tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762836.post7289672211929526411..comments2024-03-13T09:08:45.111-04:00Comments on needleworker not in paradise: Winter Weather at LastDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16590452473318118140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762836.post-80171579540834178712009-01-30T14:15:00.000-05:002009-01-30T14:15:00.000-05:00Beautiful furniture!Are you by any chance a fan of...Beautiful furniture!<BR/>Are you by any chance a fan of<BR/>Charles Rennie Mackintosh? (I hope my spelling was correct!)<BR/><BR/>Ginny KAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228470793265319124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762836.post-82210220393739287142009-01-29T12:09:00.000-05:002009-01-29T12:09:00.000-05:00Well, he's not quite right. We do close schools i...Well, he's not quite right. We do close schools in Chicago, but it takes a lot of snow or some serious cold to do it. My kids' schools have been averaging 1 snow day a year.<BR/><BR/>Gorgeous new furniture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762836.post-12706003834307264092009-01-29T10:26:00.000-05:002009-01-29T10:26:00.000-05:00I too agree that it's nuts. The question is: Is it...I too agree that it's nuts. <BR/><BR/>The question is: Is it more cost effective to create the infrastructure needed to deal with the snow and ice properly or to shut the schools (and government) down for a day or two?<BR/><BR/>The other problem is the county-wide school districts. If they'd had county-wide closings where I grew up (Erie Co, NY), we wouldn't have been in school all winter some Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452682935744860737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762836.post-66623573898045976592009-01-29T09:34:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:34:00.000-05:00Love the sideboard.Try living in L.A. for 15 years...Love the sideboard.<BR/><BR/>Try living in L.A. for 15 years when rain causes people to be incapable of driving in any sane manner--too slow on the freeway and too fast on the surface streets. It's <I>rain</I>; I can't imagine anything more treacherous. When I was in college, my friend from NJ would make me drive her car (a 70s era Cadillac, for goodness sake; talk about traction!) if we got any Anna van Schurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.com