We had a bit of snow this morning.

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We had a bit of snow this morning.

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This was my vibe this morning, on the left, and my wife's Saturn wagon on the right.We had so much snow last night and this morning, that the whole city pretty much shut down.Wednesday there was hardly ANY snow at all.15 miles east and west of London there is little or no snow.
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glad to hear it was only a bit
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With all that snow on it, your Vibe looks like it's turned into an HHR. That's quite the storm!
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Wow takes a lot of snow to shut down london lol...wonder if my folks got any snow over in Ingersoll
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I think Ingersoll was clear, Strathroy had none, Woodstock had none.The news said it was basically from Goderich then south through London, St Thomas, Aylmer, all the way to Lake Erie.When I got the shovels out, there was 2 feet sitting on the top of everything.
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So lucky.. we never get any snow Its always Barrie or West of GTA oh well.. one day perhaps
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Quote, originally posted by Atomic »I think Ingersoll was clear, Strathroy had none, Woodstock had none.The news said it was basically from Goderich then south through London, St Thomas, Aylmer, all the way to Lake Erie.When I got the shovels out, there was 2 feet sitting on the top of everything.What about Stratford? they always get hit the with the most it seems.
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As a Floridian, I got a question, no making fun now, how does one go about get a crap load of snow off your car with out becoming a snow man your self?
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Wow! Thank God Ottawa hasn't been dumped on like that yet. You guys can keep it down to the south.
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Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »As a Floridian, I got a question, no making fun now, how does one go about get a crap load of snow off your car with out becoming a snow man your self?you have a long handle brush... and you will still end up wearing most of it
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wow thats alot of snow..i live maybe 20 minutes or so from london and we hardly got any snow
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Wanna ship some of that down here to Minnesota? It is a shame to be wake up to -7°F and not have any snow on the ground. Looks like a snow day to me!
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thats alot of snow. good money maker for the kids if they got out quick.
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Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »As a Floridian, I got a question, no making fun now, how does one go about get a crap load of snow off your car with out becoming a snow man your self?I used the snow shovel to push all but about 1" of snow off the roof and the hood, then used a brush for the rest, and yeah, you always get covered.@ Redfire2k, isn't Hamilton a wee bit more then 20 minutes away?It usually takes me almost 2 hours.@ Mavrik, Stratford didn't didn't anywhere near what we got, even though they are considered officially in the "snow belt". Maybe not as much of a "snow belt" as Alaska though.
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Quote, originally posted by Atomic »@ Mavrik, Stratford didn't didn't anywhere near what we got, even though they are considered officially in the "snow belt". Maybe not as much of a "snow belt" as Alaska though. Its +4C right now heh
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Since living in Wisconsin only since '04I have been disapointed by the snow falls I have seen up here compared to what is often refered to as the "Great White North" or What was had in the "good Ole days"
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Makes me glad I live in Phoenix. It's still getting up to the 60s and 70s during the day. And if I park in the sun, I still have to use a bit of A/C to cool off the interior.
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i'm soo jelous of all that snezzy!! i can't wait to put the murano on AWD lock!!
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Quote, originally posted by Atomic »@ Redfire2k, isn't Hamilton a wee bit more then 20 minutes away?It usually takes me almost 2 hours.well for me it takes atleast 30 minutes..sorry..lol..but then again i cruise at 140 on the 401/403..which ever way
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damn Lake Huron streamers eh?We got some flurries at work in Burlington during the day but nothing stuck...My front lawn in mississauga is still green!Great photo though...it's coming to a neigbourhood near us all soon!!!
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damn i hope..i was at work in burlington when we had those "flurries" i was hoping for more..but..to my luck..nothing
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I've never seen snow-it doesn't snow on our island; Mauna Kea on the Big Island so far only had like 3 inches.
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damn that's crazy. i remember wakin up to that sometimes. the last winter i lived in indiana, we had 30+ inches in 30 days. i got caught in a whiteout on the way home one nightit's funny how much fun it is to wake up and see all that out your window when you're little, and now when you're older you're like "dammit, now i hafta shovel all this crap."i jus posted somethin about snow in the humor forum, you might like it
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Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »As a Floridian, I got a question, no making fun now, how does one go about get a crap load of snow off your car with out becoming a snow man your self?I love what I have... 35" reach with that bad boy, perfect for something like the Vibe, it worked great for clearing off the roof! They make longer ones than that though, you'd really need 'em on a huge vehicle. You can get a lot of leverage with the scraper too. It was cheap as well, got it at Wal*Mart... They probably don't have these contraptions in FL though. lol!And Millster, right on about that HHR thing! That really does look like one buried under there!

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snow ftw!i was happy i park in a garage!
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Boy I am glad that didn't come here.....
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we've only got snow twice and it wasnt even the heavy stuff enough to stay on the ground for more then a few hours
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