUCTION.

    Daryl


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