Snow JOW

I awoke this morning to a lovely sight; soft snow had fallen in Estes Park during the night, coating everything with a gentle frosting.

Snow - like rising bread dough
sweet-flaked
winter on wry,
not kneaded
but enjoyed – a good day for loafing.

Two days before I had been sweating in shorts and a tee shirt. A native Floridian, I am still thrilled at the sight of fresh snow. Although it is not all that cold, I chose not to walk up a mountain today; fortunately I did get Prospect Peak done yesterday. As alluded to in the ‘poem’ I am going to spend the day reading and writing. Part of that writing is this JOW, dedicated in general to snow.
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The Army Private was very happy to be one of the very few lower-enlisted people to be authorized to live in on-post family housing, as part of a new Army Test Program. He decided that he would follow all housing regulations to the letter, to make sure he would be allowed to stay.
During the first snow-fall of the year, he turned on the Command Information Channel on his cable-TV, and heard the following message: "The National Weather Service has predicted three inches of snow. The Post Commander has instituted snow-condition Alpha, which means that all privately owned vehicles should be parked on the South or East sides of the street."
The Army private hurried out of the house and moved his car to the east side of the street.
One week later, it started to snow again, so he turned on the Command Information Channel once more. The announcer said, "The National Weather Service has predicted five inches of snow. The Post Commander has instituted snow-condition Bravo, which means that all privately owned vehicles should be parked on the North or West sides of the Street."
Again, the private ran out into the snow to move his car to the West side of the street.
Two weeks later, it began to snow again. The private turned on the Command Information Channel, but apparently the storm had knocked the channel off the air. In a panic, he shouted at his Wife, "What should I do??????"
"Oh, Terry," the wife replied, "Just leave the car in the garage."

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A local news anchor was teasing the weather man about the lack of predicted snowfall.
“So Dick,” she bubbled mischievously, “Where was that eight inches you promised me last night…”

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Up by Lake Itzokold, it was snowing heavily and blowing to the point that visibility was almost zero when Lena got off work. She made her way to her car and wondered how she was going to make it home.
She sat in her car while it warmed up and thought about her situation. She remembered a friend's advice that if she got caught in a blizzard, she should wait for a snow plow to come by and follow it. That way she would not get stuck in a snow drift. This made Lena feel much better and sure enough in a little while, a snow plow went by, and she started to follow it. As she followed the snow plow, she was feeling very smug as they continued, and she was not having any problem with the blizzard conditions, although the plow seemed to be making a lot of turns. After quite some time had passed, she was somewhat surprised when the snow plow stopped and the driver got out and came back to her car and signaled her to roll down her window. She figured the snow plow driver wanted to know if she was all right, as she had been following him for a long time.
She said that she was fine and told him of the advice she'd received to follow a snow plow when caught in a blizzard.
The driver replied that it was OK with him, and she could continue if she wanted...but he was done with the mall’s parking lot and was going over to Wal-Mart next.

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Cold weather brings to mind walruses – the maritime equivalent of a gnu; simply too ugly to be real.
There are a number of bad walrus jokes such as:

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain walruses?

Q: How do you tell the difference between a walrus and an orange?
A: Put your arms around it and squeeze it. If you don't get orange juice, it's a walrus.

Q: What's the difference between a walrus and a banana?
A: You'd better find out, because if you ever try to peel a walrus...muskoxen have wool, when it rains - why don't they shrink?

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Random Thought -
Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

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These are from Tom. Here are some actual cities in Texas; I really need to do more Texas stuff.

Just Texas
Pep , Texas 79353, Smiley , Texas 78159, Paradise , Texas 76073, Rainbow , Texas 76077, Sweet Home , Texas 77987, Comfort , Texas 78013, Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628, Sunrise , Texas 76661, Sunset, Texas 76270, Sundown, Texas 79372, Sunray , Texas 79086, Sunny Side , Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301, Noodle, Texas 79536, Oatmeal , Texas 78605, Turkey , Texas 79261, Trout, Texas 75789; Sugar Land , Texas 77479; Salty, Texas 76567; Rice , Texas 75155; Pearland, Texas 77581; Orange , Texas 77630

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436; Cleveland , Texas 75436; Colorado City , Texas 79512; Denver City , Texas 79323; Klondike , Texas 75448; Pittsburg , Texas 75686; Newark , Texas 76071; Nevada , Texas 75173; Memphis , Texas 79245; Miami , Texas 79059; Boston , Texas 75570; Santa Fe , Texas 77517; Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861; Reno , Texas 75462; Pasadena , Texas 77506; Columbus , Texas 78934

Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens , Texas 75751; Bagdad, Texas 77616; Canadian, Texas 79014; China , Texas 77613; Dublin , Texas 76446; Egypt , Texas 77436; Ireland , Texas 76538; Italy , Texas 76538; Turkey , Texas 79261; London , Texas 76854; New London , Texas 75682; Paris , Texas 75460; Palestine , Texas 75801

No need to travel to Washington DC
Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth, Texas 79031

We have a city named after our state:
Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy, Texas 76452
Cold?

Blanket , Texas 76432; Winters, Texas 79567

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus , Texas 76084; Mars , Texas 79062

For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745; Elmo , Texas 75118; Nemo , Texas 76070; Tarzan , Texas 79783; Winnie , Texas 77665; Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas to make you smile...
Frognot, Texas 75424; Gun Barrel City , Texas 75156; Bigfoot , Texas 78005; Hogeye , Texas 75423; Cactus , Texas 79013; Notrees, Texas 79759; Best, Texas 76932; Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763; Dime Box , Texas 77853; Old Dime Box , Texas 77853; Telephone , Texas 75488; Telegraph , Texas 76883; Whiteface , Texas 79379; Twitty, Texas 79079

And my favorites...
Cut and Shoot, Texas 77303, Gun Barrel City , Texas 75147, Ding Dong, Texas, West, Texas (it's in Central Texas ) and, of course, Muleshoe , Texas 79347