Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy: Too much information. Thank you for sharing. :-) In our defense (defence), in Seattle we don't have common spiders with the toxicity of cobras, and we can swim in creeks without being eaten by a croc. Hey, British Columbia LUGgers, how did you fare with the snow up there? Whatcom county near the Canadian border was hit pretty hard, up to 18 inches in some places. A foot fell on some of the San Juans. A couple of inches is on the ground at my house. Downtown Seattle fared better, as whatever fell mostly melted last night. Outlying areas are a mess. The weather people are predicting three more inches late this afternoon in Seattle, followed by sub-freezing temperatures overnight. I know the prospect of a city brought to its knees by a small amount of snow is amusing to many. The problem here is that it doesn't snow much or often, and it usually melts in a couple of days. So when it does snow, nobody knows how to drive in it. And they only plow the major arterials, sometimes. I grew up in New England, and literally learned to drive on snow (I took driver's education in the winter). So the snow itself doesn't bother me too much. It's everyone else. Especially the Neanderthals who think: "Me have four wheel drive. Me can go fast!" I have twice had a couple of twentysomethings joyously gun past me, followed by a 270 to 360 degree skid. One made it OK, the other broadsided a telephone pole. And then there are the people next to me at a traffic light who spin their wheels to get going, and slide horizontally towards me. . . Greg, I'm sure the syndrome is the same in Vancouver, and that it thoroughly amuses the less temperate parts of Canada. --Peter Hoppy wrote: > Peter and Greg, it's 86F/30C and sunny here in Brisbane, Australia. The > swimming pool is sparkling and cool.