Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a former Syracusian - now in Denver I can say that after a few mild winters you can get soft. Last Monday we had maybe 6 inches with the snowfall stopping at 1 PM - the moans and groans were unbelievable. AND all these Coloradoans with their hugh SUVs - There's more of 'em per capita here in Denver than in Syraucse! I once heard of someone AFRAID to taker their Hummer out in weather like this!!!! ernie nitka On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Charlie Meyer wrote: > A Englishwoman friend on a Basset Hound email list was wondering if > Britain was the only nation who cannot handle 6 inches of snow. I > assured her it was not the case at all. > > I am a native of upstate NY long ago. When my son married up there > last fall, his PharmD bride made it clear they were moving up there > once the Northern Virginia housing market improves. Brendan had > never seen winter north of the DC Beltway. I told him I would buy > him his first pair of snowshoes. > > When several inches of snow covered the roads as I arrived in > Athens, GA 25 years ago, a helpless panic that approximated the > Second Coming gripped Jawja. > > I told dear Rebecca how the Merkins in DC would deal with such a > snow storm: Everyone piles into their 4WD 'Chelsea Tractors' and > race to the Tesco to stock up on milk, lavy rolls, and 'family > planning needs', so everything can close tightly for a few days. > > She said the M25 round London was backed up fifty miles. I thought > that was normal most times I was on the M25. Several weeks ago, an > overturned beer truck backed up the M25. Maybe Brits don't handle > snow all that badly. > > Photos of Morse the Basset Hound seems to show he was having a ball > in the Chelmsford snow. > > FWIW, when it snows here in the mountains, this Upstate Native > wonders what possessed him to leave Honolulu. > > Charlie > > On Feb 2, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> The news this evening was full of accounts of a "catastrophic" >> snowstorm which buried London in a foot of snow. All activity in >> London came to an abrupt halt save for snowball battles amongst >> bankers and stockbrokers who couldn't get to their usual jobs of >> cheating the public. This verifies my opinion that most Brits are >> weather wimps. A foot of lake effect snow falls every winter day >> before lunch in upstate NY, Vermont and New Hampshire. Buffalo and >> Syracuse had over 100 inches so far this year and Punxitawny Pete >> promised another 6 weeks of winter to come. >> >> Can some UK photographers brave the snow with their Leicas and >> document the trials and tribulations of snowbound Londoners? >> Perhaps Gee Bee can show pictures of cross country skiers in the >> Lake Country. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Charlie Meyer > West Virginia Coordinator > Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD) > Droolassic Park > Keyser, WV > > Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information