Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Testy!!! Like saying it's hot...but that's ok because it's a DRY heat!!! Robert Clark Lancaster, PA Emanuel Lowi wrote: >Sonny wrote: > > "-5 C = Torontonians wear coats, gloves and wool hats. > Calgarians throw on a t-shirt. > > -15 C = Quebecers begin to evacuate the province. > People in Saskatchewan go swimming." > >I deeply resent the suggestion that Quebeckers -- when it comes to winter -- are >quitters. Given that La Belle Province's territory extends northwards to latitude 63 >degrees N. (where one finds the lovely hamlet of Ivujivik, pop. 275), it's safe to >claim that my countryfolk are among the toughest winter survivors ever. My wife's >grandpa, age 93, spent three days last week hunting and fishing and sleeping in a >tent, all at well below zero. No wimps need apply here, not with -45 and dead calm >(real northerners don't mention that namby-pamby wind-chill hooey.) >:-) >Emanuel Lowi >Montreal. >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html