That should be "em effing snow." Damn spellchecker changed it. On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
> I imagine they'll survive. We had more snow in Michigan than they got in New > York City. But it's not an event here. It's just business as usual.The > Boston area got about 22 inches in some suburbs, according to the National > Weather Service. We usually get that at least once a year, but we don't name > it, except maybe to call it" em offing snow." :-). > > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You guys out east hang in there. Cheers, Christine >> >> >> On Feb 8, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ... and I'd like to know when it became common practice to name these >>> storms... "Nemo" is apparently how we are supposed to call this bit of >>> weather we're having? >>> >>> Oh well, the wind is picking up, snow is flying... it hasn't >>> accumulated too much here, south of Boston, a few inches, maybe... but >>> maybe by tomorrow we'll have huge piles... I walked the dog this >>> morning, which will have to do... he doesn't seem to have any interest >>> in being out there now, thankfully. >>> >>> Stay warm! >>> >>> :) >>> -c >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> When did it become de rigueur to complicate the language with "pseudo >>>> technical jargon"® like "Major Snow Event"® when plain English such as >>>> Snowstorm, or Major Snowstorm or even Blizzard express the situation >>>> perfectly well? >>>> >>>> Well anyway New England and the rest of the Northeast US are undergoing a >>>> "Major Snow Event"®. I expect some of it will get on parts of Canada as >>>> well. I took this during the dog's afternoon walk. I hope he appreciates >>>> it. >>>> I didn't. >>>> >>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20majorsnowevent%C2%AE.html >>>> >>>> Equipment Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. >>>> >>>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds >>>> in the bank account). >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
