Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> Who says one has to start with 99 every time, then...?   
      
   Tradition?  I recall it starting out at 99, counting down to 'no more', and   
   then recycling back to 99 until someone changes the tune.  Theoretically once   
   started it could go on for forever but it seems to me that somewhere along the   
   line it gets switched with another song such as, "There Was a Farmer Who Had a   
   Dog", aka "Bingo Was His Name-O" ... and who can forget the enduring classic   
   "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".   
      
    MK>> That could work but it is a huge departure from the song.   
      
    NB> And is that so bad a thing, really...?  :)   
      
   Heh, heh.  Errrrr ... you're joking right?  ;-)   
      
   Anyhow the latest test I plan to overlap a date and if it works then it will   
   count down to 'no more' on 2018-04-21, reset to 7 the following day for the   
   'no more' on 2018-04-29.  After that it should stop generating as I only have   
   it configured for the two target dates (one-shot-deal) for both.  That more or   
   less will be a beta test for the real events in 2024 (2024-11-05 followed by   
   2025-01-01).  The script should reset 2024-11-05 to 2034-11-05 and 2025-01-01   
   to 2026-01-01 when it is appropriate to do so.   
      
    NB> If Fraser Valley is hard hit, they might take over the spotlight   
      
   It wasn't nearly as bad.  No massive power outage this time.  Besides there   
   was more than enough bad news earlier this week to shift it to the background,   
   the mudslides in California still topping the news ... not counting   
   Presidential brain farts of course.   
      
    NB> I'm thankful we aren't near mountains or even tall hills here...   
    NB> no avalanches near by....  :)   
      
   None close enough to here to do any local harm.  However the ones on the   
   horizon (mainland) sure look nice with their snowcaps that can easily turn   
   deadly if you get close enough.  The warnings are out, especially after the   
   latest storm.   
      
    NB> That was indeed a stroke of very good luck for him   
      
   Indeed.  The helicopter wasn't aware that he was missing and could have easily   
   passed him by.  They were just assessing the current avalanche conditions   
   which is common this time of year.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Future cybertoasts of note:   
       2019-01-01 is  352 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
       2024-11-05 is 2487 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
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