Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:13:26 -0000, "Dougie"
wrote:

Just making the point.

...and making it well.

Well done!

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/55v3

Just making the point.


Congrats you want us all to be depressed now?

I'm sure there were more than just a "few" who broke sweat in these
conditions - I doubt if you are in the minority..

Paul
"Dougie" wrote in message
...
Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

Dougie, it is a point well made and I am sure everyone here sympathises with
that view. First and foremost I hope the child is ok and anyone else who has
suffered in this weather. That aspect of this weather is sad. Unfortunately
the weather will happen whatever we think and like most things in life we
like to put the unsavoury parts to the back of our minds. I am sure that
there will be elderly suffering from heatstroke in a hot summer but people
will still celebrate the sun and the fun things it brings. Believe me, most
, if not all people here understand where you are coming from, though, and
would spare a thought for that child.

kind regards, Dave.



"Dougie" wrote in message
...
Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

I don't believe it correct to place an emotion such as that on people for
their enjoyment of a natural event. They have not choosen that enjoyment in
preference to this childs suffering. Merely admiring nature.

I am sure all that post here would hope the child is well, as we do with any
person's injured or suffering in the current conditions.


"Dougie" wrote in message
...
Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

Dougie says...

my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life...

WTG "your service"..!!! (Did us taxpayers pay for it, or was it private?)

I hope you all think snow is fun.

Yep... I spent quite a while in the great snowball fight of '04. Not only as
back-up for 10 & 14 yr old daughters, but also to reaffirm my postion as
snowball champ of my cul-de-sac.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

....And me too. Crikey, it's so long since we had snow, I'm well out of
practise :-)

Just making the point.

Point taken, although I'm sure a similar situation will arise next time we
experience severe weather conditions, be they hot, cold, wet, windy, dry,
whatever.... During which, a number of people on here will probably be jumping
up and down like schoolboys/girls.


I for one enjoyed today's snow, along with my kids, along with quite a few
neighbours and their kids. People were out playing in the street.

People were talking to people that they haven't spoken to for ages, and
probably wont speak to again for ages. Making polite conversation with
strangers...

So yes, in answer to your question... I'm happy now.


Kevin

A Spurs supporter being the champ of his manor. That don't happen very often
Kevin. :-) (joking)
"SpursKevin" wrote in message
...
Dougie says...

my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life...

WTG "your service"..!!! (Did us taxpayers pay for it, or was it private?)

I hope you all think snow is fun.

Yep... I spent quite a while in the great snowball fight of '04. Not only
as
back-up for 10 & 14 yr old daughters, but also to reaffirm my postion as
snowball champ of my cul-de-sac.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

...And me too. Crikey, it's so long since we had snow, I'm well out of
practise :-)

Just making the point.

Point taken, although I'm sure a similar situation will arise next time we
experience severe weather conditions, be they hot, cold, wet, windy, dry,
whatever.... During which, a number of people on here will probably be
jumping
up and down like schoolboys/girls.


I for one enjoyed today's snow, along with my kids, along with quite a few
neighbours and their kids. People were out playing in the street.

People were talking to people that they haven't spoken to for ages, and
probably wont speak to again for ages. Making polite conversation with
strangers...

So yes, in answer to your question... I'm happy now.


Kevin

I asked...

(Did us taxpayers pay for it, or was it private?)

If I could, I'd take that back and rephrase it... But I can't.

Not sure what I was trying to ask, or what point I was trying to make.
Something along the lines of "how wonderful our emergency services are".

Apologies in advance.


Kevin

I agree, whilst we would all have sympathies with the girl, this is not the
place to post the somewhat childish sentiment of "Hope your happy
now........"
Do you include this last summers heat? Or midwest US stormchasers?
The Woods Hole Institute for flooding events? The B.A.S. for melting ice
shelves? All these things bring misery and suffering around the globe...
but it's here, on this remarkable day of changing weather, you choose to
take cheap emotional potshots.
Just because Mt. St.Helens killed, it still leaves a sense of awe and
wonder within me. It's these feelings that drive vulcanologists to
understand volcanoes, and as we know, an understanding of the science behind
events enables us to predict and perhaps save lives.
The weather is no different. If it wasn't for people who wonder and marvel
at the weather, who are interested and exited by it, we would never have the
science and information to give you the warning you had of this cold spell.
How many peoples interest is fired by this newsgroup that may, either as
proffesionals or amateurs, contribute to the honing of forcasting and lead
to better and more accurate warnings?
As with all the scientists i have ever read about, talked to.. it is their
wonder, their childish exitement, their interest and curiosity that keeps
them in their work. This newsgroup expresses all these emotions very well.
I can see no reason to be sorry for the way we are.........

Les
Chris wrote:
I don't believe it correct to place an emotion such as that on people
for their enjoyment of a natural event. They have not choosen that
enjoyment in preference to this childs suffering. Merely admiring
nature.

I am sure all that post here would hope the child is well, as we do
with any person's injured or suffering in the current conditions.


"Dougie" wrote in message
...
Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us
to get oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.