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Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 07:27
by Kitalpha Hart
HOO THE DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK SUCKED
Context: high wind warnings (gusts hitting 60mph) plus snowfall
To work: used snow thrower to clear out driveway. Wind kicks up right as I finish, undoing all the work I had done and then some. Ended up calling dad to have him punch through with his car (I think it's an SUV?) and get the car out cuz the turnaround is so thoroughly packed I wasn't even gonna try to get it cleared and I'm terrible at backing up. Had to use alternate route because normal one closed off cuz tree on power lines and frying everything, which meant being stuck behind school buses and getting every single red light. Oh and there's train tracks, so they gotta stop at those too
Home: wind picked up. And the snow is snowing. And it's nighttime! In town: slid a bit, but roads were...okay, I guess. Main road out of town: no one going above 35-40 but doable. Last road to home, a back road: okay yeah I'm in the other lane but I'm in whiteout conditions so I can't see. Driveway completely covered up. Got car in. Got cat in far enough that it's fully in the driveway. 100% stuck but it's off the road. Normally a 15-20 minute trip took half an hour

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 08:05
by Hotarla
Woww sounds tough.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 09:32
by Akili Li
How on earth are you going to manage tomorrow's drive in to work if your car is stuck out in the driveway all night? Won't it be iced in?
Spoiler
I moved furniture today, and since I am on the rag right now, all that movement made a complete mess. I don't know how people did it before modern sanitary products, considering what all happens even with those.
Anyhow, The Grumpies today are pretty persistent as a result. And I didn't even finish moving everything, ugh.
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Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 13:27
by Kitalpha Hart
I carpool T-Th with dad so he picks me up
Good chunk of the week is expected to be above freezing so hopefully before Friday I'll be able to get the car loose

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 18:19
by Akili Li
Someone just led a whole hoard of the Zombie boys back to Knuffeltropolis (that knuffel just immediately lends itself to visual images and imaginary storylines, doesn't it?)

So I have enough of the Darkness Gen 28 now!
There's still a few left if anyone else missed it, grab them fast.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 28th, '25, 20:45
by Hotarla
Oh myy really! Congrats on getting your zombie hoard!

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 29th, '25, 00:17
by Kuuki
Akili Li wrote: Jan 28th, '25, 18:19 Someone just led a whole hoard of the Zombie boys back to Knuffeltropolis (that knuffel just immediately lends itself to visual images and imaginary storylines, doesn't it?)

So I have enough of the Darkness Gen 28 now!
There's still a few left if anyone else missed it, grab them fast.
I ... named mine Zomba XD
Because Zombie was just too boring ^^

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 29th, '25, 01:12
by Hotarla
Lol hahah good name.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 29th, '25, 02:21
by AsheSkyler
Ugh, whiteout... The "whose lane is it anyway" game. We don't get enough snow here to get that often. Our usual weather-induced low visibility is from a lot of roads aren't properly striped, which is frustrating enough but if you're driving at night and in the rain, it's all black. You just pay attention to your seat and steering wheel for weird bumps and noises that tell you you're off the road.

@ Akili Li
Spoiler
I was told they literally sat on rags through the worst of it during less technologically advanced days. When I was being raised in church, one story that really stuck out to me is when some somebody was going through and throwing away the idols people had at home, this woman sat on her figurines. When the soldier told her to move, she dismissed him with "'tis custom among us women", implying she was both too unclean to touch and too compromised to move, and he left her alone.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Jan 29th, '25, 05:06
by Hotarla
ohh nooo, stay safe, if you're driving in whiteout conditions!

but lol, whose lane is it anyway. im sorry, that was kinda funny. even tho its not.