The Coffee House

[RowdyRay]

I am officially sick of snow! The TC airport said almost 18" this morning. Now it's not supposed to stop until tomorrow some time, with another 3-6". Could break the record of 21.6". (For April in one fall)

Pooped and sore after 4.5 hours of cleaning up. Again tomorrow. Saying more on Wednesday. Thank God for beer. Poor man's Oxi.

 

[smoke665]

I am officially sick of snow

That's crazy! Winter doesn't want to keave

 

[davidharmier60]

Phone says it's 39 degrees out there heading for 60s. No snow or even rain.
But by mid April all this SHOULD be over.
Monday Madness today. Suppliers and stockers all over the place. Fun.... not.

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[Tony744]

Woke up to see snow and ice coating the cars. This is ridiculous!

 

[SquarePeg1]

Woke up to see snow and ice coating the cars. This is ridiculous!

Same here. But I work from home and it’s school vacation week so I’m going to wait it out and assume it will melt by the time I need to use the car later today. Raining now...

 

[Tony744]

Raining here too, washing the snow and ice away. Fortunately, I have today off, the shop is closed for Patriots' Day.

 

[Fujidave]

Had to bank some money so popped to the bank then had a walk about with Susie. Lovely and sunny with a cool breeze here today.

 

[smoke665]

y so popped to the bank then had a walk about

Couldn't help but notice the difference in how you say things. It's interesting how certain things are said in different parts of the world. When we first moved south many years ago DW laughed every time she heard someone say they were going to "carry someone" someplace rather then "take them". She was quite embarrassed when the day came that she realized she was saying the same thing. "Bless your/their heart" is another one. It can be used to express compassion, as an insult (as in you're so stupid), or both. Then there's "fixin" meaning you are fixing to. Throw in a few local adaptations of English, Scot, and Cherokee, and it can get confusing for a Northerner.

 

[Fujidave]

@smoke665 I can`t understand my self sometimes, born in Melbourne Australia moved to the UK then in the end settled down in Brighton UK. On top of that I lived up North of the UK for a while, but moved back to Brighton. So I think you could say, I talk oddly

 

[terri57 1]

y so popped to the bank then had a walk about

Couldn't help but notice the difference in how you say things. It's interesting how certain things are said in different parts of the world. When we first moved south many years ago DW laughed every time she heard someone say they were going to "carry someone" someplace rather then "take them". She was quite embarrassed when the day came that she realized she was saying the same thing. "Bless your/their heart" is another one. It can be used to express compassion, as an insult (as in you're so stupid), or both. Then there's "fixin" meaning you are fixing to. Throw in a few local adaptations of English, Scot, and Cherokee, and it can get confusing for a Northerner.

My personal favorite: "mash" the button - usually an elevator, or something similar.

"Mash" always seemed a mite extreme. But no one "presses" anything 'round here.

Btw, how's your mama and them?

 

[smoke665]

@Fujidave despite having lived here almost 40 years now, there are still a few die hard idioms from the north. One in particular is for soft drinks. We grew up hearing them called sodas or pop. In the south it's "coke" regardless the brand or flavor.

 

[Fujidave]

y so popped to the bank then had a walk about

Couldn't help but notice the difference in how you say things. It's interesting how certain things are said in different parts of the world. When we first moved south many years ago DW laughed every time she heard someone say they were going to "carry someone" someplace rather then "take them". She was quite embarrassed when the day came that she realized she was saying the same thing. "Bless your/their heart" is another one. It can be used to express compassion, as an insult (as in you're so stupid), or both. Then there's "fixin" meaning you are fixing to. Throw in a few local adaptations of English, Scot, and Cherokee, and it can get confusing for a Northerner.

My personal favorite: "mash" the button - usually an elevator, or something similar.

"Mash" always seemed a mite extreme. But no one "presses" anything 'round here.

Btw, how's your mama and them?

Mum is a lot better now the pain is easing off a bit, I am going over tomorrow for lunch then show her some of my photos I have taken of Susie.

 

[limr50 3]

@smoke665 I can`t understand my self sometimes, born in Melbourne Australia moved to the UK then in the end settled down in Brighton UK. On top of that I lived up North of the UK for a while, but moved back to Brighton. So I think you could say, I talk oddly

I can relate I have lived in a few very different places and have picked up bits of language from each place. Add to that my background in linguistics and 20+ years of teaching ESL to people from around the world, and what you get is quite the mixed up idiolect

 

[Fujidave]

Question, can I change my screen name to Dave instead of fujidave ?

 

[smoke665]

Mum is a lot better now the pain is easing off a bit, I am going over tomorrow for lunch then show her some of my photos I have taken of Susie.

Great news!!! So glad it wasn't more serious. Year before last I fell off a ladder and split the back of my head open on a piece of steel. It took 16 staples to close it up, and many days for the pain and headache to go away. Complicating the matter, I use a Cpap at night and the head gear was a constant irritant. Falls hurt a lot more the older you get.