felton wrote:
Snow? What is that?

It's this funny stuff comes down from the sky about once a year... maybe
twice in a really cold winter.


... The only time we get freezing precipitation in
Dallas it is some sort of ice storm. Fortunately, that is a fairly
rare occurrence.

On days like today, I feel as if moving further south would be a good
idea... but then, will the people there think *I'm* a Yankee??


.... I will say that no one around here knows how to
drive, rain or shine. I was in Italy in early January and I found
people were much better drivers than I am used to seeing around here.
Then again, if we were driving vehicles not much larger than golf
carts, perhaps people would be better drivers here, as well.

Scariest traffic I ever saw was in Athens, Greece. People were doing 60
mph on the sidewalks to get around cars that had stopped for red lights.
When I was in Italy, red lights meant "speed up & blow your horn."

Sometimes I wonder if anybody anywhere really knows how to drive. I
prefer walking, but to get to the coast from here would take too long.

DSK

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:37:33 -0500, DSK wrote:

felton wrote:
Snow? What is that?

It's this funny stuff comes down from the sky about once a year... maybe
twice in a really cold winter.


... The only time we get freezing precipitation in
Dallas it is some sort of ice storm. Fortunately, that is a fairly
rare occurrence.

On days like today, I feel as if moving further south would be a good
idea... but then, will the people there think *I'm* a Yankee??


.... I will say that no one around here knows how to
drive, rain or shine. I was in Italy in early January and I found
people were much better drivers than I am used to seeing around here.
Then again, if we were driving vehicles not much larger than golf
carts, perhaps people would be better drivers here, as well.

Scariest traffic I ever saw was in Athens, Greece. People were doing 60
mph on the sidewalks to get around cars that had stopped for red lights.
When I was in Italy, red lights meant "speed up & blow your horn."

Well, everything is relative. We were in Northern Italy, and although
it was a bit confusing at first, it actually seems to at least be
considerate chaos. Perhaps they were intimidated by our Citreon mini
van It must have looked like a Hummer to those Italians in their
tiny Fiats In any event, their driving was better than I see on a
daily basis here.


Sometimes I wonder if anybody anywhere really knows how to drive. I
prefer walking, but to get to the coast from here would take too long.

DSK

Doug posed: But why do they all have to *move* down here??

Have you seen what the weather is doing up here? We'd be stupid to not =
consider it. You've had your turn. Maybe there should be a =
Constitutional Amendment that says if you've lived 55 years in the =
South, you have to do a tour of duty in the North.


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Doug asked: but then, will the people there think *I'm* a Yankee??

Nah...they'll just think you came from Missouri....

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:22:46 -0500, "katysails"
wrote:

Doug posed: But why do they all have to *move* down here??

Have you seen what the weather is doing up here? We'd be stupid to not consider it. You've had your turn. Maybe there should be a Constitutional Amendment that says if you've lived 55 years in the South, you have to do a tour of duty in the North.

Now I am worried. I think you may have just solidified my support for
Edwards No way would he support such a cruel measure I think
Doug needs to adopt a "glass is half full" perspective. Thank God so
many yankees don't have sense enough to move South

Of course, rumor has it that some folks actually like cold weather. I
think it must be an urban legend.

Doug posed: But why do they all have to *move* down here??

katysails wrote:
Have you seen what the weather is doing up here? We'd be stupid to not consider it. You've had your turn. Maybe there should be a Constitutional Amendment that says if you've lived 55 years in the South, you have to do a tour of duty in the North.


I could do that. I'd have at least another decade.

Did I mention some time ago, we were visiting western Massachusetts
(beautiful place, a bit hilly for my taste tho') and fetched up in a
small town where the first 5 people I met were from eastern N.C. and
they were not related. I couldn't help but ask, "Why so many North
Carolinians up here?" and of course they answered "To get away from the
Yankees." Maybe they were serious!

DSK

Sure, there are some "folks" that don't mind the cold weather. We call them
"children" in these parts.
John Cairns
"felton" wrote in message
...
Of course, rumor has it that some folks actually like cold weather. I
think it must be an urban legend.

felton surmised: rumor has it that some folks actually like cold =
weather. I
think it must be an urban legend.

Not....there are fools who thrive on it....they are usually under 50 =
y/o.

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"felton" wrote in message
|
| Of course, rumor has it that some folks actually like cold weather. I
| think it must be an urban legend.

Geez Felton... I'm heading to minus 46 centigrade. I'll be working outdoors
for 10 hours a day!

Think about that for a while...... every molecule of moisture is frozen to
a standstill. The possibility of freezing your lungs is always there. Spit
freezes before it hits the snow. Ice fog is prevalent and it's no place for
errors or second guesses.

You thrive there... you thrive anywhere! I revel in it's fierce and
uncompromising element! Never allow temperature or primal extremes to
compromise your realm. You are either Master or Slave..... you choose!

CM

"DSK" wrote:

I've heard four times this week (and it's only tuesday) how "Southerners
don't know how to drive in snow," and there are over 1200 wrecks in the
Raleigh area in the past 48 hours. But all the Southerners I know are
staying right at home!

Now you know one more Southerner to add to you list. We stock up on milk,
eggs, beer, rum and firewood. Then we close the schools at the slightest
bit of snow or ice...then have a party. ;-)

LP