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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388D5E71.B5155741@p...su.edu>... (...) this! Heh, I see your 6-10 inches and bid 12-20... I won't be going far from the house for a few days. I heard they won't be plowing my apartment complex until Thursday or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hehehe..I bid 0" (not quite true, but close enough...we have very little snow here...in scenic St John's. It's been quite windy a few days though...like really really windy :) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) We've got our standard half a foot or so here in Edmonton... my friend from Winnipeg is grumbling that it doesn't feel like winter yet. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) He's lying. In Winterpeg, that's *summer*. best, Lindsay (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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What is this "snow" thing you are talking about? ;-) We *did* get a "cold" front, so our high is now only 50-something degF instead of the 80-something it was last week. (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, you just made me cry. Okay, I'm not the type of person who hap-hazardly throws around wild and dangerous exaggerations with a wanton disregard for community health... but I hate you with the burning intensity of a thousand suns. -Adam PS. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, I know. She was wondering how we could possibly call (and I quote) "a mere -20" cold, and claimed that if she could see over the snowbanks, winter wasn't there yet. Winterpegians are twisted, evil things. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm, the burning intensity of a thousand suns should raise the temperature where you're at, right? ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) from (...) snow (...) Ahh snow! "In the lanes snow is glistening..." Since living in Terrace B.C. I've grown to HATE the stuff [1]. But now I am living in Nanaimo (Ah sunny, not-so-warm Nanaimo B.C.) and so far we've only had 1 major dumping (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) though...like (...) Pikers, the lot of ya! *grin* I moved to balmy (not me, the weather) Oregon to escape the vile treachery that is Southcentral Alaska in the wintertime. If Anchorage was as beautiful as it is in the summer all year 'round, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Don't worry, the biggest shock I ever got was in '97. I left Victoria on the 15th of Jan, went home via "The Canadian" (quite nice, and relatively cheap for a under 25er). Got on in Vancouver, it was +10C and raining, got off in LongLac (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This can't be true story... I've been to Thunder Bay - it isn't near anything. <grin, duck> James (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That is just flat out not true. It is too "near something"... near the end of the earth. We (my inlaws and their friends) own a cabin (well, technically 99 year crown lease) at mile 180 1/2 Algoma Central railway. That's a wayback spot, you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You mean you can't even get cell coverage? <shudder> ;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Neh, just get those snazzy satellite phones. We're going to have to start burrowing (lugnet.underground) or flying (lugnet.space) if we want to get away, soon enough. best, Lindsay (who agrees that Thunder Bay is pretty doggone remote.) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) anything. No, LongLac is 'near' Thunder Bay, its about 3 hours away...and it is as close as you can get by train to TB now... (...) :) ROFL! (...) James (who has spent too many hours driving from Thunder Bay home...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nah, you must be misteaken. Thunder Bay isn't near Yellowknife. ;) (...) Cool. We have one of those too, except ours isn't quite so remote - just a 15 minute hike from the nearest highway (or a half-hour paddle across the lake). Running water (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm just waiting for work to give me a pager on a weekend I go caving... I'd have to pick the muddiest cave possible and see of the pager even survives... (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That remindes me of a story, which, since I am on hold at eTrade, I will bore you with. Herewith follows my tale. As many of you know, I carry a Nextel cell phone (1). Nextel markets to a number of segments... what hooked me was the no roaming (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) we're taking the Boy Scout troop to what they call "cave slimey" next month; the boys who went last time are saying "bring throw-away clothes." sounds like just the ticket! -Steven (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey Guys! There is a cave near here that has a 250 foot entrance pit if you want to shock test the phones < grin> John (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Check out a few pictures I took of all the snow! (URL) Frank Filz ---...--- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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