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So I'm here in the East Coast and in the last two weeks I've picked up a new phrase that most East Coasters are familiar with... "storm-stayed". Currently I'm storm stayed at my mother in laws place. I rode out the afternoon sleeping on the couch, but I found that there are definite traditions that are part of a storm staying.
1. Everyone talks about 'the big one' coming.
2. Everyone stocks up groceries. Some do it a day before the storm, but most do it the day of. Today being a Sunday, there's very few stores open so the Shoppers Drug Mart for example is packed with people buying chips and junk food in preparation for the long sit in.
3. Jumbo Video or Blockbuster have their best days of the year, because just about everyone rents a movie during the storms.
4. The dig out after the storm is always quite the ordeal. Takes a long time, and it's never fun.
If you can, get storm stayed with a friend or family member. It's much better than passing it by yourself. You can only watch movies/surf the net/masturbate for so long before you're just dying for some conversation...
Any others 'storm-stayed'? What's your stories?
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