At 10:52 PM 3/5/2009, Philip Zimmerman wrote:
>I profess, at least a partial description that may relieve you from
>having to roll in the snow!

Thanks most kindly, sir.

>As a digression, when did rolling in the snow stop being fun?
>Somewhere in my memory, this was once a very fun thing to do..... anyway.....

Well, in one sense maybe about age 50.  In another, you have to
understand that here in Rhode Island we don't actually dress for cold
weather -- since it doesn't actually get very cold, hasn't been below
10F but once this winter I think; but it does indeed *feel* cold when
you're wearing a windbreaker and playing with icy metal.  Also,
Providence being a city of sorts, there's no convenient place to put
the excess snow; so in winters like this one when it actually does
snow it tends to pile up inconveniently and reduce the width of
streets to where it makes you a bit nervous having your legs sticking
out from under.  And the previous owner of this house had to "borrow"
a foot of land from the neighbor in order to make the driveway not
wide enough...cars were narrower in 1941 I reckon.  We have a double
lot, consuming two street numbers -- 45 feet wide.  The neighbors on
one side have a triple lot, and on the other side a very skinny
house; so they both have generous driveways.

Thanks again,
David

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'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"