NZ GENERAL 23 RE SNOW GO AWAY
From: "E. Scrooge" (e.scrooge@no-spam (*21))
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200


"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message news:3f05d736.760002@no-spam >
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> P L E A S E >
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> Patrick
I'm sure that as soon as the Snow logs onto these newsgroups and reads your request to bugger off, that it won't be too long before the snow decides to carry out your request to leave.
Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?

E. Scrooge






From: patrick.f@no-spam (Patrick FitzGerald)
Subject: Sun come out
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 21:16:27 GMT

P L E A S E
Patrick

From: "E. Scrooge" (e.scrooge@no-spam (*21))
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 10:35:24 +1200

"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message news:3f05f32b.4136287@no-spam > On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam > (*21)> wrote:
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> >Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
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> Consider it done >
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> Patrick
LOL Good on you, Patrick.

E. Scrooge

From: Col^ (Im@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 10:47:52 +1200

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 21:35:59 GMT, patrick.f@no-spam (Patrick FitzGerald)
wrote:

>On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam >(*21)> wrote:
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>>Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
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>Consider it done >
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>Patrick
Thanks Patrick. The sun in Ch-Ch has just appeared . --
Col
Col's law.
Thinly sliced cabbage..


From: "Ralph" (Ralph.Smith2@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:30:33 +1000

How close does the snow get to the city?

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remove n u m b e r s to reply Col^ wrote in message ...
>On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 21:35:59 GMT, patrick.f@no-spam (Patrick FitzGerald)
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>>On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam >>(*21)> wrote:
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>>>Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
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>>Consider it done >>
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>>Patrick >
>Thanks Patrick. The sun in Ch-Ch has just appeared .
>--
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>Col >
>Col's law.
>Thinly sliced cabbage..


From: patrick.f@no-spam (Patrick FitzGerald)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:31:17 GMT

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:30:33 +1000, "Ralph"
<Ralph.Smith2@no-spam> wrote:

>How close does the snow get to the city?

The city of Ashburton is covered with four to six inches of snow
Patrick

From: "Gregor Ronald" (gwar1948@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:16:03 +1200

You live in the South Island of NZ and complain about snow? Get a grip folks, it's winter!

Here's why people LIKE snow;
http://www2.nzski.com/mthutt/report_index.jsp
Keeps the wimps indoors too, so it can't be all bad. ;-)

Cheers,
Gregor
"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message news:3f073569.1155391@no-spam > On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:30:33 +1000, "Ralph"
> <Ralph.Smith2@no-spam> wrote:
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> >How close does the snow get to the city?
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> The city of Ashburton is covered with four to six inches of snow >
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> Patrick

From: Rex (news.nospam@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 14:15:18 +1000

In article <3f073569.1155391@no-spam>, patrick.f@no-spam says...
> city of Ashburton > City....Hmmm town I think...unless Mid-Cantabrians have been breeding profusely -- news@no-spam

From: Steve B (s.bell@no-spam)
Subject: And who else? was: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 18:10:28 +1200

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:31:17 GMT, patrick.f@no-spam (Patrick FitzGerald) wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:30:33 +1000, "Ralph"
><Ralph.Smith2@no-spam> wrote:
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>>How close does the snow get to the city?
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>The city of Ashburton is covered with four to six inches of snow >
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>Patrick
And Glover Park, Wellington - according to a supporter of proposed Council controls on vagrants - is often "knee deep in urine".

Just thought I'd pass on that charming and vaguely-related thought.

Q What's the difference between a vagrant and a migrant?

There ought to be a slightly amusing answer to that one; but I get the impression right now that there's very little difference. "Sling the bastards out of our fair town/ country" is a statement that would meet with a good deal of agreement either way. (But not from me).

Maybe A: the vagrant gets in the way of moneymaking ventures (like trying to paint ...YWOOD over ....INGTON); but the migrant makes us all look sick by making more money than we do without seeming to try very hard.

No, you're right; not very funny.

Steve B.

"I think I'm going to be sick"
"Do. We could do with some colour around the place"
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.


From: Enkidu (enkidu@no-spam)
Subject: Re: And who else? was: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 20:22:40 +1200

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 18:10:28 +1200, Steve B <s.bell@no-spam> wrote:
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>Q What's the difference between a vagrant and a migrant?
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A migrant chooses to go from A to B, intending to stay at B. A vagrant is someone who is homeless and wanders from A to B to C....

I was a migrant, but not a vagrant!

Cheers,

Cliff --
Signed and sealed with Great Seal of the Executive Council of the Internet, by The Master of The Net.


From: texan@no-spam
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 15:38:14 -0500

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam (*21)> wrote:

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>"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message >news:3f05d736.760002@no-spam >>
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>> P L E A S E >>
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>> Patrick >
>I'm sure that as soon as the Snow logs onto these newsgroups and reads your >request to bugger off, that it won't be too long before the snow decides to >carry out your request to leave.
>Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
>
>E. Scrooge >

Please send it up here!

Cath

From: "Sheath" (cew@no-spam)
Subject: Re: And who else? was: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 09:17:43 +1200

"Enkidu" <enkidu@no-spam> wrote in message news:fvmfgv0i97e1hr6osurejbgfa4rf1in0f6@no-spam > On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 18:10:28 +1200, Steve B > <s.bell@no-spam> wrote:
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> >Q What's the difference between a vagrant and a migrant?
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> A migrant chooses to go from A to B, intending to stay at B. A vagrant > is someone who is homeless and wanders from A to B to C....

So when I go out on the Lager..I am a migrant......And when I am trying to get home I am a vagrant...Got it....Thanx
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> I was a migrant, but not a vagrant!
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> Cheers,
>
> Cliff > -- >
> Signed and sealed with Great Seal of the Executive > Council of the Internet, by The Master of The Net.


From: "E. Scrooge" (e.scrooge@no-spam (*21))
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:48:52 +1200

<texan@no-spam> wrote in message news:952hgvgl16n3qdnrlksfhmdd62mnvdtgfp@no-spam > On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam > (*21)> wrote:
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> >"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message > >news:3f05d736.760002@no-spam > >>
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> >> Patrick > >
> >I'm sure that as soon as the Snow logs onto these newsgroups and reads your > >request to bugger off, that it won't be too long before the snow decides to > >carry out your request to leave.
> >Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
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> >E. Scrooge > >
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> Please send it up here!
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> Cath
Which one?
The Snow, or the Sun? ;-)

E. Scrooge

From: Karen Hayward-King (kiwibyrd@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 17:47:17 -0700

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 15:38:14 -0500, texan@no-spam wrote:

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>Please send it up here!

Which one do you want, the snow or the sun?? :-)

We have plenty of sun...we seemed to have missed Spring all together,
with the temps up in the 90's...

Young Sacha was rather excited on the phone the other night .."Nana,
it's SNOWING outside!!". I think she was hoping there would be enough on the ground in her part of Christchurch (they're in Avonhead) to be able to build a snowman the next morning.

Christina said that she had to laugh...people at her work were rushing around in a mild panic, trying to figure out whether they'd be able to get everyone too and from work using 4 wheel drive vehicles and telling her that she couldn't possibly get the bus as she was pregnant. As she kept trying to tell them, this was something like the winters she's been used to for the last 8 years!!

I'm definitely going to take home some of those long handled ice scrapers!!

--
Karen Hayward-King
"Courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway."
(John Wayne)


From: "E. Scrooge" (e.scrooge@no-spam (*21))
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:53:06 +1200

"Karen Hayward-King" <kiwibyrd@no-spam> wrote in message news:kcghgvgol4ab2956ku005q8ang42t0fihq@no-spam > On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 15:38:14 -0500, texan@no-spam > wrote:
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> >Please send it up here!
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> Which one do you want, the snow or the sun?? :-)
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> We have plenty of sun...we seemed to have missed Spring all together,
> with the temps up in the 90's...
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> Young Sacha was rather excited on the phone the other night .."Nana,
> it's SNOWING outside!!". I think she was hoping there would be enough > on the ground in her part of Christchurch (they're in Avonhead) to be > able to build a snowman the next morning.
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> Christina said that she had to laugh...people at her work were rushing > around in a mild panic, trying to figure out whether they'd be able to > get everyone too and from work using 4 wheel drive vehicles and > telling her that she couldn't possibly get the bus as she was > pregnant. As she kept trying to tell them, this was something like the > winters she's been used to for the last 8 years!!
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> I'm definitely going to take home some of those long handled ice > scrapers!!
>
> --
> Karen Hayward-King
The 4WD idiots here don't realise that they still go straight ahead on icy corners and slopes just like anything else does. Overseas drivers used to such conditions would be far more experienced.
The best thing to do in such icy conditions is to let some air out of the tyres to give them a bigger contact area.
Sacha might get to see more snow falls before the end of November.

E. Scrooge

From: texan@no-spam
Subject: Re: Snow go away !!!
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 23:21:01 -0500

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:48:52 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam (*21)> wrote:

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><texan@no-spam> wrote in message >news:952hgvgl16n3qdnrlksfhmdd62mnvdtgfp@no-spam >> On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:50:21 +1200, "E. Scrooge" <e.scrooge@no-spam >> (*21)> wrote:
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>> >"Patrick FitzGerald" <patrick.f@no-spam> wrote in message >> >news:3f05d736.760002@no-spam >> >>
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>> >> P L E A S E >> >>
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>> >> Patrick >> >
>> >I'm sure that as soon as the Snow logs onto these newsgroups and reads >your >> >request to bugger off, that it won't be too long before the snow decides >to >> >carry out your request to leave.
>> >Ever thought about asking the Sun to come out while you're at it?
>> >
>> >E. Scrooge >> >
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>> Please send it up here!
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>> Cath >
>Which one?
>The Snow, or the Sun? ;-)
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>E. Scrooge >
\Oooops, the snow!

Tired of summer already.
Thankfully we got an inch of rain on 4th July which kept the risk of fires at bay when all the freaking townies came out to light their fireworks.

We had another inch yesterday - and if you have lived in the southern states, it just gets hot and steamy after rain.

We've got at least 3 days of tropical rain coming in starting tomorrow.

The worst part is the mozzies with all their diseases.

Cath