-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-Jan-2018 03:20 <=-   
      
    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...   
      
    MK> I thought of that except the jump from 0 bottles of beer on the wall   
    MK> on 2024-11-05 to 56 bottles of beer on the wall on 2024-11-06 is a tad   
    MK> bothersome to me.    
      
   Who says one has to start with 99 every time, then...?   
      
    NB>> "42 bottles of beer and 99 bottles of milk on the wall"...   
    NB>> Could be an interesting countdown...   
      
    MK> That could work but it is a huge departure from the song.   
       
   And is that so bad a thing, really...?  :)   
      
    NB>> but of course it isn't for another 7 years or so   
      
    MK> Right.  We'll see what happens this year before making a decision.  By   
    MK> my calculation we have 256 days before "99 bottles of beer on the wall   
    MK> ..." becomes official.    
      
   Indeed.   ;)   
      
    NB>> Probably now supplanted by the mudslides in California...   
      
    MK> Yes, as well as another weather warning for the Fraser Valley for   
    MK> tommorrow. There could be another ice storm with wind this time.    
    MK> However the mudslides in California are defintely the bigger news as   
    MK> of today.    
      
   If Fraser Valley is hard hit, they might take over the spotlight... but   
   for their sake, I'm hoping they don't get hit badly...  :)  We just got   
   about a foot of snow overnight last night... Richard's been digging us   
   out...  ;)  Just snow, though, and seems to be pretty much the light   
   stuff...  :)   
      
    NB>> Snow has its purposes   
      
    MK> As long as it stays put.  There have been more than a few avalanches   
    MK> lately. No fatalities that I've heard about but more than a few close   
    MK> calls.    
      
   I'm thankful we aren't near mountains or even tall hills here... no   
   avalanches near by....  :)   
      
    MK> The latest one was a mountain biker who got pulled out of the   
    MK> snow with a few broken bones.  They spotted his bike sticking out at   
    MK> the end of an avalanche and dug him out from underneath.  It was pure   
    MK> luck that his bike was spotted by a passing helicopter that happened   
    MK> to be checking out avalanches in the area.    
      
   That was indeed a stroke of very good luck for him... and that they   
   found him quickly enough...  :)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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