[Leica] be warned, beware! contains some language that may be offensive to tender sensibilities

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Sounds like there's a new Bill Bryson out there - great diary!
Douglas

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.
>
>
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