> Instantly > four guys got out of the, took a piss and crossed themselves. > But not > me. I'm not a Catholic! :-)
Only Catholics pee? Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joseph McAllister > Sent: 21 December 2008 19:34 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT Some winter observations > > 2008/12/21 David J Brooks <[email protected]>: > > Its snowing, yes another storm in Toronto. Expecting a whopping 3 > > cm's. > > > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > > > My attempt at snowed in humor. > > > > Dave > > > My sentiments exaktly. > > I grew up in New England. When we had 2 feet of snow it meant you > skipped school (never closed) and headed for New Hampshire or > Vermont > to get some ski time in. The roads were always plowed to a couple of > inches of packed powder. But it was hilly, so you tried to > never slow > down. If someone was stuck on a hill in front of you, you floored it > and went around. Probably an old lady! > > Driving in Canada later in life, whilst attending Montana State > College, on my way to Banff/Lake Louise, I had a chance to practice > the technique of when you saw the road curving one way or > the other, > and you were going 70 mph, you cranked in a skid slightly in that > direction 1/4 mile before you got there, stayed on the gas, and slid > through it with no problem. Roads were always 2 inches of ice. Only > once was I surprised by a quickly decreasing radius turn, and > ended up > sliding backwards thru some cemetery gates backwards (they > were open), > coming to rest a few feet short of a large granite monument. > Instantly > four guys got out of the, took a piss and crossed themselves. > But not > me. I'm not a Catholic! :-) > > Seattle is currently paralyzed by around 6" of snow. 24 hour news > coverage. Sky is falling reportage. > > Gotta go. Taking the dogs to the leash free park so they can romp. > > Joseph McAllister > Lots of gear, not much time > > gallery.me.com/jomac > web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
