On Dec 12, 5:44*pm, Steve wrote:
Predicting a Cold Winter*

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold* or
mild.
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The weatherman replied,*'The Indians are collecting a huge load of
extra*firewood'

The version I heard (from a First Nation friend) was that someone
asked a First Nation elder if it was going to be a cold winter. He
said yes. Asked how he knew, the elder replied: "The white guy next
door sure cut a lot of firewood this fall."

Luigi