Hang Out and Post

[livvy]

We don't get many tornadoes here... We do get a lot of tornado DRILLS though. "Everyone go out to the hall and put your head between your knees and cover your neck. No talking!" Excuse me, but if I'm about to die in my third story class with a tornado coming through, I want to be talking to my friend when I do. <_<

 

That was pretty bad of them, Noog. :eh: Snow in an area unused to snow is really dangerous. They should have bused everyone back home.

[CAV of Gang Green]

We get out of school if there's even a hint of snow.

 

If only Bloomberg was that soft. He is so hard headed. He doesn't cancel school for ANYTHING. He did it twice last year, which is a new record.

 

One of the times, he saw that at 6 AM it was snowing heavy, so he cancelled school. By 10 AM, it had stopped, and the sun was shining bright. Jokes on him.

[Noog]

Tornado Drill! Everyone get on your knees, put your head between them, and kiss your butt goodbye :P That's what it always seemed like. XD

 

We don't have multiple story schools here. If they are multiple stories then its just because it's on a smaller lot of property.

[CAV of Gang Green]

Like I said, Bloomberg doesn't cancel anything for anyone. It could be 13 inches of snow and we still gotta go to school and work!

[livvy]

We went from a big, colorful, spread out pod system (Don't ask me to explain; it was some weird schooling idea from the 70s) to a compact, dichromatic, prison-like 3 story building. The boring halls are bad, but the stairways... the stairways are Hellfish to an introvert of small stature.

[CAV of Gang Green]

No matter how much school is fun at the moment, it always tends to mess itself up.

[livvy]

I used to adore school. Then high school happened. But I've said all this before.

 

I just hope they get some artwork back on the walls. Not like, hung on the walls, but painted on it. Our pod hallways were covered with murals.

[Spritzie]

We used to have a superintendent from Alaska. He almost never cancelled school, delayed it. Anything. But this is Colorado, we get a lot of bad weather during the winter.

[livvy]

Oh, that must have been interesting. I wonder what Alaskans get school canceled for.

 

Additionally, why doesn't canceled need to ls? It should!

[Spritzie]

Probably nothing. They're used to having to cross-country ski/snow shoe 20 miles to school, up-hill, in 6 feet of snow, carrying a trombone, tuba, and baritone. :yes:

 

Or was that my dad's version of going to school on snowy days??? :laughingsmiley:

 

And I have no idea. Chrome tells me both canceled and cancelled is right.

[Aidensmomma]

I always heard, we used to walk uphill both ways, carrying my sister, we spilt a bologna sanwich, barefooted.

[Spritzie]

I always heard, we used to walk uphill both ways, carrying my sister, we spilt a bologna sanwich, barefooted.

 

My dad would pretty much say what I typed (not including the snow shoeing/skiing, as he grew up in Colorado) Including the snow, instruments (He played all 3) etc. Then his dad would be like, "Yeah, that walk across the street was tough." :laughingsmiley: His family lived across the street from the school.

[livvy]

Haha, Spritzie. See, I never thought I would actually hear the "three feet of snow uphill both ways" story, but one day a few years ago, I DID. I was talking to my grandfather about why I don't like riding buses to school, and he said "When I was young, we didn't have school buses. We had to walk, carrying our lunch in little pails. There were snow drifts above my knees, and my shoes weren't too warm. Then the schoolhouse was heated by a coal stove..."

 

Well, you get the idea. :rolleyes_anim:

[jumpingbeans]

Aren't we so lucky to live in a time where you can get to school in the freezing snow, or the pouring rain, and barely get affected by the temperature.

...Of course, in a few years(maybe fifty?) there will not be any school. You'll just program your brain what you want to learn, and then play video games the rest of the day :)

[Spritzie]

:laughingsmiley: Ironically, I just talked to my mom. My dad is in Alaska right now, for work. He called my mom last night, and told her he went on a hike where he was slipping and sliding all over glaciers for 8 miles. It made me think of this conversation.

 

My grandma told stories like that. So did my grandpa. Where as my dad did it, just to be funny.

 

And I guess we have tons of flash flood warnings right now. I called my husband and he headed outside, I could hear the thunder over the phone. And it's lightning like crazy. <_< Have I mentioned I hate rain?

[Aidensmomma]

I'm not sure if we're having flash floods warnings, but it all of a sudden POURED for like an hour. Thought I was going to have to put my son on my shoulders and swim to the door.

[Spritzie]

I love driving in rain. I do not like being out in it. And I get off work in an hour. So it had better stop by then. I don't feel like getting wet.

[livvy]

You have. You've also mentioned that you hate anything cold and wet except cold drinks on hot days. :yes:

 

That actually sounds rather unpleasant, Beans. As horrible as school is, I think one of the biggest things you learn there is how to learn, and it's a really important skill to have. Besides, what else would you do with your childhood? Having fun all the time would get pretty boring.

[Spritzie]

Exactly! Cold drinks are acceptable. That's it. It's allowed to rain all it wants.... once I get home for the night. And I have stop by my mom's after work.

[livvy]

I love rain, as long as it's the good, heavy, satisfying kind of rain. I hate wimpy rain that produces enough humidity to make my hair frizz and not enough water to make it stay flat. <_< If it's a good rain, I'll run around in it like a little kid. :laughingsmiley: (Even though it does turn my yard into a swamp.)

[Spritzie]

I loved rain when I was little. I remember running around in the driveway with an umbrella, not caring at all if I got soaked. It was awesome.

[Divya Bean]

Whenever it rains enough, I dance in the rain. It is so fun! I love getting wet from the rain. :laughingsmiley:

[Spritzie]

I get cold too easily. Even if it's warm out, the rain makes me cold.

[Divya Bean]

That is true. I love WARM rain. :laughingsmiley: I hate it when it is windy and raining. Then it is freezing!

[Spritzie]

It's almost always windy here. The last time I got caught in the rain at work, it was so windy, my jeans were soaked way past my knees. And the AC was blasting here too.