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Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:47:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Powell writes:
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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.
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> > Winterpegians are twisted, evil things. ;)
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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 Ontario (look it up, its 'near' Thunder Bay). Got off, at 3AM, plied
> into the station (thank goodness there is a station, and it is left open all
> the time...) It was -43C...The walk up to the bus stop at 8 AM was kind of
> cold...
This can't be true story... I've been to Thunder Bay - it isn't near anything.
<grin, duck>
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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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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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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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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