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[Pete in MI]

a very funny (well now anyway - not at the time these happened) video of Winter in Michigan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckM5GRQFfA&feature=player_embedded

 

[Digdoug]

...the last one gave me a good chuckle.

 

[Pete in MI]

me too Doug (may this be another blessed day for you and the family)

second part with all the cars sliding into each other was down between Lansing and Detroit....I stayed home but as you see many did not. The police even warned people to stay off the roads.

 

[SeniorSeeker]

Absolutely Love That Last Scene! One would think he would have I-D'ed his car before cleaning it. That's So Funny!

 

[TreasureDigger]

I can tell you a story to beat that! One of my husband's best friends is Glen "Cotton" Battles. Cotton is a real character. He had worked second shift one night and when he got out to the parking lot to get in his car to go home he found that his doors were locked. Cotton NEVER locked his doors and just laid his keys under the edge of the seat to keep from carrying them in his pocket. He was real put out over the fact that he had locked himself out of the car and had quite a few choice words to share while he started trying to figure out how to get in. He worked and worked and was tearing up the rubber seal around the door when he finally found someone who had a wire clothes hanger. He ended up tearing up the rubber seal even more with the hanger and even got some scratches along the top of the window. He switched to the passenger side to see if he could get it open on that side. Cotton finally got fed up with it and told the guy helping him that he was just gonna bust out the back window and crawl through (you'd just have to know Cotton.....). The guy talked him out of doing that and about that time they got the door open. Cotton jumped in the car (after working on it for about 40 minutes), sat down and reached for his keys under the seat. No keys to be found. He looked around and saw that the car was much cleaner on the inside than he normally kept it. He looked at the guy who had helped him break in and said, "Well &^%@!%$^&*^$!!! This ain't my car!!!"

Lisa

 

[Pete in MI]

n/t

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Been there done that!

 

[Pete in MI]

COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. .TOUGHNESS COUNTS!

65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Michigan plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Michigan sunbathe.

50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Michigan drive with the windows down.

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt.

35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold.

20 above zero:
People in Miami all die.
Michiganders close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Michigan get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Michigan let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Michiganders get upset because they can't start the Snowmobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Michigan start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Michigan public schools will open 2 hours late.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Pete and also Liza for the video and the funny wintery stories.....I don't think I could live in Michigan, as it would be too cold for me...Mo gets cold but doesn't stay very cold for any length of time...I just stay indoors when it does, but I don't have to go to a job any more!

One time I was working at the hospital as a night bookkeeper and we had an old station wagon! The guard would walk me out to my car as it would be very early in the mornings and very dark when I got through working and balancing the financial sheet. When we got to the wagon, I couldn't get the door open as the locks had frozen! He tried to thaw the lock but couldn't, as it was very cold and icy, but we could open the back and I crawled through to the front seat and then started the engine! Now, I wore dresses or skirts back in the 60's but ya gotta do what a person has to do to get home after work!

Another time we had a Ford Pickup with an 10' Open Road Camper on it! I had to drive the highway to the hospital and working nights I would be coming home without much traffic to tend with! I got to the turnoff and had to go down a steep street with cars parked outside of apartments and homes. I started sliding back and forth and by the time I straightened it out and was able to drive on to my home off the main street and on another road, I had missed the parked cars...did not run into anything...but I was praying all the time and asking for help to not hit nor destroy anything and the good Lord helped me drive that big old rig!

I had to scrape the ice and some snow off my 91 Toyota last winter with no gloves and nothing to do it with but paper towels and, Boy, my hands got wet, cold and red...but I put the groceries in my trunk, cleaned off enough to see to get home and Praise God that it wasn't any worse than that! I don't drive very much and a sudden cold spell came up while shopping and caught me without the eqipment I needed!

I love these stories, keep them coming Pete, Liza and everyone! Gives me exciting reading and makes my day! May God Bless and help ya all when in distresses! Amen! Ma Betty

 

[Pete in MI]

I remember when in the military at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that the temps would drop to 10 below zero. Did we get excited about that? Nah, we just checked the temperature for Minot, North Dakota where there was another air base at the time and since their temperature was 20 below zero we felt warm and cozy

I had one Law Enforcement Officer at that same base working for me. A young black guy we nicknamed "Chilly Willy"
While we all had our police coats on to keep warm, he would wear his coat....under his arctic parka. I heard him say one day that he could not stand the cold because he was from the South. I asked from where in the South and he said "Detroit".

I have to explain this as I lived most of my life in Saginaw which is 100 miles north of Detroit. THAT is not the SOUTH I told him I was from Saginaw and its as cold there as Detroit and I am comfortable with the police coat...saving the parka for sub-zero temps.

We are talking from K.I. Sawyer to Saginaw was about 350 miles (Detroit being roughly 450 miles) Definitely not the SOUTH...no where near the Mason-Dixon Line.

 

[Anonymous]

Still glad I don't live in Michigan....Praise God and Thank you, Jesus, that I was born and raised in Missouri....the state many pronounce as Missery! Has gotten below Zero and was like 10, 15 or more below when the icy northern winds cooled us down farther! But didn't last too long and when walking we just held on to the tree branches in ice storms and prayed we wouldn't slide or fall down and when driving we held our breath that we would dodge others and they would dodge and miss us! May God Bless! Amen! Ma Betty