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Why do you all want snow.
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Why do you all want snow.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:41:40 -0000, "John Rogerlot"
wrote: Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money This sort of discussion always crops up in these situations. It is a well-known fact that some people get excited whenever there is a natural (or man-made) event of some consequence predicted or actually occurring. No doubt there are people in California who get excited about the prospect of an earthquake. As we know there are many people who are fascinated by hurricanes and tornados. During the war I could easily imagine some people getting a sort of thrill during an air-raid. It is just part of the human psyche. No-one except those with a deficient personality would actually like to see anyone hurt or even inconvenienced, quite apart from the fact that we will all pay for the consequences in increased insurance premiums. I joked last year that a good snowfall is better than sex for some people, perhaps this is not far wrong and the adrenalin rush etc is not dissimilar. I count myself amongst those who are fascinated by extreme events but don't like the consequences, creating a sort of cognitive dissonance. JPG |
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Bill : Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Wonder how many are in the kitchen at parties? Most. I'll be up in the mountains sledging or skiing with my wife next week. She'll be in her element. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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I count myself amongst those who are fascinated by extreme events but
don't like the consequences, creating a sort of cognitive dissonance. "Cognitive dissonance" - you've found the words, JPG. :-) Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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"Anne Burgess" wrote in message
... John Rogerlot Ok , I love snow So do I. In theory, and provided I don't *have* to go out when it's actually blizzarding or lying deep on the roads. I love it when I am on skis and the sun is shining on it. I hate it when it is wet and dirty and melting. In a perfect world there would be tons of powdery snow above say 1500 feet above sea level, and none at all below that. There would. furthermore, never be any dreich grey days. Anne And June/July/August temperatures would never go higher than 26/27C *ever* and would *always* be 15C on those nights. But if all that above were true, wouldn't the weather then become boring ;-) -- Pete Please take my dog out twice to e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and do not represent the views, policy or understanding of any other person or official body. --------------------------------------------------------------- |
Why do you all want snow.
Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. And there is *^* all you can do about it. Whether you like it or not.. you get it, you live with it. Its not going to snow because some of us wish it. Richard Webb |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:48:37 +0000, Bill wrote:
The practical problems of severe weather and it's effect are beyond most of them. Hum, so why do I have more than a weeks worth of non perishable food in the cupboards, backup lighting, heating and cooking provision, plenty of warm clothing and excess warm bedding etc etc Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Partner and two kids (7 & 4). SWMBO doesn't like snow all that much but the two kids do, unfortunately being at 1400' snow is quite often powder and useless for constructional purposes. Still at least my kids get to build two or three snowmen a year. I was speaking to an old college friend who lives in Birmingham the other day, his eldest is not that short of going to university, they have never built a snowman... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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"John Rogerlot" wrote in message
... Ok , I love snow All faces I saw yesterday were happy ones. People started smiling when the little blue whole in the sky was replaced by a continuous light grey cloud cover and the heavy snow came in and started settling on the ground. No matter their rush, everyone was -or at least seemed- happy. I remember January 2002, when snow accumulations were much more significant. People would throw snowballs to total strangers and receive a big smile and even bigger snowballs in return. Everyone seemed happy. Enjoy the cold spell and hope that it will be snowier than is now forecast. Maybe it will add a smile on your face as a response to the total strangers that smile to you -the only grounds for it being that it will be snowing! Yannis, SE Athens ms 0.7C |
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