[LMB] Port on a plane OT:

[Robert Woodward]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:46 PM, Marna Nightingale wrote:

> James wrote:
>
>> Snow's no fun when you aren't on vacation. When you have things to do
>> and places to go (work), snow's more of an annoyance.
>
> Although I found out last night that a friend of mine who lives in  
> Calgary now used to live 8 blocks from me in Coquitlam, back in the  
> 70s.
>
> We spent about an hour reminiscing about The Storm Of 1977. If  
> you're anywhere near our age, you probably remember that one.
>
> Now, THAT was fun. 4 feet of snow, everything closed, and we lived  
> on the side of a mountain...
>

Was that the same storm that dumped a monumental amount of snow* on  
Ohio (and, IIRC, the rest of the USA Midwest)? If so, I was in the  
wrong part of the continent, but I heard stories about it from my  
parents.

*One story that made the national news was a semi truck buried in a  
snowdrift, a BIG snowdrift.


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