nne: Re: Stormy Christmas!

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Thank you, nne!I am sure it was, further up north. And it did cause a lot of problems in traffic when people were traveling to and/or from their Christmas destinations. But as far south as we are we really didn't get it bad.love/Reb>> Reb sorry to hear you had bad weather. That had to be scary for a lot of the residents.> hugs> nne> > To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world"> > "May the Lord Bless you and keep you,> May the Lord Make his face shine upon you, and give you Peace...Forever"> > Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Life> http://breastcancerpatientssoulmatesforlife.bravehost.com/ > > Anxiety Depression and Breast Cancer> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnxietyDepressionandBreastCancer> > Angel Feather Loomer> www.angelfeatherloomer.blogspot.com> > The Cancer Club> www.cancerclub.com> > > > Stormy Christmas!> > > > We've had a windy Christmas in Scandinavia! But apart from not getting> > much in the way of cell phone and/or internet coverage, we were> > absolutely fine, Norway, the north half of Sweden and, I think, Finland> > were so much worse off (electricity out, traffic stopping, roofs blowing> > apart, that kinds of things...). So we are most certainly not> > complaining! It is, however, an explanation of why I've been missing in> > action here.> > Talking about windy, we heard a humorous Norwegian song on TV, using the> > expression "full hurricane". Don't know if that's an expression in> > English, but it would be the literal translation of the expression in> > Norwegian, and Swedish, meaning when a storm reaches hurricane strength> > of wind (according to some scale or other). However, and this was the> > basis for the pun in the lyrics, the word "full" is in the Scandinavian> > languages not only the word for, precisely, full, but is also the word> > for "drunk".> > The lyrics went something like (in translation): "No use trying to stop> > a hurricane when it's drunk, it'll rip apart the city as it pleases. But> > in the morning it will lay down, and feel remorse for what it's done."> > OK, probably funnier in Norwegian/Swedish, but anyway....> > Here's hoping you'll be spared from a hurricane that is drunk! ;-)> > love/Reb> > ____________________________________________________________> Send any screenshot to your friends in seconds...> Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks.> TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if2 for FREE>