Barry Blackford -> Doug Connor wrote:
 BB> Hello there Doug!

 BB> 15 Jul 06 at 02:31, Doug Connor writes to Barry Blackford:

 BB>>> Hmmm, it's a bit like that ere too..

 DC>> well my recreated jam db now has 3 posts in it.

 DC>> hm you guys should be well into the cold period there?
 DC>> i'm now getting 20-30 deg days.
 DC>> after a huge amount of rain.

 BB> Well it's been a record cold season here, one of my jobs is servicing
 BB> oil fired heating systems, people commonly tell me they haven't used
 BB> their heating units for the last few years. Last week we saw (here in
 BB> Hamilton), the largest dump of hail I have ever seen (the last 59 years).
Well last winter I used (guess) 400 gallons of diesel to heat the house.
it has been 1000 - 1500 gallons in the past.

A good thing as the price of the feul went up by 150%.


 BB> The last few days have been perfect! my wife and I drove to the bottom
 BB> of the North Island to attend a funeral, to get there we need to pass
 BB> the central Volcanic Plateu (3 snow covered mountains rising above an
 BB> elivated plateu and the surrounding mountain ranges also showing a
 BB> healthy covering of the white stuff, the sky was cristal clear and warm
 BB> sunshine topped it off. It was beautiful!
Last weekend (sat.) we went to our company picknic. it was at a water
park - Amusement park in glens falls New york. about 2 hour drive.
it was between 25 - 30 out but the clouds were kind and sprinkeled
rain on us every so often :)


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