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Blog Entry 101 of 189 From the mountains to 6th Avenue

Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?

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Contributed by: Karen Groves/YourHub.com on 11/29/2006

I have never been the most technically inclined person.
I admit to having a hard time with math, except forthe simple kind.
Yesterday I couldn't get the key out of the door at work.
I admit I have a problem with keys and numbers, and I think it's an attitude issue.
Also, a lack-of-patience issue.

I try to come up with compromises or solutions.
For example, the way I measure snow is very simple. I look at the roof from inside and guess.

Or I look at the porch railing and guess.

I understand the weather is a scientific undertaking, and I wouldn't presume to reduce it to such simple terms, but usually I can call it pretty close and usually it's less than the weather forecasters have predicted the night before.

Last night Kathy Sabine said it might be up to 24 inches. Maybe that's in Aspen or Steamboat.
She said temperatures would be in the single digits.

However, for my morning report I offer these stats:

The digital bank sign on Main Street said 17 degrees
Fahr·en·heit (f r n-h t , fä r n-) Pronunciation Key , Gabriel Daniel. 1686-1736.
German-born physicist who invented the mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

And I estimated the depth of the snow on the porch endrails at 6 inches while my favorite chef shoveled the steps and warmed up the truck.

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Submitted By: Charmaine Robledo

posted on 12/1/2006 @ 10:50:32 AM

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I just look outside, see the hint of snow and I know I will have a heck of a time getting to work. Because we also have to estimate the ice. It's the ice that gets you.

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Submitted By: Brendan Leonard

posted on 11/30/2006 @ 2:10:18 PM

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I will always be there to get the key out of the door at work, Karen. Except when I'm on vacation.

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