Re: Atctic invasion
Joseph McAllister wrote: Jeeez Keith, that makes you older than me, by a bunch... Hell, I'm rapidly getting older than ANYone else, so...not much surprises me anymore! :-D keith On Jan 13, 2009, at 16:03 , keith_w wrote: Bill Owens wrote: Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill Hah! In the Winter of '49 I had to stand perimeter 'fence watch' at Great Lakes Naval, and I 'bout froze my little butt off! I learned what the breezes and lake moisture would do, acting together! From then on, I knew what "bitter cold" really WAS! :-D I was born and raised in northern Ohio, a couple of miles from Lake Erie, and I thought I knew what lake weather was all about. I was wrong... keith whaley Joseph McAllister -- 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: Atctic invasion
Jeeez Keith, that makes you older than me, by a bunch... On Jan 13, 2009, at 16:03 , keith_w wrote: Bill Owens wrote: Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill Hah! In the Winter of '49 I had to stand perimeter 'fence watch' at Great Lakes Naval, and I 'bout froze my little butt off! I learned what the breezes and lake moisture would do, acting together! From then on, I knew what "bitter cold" really WAS! :-D I was born and raised in northern Ohio, a couple of miles from Lake Erie, and I thought I knew what lake weather was all about. I was wrong... keith whaley Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- 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.
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On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:02 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: Well, true enough, Paul, but we were omitting facts to play the East Side joke. I understand the State street thing clear enough, but in my "big limited view" :-) the East side is the Lake Michigan Water Park :-). Cheers, Christine And it always was for me -- Although we used to travel down 41 to get to Phil Schmidts for fried Perch . There is a film mystery , or maybe a TV film, where the suspect's guilt is pretty much confirmed because he claims to have been from Chicago and replied that he lived "on the East Side" when asked by the cop sor whoever the private eye was. ann That's just bad scripting:-). Anyone who grew up on 102nd and Avenue E would say he grew up on the East Side. What do those Hollywood guys know? :-)). Paul - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Atctic invasion When I lived in Chicago, I, like most Southsiders, was always annoyed by the fact the Northsiders think Chicago doesn't has an East Side:-). Seriously, the neighborhood bordering Commercial Avenue is known as the East Side. And it's a good five or six miles east of State Street, the dividing line between east and west. Did you know that the streets in the East Side have letters instead of names? Avenue A through L, I believe, all right up snug against the Lake and the Indiana border. Paul On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: It's currently 7F in Chicago right now, but as they say, it's cooler by the lake; I'm about 15-20 minutes west of Lake Michigan (West of Foster Beach; course everything is west of Lake Michigan :-)) If you want to play a joke on someone new to Chicago, just tell them you live on the East Side, Ha! I also used to tend bar in a neighborhood place that didn't have a juke box & we used to send 1st timers to the back room with a quarter to play music. Ha! The good ole'days! Ha! Miss them! Anyway, down to -3F tonight they say, but it's supposed to start warming up over the weekend & in the 30s next week--yes, easy weather here in Chicago. I work with a colleague who spent a lot of time in Minnesota & she thinks winters up there were easier-- less people, easier to drive around & find parking etc etc. Someday I'll tell all you guys about parking in the snow in Chicago. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" To: "pdml" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Atctic invasion Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Atctic invasion
Bill Owens wrote: Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill Hah! In the Winter of '49 I had to stand perimeter 'fence watch' at Great Lakes Naval, and I 'bout froze my little butt off! I learned what the breezes and lake moisture would do, acting together! From then on, I knew what "bitter cold" really WAS! :-D I was born and raised in northern Ohio, a couple of miles from Lake Erie, and I thought I knew what lake weather was all about. I was wrong... keith whaley -- 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.
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Christine Aguila wrote: Well, true enough, Paul, but we were omitting facts to play the East Side joke. I understand the State street thing clear enough, but in my "big limited view" :-) the East side is the Lake Michigan Water Park :-). Cheers, Christine And it always was for me -- Although we used to travel down 41 to get to Phil Schmidts for fried Perch . There is a film mystery , or maybe a TV film, where the suspect's guilt is pretty much confirmed because he claims to have been from Chicago and replied that he lived "on the East Side" when asked by the cop sor whoever the private eye was. ann - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Atctic invasion When I lived in Chicago, I, like most Southsiders, was always annoyed by the fact the Northsiders think Chicago doesn't has an East Side:-). Seriously, the neighborhood bordering Commercial Avenue is known as the East Side. And it's a good five or six miles east of State Street, the dividing line between east and west. Did you know that the streets in the East Side have letters instead of names? Avenue A through L, I believe, all right up snug against the Lake and the Indiana border. Paul On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: It's currently 7F in Chicago right now, but as they say, it's cooler by the lake; I'm about 15-20 minutes west of Lake Michigan (West of Foster Beach; course everything is west of Lake Michigan :-)) If you want to play a joke on someone new to Chicago, just tell them you live on the East Side, Ha! I also used to tend bar in a neighborhood place that didn't have a juke box & we used to send 1st timers to the back room with a quarter to play music. Ha! The good ole'days! Ha! Miss them! Anyway, down to -3F tonight they say, but it's supposed to start warming up over the weekend & in the 30s next week--yes, easy weather here in Chicago. I work with a colleague who spent a lot of time in Minnesota & she thinks winters up there were easier--less people, easier to drive around & find parking etc etc. Someday I'll tell all you guys about parking in the snow in Chicago. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" To: "pdml" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Atctic invasion Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
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Well, true enough, Paul, but we were omitting facts to play the East Side joke. I understand the State street thing clear enough, but in my "big limited view" :-) the East side is the Lake Michigan Water Park :-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Atctic invasion When I lived in Chicago, I, like most Southsiders, was always annoyed by the fact the Northsiders think Chicago doesn't has an East Side:-). Seriously, the neighborhood bordering Commercial Avenue is known as the East Side. And it's a good five or six miles east of State Street, the dividing line between east and west. Did you know that the streets in the East Side have letters instead of names? Avenue A through L, I believe, all right up snug against the Lake and the Indiana border. Paul On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: It's currently 7F in Chicago right now, but as they say, it's cooler by the lake; I'm about 15-20 minutes west of Lake Michigan (West of Foster Beach; course everything is west of Lake Michigan :-)) If you want to play a joke on someone new to Chicago, just tell them you live on the East Side, Ha! I also used to tend bar in a neighborhood place that didn't have a juke box & we used to send 1st timers to the back room with a quarter to play music. Ha! The good ole'days! Ha! Miss them! Anyway, down to -3F tonight they say, but it's supposed to start warming up over the weekend & in the 30s next week--yes, easy weather here in Chicago. I work with a colleague who spent a lot of time in Minnesota & she thinks winters up there were easier--less people, easier to drive around & find parking etc etc. Someday I'll tell all you guys about parking in the snow in Chicago. Cheers, Christine - Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" To: "pdml" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Atctic invasion Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
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When I lived in Chicago, I, like most Southsiders, was always annoyed by the fact the Northsiders think Chicago doesn't has an East Side:-). Seriously, the neighborhood bordering Commercial Avenue is known as the East Side. And it's a good five or six miles east of State Street, the dividing line between east and west. Did you know that the streets in the East Side have letters instead of names? Avenue A through L, I believe, all right up snug against the Lake and the Indiana border. Paul On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: It's currently 7F in Chicago right now, but as they say, it's cooler by the lake; I'm about 15-20 minutes west of Lake Michigan (West of Foster Beach; course everything is west of Lake Michigan :-)) If you want to play a joke on someone new to Chicago, just tell them you live on the East Side, Ha! I also used to tend bar in a neighborhood place that didn't have a juke box & we used to send 1st timers to the back room with a quarter to play music. Ha! The good ole'days! Ha! Miss them! Anyway, down to -3F tonight they say, but it's supposed to start warming up over the weekend & in the 30s next week--yes, easy weather here in Chicago. I work with a colleague who spent a lot of time in Minnesota & she thinks winters up there were easier--less people, easier to drive around & find parking etc etc. Someday I'll tell all you guys about parking in the snow in Chicago. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" To: "pdml" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Atctic invasion Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Atctic invasion
It's currently 7F in Chicago right now, but as they say, it's cooler by the lake; I'm about 15-20 minutes west of Lake Michigan (West of Foster Beach; course everything is west of Lake Michigan :-)) If you want to play a joke on someone new to Chicago, just tell them you live on the East Side, Ha! I also used to tend bar in a neighborhood place that didn't have a juke box & we used to send 1st timers to the back room with a quarter to play music. Ha! The good ole'days! Ha! Miss them! Anyway, down to -3F tonight they say, but it's supposed to start warming up over the weekend & in the 30s next week--yes, easy weather here in Chicago. I work with a colleague who spent a lot of time in Minnesota & she thinks winters up there were easier--less people, easier to drive around & find parking etc etc. Someday I'll tell all you guys about parking in the snow in Chicago. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" To: "pdml" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Atctic invasion Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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. -- 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.
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Tonight's predicted overnight low for my hometown in Iowa, is -7F. Now they have serious summer bugs. We're talking hogs with wings. ;( Jack --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Bill Owens wrote: > From: Bill Owens > Subject: Atctic invasion > To: "pdml" > Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:05 AM > Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post > about the > Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in > the upper teens and highs > in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic > invasion. I > remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this > would be > considered a heat wave. > > Bill > > -- > 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. -- 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.
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Bill Owens wrote: > Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the > Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs > in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I > remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be > considered a heat wave. Yes, well, at least when it got cold in Chicago, you could stand in jetwash for a minute or two to thaw out... :-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
Atctic invasion
Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto "blizzard". We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill -- 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.
