Snow

[Mendalla]

Snow looks lovely and I had great fun in it as a kid (and even as a parent of a kid). But then I have to shovel my drive and, yeah, the beauty and fun kind of get sucked out of it.

And after posting this yesterday, guess what I woke up to today?

 

[DrLeftover]

I like just enough snow to be pretty, but not so much that I have to shovel.

 

[DrLeftover]

And after posting this yesterday, guess what I woke up to today?

An ice storm?

 

[Mendalla]

An ice storm?

Thank God, no. I hate ice unless it's where it belongs ... in an arena. We had a enough snow to make everything pretty and white. It kept falling through the day, but also got warm enough that it stopped accumulating and started melting.

 

[Nebulous]

And after posting this yesterday, guess what I woke up to today?

SNOW!

 

[KenDaGamer]

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I love the snow!

 

[DrLeftover]

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I love the snow!

The snow is just about the only thing the City hasn't sold to a foreign investment firm.

But give them a chance.

 

[MrDawn]

Not a big fan of snow. Not a big fan of winter either...but right now it's starting to snow here.

I'm honestly looking forward to it snowing us in this year lol

 

[KenDaGamer]

The snow is just about the only thing the City hasn't sold to a foreign investment firm.

But give them a chance.

 

[DrLeftover]

Let's see:

Parking meters:

Chicago Selling Its Parking Meters To Morgan Stanley Has Been A Disaster For The City

In retrospect, giving an investment bank complete control over a city's parking meters for 75 years might not be a great idea.

jalopnik.com

The Tollway:

Chicago Skyway sold — again — generating windfall for beleaguered taxpayers

The latest ownership change is expected to generate about $25 million in real estate transaction taxes, enough to cut in half Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $42.7 million property tax increase — though the mayor’s office refused to say how the funds would be used.

chicago.suntimes.com

One of the public housing deals:

West Side Section 8 housing complex sells for $14.5M

A Section 8 housing complex on Chicago’s West Side sold for $14.5 million to a buyer who got an $18.9 million loan.

therealdeal.com

How's that for a start?

 

[KenDaGamer]

Let's see:

Parking meters:

Chicago Selling Its Parking Meters To Morgan Stanley Has Been A Disaster For The City

In retrospect, giving an investment bank complete control over a city's parking meters for 75 years might not be a great idea.

jalopnik.com

The Tollway:

Chicago Skyway sold — again — generating windfall for beleaguered taxpayers

The latest ownership change is expected to generate about $25 million in real estate transaction taxes, enough to cut in half Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $42.7 million property tax increase — though the mayor’s office refused to say how the funds would be used.

chicago.suntimes.com

One of the public housing deals:

West Side Section 8 housing complex sells for $14.5M

A Section 8 housing complex on Chicago’s West Side sold for $14.5 million to a buyer who got an $18.9 million loan.

therealdeal.com

How's that for a start?

I respect you for posting these articles, but this is really not the time or place for this.

 

[Webster]

*glances over at @DrLeftover and @KenDaGamer* Doc, I tried playing the slag Chicago game over on his board and lost; yes, bashing Chi-town is a popular pastime in some parts but relax y'all. We're here to talk about snow, right?

Anytime, as a lifelong Appalachian fellow, I love snow. What I don't love is ice.

 

[DrLeftover]

*glances over at @DrLeftover and @KenDaGamer* Doc, I tried playing the slag Chicago game over on his board and lost; yes, bashing Chi-town is a popular pastime in some parts but relax y'all. We're here to talk about snow, right?

Anytime, as a lifelong Appalachian fellow, I love snow. What I don't love is ice.

The posted links were in answer to a question about Chicago selling everything but the snow.

So it was the "time and place".

If you don't want me explaining an obscure reference with factual links, let me know.

 

[Webster]

We're cool, Doc; I just didn't want you getting into an argument with Ken over the above.
All's square. @DrLeftover

 

[KenDaGamer]

@Webster Yeah, it's all fun and laughs. But yeah, on the subject of snow...

This is what how much snow we had in 2011. That was the 3rd blizzard I've been through.

 

[Nebulous]

I saw some snow a couple days ago while I was out of town. Its been a loooooooooooooooong time since I've seen any of that in person.