I think it must be partially because the first snow takes people off guard and they haven't put snow tires on.

We don't really use snow tires here because we have no hills. Wisconsinites call us "flatlanders".

Where I live, there are hills and flat lands. We're an odd layout.

I would be hard-pressed to find snow tires here. Maybe closer to Tennessee, but not where I live.

I keep thinking that it will get cooler in the house - our A/C is out and we're relying on fans - but it is wicked hot right now. I'm going to go watch The Pacific episode my son kept shutting off. Since it wasn't a cartoon, he hated it. He's napping now.

Will be back later.

See you, Elmira --

On an unrelated note, I want to have a cat now who can post to Twitter.

That is absolutely the funniest thing!

Hey, what's the item on Elmira's ears?

In Austin when it is icy out, you really do NOT want to go out on the roads.
People here do not know how to drive in those conditions.

They see a patch of ice and stand on their brakes. Then they go right into the ditch.

My god. See, this is why I'm hesitant to get my drivers' license. I know I need to though, soon.

Sovie -- that's a pose of the steampunk headgear CI, it looks like.

Steampunk headgear? So, not apart of this event, then? darn.

I have the other steampunk ci's.

Those are contribution items, we determined, correct? So that means I have to donate cash to get them?

Well, at this point you have to buy them from another user. I forget when they came out. Winter of '09? I'd have to look.

Oh. I thought they were new, considering the nature of this event.

I am now very low on seeds.
I think that I have purchased most of the items from the event show now.

I'm in the midst of debating over items.

My mom's seen that. She used to travel down to Texas a lot. It got to a point that when the cops saw her on the road down there, they'd just wave her by.

Where I live, I don't think people even know how to drive in normal conditions! Then again, nobody uses snow tires, but we tend to get a lot of floods. The entire area's in a bowl!

Most states do not allow studded snow tires anymore.
Those were very helpful in North Dakota!

I wanted to get farther south for college, but I'm only getting to Carbondale...T.T
Well, when I'm done with my first four years I'm gonna go overseas for graduate school.

I wish I had been able to travel overseas when I was young.

I want to so badly. Get me out of here!

Sadly, I'm gonna have to wait another four years...DAMN YOU S***TY ECONOMY!!!!!!!!! :illgetu:

I'm stuck here for a few more years unless I do a year abroad.

Sadly, I probably won't be able to afford study abroad. :cry:

Granny, you can still go to other countries now.