-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 05-Jan-2018 04:44 <=-   
      
    NB>> I wouldn't mind a different countdown...  like Henri, I don't   
    NB>> drink beer...   
      
    MK> Also there is a conflict starting on Sep 24, 2024 where according to   
    MK> the 2024-11-05 cybertoast there are only 42 bottles of beer on the   
    MK> wall whereas the 2025-01-01 cybertoast will start it's countdown at 99   
    MK> bottles of beer on the wall.  This conflict will carry on until Nov 6,   
    MK> 2024 when there will be only 56 bottles of beer on the wall.  I think   
    MK> a shorter countdown would be the answer, if indeed we even want a   
    MK> countdown.  I think the tagline is sufficient now that we know that it   
    MK> works.    
      
   I'd think so...  :)  Of course, with two simultaneous countdowns, the   
   one to feature would be the closer one... then pick up the other when   
   the first event has arrived...  ;)  Or use two different things to count   
   down with... say, beer for you, milk for me...   "42 bottles of beer   
   and 99 bottles of milk on the wall"...  Could be an interesting   
   countdown... but of course it isn't for another 7 years or so...  ;)   
      
    NB>> And it's worse farther east than we are   
      
    MK> It's headline news here in the west.   
      
   Probably now supplanted by the mudslides in California...  ;)  Extreme   
   conditions do tend to make headline news... :)     
      
    NB>> How far from you is that....?   
      
    MK> Just across the Strait, about 25kms as the crow flies, is the Fraser   
    MK> delta. The ice storm happened further up the valley (Abottsford) which   
    MK> is at a higher elevation than Vancouver proper.  The latest news is   
    MK> there are still some customers without power as we speak.  I think at   
    MK> it's worst there were over 100,000 customers without power for at   
    MK> least 24 hours after the storm hit.    
      
   Hopefully now they've all been restored....  That was a close call for   
   you, though... but, as you say, it was at a higher elevation....   
      
    NB>> Did you get the snow...?   
      
    MK> Some overnight but not much.  Not enough to cause any grief thank   
    MK> goodness. The mountains sure look nice.    
      
   Snow has its purposes...  ;)   
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
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