02 Jul 09 07:02, TOM WALKER wrote to MIMI GALLANDT:


 MG>> I can tell you from personal experience that when snow falls in
 MG>> Illinois it stays where it falls unlike in MT where the wind blows
 MG>> it all around. Also fewer windshields get broken in Illinois because
 MG>> they use salt on the roads gravel like Montana does. I know you love
 MG>> Montana I don't. I also don't like Illinois (for completely
 MG>> different reasons. I'm happy here; wonderful weathe wonderful
 MG>> scenery and.... *NO* Texans!  :)

 TW> Wel llike al I have Favorates adn NON favorates. But then I would
 TW> point out that I can back here in 1971 when I retired from the NAVY
 TW> and am Still here. That should say something. I havew lived in St
 TW> Louis and Chicago and would NEVER go there except to pass through. I
 TW> also have lived in Geroga, Ohio, Maryland, and Washington DC and
 TW> would NEVER return there. In some ways I do like most of the West
 TW> Coast, Including the State of Washington despite all the Jokes about
 TW> the Rain.

Those aren't jokes, those are intentionally serious. It rains so much and
so often in Washington, that it doesn't take very long to find yourself in
a state of depression and longing for a sun shiney day. Even when the sun
does come out, it's too cold and damp to go outside.

                R\%/itt

Joy lives in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in
the victory itself.

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