Wraithborne
Commander
3494 Posts
    
West Virginia
 | | 06/16/2008 8:34 PM |
| So, the forcast was for a nice sunny day with an evening shower around 6-8pm or so.
The reality was that we got golf ball sized hail for over 1/2 an hour solid which, as it figures, I was dirving in. Of course I was driving my wife's car, which is 4 years newer than mine and has 90k less miles and is now riddled with dents. The ice was hitting the car so hard it was hurting my eardrums and I'm amazed the windshield didn't break. As I'm creeping along the road, a severe storm warning for my area comes over the radio, about 10 minutes too late.
Weathermen suck indeed. | |
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Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
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zenthrus
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4785 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 06/16/2008 9:11 PM |
| Weathermen have the ideal occupation. They can be wrong 90% of the time and still retain employment 
Sucks about your car, Wraith. That's a real downer. Pity you couldn't class-action the weather station to fix your dents. | |
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Krush
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| | 06/16/2008 10:19 PM |
| There you go sue the weathermen!!
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Cthulhufnord
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| | 06/16/2008 10:48 PM |
| I was chatting with a guy at work about last years severe hailstorm in Western Ma. It turns out the car dealerships got completly taken by suprise. Lots full of brand new cars were riddled with dents. They then proceded to sell off the cars for $1,200-$1,600 a piece.
Sorry to hear about your suprise today. We were expecting to see some of that hail, but thankfully missed out on it.
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Dordledum
Commander
3143 Posts
Netherlands
| | 06/17/2008 2:14 AM |
| I find the thread-title disturbing (sounds like a bad gay-movie), sorry bout your car though.
D. | |
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thekidxii
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| | 06/17/2008 4:22 AM |
| nice tangent ther Dordledum...
don't think the weatherman here is gay, but the news anchor....
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Teflon Jeff
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Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 06/17/2008 8:56 AM |
| And people wonder why I buy cheap cars... Still, that sucks. Mother Nature sure is out to get us, eh?
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vanrulzz
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| | 06/17/2008 3:09 PM |
| | darn weathermen! | |
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Sirohk
Commander
3777 Posts
USA
| | 06/17/2008 3:21 PM |
| I agree. What a gig the weather-person has. I think anyone could do a better job by just looking out the window.Â
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Wraithborne
Commander
3494 Posts
West Virginia
| | 06/17/2008 7:34 PM |
| Posted By Dordledum on 06/17/2008 2:14 AM
I find the thread-title disturbing (sounds like a bad gay-movie), sorry bout your car though.
D.
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The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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Teflon Jeff
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7029 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 06/18/2008 9:16 AM |
| Posted By Sirohk on 06/17/2008 3:21 PM I agree. What a gig the weather-person has. I think anyone could do a better job by just looking out the window. 
I always wondered why the weathermen don't do such a thing...
Of course, most of them have no idea what they're talking about, they're not actual meteorologists. Just pretty people trying to make anchor.
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thekidxii
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| | 06/18/2008 10:59 AM |
| | or talkshow host | |
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Faragdar the Wise
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3466 Posts
Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | 06/18/2008 1:45 PM |
| Posted By Dordledum on 06/17/2008 2:14 AM
I find the thread-title disturbing (sounds like a bad gay-movie)
Brokeback Hailstorm? (I was going to go for something based on "cumulonimbus", but I quickly realized I didn't want to go there.  )
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vanrulzz
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| | 06/18/2008 2:48 PM |
| Posted By Sirohk on 06/17/2008 3:21 PM I agree. What a gig the weather-person has. I think anyone could do a better job by just looking out the window.Â
yep... look clouds! it might rain today folks!
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7029 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 06/18/2008 3:27 PM |
| Posted By Faragdar the Wise on 06/18/2008 1:45 PM Posted By Dordledum on 06/17/2008 2:14 AM
I find the thread-title disturbing (sounds like a bad gay-movie)
Brokeback Hailstorm? (I was going to go for something based on "cumulonimbus", but I quickly realized I didn't want to go there.  )
Yeah, and we're all glad you didn't...
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stephengroy
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1335 Posts
Tempe AZ Beeyotch
| | 06/18/2008 5:49 PM |
| Posted By Wraithborne on 06/16/2008 8:34 PM
So, the forcast was for a nice sunny day with an evening shower around 6-8pm or so.
The reality was that we got golf ball sized hail for over 1/2 an hour solid which, as it figures, I was dirving in. Of course I was driving my wife's car, which is 4 years newer than mine and has 90k less miles and is now riddled with dents. The ice was hitting the car so hard it was hurting my eardrums and I'm amazed the windshield didn't break. As I'm creeping along the road, a severe storm warning for my area comes over the radio, about 10 minutes too late.
Weathermen suck indeed. whine whine whine.
It's 112* here today.
I'd KILL for some hail right now!!
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Teflon Jeff
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Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 06/20/2008 9:50 AM |
| 80's in ID, with beautiful green foothills sloping in majestic mountains.
And people wonder why I live in Idaho...
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The Fortress of Solitude
| | 06/21/2008 2:49 PM |
| Posted By Cthulhufnord on 06/16/2008 10:48 PM
I was chatting with a guy at work about last years severe hailstorm in Western Ma. It turns out the car dealerships got completly taken by suprise. Lots full of brand new cars were riddled with dents. They then proceded to sell off the cars for $1,200-$1,600 a piece.
I'd take a dented brand new car for that price. That's an awesome deal, even for an economy car. | |
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Teflon Jeff
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Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 06/23/2008 8:30 AM |
| Indeed, I'd take that in a heartbeat. I don't care what my car looks like.
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