the only time i'm ok with ice is if there is an ice base covered by snow. then i can use the sled with the runners on the bottom. otherwise you need a LOT of snow that has been packed down for it to work well and not just sink to the concrete. like during the last snow, if the coverage on the roads was a little more comprehensive, after like a day or so of cars driving on it, it got packed down and icy. but it wasn't exactly enough snow so there were uncovered spots which clearly doesn't work out for sledding.

and the sled with the runners is the best sled for sledding purposes. way better than a saucer or a toboggan which seem to be the only things that are ever useful around here

SOMETIMES if you get enough snow you can go down the hills on a saucer first to pack all the snow down and then try the good sled. but there still needs to be a lot of snow and a little ice definitely helps.

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 9:20 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2011 9:19:29 PM

coming down really damn hard here... probably an inch in about 30 min

1/9/2011 9:20:05 PM

the bread thing is in case the power goes out. you dont have to cook sammiches

1/9/2011 9:21:59 PM

when the power goes out i use the grill

or other fire source that does not require power, such as a regular fire

enjoy your sandwiches, bitches!

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 9:23 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2011 9:23:07 PM

Quote :

"and the sled with the runners is the best sled for sledding purposes. way better than a saucer or a toboggan which seem to be the only things that are ever useful around here"

this is true, but the danger level goes up quite a bit with them

There is a hill by the Wells College student union in upstate NY that I used to go sledding down all the time, and at the very bottom of the hill is a building. With those old school flexible flyer sleds, we had to be extremely careful not to slam into the building since they seem to go on forever if the conditions are right.

1/9/2011 9:23:50 PM

there are hundreds of things you can eat that dont require cooking, dont understand why sandwiches are always the only thing mentioned

1/9/2011 9:23:55 PM

^^ oh my god that is the sled i have!!! they seriously FLY. when we were little we'd do triple deckers on them, dad, me, then my brother. my brother and i ALWAYS flew off at high speeds.

its funny when you're having that much fun though you don't notice how much shit hurts until way later when you look at all the bruises haha.

i watched a home video recently, i need to put it on here it is retarded, of me trying to sled down our driveway when i'm like 8-10 on the flyer sled and turn out of our drive way and then sled down the street. my dad is at the bottom recording and keeps telling me to turn harder but every time i don't turn hard enough and hit the side of the ditch across the street and fly off the sled. i do it like 10 times. then i think my dad gave up on me. lol.

i typically do stomach down and steer with my hands on those. then you fly face first into whatever you're going towards haha. sometimes you can sit up and hold the string to steer but i think that is for pussies

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2011 9:25:28 PM

Quote :

"its funny when you're having that much fun though you don't notice how much shit hurts until way later when you look at all the bruises haha."

That is definitely true. I had some rough days on that hill (it has to be at least a tenth of a mile long, and it's steep enough to get you going FAST)

The string is worthless, really. Use your hands face first if you're by yourself, use your feet sitting up if there are other passengers.

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 9:30 PM. Reason : [-]

1/9/2011 9:27:54 PM

hahaha. its so fun though!! until you smash into something or realize you're going to and have to do a kamikaze dive off of it at high speeds

now i want to go sledding dammit! but ONLY with that sled

1/9/2011 9:28:54 PM

i grew up using a runner sled. but last year i was introduced to these:

bad ass



[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 9:34 PM. Reason : x]

1/9/2011 9:32:51 PM

all I have is cereal, soup, and crackers

no beer, just a celebratory Four Loko

hopefully I'm not going to get screwed

1/9/2011 9:33:26 PM

i have beer but need some firewood and some

1/9/2011 10:07:26 PM

Damn this storm

1/9/2011 10:14:15 PM

I really hope the office is closed before we drive in to work!

1/9/2011 10:21:46 PM

i don't mind going into work tomorrow, but so help me, i had better get tuesday off...

1/9/2011 10:23:12 PM

i dont care if it snows as long as its all gone by thursday

1/9/2011 10:25:42 PM

I wish it would get motivated. I don't want to work monday and have tuesday off However the little get-together monday would go better

1/9/2011 10:33:53 PM

it isn't even supposed to start until after 12pm tomorrow, right. or that is when the like 50% chance begins. so...looks like tuesday. i already had tuesday off. RATS

but if it looks like it actually might do anything sled worthy, i'm going to force tschudi to sleep over here so i'll have a sledding buddy

but its just going to be sleet so i need to stop getting my hopes up

OR i had better sleep there and bring my sled that way if something major DID happen and we could sled and a bar was open, we would be within sledding distance

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 10:36 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2011 10:35:27 PM

haha i havent been sledding in a while

1/9/2011 10:42:57 PM

wral has turned around and update their "hourly graphic" chart snow starting at 8am and ending at 5pm. no 35 degrees on that chart either. but, after 5 the mix bag comes in. if you click on the more info on that chart you'll see1-3 in. and in the mix area you'll see 2-4 in. abc is revising their accums too from barely 1 to like 1-2in. nbc says 1-3. huffman says 1-4.

1/9/2011 10:43:40 PM

WRAL revised to 8AM as the start?

NCSU might cancel Monday (first day of the Spring semester) last minute. Currently I was guessing they're roll out a cancel for afternoon classes around 6AM or something.

1/9/2011 11:00:04 PM

would guess 3-4 inches already, supposed to continue until late AM tomorrow

1/9/2011 11:06:17 PM

hummm.. and i was planning on riding my motocicle to school. we shall see

1/9/2011 11:06:40 PM

i am still sticking to the weather channel

which has "snow showers"

little accumulation

and 50+ chance after 1pm

the morning still says like 20 percent chance. that ain't no thing.

1/9/2011 11:10:50 PM

go to wral's weather page and look at the graphic that list weather by the hour. if you click on various things on the graphic is says 1-3 then another sayd 2-4.... so not what he said on air in his little snippet.

1/9/2011 11:12:18 PM

that chart is really cool...i don't have much faith in wral's snow forecasts though. they always disappoint.

i think i'll bring boots with me to work tomorrow. i think i'm getting sick & it'd be nice to have a day off on tuesday or something.

1/9/2011 11:13:01 PM

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 11:18 PM. Reason : d]

1/9/2011 11:15:13 PM

the wral hourly chart, write-up, and what fish just said on his quick snippet at the opening to the news is all contradictory. get it together... or at least say, "we don't have a clue"

1/9/2011 11:16:08 PM

Quote :

"It should be a cloudy morning. Expect a mixed bag of snow, sleet (ice pellets) and freezing rain. The snow is predicted to end near 11:00am with total accumulations for this event around 8 inches. Temperatures will drop from 26 early this morning to the low for the day of 26 at 10:00am. "

GEEZ (Fayetteville)

1/9/2011 11:21:13 PM

my prediction is: no snow at all

GOING OUT ON A LIMB PEOPLE

1/9/2011 11:22:05 PM

^^ where are those photos taken?

1/9/2011 11:24:18 PM

Atlanta

1/9/2011 11:28:23 PM

i hadn't looked outside in a while and at first i jumped out of bed to look out the window

1/9/2011 11:31:31 PM

I typically have that effect on chicks

1/9/2011 11:33:24 PM

my sister is just getting out of her show in ATL

I wish I were there now....they've gotten better snow than us so far this year!

1/9/2011 11:34:42 PM

still falling pretty hard here

1/9/2011 11:48:33 PM

1/9/2011 11:54:20 PM

Although nothing will close and I'll still have to work, I hope this 6" of snow actually hits Boston.

1/9/2011 11:57:24 PM

goddamnit NCSU just cancel my classes already

1/9/2011 11:58:29 PM

1/10/2011 6:36:19 AM

the high on my weather for today changed from last night's low 30s to now like 37-38

this is some bullshit

1/10/2011 7:28:38 AM

oh shit, kadwackle is pissed.

1/10/2011 7:30:59 AM

wilmington nc,

fucking coming down hard.

1/10/2011 7:37:14 AM

I made it about 2 miles away from my apartment in about 45 minutes before I gave up and came back home. Looks like I've got the day off!

1/10/2011 7:40:32 AM

Nothing in Raleigh so far

1/10/2011 7:58:32 AM

^where are you again?

1/10/2011 7:58:42 AM

1/10/2011 8:03:43 AM

I may have to quit watching news14 just because I can't take hearing that traffic guy anymore

1/10/2011 8:05:18 AM

We've got a nice dusting in Morehead City at the moment.

1/10/2011 8:08:37 AM

I may have to opt out of driving to New Bern today and just work from the house.

1/10/2011 8:11:00 AM