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.

PH>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.

I think a lot of areas have had record breaking weather, especially this
year, but in recent years as well. The 'records' broken where I live were
basically minor and inconvenient rather than life-threatening as they were
in a lot of other places so I can't complain too much.

RM> many as 7 boards at a time. Started into computers in about 1982
RM> and bought my first modem around 1987.

PH>My first contact was with a TRS-80, then onto a ZX81

Mine was an Apple II+ Clone that I built myself. Funny the cost of things
back then.. we were all making maybe 1/10th the money we are now yet you
could spend $400 to buy a floppy drive and $3 each for the disks. You had
to be pretty serious about computers to get into them. Not only was it a
major job to learn how to run them but a good one would cost almost as
much as a cheap new car...

PH>First modem was 1200 baud... how sad is that eh? ;-)

I got into computers fairly early but I didn't immediately get into modems.
My first was a 2400 baud although at that time I was maintaining the
computers for the township (municipality, county) and having to deal with
their 300 baud modem...   B)

PH>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.

Oh.. quite a bit cooler there in summer than I would have guessed.

PH>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.

We here get a bit of a laugh when we see some areas further south
talking about a city crippled and the schools closed because they
got 10 cm of snow.. We hardly blink until we get up over 20 cm..    B)

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..

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

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ?..    B)

Best wishes..
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