On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:18:29 -0600, wrote:

>Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. A local Hardees sells
>them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.

Never rely on your peer group for information.

-- Larry

On 25/02/2012 8:20 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> > wrote:
>
> -snip-
>>
>> Colder is not as important. It's the snow and the lack of sunshine. I think
>> buffalo has more cloud days than Pittsburgh, and definitely more snow. Lake
>> effect snow.
>>
>
> I think part of it is 'lets hate the big guy syndrome'- ala MS, AOL,
> GM, NYC, LA, SF, etc.
>
> http://www.buffaloresearch.com/snow.html
>
> Not even in the top 10 snowiest cities- or coldest, or windiest. [1994
> almanac]
>
> Made the top snowiest cities in 2010-- - 2 below Pittsburgh [and 30
> inches below Syracuse]
>
> From the same page- 2008 summer sunshine stats-- Buffalo 67%,
> Pittsburgh 58%.
>
> For the whole year- average sunshine-
> http://www.currentresults.com/Weathe...ne-by-city.php
> Buffalo 48%
> Pittsburgh 45%
>
I looked at one site and was surprised to see that Buffalo had so little
snow, but then I realized that it was for this year, which has seen an
exceptionally mild winter. I live about 25 miles from Buffalo and we
have had exceptionally warm weather. There has been lots of rain, and
usually in January and February the precipitation would be snow.
I found a site with average snowfalls and Buffalo is right up near the
top of the list, right behind Rochester.

I used to work in Fort Erie right across the river from Buffalo and it
is a snow belt. I was amazed by the way the snow dumped close to the
lake. One year we had a heavy snow fall. There was 4 feet of snow by the
lake. A mile north of there it was 3 and each half mile there was almost
a foot less. Two miles from the lake the snow was only about 6 inches.

On 25/02/2012 11:21 AM, Jerry Avins wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:18:29 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
>
> ...
>
>> Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. A local Hardees sells
>> them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.
>
> What did you expect? I was interviewed by telephone last night about where I shopped for food. When I mentioned Garden State Farm Market, the interviewer asked me how to spell it. It took three tries to get "garden" right.
>

A couple years ago I had to call tech support. The guy had such a thick
accent I could hardly understand him. I was looking all over the
monitor for the Castle icon. I asked him many times to clarify it
because I couldn't see any damned castles. I eventually realized he was
saying Cancel.

On Feb 25, 8:21*am, Jerry Avins > wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:18:29 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
>
> * ...
>
> > Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. *A local Hardees sells
> > them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.
>
> What did you expect? I was interviewed by telephone last night about where I shopped for food. When I mentioned Garden State Farm Market, the interviewer asked me how to spell it. It took three tries to get "garden" right.
>
Are you a stranger where you live? Do you drop the "r"s or pronounce
them? (Gahdn State Fahm Mahkt?)

I once rented a car in Charlotte, NC. The attendant asked me where I
was staying locally. I said "the Tar Heel motel"; she wrote down "Tire
Hill Motel." (Counting the spare, each car needs five "tars.")