From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 18:27:31 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
 wrote:

>
>"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
>news:3e3c5f78.36709412{at}news.barkto.com...
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>> Shudder .    We fnally got a story about it in our local paper,
>> the temperatures don't seem all that bad (keep in mind that we have
>> just spent a couple of weeks with daytime highs in the range of -12 to
>> -15 C ) but it sounds like the blowing snow has been the big problem.
>>
>>
>
>WRT the roads it was the underlying layer of ice. Other than that it was the
>force 10 gales which made it fun.

That's the one road combination that I absolutely hate !!   Rain
(freezing or otherwise) on top of snow is not *too* bad, you can usually
break through the crust and get some traction in the snow. But the other
way around ?    Shudder.


>
>I never get to touch a machine as I'm a software only guy. Hardware / Tech
>support people do that.

I used to be software (application development) - moved to support 11 years ago.



>> In Ontario, Canada now.   Close to Toronto but at the very western end
>> of Lake Ontario.    Came over here from Middlesbrough in November 1964
>> - about a week before my 12th birthday.
>>
>
>Nowhere near Scarborough, Whitby & pickering then......but wait.....those
>are in Canada too 

That's right, they are -- and I think they're all within about 2 hours
drive of here....depending on traffic.

Doug

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