tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693937513377976379.post5036627559424739309..comments2022-12-18T20:37:00.500-06:00Comments on Mostly Other Things: Effect Affection or Affectation?CJ Hodges MacFarlanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16833789408143274185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693937513377976379.post-17090375418561958052010-02-09T19:39:29.109-06:002010-02-09T19:39:29.109-06:00Cathy - Ha! I do grasp the special significance of...Cathy - Ha! I do grasp the special significance of the lake effect has on people.. that's why I'm poking fun at it. heh Oh, and I think we only got around 8in.<br /><br />Alan - Glad to take you down windswept memory lane. Now that you mention it, the wind IS a big deal here, too. But we got nothing on North Dakota, which is victim to plain-effect winds (in my opinion, much harsher). <br />With a greyhound, running like mad doesn't seem too neurotic heh, although the victory laps make me chuckle.<br /><br />Brooke - LOL - "it's the fricking wind. i don't think they'll adopt the term lake-effect wind, because i'm pretty sure the populus would make an immediate push to have that sucker paved over" ha! Silly Windy Cityfolk. <br />I've actually started wondering if Kiko knows the difference between regular old snow and lake-effect snow - he seems much more playful and diggy in lake-effect snow.... or perhaps I'm just becoming affected.CJ Hodges MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16833789408143274185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693937513377976379.post-21666425169518568642010-02-09T14:09:48.379-06:002010-02-09T14:09:48.379-06:00chicagoland of course has the "lake-effect&qu...chicagoland of course has the "lake-effect" disease. what's odd is i don't recall ever hearing about snow on the news that isn't referred to as lake-effect. maybe we have accepted that being built off the side of a great lake means the lake has it's hand in all this madness... or maybe our weather guys just use it as a blanket term cause it applies so often. maybe we should just call all of it precipitation effect snow and put an end to it. heh. what chicago should truly be bitter and obsessive about isn't related to the white stuff... it's the fricking wind. i don't think they'll adopt the term lake-effect wind, because i'm pretty sure the populus would make an immediate push to have that sucker paved over. heh. you should shovel your driveway into two piles, and put a sign on one that says ordinary old snow and one on the other that says lake-effect snow with the blanket statement "plow appropriately" :). hey, I'D laugh. maybe the pup can point out which one is which hehe.brookelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072351866499494676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693937513377976379.post-12380483685347794112010-02-09T12:30:47.544-06:002010-02-09T12:30:47.544-06:00*wipes tear from eye* I remember the lake effect s...*wipes tear from eye* I remember the lake effect snow with fondness with my 20 years in SW Ontario. I found it's not so much quantity as the blowing that causes the near zero visibility for those of us driving the highway to work. <br /><br />I liked the pooping story. We keep the snow cleared in paths in the backyard for our greyhound. We wanders around, poops, and then runs like mad for 4 or 5 "victory" laps.Alan W. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067022519729701245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693937513377976379.post-82759179319992908942010-02-09T10:47:44.187-06:002010-02-09T10:47:44.187-06:00HA HA HA! Lake-effect defecation... didn't see...HA HA HA! Lake-effect defecation... didn't see that one coming!<br />CJ, I do not think you have fully grasped the special importance of lake effect snow. In fact, there are several bloggers in my neighbourhood who deem it of such importance that they put it in the top of their post, each and every day: MUSKOKA: LAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW.<br />And you know what? We are nowhere NEAR a lake big enough to cause lake effect snow.<br />We got a dumping of it once, at the beginning of the winter, and now that's all everybody is talking about.<br />Geez.<br />Get a grip, people.<br />I really like your shovel line. What a maroon the guy is for not 'getting it.'<br />So you didn't say... how much snow did you get? <br />You must know that lake effect snow depth is like fishing-size... so you can tell me the lake effect depth, or just how damn much snow is sitting on top of your durango.<br />P.S. I really am trying to get out of here. I have my boots on and everything. Just waiting for the pot roast to come to a boil so I can blow this popsicle stand.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.com