OT: Off-Topic, again.

[predhead1]

Belated Merry Christmas gang! Had a blast with the kids yesterday - not much time for message boards.

 

[SouthNash]

Got an interesting Christmas gift. Grandson (a 10 year old junior Pred) got picked to go to Paris this July for the World Select Hockey tournament! Stoked!!!

 

[Adz]

Merry Christmas, all! we had my mom's birthday followed by 3 days of Christmas Eve Christmas and Boxing Day get togethers so not much time for a post. Will be taking my two grands to the game tonight.

 

[BigFatCat999]

going down I-65 after a year and I don’t recognize the city

 

[Armourboy]

going down I-65 after a year and I don’t recognize the city

How is 65 looking? I haven't been up it since they started work on it.

 

[BigFatCat999]

How is 65 looking? I haven't been up it since they started work on it.

Crowded with Yankees.

 

[Armourboy]

Crowded with Yankees.

This is why I go down 109 now

 

[Legionnaire11]

Is there an issue on HF with images? Whenever I try to post one It works normally in my preview but then it doesn't show up when I actually post it.

 

[Adz]

going down I-65 after a year and I don’t recognize the city

Honestly, I go into Nashville on a weekly basis and sometimes things change in THAT time frame! It doesn't bother me. I've always wanted to live in a big city but I loved Nashville and didn't want to move. Now I get both.

 

[ShagDaddy]

So far, the Pop Tart bowl has been the best bowl of the season. The mascot not only made the game fun to watch, it sacrificed itself after the game as a treat for the winning players. Marketing genius right there.

 

[sparkle twin]

So far, the Pop Tart bowl has been the best bowl of the season. The mascot not only made the game fun to watch, it sacrificed itself after the game as a treat for the winning players. Marketing genius right there.

The Cheez-It bowl mascot held up a sign, "Non-edible mascot".

 

[herzausstein]

The Cheez-It bowl mascot held up a sign, "Non-edible mascot".

That's a shame. I sortof wanted to see the horror of a giant half eaten cheezit

 

[BigFatCat999]

Back from Bama. Couple of bottles of Milo's sweet tea, good friends, and WTF WAS IT COLD????????????

 

[adsfan]

Crowded with Yankees.

Sounds wonderful.

Thanks for the report BFC!

 

[PredsV82]

Holy shit. Our lame ass school system just cancelled school tomorrow because of concerns about high wind. Not snow, not ice... wind.

Ever since they made it so they can do "school from home" instead of having to make up days at the end of they year these lazy bastards close school at the drop of a hat. And we are supposed to get snow Sunday so I'm sure they will close all next week.

 

[Armourboy]

Holy shit. Our lame ass school system just cancelled school tomorrow because of concerns about high wind. Not snow, not ice... wind.

Ever since they made it so they can do "school from home" instead of having to make up days at the end of they year these lazy bastards close school at the drop of a hat. And we are supposed to get snow Sunday so I'm sure they will close all next week.

I mean I get your point of view, but they are forecasting 55-60 mph winds here and I imagine driving a bus in that could be dangerous. We gotta remember, people sue at the drop of a hat these days so they are essentially just trying to lower their liability.

 

[PredsV82]

I mean I get your point of view, but they are forecasting 55-60 mph winds here and I imagine driving a bus in that could be dangerous. We gotta remember, people sue at the drop of a hat these days so they are essentially just trying to lower their liability.

I get it, but it's still way too convenient for them to cancel class anymore.

 

[Armourboy]

I get it, but it's still way too convenient for them to cancel class anymore.

I don't have a dog in the hunt but if they have the technology I don't see why you wouldn't use it to your advantage.

 

[PredsV82]

I don't have a dog in the hunt but if they have the technology I don't see why you wouldn't use it to your advantage.

Because I'm not a teacher. I pay my taxes so they can teach my kids. Used to be if they were gonna pull the trigger on a snow day it meant an extra day at the end of the year they had to work, so they didn't do it frivolously. Now a day like this is a free day off for them while I have to do my job plus be a teacher for a day.

 

[BigFatCat999]

I live on the outer edge of the Buffalo Snow Globe and we are about to get hit. 60 MPH gusts, Feel like of -30 F

 

[Adz]

I just stepped outside after not having done so for a few hours. Wind has really picked up, my guess is at least 40 mph and getting colder. My friend in Nebraska said even THEY are snowed in. 0 degrees with a high of -1 tomorrow and drifts up to 3 feet.

 

[Armourboy]

Yeah I have family in Iowa, 4ft snow drifts and driving wind.

Where I am in TN they are starting to talk numbers for Monday, 3-6 inches.

 

[adsfan]

Holy shit. Our lame ass school system just cancelled school tomorrow because of concerns about high wind. Not snow, not ice... wind.

Ever since they made it so they can do "school from home" instead of having to make up days at the end of they year these lazy bastards close school at the drop of a hat. And we are supposed to get snow Sunday so I'm sure they will close all next week.

My daughter complained that she never had a snow day before college. One time we had 14 inches of snow in one day in Milwaukee. Chicago closed their schools for a week, but not our public schools. I heard that attendance averaged 50% and we live in a suburb, not in the windswept country.

Around 1881, they had a similar storm that happened during a school day. Three or 400 kids died trying to walk home. I saw a Wikipedia page about it.

 

[hockey diva]

What gets me is sending kids home early or calling off school for severe weather like possible tornados. Kids are safer in a brick school than at home alone in a trailer/poor built home, like what happened in Clarksville, imho.

 

[Armourboy]

What gets me is sending kids home early or calling off school for severe weather like possible tornados. Kids are safer in a brick school than at home alone in a trailer/poor built home, like what happened in Clarksville, imho.

Yeah that never made sense. The only odd one I remember having was when I was in junior high and they sent everyone home early because of the risk of flooding. At the time it seemed silly, but looking back it made sense considering Bedford County and Shelbyville is essentially split in half by the Duck River, and if they had to raise the flood gate you run into a situation where you have bus drivers trying to find routes to get kids home they may not know a thing about.

The ones that made my Dad mad in the 80's was when they would send us to school knowing they were going to need to close early because of snow. Back then it was a pain too cause almost none of the southern counties had snow plows, and in the early mid 80's we had record snow and cold. He would drop me off at 8 and need to come get me at 8:30 or 9. I can remember seeing the county out with Graders they would use on the dirt roads just trying to do something to keep 41A open.