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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 11:29 PM
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i have about four inches here in federal way and it's still snowing....let's see some pics of those scions getting buried!

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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 01:46 AM
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GOGO BLIZZAKS!
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 01:57 AM
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TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!! i'm actually really sad cuz of the snow, can't get to school, work, a idiot hit my car today cuz they don't know how to drive in the snow.

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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 01:59 AM
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I LOVE SNOW!

I got everywhere with no issue at all despite watching out for idiot drivers and people with crappy tires.

I'm really happy with my Blizzaks too, they're amazing!

I got to school and work and back to school and home with no issue at all! And school was cancelled but I had to visit a teacher because of a midterm rescheduling being affected by today's cancellation, taking it tomorrow morning!
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 02:12 AM
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i know i love snow too! but this is probably the first time snow is making me mad! grr >:[
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 02:27 AM
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Just go play in it, stuff happens, not worth dwelling on it so much, it'll work itself out.
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 04:10 AM
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jenny, WOW! your still on here?
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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Im up at OHSU in portland and its coming down but not sticking. Ordered my blizzak ws70 today but won't have it installed until tomorrow evening.
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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I am here in Calexico, CA (that's on the Mexican border) waiting for a load to clear customs.. 60 deg @ 8pm.
(Nope ain't gonna make it home for turkey)
you guys & gals be very careful if you have to drive, it is supposed to get worse till Thursday, then hit again Friday & thru the weekend.
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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12 hours from Tacoma to Harborveiw to u-village and back to Tacoma..
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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got 5 inches of snow in University Place.......ugggggg......gotta try to get to Silverdale today,Mall lost power.....so I gotta get my Sears store back up......bad part is Highway 3 in Gorst is blocked with tree,highway 3 to Silverdale blocked with jackknifed semi....gonna be a long long day.....may just give up and go get some cocoa.
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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We got snow last night in Hillsboro & woke up to ice everywhere! Took me an hour & a half to get from Hillsboro to the Zoo on HWY 26..gotta love Oregon drivers
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 03:09 AM
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Left for work 9:30am.......got there around noon....highway was closed for hours so spent some time at friends in Gig Harbor......got home 7:30pm..


Miller time at the Zinn house......then back at it again tomorrow......but goodness.....then I get to eat on Turkey day and enjoy life.
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by lefty29er
12 hours from Tacoma to Harborveiw to u-village and back to Tacoma..
I feel ya.... It took me 3 hours to get from Renton to N. Tacoma last night. UGH
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 04:02 AM
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We got A LOT of snow over here in Spokane. The temp right now is -5 degrees. My tC is almost to the point where I can't see it n e more.
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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Not leaving the house in this stuff 'cause I just don't have to any more.

Spent 25 years as one of the guys on the call-out list to head in to work in the middle of the night when things broke.

Things like another big snowstorm back in '73 when it took 5 hours to get from Auburn to Seattle in my Volvo, starting from home on a call out just after midnight. Worked a 27 hour day.

Bought my first Toyota that weekend - a '74 Land Cruiser. Nice shiny beast that was, I really enjoyed that brute.

Old Nov 24, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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We didnt get that much but the ice made up for the lack of hazard of the little snow...Scott bet you wish you still had that truck right about now, huh?
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ebraking in the parking lots..




some camber for traction..hehe
Old Nov 25, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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^you have a license plate light out!
Old Nov 25, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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ya i've been thinking the unspeakable thing...looking at jeeps and going back to a truck...i wish i had the funds to have both...i got around really well actually, for not having snow tires, studs or chains, i never got stuck once.

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