<snort> We visited my brother-in-law in St. George, just south of you, in February 2000, and they had to turn the air-conditioning on at night for us. I am not making this up.
Steven Montgomery wrote: > At least when the temperature gets cold here (Cedar City area) in February > I can jump in the car and in 40 minutes be in short sleeve weather. > > -- > Steven Montgomery > > At 08:19 PM 11/9/2002, you wrote: > >Yet another week in Moose Jaw, but in early February this time. Maybe > >we'll allow a > >side-trip to Medicine Hat, the 40-40 city (where it's either plus 40 or > >minus 40 o > >C; nothing in between). > > > >Steven Montgomery wrote: > > > > > LDS, and the plane was named after his mother. What do I win now? > > > > > > -- > > > Steven Montgomery > > > > > > At 03:49 PM 11/9/2002, you wrote: > > > >Steven wins first prize! A one-week holiday in beautiful downtown > > Moose Jaw in > > > >the second week of January. > > > >Okay. Here's another question: what was the religious denomination of the > > > >pilot, > > > >and after whom did he name the plane? (I'm thinking specifically of the > > > >Enola Gay > > > >here) > > > > > > > >Steven Montgomery wrote: > > > > > > > > > At 11:34 AM 11/9/2002, Marc wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Incidentally, one little irony that I'm not sure has been brought up, > > > > > >although I'm > > > > > >sure Mark especially knows this, and probably many others here, is > > that > > > > > >Nagasaki > > > > > >wasn't the first choice for the second bomb. The original target was > > > > > >clouded over > > > > > >that day, so Nagasaki got hit. The irony is that Nagasaki is the > > > > > >historical centre > > > > > >of Japan's Christian community. So I guess today's trivia > > question is: > > > > > >what was > > > > > >the original target? > > > > > > > > > > The primary target was Kokura, a major munitions manufacturing center. > > > > > Kokura was obscured by clouds and smoke (leftover from an earlier > > raid on a > > > > > nearby city) so the bombadier couldn't get an exact target despite > > three > > > > > separate passes. The secondary target was Nagasaki which was also > > obscured > > > > > by clouds but after a couple of passes the clouds parted, and the > > rest is > > > > > history. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Steven Montgomery > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > "Nations are defined by their founders. George Washington set a > > standard of > > > > > selfless public service and heroic private virtue against which > > American > > > > > politicians continue to be measured - and found wanting - even today." > > > > > --Steven W. Mosher > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > > > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > > > > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Marc A. Schindler > > > >Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland > > > > > > > >"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he > > > >will pick > > > >himself up and continue on" � Winston Churchill > > > > > > > >Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the > > author > > > >solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's > > > >employer, > > > >nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > > > > > > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > ////// > > > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > ////// > > > > > > > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > >-- > >Marc A. Schindler > >Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland > > > >"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he > >will pick > >himself up and continue on" � Winston Churchill > > > >Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author > >solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's > >employer, nor > >those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. 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