Michael Sun Jan 25 18:59:31 2004
Snow!!
We finally have a little winter here in Bloomington today. Lots of snow suddenly fell out of the sky with no warning at all. It's beautiful.
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mouse Mon Jan 26 16:16:00 2004
Re: Snow!!
somedays i miss snow.
then i realize that it's 62 degrees out and i feel like i'm freezing to death, and we aren't even out of january and i feel like winter has gone on _forever_...and i realize i'm just not a snow-area person.
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Michael Tue Jan 27 09:48:31 2004
Re: Snow!!
> somedays i miss snow.
More snow today!
School was cancelled even. Not sure why; it didn't look like that much more, but my guess is the meltoff from yesterday refroze during the night.
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Jenn Tue Jan 27 15:08:54 2004
Re: Snow!!
We're supposed to get some tonight. I'm not a fan of snow if I have to go out in it. Luckily, I'm not working again.
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Emsworth Tue Jan 27 17:18:23 2004
Re: Snow!!
Astonishingly enough, El Paso had a brief snow flurry on Sunday. Just enough to leave thick icy white clumps on the cars, and not much else. Not enough for Otu to have a snow cone, even. My dad had been predicting it, though, because his office cat was growing shaggy haired like never before.
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mouse Tue Jan 27 17:24:31 2004
Re: Snow!!
> My dad had been predicting it,
> though, because his office cat was growing shaggy haired like never
> before.
i thought that only worked for caterpillars....
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Emsworth Wed Jan 28 18:16:58 2004
Re: Snow!!
> i thought that only worked for caterpillars....
No, domestic livestock growing shaggy haired is a traditional sign of snow in the Southwest. Other signs include unusually busy beavers and ravenously feeding buffalo, but we seem to be fresh out of those at present.
::wolverines look innocent::
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Jenn Wed Jan 28 20:00:34 2004
Re: Snow!!
The caterpillars (wooly bears) around here /lied/ to us!
They predicted a mild winter. I suspect a conspiracy of epic proportion.
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Emsworth Wed Jan 28 22:23:06 2004
Re: Snow!!
> The caterpillars (wooly bears) around here /lied/ to us!
Well, after all, caterpillars are merely the predecessors of the butterflies. Evidently your snow has been falling inexorably as the latter.
Sympathy, Jenn. Hope you and yours stay bundled up and use this as an excuse to smoke ant, er, drink hot chocolate and such.
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mouse Thu Jan 29 18:34:31 2004
shagalicious!
> No, domestic livestock growing shaggy haired is a traditional sign of snow
> in the Southwest. Other signs include unusually busy beavers and
> ravenously feeding buffalo, but we seem to be fresh out of those at
> present.
> ::wolverines look innocent::
huh - well, one learns something new every day. i shall examine my own cat forthwith (although she seems to manage to shed copiously without ever going through the shaggy stage...perhaps that signifies a long spring, or something.)
so what do 'unusually' busy beavers do? build condos? (or possibly investment portfolios?)
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