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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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Typical Canadian winter, at this rate I am never gonna be able to get my car out of storage..Here are some pics of the storm we got hit with this weeekend.





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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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Hahaha. Im laughing cause Im from Northern Ontario and thats only too familiar for me. I do find it strange to see elsewhere tho. Look on the bright side, Im sure you'll lose it much sooner than me!!
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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God, I wish I had that here in LA right now. I haven't gone snowboarding in 2 months.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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God, I wish I had that here in LA right now. I haven't gone snowboarding in 2 months.
we hate you...lol j/k...man that storm was a pita...
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mitymikec
at this rate I am never gonna be able to get my car out of storage
I feel the same way, here in NB we're having our worst winter in 50+ years, there's been snow on the ground since before Remembrance day.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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i heard you guys got a shitload of snow...how much did u end up getting for the weekend? It wont be long here before the snows all gone unless we get a dumping like you did
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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We got hit by 52cm of snow on friday and saturday....not goood...
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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**** man thats crazy...i think thats the new record eh
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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Thats crazy, its looking good here though and melting fast. Hope it stays that way, I am getting the itch to go for a rip!
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:50 AM
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You and me both.

Just need to round up a few more needed part though.
Made a promice that I wouldn't drive the car till it was working 100% again.. but sometimes its pretty hard bombing around in a rusted fully size jimmy while the vettes are cruising around.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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Please make it end
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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its finally starting to turn nice around here. It was +8 yesterday so springs gotta be just around the corner!
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Wow thas a lot of snow!!
im so lucky to live in vancouver hehe but i hate the rain though! haha
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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God damn i cant wait for spring, especially this year as i moved and dont have the garage built yet..sucks looking out at the truck in the snow.

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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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hahahaa move to Sask. I am getting ready to get my car out. All the streets are clear of snow here now.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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Your gonna pull it out of storage already Ryan? Only Mustangs here in Lloyd are driving around yet, there is by far too much gravel on the road for this guy. I lmao when I see stangs and jap scraps driving around on all that loose rubble on the road.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by WS6_MAC
Please make it end
i feel your pain...
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mitymikec
We got hit by 52cm of snow on friday and saturday....not goood...
52cm?! In that metric system thing, that's like 14 feet or something!!!
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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13.26 feet actually
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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Toronto LT1 and I live pretty close to each other, so he can testify that we got a SHITLOAD of snow. plus i have the lake like a 1/4 KM away so that doesn't help either.
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