Ted's Victoria storms - way off topic

[Ian Stanley <ian@mos.com.np>]

Greetings all,

	Please forgive my transgressions from true Leica dissertations (yet again)
- - Ted seemed to be just a tad too complacent these days and it was
definitely time for a dig.  He seemed to be the appropriate choice.  I
actually did hear about the storm from the BBC World News (one of our only
reliable sources as to what is happening outside of Nepal).  Usually the
only thing we here about Canada is when serious things happen - fish wars,
Spain accusing Canada of piracy on the high seas, the election etc.

	I will be unsubscribing from the list for a couple of months as I am off
on an around the world holiday - Delhi, Zurich, Montreal, Atlanta, West
Coast Canada, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Singapore, Dhaka and back to
Kathmandu.  I haven't been back to Canada for some time now and am looking
forward to meeting friends old and new.  I consider myself lucky to have
met new and interesting people through this group and I enjoy the thought
of meeting more in the near future.

	Eng-Suan, it's too bad that we weren't going to be in San Francisco at the
same time as I would have enjoyed spending time with you again.

Ian Stanley

Kathmandu, Nepal

>Ian:
>
>Ted can be forgiven his hyperbole, for he is telling the truth.  A half
>inch of snow for maybe 12 hours constitutes a bad winter here.  But last
>winter we had a feak storm - blizzard conditions for days and days. Worst
>winter since 1916.  Neither Ted's R8 nor my R5 hesitated a moment!
>
>Cheers!
>
>David Young.
>
>We had the same storm here in Seattle. The day after Christmas, more than a
>foot of snow fell overnight. At dawn, it started raining heavily, turning
>the lot of it into knee-deep slush. It was wonderful. I put my Leicas away
>and watched TV.
>
>Chuck Albertson
>Seattle, Wash.
>
>Honest story Ian,
>
>I thought you had heard about the Blizzard of '96! :) Man it was awsome I
had a
>ten foot high snow drift across the front of the rose garden and we
couldn't get
>the car out for 5 days. It truly was a major distater for the town of "newly
>weds and nearly deads!" :)
>
>I'll show you some pictures from the highly touted perfect R8! :) when you
>visit! We weren't happy campers.:)
>
>ted
>Victoria, Canada
>
>ted grant wrote:
>
>>we couldn't get the car out for 5 days.
>>We weren't happy campers.:)
>
>Ted,
>
>Sounds like a perfect excuse to spend some time on the bear skin rug in
>front of fireplace.
>
>Donal Philby
>