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.livescience.com ^ | October 5, 2018 12:57pm ET | Brandon Specktor

[Tax-chick]

The normal schedule is I turn their lights on at 6:15, with a cheerful, “Wakey wakey! Rise and shine! Up and at ‘em, American youth!” and they’re supposed to be at the dinner table at 6:30. It’s 6:15 on DP’s alarm clock, which is fast, and 6:30 on the stove clock, so they actually get about 19 minutes. However, some days it’s not enough, and people are still lurking in the bathrooms. A day or two of being called at 6:00 gets them moving a little faster.

[Monkey Face]

Ha-Ha! Good job! :o]

[ArGee]

This too shall pass.

Must've been gas.

[ArGee]

Good morning. Happy Monday III (or II for those who had President’s Day off).

The city is issuing dire warnings about the commute home. I may actually slip once or twice as I walk from the subway. Those who commute from Jersey will likely work remote today.

[ArGee]

It’s a good thing you never have to threaten 0500 for a morning jog before breakfast.

[Tax-chick]

I would like to have mandatory PT in the 5:30 time frame, but it would disturb DP, who rarely gets up before 6:00.

[ArGee]

2 woids - “death march”.

We used to have those at El Rancho Cima when my son was doing the whole Scouting thing. There was one morning death march. The other two were evening of different lengths. If you went on a death march you got a special code word you could use at the canteen to purchase a special hat showing you’d been on one.

Those were the days.

I remember singing during one of the death marches, “If you ask, I’d be thinking I’d be in my tent and sleeping if I only had a brain.”

[Tax-chick]

We have a kid in our Webelos den who is on a “death march” if he’s out of sight of the parking lot. It’s a nuisance.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you for the hoverkitteh!

[Silentgypsy]

:D

[Silentgypsy]

G'orning, y'all!

Can you get those plastic spikey-looking things that are supposed to aid your stability on snowy-icy surfaces? Seems like they could also be used for self defense.

[ArGee]

Might be able to. What I own are boots (which I sometimes wear in and then change into my shoes) or rubber shoe covers. Today it’s the latter.

We’ve seen a pretty steady fall of white stuff since 11 so I hope the covers are cover enough.

[NoCmpromiz]

a pretty steady fall of white stuff since 11

It didn't start here until around 1330. The in/outdoor cats are not amused.

Got a text from the Pastor that Bible study tonight is cancelled due to travel warnings. And a text with photo from my Sister in Minnesota showing her 'manning' the snowblower in what looks like two feet of snow.. ;-)

[Darksheare]

Ice crampons?
Good kick weapons, one would think.

[Darksheare]

The trees here look like glass.
Too bad the moon isn’t out.
Think crampons would keep SkiFree yeti at bay?

[Covenantor]

I thought she was thinking of old style golf shoes...

[Darksheare]

Those would work on ice too.
Hobnail boots, but I haven’t seen a pair of those in years.

[Tax-chick]

[no-to-illegals]

Thank you for all the soothing kittah pics. My apology for not having said thank you sooner. Prayers that all is well and good with you and yours

[Monkey Face]

Pretty little Morning Floof!

Good morning.

There are 2” of snow on the ground and the temp will drop by the time I’m supposed to leave to make that drive. It’s about the same distance as Vegas was from Henderson but its all open highway and no traffic lights until I get into town. Which means I’d be driving at 65 mph in a snow storm.

I don’t want to drive with the windows open to keep the windshield clear of fog.