---- Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > 30 years ago in Racine, Wisconsin... > They closed the grade schools early on account of a winter storm. > A chinese immigrant co-worker had little kids who rode the bus home. > She was panicked when she couldn't reach them at home that afternoon. > After several hours of frantic searching, they appeared as if by magic. > The kindly retired couple who lived next door had taken them in. > My chinese co-worker and her husband had never met her neighbors until that > day. > Sometimes closing school early is not such a good idea... > Regards, Bob S.
In this case, I suggested that it was a profoundly stupid idea. Find that there is no public transport (which is what most of our student use) _then_ close the buildings? I often wonder who puts our management's clothes on in the morning. > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > About 3 weeks ago, we had approximately 2 inches of snow overnight. The > > roads were pretty greasy because the temperature was hovering around zero > > (Celcius) and more fell in the morning. About 11.00am, it was announced > > over the radio that local companies had taken their buses off the road. > > College management immediately closed all centres and sent the students > > home, followed by the staff some 40 minutes later. Of course, by the time > > the edict had been fulfilled, the roads were clear. > > > > When I asked what would be the likely outcome of a sent-home student > > trudging though the snow and being hit by a vehicle, I was greeted with the > > sort of look reserved for Zaphod Beeblebrox. > > > > > > ---- Bill Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hell, here in North Carolina, just the threat of any kind of frozen > >> precip causes a run on the grocery stores for milk and bread, even > >> though said precip will be gone in less than 24 hours. (I used to > >> stock up on bread and beer) > >> > >> Bill > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:50 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Its snowing, yes another storm in Toronto. Expecting a whopping 3 cm's. > >> > > >> > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> > > >> > My attempt at snowed in humor. > >> > > >> > Dave > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Equine Photography > >> > www.caughtinmotion.com > >> > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> > Ontario Canada > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> > follow the directions. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
