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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 8 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: N'orEaster March 2001 #19456 03/06/01 07:24 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 My congrats on missing the snow. Lucky dog! I am quite glad that I have never lived anywhere that receives snow. In winter, I can see plenty of it from an aesthetically and climatically pleasing distance, but the most interesting stuff to come out of the sky where I live is volcanic ash, and that hasn't happened for three years now. Y'all can keep your cold wet white stuff, if y'all don't mind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: N'orEaster March 2001 #19457 03/06/01 09:50 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 We're just seeing the end of the largest snowfall in Scotland for forty years. We haven't had much snow since we've been here so we were quite surprised at not being able to get out last Tuesday. The schools were only closed for one day, so it wasn't too bad. Fortunately we were away skiing in Scotland for part of last week, which was great as the ski resorts here aren't as high as those in the Alps, North America or New Zealand and don't have a great snow record. They have closed some areas and there is restricted access to the countryside now to help prevent Foot and Mouth disease, so we were lucky that we got away when we did. My next door neighbour is furious about the snow. Having lived in Canada for a few years he decided to buy a four wheel drive (SUV for Us'ns). After three years of it not being needed (and being too high to fit through the garage door) he got rid of it, just in time for the snow. He looked so funny, digging out the Porsche! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Big Snow #19458 03/07/01 06:12 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow OP Carpal Tunnel OP wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Dear jmh, (Jo) Oh, my. Are you all prepared for big snow as we are here in New Hampshire ... in all New England ... huge snow movers and snow blowers et.al.? It's Wednesday and schools still closed (day two) and we had another five inches overnight here on NH Seacoast. Sunshine tomorrow ... forecaster Al promised. But more snow expected on Friday. Yuk! At least it's March and Spring coming soon, sun becoming warmer! As the Mayor of Cambridge (Massachusetts) said when he received complaints about the snow and ice on the city's roads "God put it here and God will take it away." wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Big Snow #19459 03/07/01 07:49 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear wow: The Mayor of Cambridge may have said that, but I think he was copying Jim Curley, Mayor of Boston in either l946 or 47. I vas dere. There were potholes you could hide a suitcase in for a week, before the Almighty decided to turn it into ankle deep slush. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Big Snow #19460 03/07/01 09:55 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow OP Carpal Tunnel OP wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wwh : I bow deeply in your directions ... For those who may remember the book and subsequent movie, "The Last Hurrah" was loosely based on Mayor Curley. Spencer Tracey played the lead. Curley was a consummate politician and he did a lot of good things. People loved him to the point they re-elected him Mayor of Boston while he was in jail! wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Big Snow #19461 03/07/01 10:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 My family was always Republican, but I had to admire some of Mayor Curley's good deeds. He found a way to use a bequest that no previous mayor had. He built several health centers where many poor people could get immunizations, Xrays and other medical attention available nowhere else. Curley did more for Boston than any of his critics. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Marty Robbins #19462 03/09/01 12:25 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 68 J jimthedogII journeyman jimthedogII journeyman J Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 68 Marty Robbins= great -Scott Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Non-Word Stuff - Post it here #19463 03/12/01 03:08 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 56 Sydney, Australia L lapsus linguae journeyman lapsus linguae journeyman L Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 56 Sydney, Australia Be alert...........the world needs more lerts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Non-Word Stuff - Post it here #19464 03/13/01 03:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK No. The world needs more loofs - be aloof. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Nope. Not that either. #19465 03/13/01 03:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Fact is, it's pathetics who are a dying breed. So be apathetic. the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 8 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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