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Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Quoting from weatherunderground.com:
Today Mostly sunny. Windy. Patchy fog in low lying areas this morning. Highs 11 to 17. Wind chill readings 15 below zero to 30 below zero this morning. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon in locations right near the foothills and near the Wyoming border.I'm so glad that I'm leaving today... although I don't know that Boston, where I'm going next, will be any warmer. I've lived in NYC, where it snows every winter, but this crap brought Moscow to mind.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann [sbisbee at bu.edu]
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> Quoting from weatherunderground.com: >
You would go to weatherunderground.com. Shlub.
> `` > Today > Mostly sunny. Windy. Patchy fog in low lying areas this morning. Highs > 11 to 17. Wind chill readings 15 below zero to 30 below zero this > morning. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon in locations > right near the foothills and near the Wyoming border. > '' > > I'm so glad that I'm leaving today... although I don't know that > Boston, where I'm going next, will be any warmer. I've lived in NYC, > where it snows every winter, but this crap brought Moscow to mind.
Eh, do not worry too much. Boston is having a rather odd winter with little to no snow fall. Currently we just have our trademark high winds. Some days feel like it is cold enough for snow, but the next day it feels like winter->spring. No one is quite sure what is going on; personally I would like a true Boston winter (we didn't even have a white x-mas!!!!) or nothing.
Of course, now that I have told you that it won't be too bad here when you come we will get a blizzard, shutting down the air ports and stranding you at Logan. Bwahaha.
-- Samuel Kotel Bisbee-vonKaufmann | "A computer once beat me at chess, but Boston University, Undergrad. | it was no match for me at kick boxing." OFTC.net, Network Operator | -Emo Philips
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:25:32AM -0500, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote: > > Quoting from weatherunderground.com: > > > > You would go to weatherunderground.com. Shlub.
I bet you expected me to go to some silly Boston-based outfit,
huh? Go eat some beans, ya wanker.
> > I'm so glad that I'm leaving today... although I don't know that > > Boston, where I'm going next, will be any warmer. I've lived in NYC, > > where it snows every winter, but this crap brought Moscow to mind.
...and bomb scares. Watch out - there are terrrrrrible terrrrorists under every bed!
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/nonterrorist_em.html
> Of course, now that I have told you that it won't be too bad here when you > come we will get a blizzard, shutting down the air ports and stranding you > at Logan. Bwahaha.
It's OK; since I don't trust you people, I expect it. That's why I have a Top Sekrit route out already prepared.
D'you think that the TSA will complain about my home-made plane and several miles of surgical tubing? I'm just asking.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Jimmy ORegan [joregan at gmail.com]
On 02/02/07, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann <sbisbee at bu.edu> wrote:
> Of course, now that I have told you that it won't be too bad here when you > come we will get a blizzard, shutting down the air ports and stranding you > at Logan. Bwahaha.
We had the "shutting down airports" kind of weather last month
and in December. A friend of mine was travelling from Wroclaw to
Dublin, and was talking to someone who was going to Edinburgh. They
met in Shannon. Before that, a few guys I know flew to Poznan. They
got drunk on the plane, and didn't notice until they left the
airport that they were flown to Berlin instead
Jimmy ORegan [joregan at gmail.com]
On 02/02/07, Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:25:32AM -0500, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann wrote: > > Eh, do not worry too much. Boston is having a rather odd winter with > > little to no snow fall. Currently we just have our trademark high winds. > > ...and bomb scares. Watch out - there are terrrrrrible terrrrorists > under every bed! > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/nonterrorist_em.html >
...waiting to attack with shampoo bottles! http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/dangerous_conta.html
Not quite related, but... http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/brave_moves_in__1.html
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:30:14PM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> On 02/02/07, Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:25:32AM -0500, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann wrote: > > > Eh, do not worry too much. Boston is having a rather odd winter with > > > little to no snow fall. Currently we just have our trademark high winds. > > > > ...and bomb scares. Watch out - there are terrrrrrible terrrrorists > > under every bed! > > > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/nonterrorist_em.html > > ...waiting to attack with shampoo bottles! > http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/dangerous_conta.html
If it wasn't for the humor in the situation, it would be too ugly to think about. I had a mostly-empty container of toothpaste confiscated at the Denver airport (there was maybe half an ounce of toothpaste in there) because the container was marked '6 oz.' The TSA agent, with a completely straight face, explained to me that it wasn't the amount that's in there, it's the amount that could be mixed in there. I very carefully didn't point out to her that the required Ziploc bag was of the required 1-quart capacity...
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