[SOC] Let it snow......

Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:48:24 -0000

Claude,

This is spooky.

Two virtually identical emails from two separate authors whizz past
eachother electronically...

P#529:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "f5pbl" <[email protected]>
To: "SOC ML" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Let it snow......

> Bonjour Dennis,
>
> Sunday, December 22, 2002, 10:52:20 AM, you wrote:
>
> Dennis> 5cm of snow?!?!?!?  Paris shut down?!?!?!?  Claude, Claude,
Claude....
>
> Yeess ... And believe me, we have been once agn a public laughing
> stock. Just think abt Air Canada flights diverted to Geneva bcoz Paris
> was under 5cm of snow ... HILAROUS !
>
> 15-20 years ago the Railway company (http://www.sncf.fr) has put into
> service a new model of trains, modern ones, for suburb network (they
> are still in use nowadays). First winter coming, first light snow
> falling and you guess what ? Failure of the engines ! Why ? Well, just
> bcoz the locomotive has been designed in such a way that snow was able
> to enter the engine area when the train was driving. And now, just
> imagine the brand new train locomotive, with _cardboard_ put on the
> front to avoid the snow entering the engine area !
> I SAW that in Paris, France, year +- 1980, 20th century ...
>
> As for snow in Paris, in my childhood (!!) it used to be possible to
> make a snow man for Xmas every year. Usual snow covering was about
> 10cm and by that time, Paris was still alive.
> For about 10 years, WX is getting warmer and no more snow here, except
> special years like 2 years ago when we have been "lucky" enough to get
> those 5 cm snow during the night. And of course, that put the area is
> full madness.
> The more hilarous being that 2 days before that night, they
> _have_said_ on TV (WX forecast) that we were about to get "some snow".
>
> Dennis, pse, be kind with me : I LOVE snow & cold WX ... be a friend
> and send some snow on Paris ...
>
> 72!
> Claude
>
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