Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Ohio?

On 12/27/2010 04:52 PM, RonB wrote:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

"RonB" wrote in message
...
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Uh-oh...somebody is having an identity crisis.....

If it will help, we'll be glad to ship some of this your way if you're
feeling a bit inadequate.

Think of it as Viagra for Ohio.

Bob S.

On Dec 27, 6:39*pm, "BobS" wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message

...

Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. *The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. *TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. *It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). *Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Uh-oh...somebody is having an identity crisis.....

If it will help, we'll be glad to ship some of this your way if you're
feeling a bit inadequate.

Think of it as Viagra for Ohio.

Bob S.

Hell, we live in Kansas. Not exactly south Florida. My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is
automatically a grave national news issue. Despite the number of
young soldiers in harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

RonB

"RonB" wrote in message
...
On Dec 27, 6:39 pm, "BobS" wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message

...

Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Uh-oh...somebody is having an identity crisis.....

If it will help, we'll be glad to ship some of this your way if you're
feeling a bit inadequate.

Think of it as Viagra for Ohio.

Bob S.

Hell, we live in Kansas. Not exactly south Florida. My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is
automatically a grave national news issue. Despite the number of
young soldiers in harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

RonB

*** or Fox
woodstuff

On Dec 28, 2:15*am, "woodstuff" wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message

...
On Dec 27, 6:39 pm, "BobS" wrote:



"RonB" wrote in message

...

Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Uh-oh...somebody is having an identity crisis.....

If it will help, we'll be glad to ship some of this your way if you're
feeling a bit inadequate.

Think of it as Viagra for Ohio.

Bob S.

Hell, we live in Kansas. * Not exactly south Florida. *My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is
automatically a grave national news issue. *Despite the number of
young soldiers in harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

RonB

*** or Fox
woodstuff

FOX -- Yeah Right!

On Dec 27, 8:27*pm, RonB wrote:

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

RonB

The BBC is about the last serious news show left. The network news
shows have turned themselves in magazine shows. Lots of graphics and
music and only a few stories.

I live in the northeast. We had a snowstorm and that was it. The
news rushes in with the word 'blizzard.' Instead of just telling us
what the weather is, they're part of the 'show' now, so they're always
straining to make the weather news exciting. Without the BBC or the
PBS Newshour, what would we have?

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:24 -0800, RonB wrote:

Hell, we live in Kansas. Not exactly south Florida. My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is automatically
a grave national news issue. Despite the number of young soldiers in
harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

You want to feel neglected by the news, try living in eastern
Washington :-).

I think someone once called us plus northern Idaho and Montana "the empty
quarter" - I think the news shows believed them.



--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:10:58 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:24 -0800, RonB wrote:

Hell, we live in Kansas. Not exactly south Florida. My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is automatically
a grave national news issue. Despite the number of young soldiers in
harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

You want to feel neglected by the news, try living in eastern
Washington :-).

Someone does?

I think someone once called us plus northern Idaho and Montana "the empty
quarter" - I think the news shows believed them.

Huh! So did I. ;-))

You just need a congresscritter like Hank Johnson. You'll get all the airtime
you want.

RonB wrote the following:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6" of
snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

willshak wrote:


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6"
of snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

Yeah - 6" will cripple them to some degree. Narrow streets, on-street
parking, and people who aren't real used to navigating in the snow. Our
middle daughter lives in Philly and being a snowbelt girl, she gets really
frustrated with winter storms down there. Then again... last year they got
more snow in Philly than Syracuse did, and it all came in 3 storms. That
was a pretty hard shot for them. They really don't have the right snow
removal equipment to handle storms like that, and the people freak out and
make problems they really shouldn't be dealing with. Oh well - we'd freak
out in Syracuse if we had to drive in more than 3 months of sunshine...

--

-Mike-

"willshak" wrote in message
m...
RonB wrote the following:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6" of
snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill

I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of inches,
and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They drive 90
mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the city down. It was
hilarious. People did not have the common sense to just slow down.

Steve

On Dec 28, 1:10*pm, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:24 -0800, RonB wrote:
Hell, we live in Kansas. * Not exactly south Florida. *My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is automatically
a grave national news issue. *Despite the number of young soldiers in
harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

You want to feel neglected by the news, try living in eastern
Washington :-).

I think someone once called us plus northern Idaho and Montana "the empty
quarter" - I think the news shows believed them.

--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

Just came down from the mountain after a trapping and hunting session
at Gulliver's Bay Nova Scotia.
Brother in law is a licensed trapper and putting a whole new meaning
to tour guide.
The weather has been intense.
More later.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:39:20 -0500, "BobS"
wrote:


"RonB" wrote in message
...
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

Uh-oh...somebody is having an identity crisis.....

If it will help, we'll be glad to ship some of this your way if you're
feeling a bit inadequate.

Think of it as Viagra for Ohio.

Hey, just build one of these and shoot the snow over.
Lonely Ohio housewives will thank you.
http://tinyurl.com/355dtlb


--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus

On 12/28/2010 2:44 PM, Steve B wrote:


I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of inches,
and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They drive 90
mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the city down. It was
hilarious. People did not have the common sense to just slow down.

No damn wonder ... in 1972 the preponderance of the population of
Houston had already shifted from native born to transplants from the
North East, Florida and the Midwest who didn't know how to drive when
they got here.

It's still that way, now coming from the second generation of same.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)

Steve B wrote the following:
"willshak" wrote in message
m...

RonB wrote the following:

Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6" of
snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill


I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of inches,
and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They drive 90
mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the city down. It was
hilarious. People did not have the common sense to just slow down.

Steve

Yeah, a lot of the southern states do not have snow removal equipment,
but they make do with construction equipment. I see a lot of graders and
bucket loaders trying to remove the occasional snow storm. I was in
southern Delaware a few years ago and 10" inches of snow closed the
roads to all traffic except emergency traffic.
They don't have salt either.



--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:44:14 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:


"willshak" wrote in message
om...
RonB wrote the following:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6" of
snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill

I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of inches,
and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They drive 90
mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the city down. It was
hilarious. People did not have the common sense to just slow down.

Earlier this year (February?) they cancelled work (I'm in Eastern Alabama) on
the *prediction* of snow. It did snow a little about 3:00PM, but it never
amounted to anything. Of course, living all my life in the North, most
recently in NE Ohio, and Vermont, I didn't see any signs of snow so went in
without bothering to check the web site. I was the only one there.

In article ,
says...

"willshak" wrote in message
m...
RonB wrote the following:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB


I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6" of
snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill

I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of inches,
and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They drive 90
mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the city down. It was
hilarious. People did not have the common sense to just slow down.

(a) no plows
(b) no sand trucks

"Just slow down" seems fine until you encounter unsanded ice at a
downhill intersection.

I remember a good snow in Austin area in the mid 80's.
I drove to and from work with no issue. I had a friend
with IBM from upstate New York. He called for a ride in
from the highway (3 miles to his house) as the car pool
dumped him. I got there in my cutlass in L's in the rear -
L's were wide oval treads. I motored to him - got him
belted in and off we putted down the road - but first another
car came around the corner sliding and made it.

It was now our turn and we motored up the hill for home.

We came across them in a ditch - my friend said he knew them
and to keep on driving. They were low level smarter than tho
types. We got in and my friend said he would call their wives!

Seems I had more snow experience than the snow guys. I was
cautious and careful - they were fast and foolish.

Martin

On 12/28/2010 3:49 PM, willshak wrote:
Steve B wrote the following:
"willshak" wrote in message
m...
RonB wrote the following:
Just blows my mind.

The northeast is inconvenienced by another, normal work of nature and
it is a national news story. The MSNBC and
CNN websites are clobbered up with stories. TV news stations are at
least 50% dedicated to the horrible hardships of the city dwellers.
More contrived "record" snowfalls.

UUuuhhhh. It is sunny, cold and pleasant in the middle United States
(those one state in from the coasts). Does anyone know we are here?

RonB

I saw on TV where Philly was having a hard time getting around in 6"
of snow. They acted like it was the end of the world.
While Philly got 6", we got 16"

--

Bill

I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of
inches, and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They
drive 90 mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut the
city down. It was hilarious. People did not have the common sense to
just slow down.

Steve

Yeah, a lot of the southern states do not have snow removal equipment,
but they make do with construction equipment. I see a lot of graders and
bucket loaders trying to remove the occasional snow storm. I was in
southern Delaware a few years ago and 10" inches of snow closed the
roads to all traffic except emergency traffic.
They don't have salt either.

Swingman wrote:
On 12/28/2010 2:44 PM, Steve B wrote:


I was in Houston in about 1972 or thereabouts. They had a couple of
inches, and the whole city had a snow day. No school, no nothing. They
drive 90 mph through driving rain, but two inches of snow shut
the city down. It was hilarious. People did not have the common
sense to just slow down.

No damn wonder ... in 1972 the preponderance of the population of
Houston had already shifted from native born to transplants from the
North East, Florida and the Midwest who didn't know how to drive when
they got here.

It's still that way, now coming from the second generation of same.

Hey - we know how to drive up here - put it in gear. Press gas pedal.
Press more. Repeat steps 2 & 3 as necessary.

Sheese - what's so damned hard about that? You Texans like to make a big
thing out of everything...

--

-Mike-

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:24 -0800, RonB wrote:

Hell, we live in Kansas. Not exactly south Florida. My point is,
anything that happens in the NYC or Washington DC area is automatically
a grave national news issue. Despite the number of young soldiers in
harms way, issues in the mid-west, etc.

It has reached a point where you have to tune into PBS's eventing BBC
broadcast to see what really matters over here.

You want to feel neglected by the news, try living in eastern
Washington :-).

I think someone once called us plus northern Idaho and Montana "the empty
quarter" - I think the news shows believed them.

The Arabic for that is much more exotic: Rub' al Khali.