tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post5521352828456131886..comments2024-03-28T09:09:48.820-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: Flinty FlintoidsFlint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-27968261950895739472009-12-21T08:12:49.842-08:002009-12-21T08:12:49.842-08:00Reminds me of an old Yooper joke. A guy comes in ...Reminds me of an old Yooper joke. A guy comes in to a gas station store in the UP and tries to light his cigarette with a lighter. The lighter doesn't work. The attendant asks, "are you out of Flint" and the man replies "no, Escanaba."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-57954305018890167902009-12-19T13:42:38.693-08:002009-12-19T13:42:38.693-08:00amen. I just have to laugh. Decent Michigan snow ...amen. I just have to laugh. Decent Michigan snow though. Kinda nice to shovel again :)<br /><br />http://sonofneocles.blogspot.com/2009/12/death-storm-2009-approaches-state-of.htmlshaunhttp://sonofneocles.blogspot.com/2009/12/death-storm-2009-approaches-state-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-33052010546470353642009-12-19T11:48:00.013-08:002009-12-19T11:48:00.013-08:00Amen, Ellen. I spent two winters stationed just s...Amen, Ellen. I spent two winters stationed just south of DC at Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia. A mere quarter inch or so of snow and the whole community is paralyzed and panicked -- cars sliding into each other, military on snow-removal alert, panic buying at the stores, etc. Pretty amusing for this (then) young Michigan lad.Cooley's Dictumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091573176460132541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-43555191921906814932009-12-19T11:37:27.164-08:002009-12-19T11:37:27.164-08:00Interesting concept. The big storm did hit the D.C...Interesting concept. The big storm did hit the D.C. area and they did get upwards to twenty inches of snow. I guess it's an attitude you have to adapt to according to geographics and lifestyle. Flinty and woodsy kind of go together up here in the U.P. when you trek out to cut down your Xmas tree. Seems like we are used to the fact that twenty inches of snow is not uncommen here. What's uncommen here is paying a hundred on up for a tree. Merry season to all.unclebucknoreply@blogger.com