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Subject: The winter of 2004

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The winter of 2004 (The winter of 2004)

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Date Posted: 21:56:36 12/08/12 Sat
In reply to: jj 's message, "Not tellingg ything new" on 17:40:40 12/01/08 Mon

�What is it about winter that brings out the worst in some people? This winter is only half over and already it has been as cold as the icicles on a polar bear�s nose, but let�s get a grip on the situation? This is CN and it�s February.

Surely everyone who has chosen to live in this great country realizes CN�s climate is 10 months of winter and two months of bad ice.

He was thinking of the weather last week while slip-sliding along an icy sidewalk in my neighborhood. According to Environment, the total of snowfall (measured at Ham Airport) in the winter of 2002-2003 was 82.2 cm. In the winter before that we received 100.9 cm., and in 2000-2001, 154.5 cm. of snow in this area. The good news is that we seem to be getting less snow each year. By the winter of 2050, we should be strolling in shorts through the Royal Botanical Gardens. For now, we have little choice but to endure this chilly season, because there are three things that are certain about life in CN: death, taxes and winter. (There are also three rules to help get us through winter; unfortunately no one knows what they are.)

During an acrobatic walk on that glacial, frost-bitten day, as I gingerly maneuvered my way home along the snowy sidewalk, I devised some helpful, Zen-like tips that might help us get through this weather. (You may take them with a grain of salt!)

1. Never test the depth of the snow with both feet.
2. If you�re worried that no one knows you�re alive, drive really slowly on Barton Street after a snowfall.
3. If you HAVE to drive on Barton Street in winter, drive slowly but think quickly!
4. Do not walk behind me on a snowy, icy Ham sidewalk, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the heck alone so I can get home without having to call for assistance.
5. Probably the most important one: never, ever miss an opportunity to go SOUTH for the winter.

Credit: The Spectator

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