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Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3949
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:00 am: | 
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According to the Weather Bug update I just got the new expected accumlation for our area is now 16-24 inches! Earlier it was only 12-16 inches. I think it's safe to predict schools will be closed tomorrow.
According to today's Ledger:
"Gov. Jon Corzine said the timing of storm on the weekend made the declaration of a state of emergency less likely. But if snow accumulations reach 12 inches and icy conditions materialize, he said he would consider such a declaration today..."
We already have 10 inches on our deck! |
FlyingSpaghettiMonst
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Username: Noodlyappendage
Post Number: 24
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 9:55 am: |
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JTA..its bad but schools aren't necessarily gonna be closed tomorrow. The storm will be long gone and the roads cleared. Why don't u wait a while before declaring that prediction? |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3952
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:03 am: |
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Hmmm some school districts have already announced they will be closed tomorrow. The last time I said I thought the schools would be closed, they were. I know plenty of kids who hope there is no school. Maybe if they all wear their jammies inside out and backwards, it will happen!
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doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 978
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:35 am: |
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JTA,
I believe to really stack the odds, kids must sleep with a spoon under their pillow...that's what my 8yo thinks... |
emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 691
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 11:07 am: |
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And wear their PJs inside out! |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 168
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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and flush ice cubes down the toilet. at least that's what my dtr's teacher told her. Why are the teachers encouraging children to do rituals to get out of school???? what kinda message is that? |
Hamandeggs
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Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 182
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 11:27 am: |
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I'm one such teacher! I asked my students to predict the dates of this winter's snowdays. The student with highest percentage right gets a prize. Maybe I'm buying into the hype, but snowdays are just plain fun for kids. (Yes, as a parent myself, I find them a complete drag.) So why not accept a reality and make it positive? |
jayjay
Citizen
Username: Jayjayp
Post Number: 396
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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What kind of educational experiment is this for kids? Sounds like you are creating a lottery. Is that what our classrooms are about these days? |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 435
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 12:36 pm: |
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Let's lighten up people! My 5 & 6 year old are ecstatic about all this snow. They can't wait until we bundle-up and go out in it. (And then come back in in 10 minutes, freezing and dragging snow through the house to insist on hot chocolate and marshmallows in front of the fire!)
Surely you haven't forgotten the simple joy of a school snow day? I grew up in waaaay upstate NY and it took a storm like this one for our schools to close for a day. I still remember feeling like a snow day was a holiday. And I did enjoy school...it's just a kid thing. I can totally see how some teachers would get a similar feeling.
Do we really want business-only, no-fun-allowed meanies in charge of teaching our kids? |
Stevef
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Username: Stevef
Post Number: 169
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 1:20 pm: |
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bookies have to learn somewhere |
Hamandeggs
Citizen
Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 184
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 1:35 pm: |
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It's actually an exercise in probability and percentages. You could choose every single day in Feb, for example, and get 5 days right, but your percentage would be fairly low.
From what I hear, some workplaces bet actual money on the Sweet Sixteen...can you imagine? |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 169
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 2:38 pm: |
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i was attempting to convey mock outrage (thus the smiley face). I don't mind snow days. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 4:49 pm: |
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Supposedly, coming soon to the Chicago Merc - snow futures. Bet on how much snow Central Park will get.
I heard it on 1010 WINS, but I came in in the middle, and I wasn't sure if they were kidding. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3966
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 8:26 pm: |
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Flying-
It's offical. No school for the kids in South Orange- Maplewood!  |
AntoninaKC
Citizen
Username: Antoninakc
Post Number: 171
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 12:03 pm: |
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Aunt, next time you make a thread about snow, tone down the title! I thought there was an emergency or something. |
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