There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

[dawn_felagund]

Today, I was very much reminded that there is, indeed, no such thing as a free lunch. I mean this figuratively, of course. A more literal saying might be, There is no such thing as a free day off from work

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[tarion_anarore]

I'm with Allie, your tires froze to the ground?? That is weird. Even mine haven't done that! Now, this morning my car made pathetic noises when I tried to start it, and my windshield wipers were completely frozen to the windshield (I got one un-stuck, hoping to use the wipers to swipe the layer of snow of so I could just scrape the ice, but it immediately re-froze). And you broke two ice scrapers? Wow. Haven't managed that either (though I do have a Super Ice Scraper).

The Ice Storm of 1997? As in the Blizzard of 1997? It comes every ten years, don't you know, thus it is also called the Ten Year Blizzard. I think the Ice Storm of 1997 might be the time when the marching band practice field/parking lot had a sheet of ice on it, and during which they supposedly "poured oil on the trombone slides and lit them on fire so that they worked". (I do not believe that story for a minute, although in my more crazy moments, I'm sometimes tempted to try to light my slide on fire...But I love my trombone way too much for that.)

It did finally stop snowing though. For now.

[dawn_felagund]

I gave Allie a good explanation of why my car freezing to the ground is actually less indicative of the severity of the storm and more indicative of our strange, mercurial Maryland weather. If you're interested. ;)

And I made an oops when I said 1997...the maths don't add up! I was 12; I am now 25. The year was 1994. I don't know how I boggled it that badly, but I'll edit my post.

And that wasn't a blizzard so much as an ice storm, again. In 1996 and 2001, we got blizzards in the sense of 2.5 and 3 feet of snow, respectively, which paralyzes a pathetic state like this for a week!

Also, I can see the oil working, but what is the purpose of the fire? I think I must be missing something, even if just the value of a good ol' urban legend. ;)

[tarion_anarore]

Ah, that makes sense. Happens here too, except lately there's been so much snow left that the piddly melting doesn't have the tire-freezing effect (at least to the point where people can't move their cars).

Aww, well, we (as in the state, not me) got a blizzard in 1997; hence 10 Year Blizzard.

I think the "point" of the fire was that there was supposedly ice sealing the two parts of the slides together, and that the fire was to melt the ice and get the slides movable again. Like I said, a load of bullcrap, but an amusing concept.