Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread eckinator
2010/8/20 Graydon gray...@marost.ca: The west is in a _climate_ vice, which is a whole nother problem. not to worry, it will turn global shortly... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: why? Mostly because they're sick of Torontonians, who are somewhat notorious for acting like Toronto's the only place that matters in Canada. We'll trade you

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Frankly, if they want to leave, let them. If not, let them shut up about it. Your domestic matters are generally none of my business, but if some of you could teach them to drive before they head to Florida, those of us south of

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wow, didn't know that. Virginia gets more snow than that. Mostly we just shoot at it. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: No, Toronto generally gets a quite mild winter. When we get a winter that more resembles a real Canadian winter, Snow removal actually has to

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Frankly, if they want to leave, let them. If not, let them shut up about it. Your domestic matters are generally none of my business, but if some of you

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread P. J. Alling
On 8/20/2010 8:41 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Adam Maasa...@mawz.ca wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: why? Mostly because they're sick of Torontonians, who are somewhat notorious for acting like Toronto's the only place

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
OMG, combine them with the indigenous old codgers in Florida and driving is really dangerous! Bob S. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Frankly, if they want to leave, let them. If not, let

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-20 Thread John Sessoms
Although highly remunerative for some small southern communities along the I-95 corridor. From: Bob Sullivan OMG, combine them with the indigenous old codgers in Florida and driving is really dangerous! Bob S. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Wouldn't Toronto always get Canadian winters? Being in Canada and all... Look at a map sometime. Toronto is almost as far south as San Francisco William Robb Sure ... for large

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
My favorite is Chicago and Rome are at the same latitude. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: William Robb From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?  Wouldn't Toronto always get Canadian winters?   Being

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread William Robb
-- From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Look at a map sometime. Toronto is almost as far south as San Francisco William Robb Sure ... for large values of almost. Make the value of almost large

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 01:33:16PM +1000, Paul Ewins wrote: We joked that the rest of Canada should adopt the slogan Get over it!. They seem to have the same bloody-minded attitude that afflicts the Irish. So much energy wasted on meaningless issues, since one European derived way of

RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread Bob W
For that matter, there were parts of the North Bay in Boston where speaking with the wrong (that is to say British) accent could be seriously detrimental to your health. Fortunately it was fairly easy to spot if you accidentally wandered into the wrong bar; the collecting tin for the IRA

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan My favorite is Chicago and Rome are at the same latitude. Are they? I thought Rome was slightly farther north. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: William Robb From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Look at a map sometime. Toronto is almost as far south as San Francisco William Robb Sure ... for large values of almost. Make the value of almost large enough and Toronto's almost

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-19 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:27:31PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: It's more than a subset of them are convinced the rest of us aren't Canadian, rather than that they aren't.  Said subset is in a demographic vise and knows it.  

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Steven Desjardins
Not even a little. We got a bunch of snow and that's just a nuisance when you live in a place that doesn't want to allocate enough money to handle it. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Yep, I generally start missing it in late May. But I rather like my cold

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Not even a little.  We got a bunch of snow and that's just a nuisance when you live in a place that doesn't want to allocate enough money to handle it. That's not an unusual problem, Toronto regularly runs through its

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Wouldn't Toronto always get Canadian winters? Being in Canada and all... On 8/18/2010 4:22 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com wrote: Not even a little. We got a bunch of snow and that's just a nuisance when you live in a place that

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
No, Toronto generally gets a quite mild winter. When we get a winter that more resembles a real Canadian winter, Snow removal actually has to work and that's not in the budget. And most of Canada greatly wishes that Toronto wasn't technically in Canada. It's not that bad, Victoria, BC doesn't

RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Bob W
And most of Canada greatly wishes that Toronto wasn't technically in Canada. why? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And most of Canada greatly wishes that Toronto wasn't technically in Canada. why? Mostly because they're sick of Torontonians, who are somewhat notorious for acting like Toronto's the only place that matters in Canada.

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Walter Gilbert
I was always under the impression that the Quebecois were thought of in that manner. Probably something I picked up from watching Kids in the Hall. Best, Walt On 8/18/2010 6:26 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: And most of Canada

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
Oh, the Quebecois have some of that going as well, especially when out west. But at least many of them want to leave as well, they aren't convinced they're Canada like so many Torontonians are. -Adam Note, I'm a native westerner currently stuck in Toronto. I've seen both sides. And mostly agree

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread William Robb
-- From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Wouldn't Toronto always get Canadian winters? Being in Canada and all... Look at a map sometime. Toronto is almost as far south as San Francisco William

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread William Robb
-- From: Walter Gilbert Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? I was always under the impression that the Quebecois were thought of in that manner. The Quebecois actually think that they are all that matters. Think

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread P. J. Alling
I was talking attitude, not latitude. On 8/18/2010 8:04 PM, William Robb wrote: -- From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Wouldn't Toronto always get Canadian winters? Being in Canada and all

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Walter Gilbert
Ah. Sounds like the Quebecois are Vichy Canadians, and Torontonians are Ontario's version of Parisians. On 8/18/2010 6:46 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Oh, the Quebecois have some of that going as well, especially when out west. But at least many of them want to leave as well, they aren't convinced

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread eckinator
2010/8/19 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com:  Ah.  Sounds like the Quebecois are Vichy Canadians, and Torontonians are Ontario's version of Parisians. Quiet days in Cliché... but yes it sounds like it =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 07:26:05PM -0500, Walter Gilbert scripsit: Ah. Sounds like the Quebecois are Vichy Canadians, and Torontonians are Ontario's version of Parisians. Well, or Westerners generally don't like Québécois and you're getting the opinions of Westerners. It's more than a subset

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 07:26:05PM -0500, Walter Gilbert scripsit: Ah.  Sounds like the Quebecois are Vichy Canadians, and Torontonians are Ontario's version of Parisians. Well, or Westerners generally don't like Québécois and

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread William Robb
-- From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? Note that while I'm a native Westerner, I'm bilingual (well used to be, my French is bloody rusty) and also lived in Northern Ontario for a decade, in a city

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: It's more than a subset of them are convinced the rest of us aren't Canadian, rather than that they aren't.  Said subset is in a demographic vise and knows it.  (Rather like Toronto is currently past 30% recent immigrant; the

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-18 Thread Paul Ewins
Interesting stuff. We toured through Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in August last year and were bemused by the way the francophone population were fixated on events that occurred 250 years ago, right down to the slogan on the Quebec number plates - Je me souviens (I remember). We

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-16 Thread eckinator
2010/8/16 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Not missing winter, but it would be nice if it stopped raining. had a wonderful winter, nice dry cold, not quite enough snow but can't complain. weather's really acting up though, winte rwas too long, spring too hot, summer too rainy, my cherries and

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-16 Thread David Savage
On 16 August 2010 12:19, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: -- From: Jerry in Arizona Subject: RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? To be honest . . . YES!  Tired of 115f+  Phoenix and the Valley of the sun are gorgeous

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: -- From: Jerry in Arizona Subject: RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? To be honest . . . YES! ?Tired of 115f+ ?Phoenix and the Valley of the sun are gorgeous in fall, winter and spring

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
. But if it keeps on like this, 2011 is probably going to be a repeat of 2007. From: David Savage On 16 August 2010 12:19, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: -- From: Jerry in Arizona Subject: RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter

RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-15 Thread Jerry in Arizona
To be honest . . . YES!  Tired of 115f+  Phoenix and the Valley of the sun are gorgeous in fall, winter and spring.  Summer sucks! Subject: PESO -- Tuxis Island and West Wharf Boat Basin Message-ID: 4c6576d3.8080...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed   Anybody

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-15 Thread Adam Maas
Yep, I generally start missing it in late May. But I rather like my cold weather, must be the Finnish side. Anything over 25C is too hot unless the humidity's eally low. -Adam On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Jerry in Arizona glewis4...@yahoo.com wrote: To be honest . . . YES!  Tired of 115f+ 

Re: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter?

2010-08-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: Jerry in Arizona Subject: RE: Anybody in the northern hemisphere missing winter? To be honest . . . YES! Tired of 115f+ Phoenix and the Valley of the sun are gorgeous in fall, winter and spring. Summer sucks! Not missing winter