Subj : Re: we are here and they are there ... so there
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Sat Jan 13 2018 20:36:02

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-Jan-2018 03:20 <=-

 NB>> Of course, with two simultaneous countdowns, the one to feature
 NB>> would be the closer one... then pick up the other when the first
 NB>> event has arrived...

 MK> I thought of that except the jump from 0 bottles of beer on the wall
 MK> on 2024-11-05 to 56 bottles of beer on the wall on 2024-11-06 is a tad
 MK> bothersome to me. 

Who says one has to start with 99 every time, then...?

 NB>> "42 bottles of beer and 99 bottles of milk on the wall"...
 NB>> Could be an interesting countdown...

 MK> That could work but it is a huge departure from the song.
 
And is that so bad a thing, really...?  :)

 NB>> but of course it isn't for another 7 years or so

 MK> Right.  We'll see what happens this year before making a decision.  By
 MK> my calculation we have 256 days before "99 bottles of beer on the wall
 MK> ..." becomes official. 

Indeed.   ;)

 NB>> Probably now supplanted by the mudslides in California...

 MK> Yes, as well as another weather warning for the Fraser Valley for
 MK> tommorrow. There could be another ice storm with wind this time. 
 MK> However the mudslides in California are defintely the bigger news as
 MK> of today. 

If Fraser Valley is hard hit, they might take over the spotlight... but
for their sake, I'm hoping they don't get hit badly...  :)  We just got
about a foot of snow overnight last night... Richard's been digging us
out...  ;)  Just snow, though, and seems to be pretty much the light
stuff...  :)

 NB>> Snow has its purposes

 MK> As long as it stays put.  There have been more than a few avalanches
 MK> lately. No fatalities that I've heard about but more than a few close
 MK> calls. 

I'm thankful we aren't near mountains or even tall hills here... no
avalanches near by....  :)

 MK> The latest one was a mountain biker who got pulled out of the
 MK> snow with a few broken bones.  They spotted his bike sticking out at
 MK> the end of an avalanche and dug him out from underneath.  It was pure
 MK> luck that his bike was spotted by a passing helicopter that happened
 MK> to be checking out avalanches in the area. 

That was indeed a stroke of very good luck for him... and that they
found him quickly enough...  :)

ttyl        neb

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