Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Up until the move south I totally "got" it. One either has the "up north" in 'em or they don't. Winters can and do get some down. Springs, summers (when the humidity isn't 100% with 95û F) and falls simply glorious ;~) Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jan 3, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > last week, reeling under the cold white blanket of snow that > covered this area, it came to my mind to share with you all a very > amusing ditty recounting the joys of the Saratoga Springs area and > our neighboring Adirondack Mountains - Aridondacks my tiny > granddaughter used to say. The author's name is Anon. Wishing to > avoid offense, I have run this by our magister ludi for has > assessment of suitability. His typically terse reply: 'It's fine.' > > With the above warning, here 'tis: > > A D I R O N D A C K D I A R Y > > > > August 12. Moved to our new home in the Adirondacks. Beautiful > here. The northern woods are so majestic. Can hardly wait for it to > snow. I love it here.... > > > > October 14. The Adirondacks are the most beautiful place on earth. > The leaves have turned colors - shades of red and orange. Went for > a ride through the country and saw some deer. They are so graceful, > certainly they are the most beautiful animals on earth. I really > love it here! > > > > November 11. Deer season will start soon. I can't imagine anyone > wanting to kill such a beautiful creature. Hope it will snow soon. > What a gorgeous place! > > > > December 12. Snowed last night. Woke up to find everything > blanketed with white. It's a fairyland; looks like a postcard! We > went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the > driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won), and when the snowplow > came by we got to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place > --- I love the Adirondacks! > > > > December 14. More snow last night. I love it! The snowplow did his > trick to the driveway again. It's so great here. > > > > December 19. More snow last night. Couldn't get out of the driveway > to get to work. I am exhausted from shoveling. Fucking snow plow. > > > > December 22. More of that white shit fell last night. My hands are > blistered from shoveling. I think the snowplow hides around the > curve and waits until I'm done shoveling the driveway. Asshole! > > > > December 25. Merry Christmas! More fucking snow. If I ever get my > hands on the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snowplow I swear I'll > kill the bastard. Don't know why they don't use more salt on the > road to melt the fucking ice. > > > > December 27. More white shit last night. Been inside for three > days, except for shoveling the driveway after that snowplow goes > through. Can't go anywhere - the car's stuck in a mountain of white > shit. The weatherman says to expect another 10" of the shit again > tonight. Do you know how many shovels of snow 10" is? > > > > December 28. The fucking weatherman was wrong. We got 23" of that > white shit this time. At this rate it won't melt before summer. The > snowplow got stuck up the road and that bastard came to the door > and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six > shovels already shoveling all the shit he pushed into the driveway, > I broke my last shovel over his fucking head. > > > > January 4. Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to > get food and on the way back a damned deer ran in front of my car > and I hit it. Did about $3,000. damage to the car. Those fucking > beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters had killed them all last > November. > > > > May 3.Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the > thing is rusting out from all the fucking salt they put on the roads. > > > > May 10. Moved to Georgia. I can't imagine why anyone in his right > mind would ever live in those god-forsaken Adirondacks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information