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  • John
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Oct 2003
    • 5117

    #1

    What the ????

    Is all of this white stuff on the ground here in the Dallas area this morning That stuff is supposed to happen to other people, not us living in Texas. There must be 3 inches of it on the ground, and it's still coming down. Hmmm, I'll bet I could do some wicked donuts in it though My kids are freakin'. They don't get to see it very often. There will be a bunch of accidents, I'll bet. These people don't get to drive in this stuff very often, so they aren't experiencedin winter driving. Good thing it's not a week day. The freeways would be at a stand still.
  • mitch
    XSive Maximus
    • Oct 2002
    • 934
    • fredericton new brunswick canada

    #2
    Snow

    Thank you lord for punishing those Texans who were teasing us people in the snow bound areas LMAO........MITCH
    Doug Mitchell
    82 XJ1100 sold
    2006 Suzuki C90 SE 1500 CC Cruiser sold
    2007 Stratoliner 1900 sold
    1999 Honda Valkyrie interstate
    47 years riding and still learning, does that make me a slow learner?

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    • xssiveone
      XSive Maximus
      • Jul 2002
      • 766
      • Windsor,Ontario,Canada

      #3
      Hey, now you get to know how the rest of the world lives.
      Brian
      1978E Midlife Crisis - A work in progress
      1984 Kawasaki 550 Ltd - Gone, but not forgotten

      A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people
      remembering the same thing!

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      • sixtysix
        No XS but XSive as can be!
        • Jun 2002
        • 1958
        • Central New York State

        #4
        It's snowing in Dallas? The end of the world may not be far behind.....
        Gary Granger
        Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
        2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono

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        • John
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Oct 2003
          • 5117

          #5
          But I grew up in Maine! I could care if I ever see it again. It's saturday, dammit! Let me sleep, if I can't go for a ride

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          • Dragonrider
            XS-XJ Guru
            • Jul 2002
            • 1219
            • Garland, Texas

            #6
            Okay . . . well I wasn't going to do this to you but . . .

            WoooHoooo! The perfect winter storm!

            We have 6-7 inches of snow on the ground and it is still coming hard. Fun!

            "Why the excitement?" my winter weary northern types might ask . . .

            Believe me I am not naรฏve about winter storms. I have been in some killers . . . I just do not live where snowstorms are a regular event.

            Well you have to understand . . . we do have some winter here . . . but rarely is it snow. Typically we get ice . . . sometimes 6-7 inches of it. This is actually a natural disaster akin to a tornado or thunderstorm . . . weโ€™re talking powerlines down. Entire cities without power for days. Gasoline unavailable. Stores closed for days. Crews all summer ruthlessly hacking down trees around power lines just on the possibility of a winter storm.

            People killed when 100 pound icicles fall off bridges. Roofs collapsing (6 inches of ice weighs in at something like 7 feet of snow, and you cannot brush or shovel it off). Cars actually frozen to the ground in driveways. Massive carnage on the freeways . . . as schools and employers got to much money at stake to recognize that the roads are actually dangerous. Sheets of ice falling off large buildings. Video of busses sliding down the 120 foot tall overpasses sweeping dozens of cars along behind them.

            This time it is snow! Just snow! Kids can play in it! Snow-men can be built! There is not 6 inches of ice underneath a dusting to make driving, or even walking deceptively dangerous.

            We have snow! Inches of it! Pretty!

            And the best part? What makes this โ€œthe perfect stormโ€?

            Well . . . we are going to have south winds tomorrow and temperatures in the 50โ€™s. Snow for a day! Pretty winter! Then, poof, gone. Iโ€™ll be riding the Dragon to work Monday.

            Gotta love those Texas winters!
            CUAgain,
            Daniel Meyer
            Author. Adventurer. Electrician.
            Find out why...It's About the Ride.

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            • John
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • Oct 2003
              • 5117

              #7
              Originally posted by Dragonrider


              People killed when 100 pound icicles fall off bridges. Roofs collapsing (6 inches of ice weighs in at something like 7 feet of snow, and you cannot brush or shovel it off). Cars actually frozen to the ground in driveways. Massive carnage on the freeways . . . as schools and employers got to much money at stake to recognize that the roads are actually dangerous. Sheets of ice falling off large buildings. Video of busses sliding down the 120 foot tall overpasses sweeping dozens of cars along behind them.

              Oh, the Humanity!!!

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              • stuart
                XSive
                • Jan 2004
                • 27
                • aberdeenshire scotland....

                #8
                snow

                holy s**t maybe we dont have it so bad after all in the uk.......

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                • strom
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 1577
                  • Slovenia, EU

                  #9
                  winter sucks...

                  LP
                  If it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
                  (stole that one from I-dont-know-who)

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                  • scoobes
                    XStremely XSive
                    • Jun 2003
                    • 454
                    • formby,which is near liverpool england.

                    #10
                    the only snow we saw in southport near liverpool(for all you who have never heard of it)was on the telly it was nice to wash the car when every body else was snow bound.

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                    • sksxs1100
                      XStremely XSive
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 331
                      • Bridge city,TX (Beaumont area)

                      #11
                      If we get 6 inches of snow here in Beaumont,Tx (by the gulf)... then I will worry about the end of he world...lol
                      Shawn
                      78 XS1100E "Black Rat"
                      78 XS1100E Parts
                      www.hotrod1972.com

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                      • desert1
                        XSive Maximus
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 750
                        • Grand Desert, Nova Scotia, Can.

                        #12
                        Thanx Texas

                        Thanx Texas for taking some of the snow off our Northern backs.....mighty big of yah! ......ha, ha, ha

                        Winter sucks, eh!

                        Bruce
                        Bruce Doucette
                        Phone #1 902 827 3217

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                        • chevy45412001
                          XS-XJ Guru
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 1412
                          • Jacksonville Florida

                          #13
                          Ok how does this sound studed rear tire remove front wheel replace with a wide ski and hit the trails until march....lol
                          1982 XJ 1100
                          going strong after 60,000 miles

                          The new and not yet improved TRIXY
                          now in the stable. 1982 xj11, 18,000miles

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                          • John
                            XS-XJ Super Guru
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 5117

                            #14
                            4-5 inches of snow on saturday, and in the 60's yesterday. 70's by thursday. Rode to work. Gotta love those Texas winters.

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                            • wildbill
                              XStremely XSive
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 346
                              • western NC

                              #15
                              Sounds more like flu weather to me snow one day be summertime the next.Ice is by far the worse.Give me snow anytime.Now you need some cold weather to freeze the bugs out but I think they just sleep closer togather.We dodged one the other day{snow storm}just got a trace.The timber all froze down.Living on a gravel road,learn to stay on the gravel to get off is to get stuck.The worse is yet to come the spring thaw when everything turns to mud. Catch you on the rerun.
                              Bill Harvell

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