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Subject:Re: Big Snow In the East <WOT>
From:Mark Upton
Date:Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:56:49 -0500

Go back into your grass hut before you get a sunburn.

"Jose R. Moscoso" wrote:

> Fellows and fellaws:
> Talking about intolerance to other languages (would that mean cultural
> intolerance) and snow storms...  yesterday we had a beautiful clear sky with
> probably 80 degrees Fahrenheit during mid-day and 68 during the night.  What
> is that you call snow???
>
> I understand the peril since we go through the same hardships during
> hurricane season...
> Enjoy your climate.
>
> JRM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Bosch <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Big Snow In the East <WOT>
>
> > My company has offices up and down the East coast - from Greenville, SC to
> > Boston - that are closing because of the snow.  Our district office in
> > Philly said, "... it's terrible!!  <panic in voice!!>  There must be six
> or
> > eight inches on the ground <even more panic in voice!!>!!"
> >
> > To that I say "HA!!"  Eight inches of snow...  Panic in the streets!  What
> > would you folks do if you got two storms, three days apart, that each
> > dumped 25 inches of snow on your butts, like what happened to us last
> > March?!?  Only thing closed were the schools.  Couldn't drive the Van thru
> > the stuff, but what the hey.
> >
> > Gimme a '82 Rabbit Diesel with a set of Blizzak (sp?) snow tires and I'd
> be
> > all set.  Had one too, many moons ago.  Sure miss that Rabbit when the
> snow
> > flies...
> >
> > Alan Bosch
> > & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
> > Rochester, NY
> > It ain't snowin' here...