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Skriven 2015-03-06 15:33:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: weathering weather 30
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-05-15  07:53 <=-

 NB>> True enough... and often we have that here as well... but they've
 NB>> been walloped much harder this year than we have been...
 ML> It is said there will be snow today and Saturday, and the
 ML> total in Boston rests at 2" lower than the all-time record.

Sounds promising for breaking the record, for sure... :)

 ML> Shouldn't be any on Sunday, when my concert is. Strange
 ML> development - my brother bought a ticket for this concert.

Has he ever done so before...?

 ML> I think there's an Amtrak sale on and he's taking the train
 ML> up. How he expected to get to the Worcester area on a Sunday
 ML> I can't guess, but I have arranged for a friend to pick him
 ML> up at the end of the subway line if he actually shows up.
 ML> And a stay at a hotel using my miles. Thing is I don't care
 ML> if he shows up except that I forfeit the miles if he doesn't,
 ML> but I lose them anyway, so I shouldn't care at all.

Definitely an interesting development...  :)  And interesting if indeed
he does show up.  :)
 
 NB>> although, at the moment, we are getting the infamous "wintry mix",
 NB>> which is close to top on my least wanted list... ;)
 ML> I was coming back to Bob and Deb's house (Bob's the conductor
 ML> of that concert), and he had to back up out of his driveway
 ML> and take a running start to get to the garage. Wintry mix
 ML> today if the temperature gets a couple degrees higher than
 ML> projected.

Must be his drive is uphill..?  Or is it just that snow-filled... Our
driveway has been ok to get in and out of as long as we have a good
solid snowpack, but when it warms up (like to the high 20's or more),
the snow is unstable and the tires spin... 
 
 NB>> Did you get your money back on the cancelled runs...?
 ML> Yep, no squawking. For elites (not really fond of that word)
 ML> they know that they'll eventually get the money anyhow some
 ML> other way. For normal people they give, grudgingly, a credit
 ML> usable for fare on a future flight on that airline.

True... people like you will be for sure flying soon enough, have to
keep your status... and if not, then the credit would likely just be
wasted anyway...  :)

 ML> Of course I had bought some really cheap tickets and will
 ML> not be able to duplicate the fares.

Unless the airlines try to recoup lost fares from weather by offering
enticing fares.. 

 NB>> Sounds like your year's flight
 NB>> requirements are pretty tight, if this early in the year the
 NB>> cancellations would wreak that much havoc with things... 
 ML> If I had unlimited dollars to throw at the project, the
 ML> cancellations wouldn't affect me, but the later you go in
 ML> the year the more expensive tickets get, for various reasons.

Ah... I hadn't thought of that... for one thing, this time of year is
about the least peak of any all around, isn't it...  except maybe for
ski resorts... and the Bahamas... :)

 ML>> I heard tell of 4000 east coast flights cancelled in one day
 ML>> during one of the storms - compares with 4000 in one normal
 ML>> winter month (under 10000 a year, I think).
 NB>> And then multiplied by further bad days... not a particularly good
 NB>> thing for the airlines bottom line, I'd guess...  It's been a tough
 NB>> winter...
 ML> The airlines reported record-breaking profits late last
 ML> year. The contrast with this first quarter, well, I wonder
 ML> how they will weather that.

Guess it's good for them that they did have the record-breaking
profits... maybe buffer the current losses somewhat...
 
 NB>> ... The cookbook says to roast my turkey but my oven only has bake &
 NB>> broil 
 ML> Indeed, and pretty much every attempt I've seen to distinguish
 ML> roasting from baking has holes in it. Anyhow, with an old
 ML> cookbook, one might have seen a recipe for baked turkey.

And other baked meats... :)  It's probably mostly just the nuances of
language, not necessarily those of meaning..  :)  The controls for the
burners rarely say boil... but sometimes do say simmer...  :)

ttyl        neb

... Technically horrible stuff, but somehow very tasty.

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