So for the past week or so, we keep getting these little storms that move through. Nothing huge or anything, but each are dropping and inch or two of snow on the ground. Personally I think that's great because that kind of snow still allows for you to get around easy enough.
The local weather people keep referring to these as "snowbursts".
Does anyone know - is this the techincal meteorological term?
Thursday, January 24, 2008
It's a big big world out there
It never ceases to amaze me how people become so used to staying within their own little bubbles and never venture outside of it.
I worked at the store the other night. The store is located in the northwest part of the city. Not too terribly out west. Maybe about 2 miles from part of the interestate. No biggie. There are 2 other stores of ours in town. One in midtown and one in Papillion, which is kind of attached to Omaha on the southern edge and alot of people consider it all part of one big city. If you're driving to Papillion, there is nothing to indicate that you are leaving one and entering the other.
At the store, I end up helping a woman who asks me if I can tell her how far away Maple Street is and how hard it is to get there. I look at her for a minute to see if she's just totally joking. She has a completely straight face.
"You see the busy street right out side that the store faces, that's Maple," is my response.
"Oh, I'm not from here."
"Oh, really. Where are you from?"
"Papillion."
She is dead serious.
It took every ounce of strength I had to not look at her and say "You ARE from here!!! It's all the same thing!!! Get out of your bubble once in a while!!! And if you can't get around any better than that, please just go to our store that is 'where you're from'."
I worked at the store the other night. The store is located in the northwest part of the city. Not too terribly out west. Maybe about 2 miles from part of the interestate. No biggie. There are 2 other stores of ours in town. One in midtown and one in Papillion, which is kind of attached to Omaha on the southern edge and alot of people consider it all part of one big city. If you're driving to Papillion, there is nothing to indicate that you are leaving one and entering the other.
At the store, I end up helping a woman who asks me if I can tell her how far away Maple Street is and how hard it is to get there. I look at her for a minute to see if she's just totally joking. She has a completely straight face.
"You see the busy street right out side that the store faces, that's Maple," is my response.
"Oh, I'm not from here."
"Oh, really. Where are you from?"
"Papillion."
She is dead serious.
It took every ounce of strength I had to not look at her and say "You ARE from here!!! It's all the same thing!!! Get out of your bubble once in a while!!! And if you can't get around any better than that, please just go to our store that is 'where you're from'."
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Travel planning
So a friend of mine got a smoking deal and is going to Las Vegas. She and some friends leave tomorrow morning and come back on Saturday. She's been checking the weather, planning what to pack, working out who's going to drive to the airport, are they going to leave a car there...all the important details.
Then one of the group that are going calls and asks if she knows what's going on in Las Vegas all week and this weekend. Her answer is "no, I have no idea".
The answer - the equivalent to the academy awards for the porn industry.
Lessons to be learned - 1. Always check around and see what else might be going on in a city that you're planning on visiting. 2. If you're going to be in a city that will be full or porn stars waiting to walk a red carpet, it won't matter what you pack to wear. No one will be looking at you anyway.
Then one of the group that are going calls and asks if she knows what's going on in Las Vegas all week and this weekend. Her answer is "no, I have no idea".
The answer - the equivalent to the academy awards for the porn industry.
Lessons to be learned - 1. Always check around and see what else might be going on in a city that you're planning on visiting. 2. If you're going to be in a city that will be full or porn stars waiting to walk a red carpet, it won't matter what you pack to wear. No one will be looking at you anyway.
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