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11:00 PM

Show him a Youtube video of a blizzard.

Preferably recorded after sunset.

And I would still need to clear the driveway for my parents (we bought the house next to them, and the driveway is shared in front and splits in back). My dad works weird hours and will not have the option to stay home.

Cerberus

Aww.

Try to convince him to stay home anyway.

Or stay the night at/near work.

MετάEd

@tchrist I have failed to locate Unicode for a rotated "r". Rotated 180°.

@tchrist And now I have discovered that the Unicode Consortium uses "rotated" but also uses "turned". Grr.

Gɹɹɹɹɹɹɹ.

aedia λ

@Cerberus Oh I will, but I don't think it'll work.

Cerberus

11:16 PM

Hehe.

aedia λ

11:26 PM

Ooh, dinnertime!

Good luck with your snow if I don't catch you again before it begins, @Robusto.

I'll probably pop in later though. Going to try to wrap up a little w-rk in case knocks on wood any ~~pesky~~ important wires come down or anything.

Robusto

@aediaλ You too.

Cerberus

Take care.

tchrist

11:41 PM

@Sim Do you have a kind word to help this person better understand how SE sites work? She seems to be treating ELU like a forum.

A: Activity/adjective for keep re-mentioning a favor

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