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Ariala
Neither could I when I first came here, Ariala. It is fascinating.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 13, 2008 at 5:43 AM
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Azur
In a way, Azur. The problem with snow is where to put it all. Our flooding comes during the January thaw. My niece's husband was killed in one of your inland tsunamis a few years ago. They must be very scary and very powerful. I prefer the snow.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 13, 2008 at 5:41 AM
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I cannot imagine that much snow...whoa!
posted by
Ariala
on January 13, 2008 at 5:39 AM
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Corbin
And when the doors of the truck were opened, you might have just enough time to make a snowball before it all melted, Corbin. Let's forget about it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 13, 2008 at 5:35 AM
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I guess it must be some consolation
that the rain is so cold there that it doesn't flood. Here friends who live in valleys experienced an inland tsunami.
posted by
Azur
on January 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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Re: Corbin
Unfortunately with our warm weather, it would have to be shipped in refrigerated trucks to keep it intact....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 12, 2008 at 7:01 AM
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Corbin
I could arrange for some to be shipped down to you, CB?
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 12, 2008 at 6:52 AM
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I'm so......
jealous......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 8, 2008 at 6:00 AM
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mneme
I'm so pleased for you, mneme. I know that 'I've found myself' feeling. I hope it continues forever for you.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 8, 2008 at 5:55 AM
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johnmacnab
Probably.. it's back to a seasonal norm today, wet, windy and cold. And I'm walking in that in about an hour. What I like about being here is feeling like my old self again. It's been a long time. I'm happy :)
posted by
mneme
on January 8, 2008 at 3:18 AM
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mneme
Hey mneme! It's great to hear from you. Isn't 'warmth' and 'UK' an oxymoron? The downside of snow is going to be the subject of the next post, if I can find the computer under the drift of procrastination. I'm glad you're liking it over there.
PS - What are you liking about it?
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 8:22 PM
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TAPS
It is enchanting, TAPS, but the odd thing is, that we are now having a thaw - the January thaw. Luckily there is hardly any rain so far and the snow is melting at a slow rate, but I can guarantee that it won't melt altogether.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 8:18 PM
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Great read, Johnmacnab, and
The snow must be beautifully picturesque there about now. Ours has melted, but I'm sure it will come again--well not nearly as much as you have, but enough for me.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 7, 2008 at 7:59 PM
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saul_relative
LOL. I'm all for snow in an another state as well, SR - preferably Florida.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 7:57 PM
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majroj
Damn! That's what I did wrong. I didn't go to college, instead I left boring old school early.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 7:53 PM
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Hah! Good non you J McN
posted by
majroj
on January 7, 2008 at 3:46 PM
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Hi johnmacnab
This was fun...:) Snow has its downside, doesn't it, when you have to clear it away. We have been promised snow and it hasn't materialised, in fact it's been uncommonly warm today (in case you wondered I am in UK for a while, and loving it.) I'm slowly catching up after being a delinquent blogger for a couple of months.
posted by
mneme
on January 7, 2008 at 12:40 PM
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There, there, majroj - did I tweak a nerve?
As for the
proper point of view, one of the amazing things I notice about this side of the pond is that civil servants are - civil, I mean. If we could train mail workers to be farmers at the same time, we could maybe grow our own bills - and then plough them under.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 6:16 AM
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Snow... I'm all for snow in another state... preferably rain...
posted by
saul_relative
on January 6, 2008 at 9:02 PM
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I quote:
Dr Ray Stantz : Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.
See, another close miss by a civil servant. STANTZ!! 
posted by
majroj
on January 6, 2008 at 4:49 PM
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Or your Ploughman "went Postal".
And as for that silly remark (sniff) about early delivery versus early completion of their appointed rounds...you abviously are not a civil servant, you simply lack the proper point of view about these things! Really!
I refer you to "Dr Peter Venkman" 's monologoue in Ghosbusters about the private sector versus academia.
posted by
majroj
on January 6, 2008 at 4:41 PM
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majroj
But surely this wouldn't guarantee mail delivery so much as an early finish? In fact, after driving to church this morning - (I had to get that part in, because you never know who is reading this, and he might not have noticed me hiding behind the 4th pillar from the front on the north side of the church) - I noticed that lots of the mail boxes have been flattened by the plough. Ah-ha! Perhaps the driver
is a mailman?
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2008 at 1:14 PM
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Your city needs a garbage truck with plow blade driven by postal service.
Withe the savings, you could hire someone to do the sardonic waving to save the driver's attention and let him get on with driving his route faster.
posted by
majroj
on January 6, 2008 at 7:12 AM
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W & W (Whacky and Wonder Dog)
The warmth was only temporary, Whacky. We still had to shovel the white stuff later.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2008 at 5:35 AM
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Well, at least you are safe and warm!
A rose from me
and a smile
from that wonderfully goofy wonder dog =^..^= Bo!
posted by
Whacky
on January 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
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Pat_B
Upon reflection Pat, you're right. I think it might also come under the rule of 'whatever can go wrong will go wrong.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 5, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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afzal
Thanks for the flower, afzal.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 5, 2008 at 3:47 PM
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It's almost a law, that the garbage guys will come by
earlier on the day it's most difficult for you to get the stuff out on time. I'm sure there's a mathematical formula involved, the bigger your challenge, the earlier they'll be there. Fun read! :)
posted by
Pat_B
on January 5, 2008 at 5:25 AM
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posted by
afzal50
on January 5, 2008 at 1:49 AM
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