Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:20:20 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Gospel According to Tim and Jerry
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>Michael Walsh wrote:
>
>> It occured to me sometime ago that if the Soviets had spend their =
rubles =
>> on weather control they could have developed a Snow Weapon.  Imagine
>three =
>> feet of snow suddenly dropped on DC . . . the gov't shuts down . . . oh =
=
>> wait, that happens anyway.
>
>>From what I remember, one of the last straws that started the downfall
>of the Barry administration was one of those little 6 inch snowfalls
>that totally paralyzed the entire area.

Afterwards the unpaid commercial contractors would remove any already =
fallen snow until they were paid the long past due.

> Gorbachev was in town to see
>Bush the Elder either the week before or the week after.  Folks got a
>lot of amusement thinking about Gorby collapsing in fits of giggles ....
>
>I worked with a Russian guy at one point, and he described how they
>handle (handled?) snow in Moscow.  Seriously efficient.

I would expect no less . . .

mjw

>
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>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
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>