Drove out to cinema only to find it closed today. This is pretty lame; we’d have gone to school in this twenty years ago.
View from our back porch.
~ by Servetus on December 20, 2012.
Posted in anger, fans, loss, me, order / disorder, reality, resentment, Richard Armitage, silliness, The Hobbit, Why me?
Tags: Richard Armitage
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Ooh lovely perfect snow – there’s something so nice about unadulterated snow!
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kaprekar said this on December 20, 2012 at 9:57 pm |
It’s definitely beautiful. And still falling …
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Servetus said this on December 20, 2012 at 9:58 pm |
Lovely!!
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 3:13 am |
Whaaaat! Did someone forget that this is Wisconsin? It snows here sometimes! I remember tunneling through giant drifts to get to school “back in the day”. Safety schmafety 😉
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obscura said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:16 pm |
Yeah, the stuff my folks let us drive through to get to school back in the day …
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:14 am |
I drove a white Gremlin…I looked like a snowball bursting through drifts – it was AWESOME. (I will never let me kids do that) We lived on a country road that was left to the county to plow…low priority…super fun teenage driving!
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:53 am |
Did you have to put on your own chains or did you have snow tires?
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:37 am |
Snow tires? They make snow tires? LOL…I never saw chains on tires until I lived in Arizona – (south rim of Grand Canyon) I just had regular old radials…hence the spectacular donuts one could do in abandoned parking lots…allegedly!
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:52 am |
Thirty-five years ago, I learned that I’d be the one lying in the snow with my fingers reaching into the wheel wells to fasten the chains in place. Argh. A little later, I was thrilled to get a rental car for a business trip that came with studded tires.
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:00 am |
My dad made me do that. We drove out to the big parking lot of the Shopko in the middle of the night during a snowstorm or in the early morning and he’d make me gun it, slam on the breaks, and steer.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:07 am |
I might have spun my car into the concrete post of a light pole at Hardees doing something like that…Gremlins were very front heavy (8 cylinder engine) with a light back end…perfect for donuts.
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:20 am |
I don’t live where it snows a lot but I always heard if you have 4 wheel drive you don’t need snow tires/chains. We had a Ford Escort and you could get around any time it snowed. Also good for donuts in pastures.
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sloan said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:33 pm |
My dad has 4WD on the truck the snowplow’s attached to, but I always had 2 wheel drive and no snow-tires. It’s okay — although I wouldn’t drive through snowdrifts above the wheel of the car, unlike obscura 🙂
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:06 pm |
I would be horrified if my kids do half of the things I did as a kid (I rarely got caught either) — beware the shy, quiet, smart kid – they are capable of all sorts of benign malfeasance and smart enough to make up reasonable excuses for it. (Sound like anyone we know?)
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:48 pm
**smirks wickedly at certain memories**
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Too funny…my next car after the beloved Gremlin had to be put to rest following an unfortunate “cruisin’ the avenue” accident that was totally not my fault (really – I was sandwiched in between a ’69 Impala and a station wagon) was a tomato red Escort that braved the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in a freak fall blizzard!
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:51 pm |
That I was not allowed to do and actually did not do. There was a pretty strict sociability line, though, between where I grew up and where you did.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:20 pm
I wasn’t technically allowed to do it either…it was the first night of summer vacation after graduation – the first and last time I did it. This one was not explainable.
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Wow, you really were a wild one….that’s scary just thinking about it. I’ll always say they stopped making Ford Escorts because they were just too good. We had the first and last ones made and both were great cars. Re shy, quiet types: nobody ever even assumed we were up to something. I think my mother was just relieved I could take care of myself without getting into trouble – unlike my 3 brothers who were always causing her grief just being boys.
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sloan said this on December 21, 2012 at 7:29 pm
I think the deal was that the quiet smart types were smart enough to figure out most of the time which trouble was worth it and which was not. I only messed up really badly on that calculation once or twice.
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Servetus said this on December 22, 2012 at 2:42 am
I had a select few spectacular incidents interspersed by YEARS of exemplary behavior – compared to my sister, I was a saint 🙂 (she always got caught – raging Leo)
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 7:56 pm
I don’t remember anyone cancelling engineering meetings in Wisconsin or Michigan when there was this much snow or even an ice storm. TH is much more important.
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:29 am |
I know it is a pain but it does look lovely, we just seem to have torrential rain that is continually falling.
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Rosiepig said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:17 pm |
I sort of asked for this (it was pouring rain earlier this week), so I’m not complaining except that I don’t get to go to the cinema again today, first world problems!
Hope it stops raining there soon.
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Servetus said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:19 pm |
It’s starting tonight in Ontario. Only, it comes with the added bonus of freezing rain…
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fitzg said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:26 pm |
Oooh… lucky you!
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obscura said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:40 pm |
Here in Georgia it’s all rain — hardly ever any snow. Although we did have a white Christmas 2 years ago which was pretty spectacular. Enjoy!
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sloan said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:53 pm |
Soooo jealous. We could use some of that cool stuff Downunder at the moment. Or even some nice, soaking rain. Isn’t our earth a beautiful, wondrous place? Curse those Mayans!
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Richkitsch said this on December 20, 2012 at 10:45 pm |
Looks lovely, then again that is what I always say when you don’t have to leave the house. 😉 My opinion on snow usually manages to change once I have to venture out. At least it isn’t sleet.
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CC said this on December 20, 2012 at 11:03 pm |
How middle “East Coast” the Midwest has become–a few inches of snow equals Armaggeddon. (I’m a Mid-Atlantic girl so I know snow wimpiness when I see it.) At least you have a pretty backdrop to imagine Thorin standing with flowing locks in the middle of the swirling snow (just like the 3d poster).
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Northern gal said this on December 21, 2012 at 12:47 am |
I know what you mean – born and raised in Wisconsin (drifts over my head, yada yada) I could not believe the chaos in Philadelphia every time it snowed – I swear they close the airport at a first sign of a flake.
This particular snowfall is a bear because it’s just barely freezing so the snow is really wet and heavy – couldn’t use the snowblower – ergh. It is really pretty when it sticks on the trees (until the branches break off and come through the window anyway 🙂 )
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:10 am |
yeah, the fir trees really look like they are suffering. I don’t know if there’s anything to be done, though.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:15 am |
Hope it doesn’t freeze hard…unless you’re up to go out and shake them all 🙂
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:29 am |
I’ve been looking out the window and wondering whether I should do that now. However, I am not going to be the force of proactivity on this.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:34 am |
If the forecast is correct, the wind should take care of it anyway…straight out of the north – brrr. Perfect holiday weather for upper Midwest- 50 degree Christmas makes me twitchy 🙂
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:38 am |
Hope so. There are so many trees and they are so tall …
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:44 am |
I remember tree limbs exploding when the sap froze. Be careful out there!
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:33 am |
I’m kinda hoping the wind picks up. I say kinda b/c it will get a lot colder. I’m also a big concerned about how the gutters might take this. OTOH I just got some cute pics of the snowfort my nieces built today 🙂
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:34 am |
Are there daring young men who will go up on a ladder and clear the gutters for a fee and a couple of mugs of hot chocolate? I’d love to see pictures of the snow fort if you’re okay with sharing them.
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:42 am |
I will or my brother will, I assume 🙂
Would love to show pix, but would have to ask SIL for permission and my family doesn’t know about this little hobby (and since I whined about her here this summer …)
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:46 am |
So glad we got new, covered gutters this fall 🙂
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:54 am |
The top halves of the trees look better today.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Freezing cold here, but no snow where I am yet. The ski resorts near Granada have plenty, though.
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 3:17 am |
Right on!
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:31 am |
“Hey, Richard, snowy mountains right here! Just waiting for you!” ; )
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:35 am |
Hopefully his publicity people are reading these comments and will forward the invitation to him 🙂
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:38 am |
Yes, if they’re reading this, they should know that there are inexpensive flights from multiple airports in England to Malaga (AGP) or Gibraltar. Then the train(s) into the mountains …
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:52 am |
Listen, there is excellent cross country skiing right here…oh right, wrong kind of skiing…my bad! (Worth a try right?)
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:56 am |
Always worth a try, Obscura, always. : )
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 6:02 am |
Understood. I hope your nieces have a great time playing in the snow.
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Leigh said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:55 am |
How beautiful,Servetus!
Here is cold outside, frosty wind reveals charming souvenirs (neighbour’s dogs loves our lawn;))
PS: Cars?…tires?.. what are you talking about?! …I WALKED to school…in a ski suit 😀
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Joanna said this on December 21, 2012 at 7:07 am |
Uphill both ways too? 🙂
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obscura said this on December 21, 2012 at 7:53 am |
Hahaha!.. upwind both ways, as well 🙂
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Joanna said this on December 21, 2012 at 10:17 am |
The decadent West! It was 10 mi to school for us (one way), so we either rode bus or drove. My German friends always used to tease me that they’d have had to bike, but no one here biked to school unless they were within a short distance.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:08 pm |
We got the same storm here in Nebraska. The view out my back door is just like yours,serv, except I have the neighbors snowman instead of a fort. Stay warm!
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Cindy said this on December 21, 2012 at 12:50 pm |
Snowmen are very nice. I saw those Nebraska pix — glad you have power.
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:08 pm |
Lovely!!! Living in Ireland, I miss the snow so much! Wrap up warm and enjoy, Servetus!
Going to see The Hobbit again this afternoon, and I am already giddy with excitement! I hope I will see many new things upon “second sight”.
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guylty said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:05 pm |
I’m going to try again today. Hope you love it!
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Servetus said this on December 21, 2012 at 5:09 pm |
I loved it, second time ’round, but found the Bag End scene even linger than at first viewing. Being done with all the action stuff, I was able to concentrate on Thorin more and found him much more majestic, arrogant and contradictory than before. Which is good – the character is a bit of a mystery, in the book, too, where you want to like him, this dispossessed noble prince, but are distracted into disliking by the occasional arrogance. I more than ever think that the film should be called “Thorin. Leader of the Dwarves” rather than the Hobbit.
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guylty said this on December 22, 2012 at 4:03 pm |
I’ve had the experience that things that annoyed me a little on first viewing annoyed me even more on repeated viewings — to the extent that I had to say, I’m going to stop even looking at Freeman when he’s not in a scene with Armitage.
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Servetus said this on December 23, 2012 at 7:39 pm |
Well at least Christmas will be pretty, although prettier if you saw the movie- close up of those big baby blues in 3D- to die for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Jo Ann Mason said this on December 21, 2012 at 4:55 pm |
Yeah — there are some scenes where his eyes are just amazing.
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Servetus said this on December 23, 2012 at 7:39 pm |
OK, it did hit here. Still snowing. Just like the winters we used to have way back when, before Global Warming and Ninjas and Ninjos. And before agressive SUVs and 4X4s, tailgating, passing on the right, and cutting off the humble ordinary car. Chains! Not even snow tires can beat chains! (I’d have the chains equipped with long sharp spikes, to put paid to the SUVs and 4X4s. Well, just a little Bond-girl revenge fantasy…)
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fitzg said this on December 22, 2012 at 12:06 am |
that’s a tempting fantasy.
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Servetus said this on December 22, 2012 at 2:42 am |