On 05-17-14, Rob McCart pondered and said...
 
 RM> That's interesting. I don't think I've emailed with anyone from New
 RM> Zealand before..  A few from Australia..

Looks like you have at least two from this country online now :-)

 RM> We're just coming off of one of the nastiest winters we've seen in quite
 RM> a while, snowfall here was about 5.2 meters or 17 feet.
 RM> (Can I assume you 'speak metric' there ?)    B)

Yep we're all metric here. I've seen some TV coverage of the massive storms
and the disruptions caused. I'm not sure if we're in 1 in 100 year territory
anymore.

 RM> I've never run a BBS, other than briefly just to see if I could get
 RM> one working, but back in the pre-internet days I was a user on as
 RM> many as 7 boards at a time. Started into computers in about 1982
 RM> and bought my first modem around 1987.

My first contact was with a TRS-80, then onto a ZX81, BBC Mirco B and so it
went. First modem was 1200 baud... how sad is that eh? ;-)

 RM> That covers part of my question above. Do you get below freezing there in
 RM> your winters?..  This is a bit of a cool spring and today will be a high

Not really, lows down to freezing but very rarely into the negatives. It
would normally be something like 3-8 degrees celcius in winter and 12-23 in
summer - on average.

I live in a part of the country that can see snowfall at sea level 1-4 days a
year. It's fun and having the odd day off work because of it keeps us locals
happy.

 RM> We get a few summer days as high as 35c and a few winter nights closing
 RM> in on -40c so we learn to adapt..   B)

Wow that's a temp swing I've never experienced.

 RM> Good chatting with you..

You too :-)

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