Snowbound! Part 4!

[road_baby]

First off, I want to thank you all for the lovely well wishes! You guys are the best! Things here are going okay though I did have to cancel a doctor appointment so I've been sweating over getting my meds in time. I needed to distract myself some so, I had to snark. It's really weird reading about a blizzard when it's in the 70s. And that there's a

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[anabellabobella]

Um, when she got divorced, stupid. Did you really think she'd keep wearing it?

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So, she was wearing gloves but somehow Stacey noticed she wasn't wearing her wedding ring anymore.

Some divorced people keep them on a while and Stacey could have noticed the lack of ring earlier.

Maureen blinks the headlights and Stacey starts panicking that he could be a murderer.

Dammit, Stacey. Take your chances. Staying in the car overnight is guaranteed death in a blizzard. That's why Maureen is smart enough to take this chance, though she's still plenty stupid.

Also, Richard? Honey? They wouldn't be able to call you anyway with the power out.

Oh, you child of the non-corded era. The phones with cords don't use electricity.

The next morning Claudia makes the kids breakfast and then gives them maple syrup over fresh snow.

Real maple syrup is expensive. This is also yummy to do. The syrup hardens like candy.

The next day, Mme Noelle announces that the coffee shop across the street invited the whole school over for free breakfast. I find that a little hard to believe.

This is believable since the pastries would be the day-old stuff that the shop wouldn't sell. Since the town is shut down, no new deliveries. But still, makes me wonder how the show knew.... And what happened to the school's big ol' kitchen?

[road_baby]

Stacey only notices Maureen's lack of a ring in the car. Also, lol! I'm probably the oldest member of this comm so I def remember corded phones. I don't remember that they would stay on when the power was out but we never had many outages. But in the book they mention that the phones are out along with the power. I've always wanted to try the maple syrup over snow thing but I've never even seen snow my whole life.

[anabellabobella]

Ah, it wasn't clear that she didn't notice it until the car. X-ray vision!

Over or under 40? 30?

Yeah, the old corded phones weren't power. They plugged into the jack, but no power source unless they were cordless. Even today, it's a good idea to keep a corded phone in your home in case of emergency since you can still plug it in and call 911, even without service, even when the power is out. Since they're hard wire, you don't have the problem of bad weather knocking out cell service, which happens if the weather is too bad that it interrupts the digital signals.

Your profile says Arizona. I thought parts of Arizona got snow. I love blizzards, and am pissed we've been screwed out of a real winter this year. If you ever get the chance to see snow, you should take it. It's fun stuff, and does taste good!

[road_baby]

I just turned 35 in the 14th! Being born right at the beginning of January meant I was always older than all my friends in school. I live in Phoenix so nope, no snow for me. I've never been to anywhere up in Northern AZ where they do get snow. I am moving to the Northwest though so hopefully I'll get to see some sometime in my lifetime!

[anabellabobella]

A fellow 1980's baby!

What part of the PNW? That's where I am, in yet ol' NW. :)

[road_baby]

Aw, yeah! 1980 girls high-five! I'm going to be moving to Seattle! I just need to save the money and for my besties to find a place big enough that we can afford.

[anabellabobella]

Aw, you'll be a few hours away. Dreams of a snark meet-up going poof!

[road_baby]

Too bad! I would LOVE for there to be a big BSC snark meet-up!