Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> Of course, with two simultaneous countdowns, the one to feature   
    NB> would be the closer one... then pick up the other when the first   
    NB> event has arrived...   
      
   I thought of that except the jump from 0 bottles of beer on the wall on   
   2024-11-05 to 56 bottles of beer on the wall on 2024-11-06 is a tad bothersome   
   to me.   
      
    NB> "42 bottles of beer and 99 bottles of milk on the wall"...   
    NB> Could be an interesting countdown...   
      
   That could work but it is a huge departure from the song.   
      
    NB> but of course it isn't for another 7 years or so   
      
   Right.  We'll see what happens this year before making a decision.  By my   
   calculation we have 256 days before "99 bottles of beer on the wall ..."   
   becomes official.   
      
    NB> Probably now supplanted by the mudslides in California...   
      
   Yes, as well as another weather warning for the Fraser Valley for tommorrow.    
   There could be another ice storm with wind this time.  However the mudslides   
   in California are defintely the bigger news as of today.   
      
    NB> Snow has its purposes   
      
   As long as it stays put.  There have been more than a few avalanches lately.    
   No fatalities that I've heard about but more than a few close calls.  The   
   latest one was a mountain biker who got pulled out of the snow with a few   
   broken bones.  They spotted his bike sticking out at the end of an avalanche   
   and dug him out from underneath.  It was pure luck that his bike was spotted   
   by a passing helicopter that happened to be checking out avalanches in the   
   area.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Future cybertoasts of note:   
       2019-01-01 is  355 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
       2024-11-05 is 2490 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
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