shutdown -h in Denver

[Tony Alfrey]

Collins Richey wrote:
> In case you haven't seen the weather reports, we've got one of those
> once-a-decade snow storms - 4 feet plus in my driveway one foot plus
> in the street and more coming down. My vote for"player of the game" is
> Xcel Energy. They've done their setup correctly. In spite of the fact
> that everything in the area is "halted", we've still got power and
> heat.
> 
> Yesterday my car got stuck in a drift on the way home. Two sets of
> Samaritans helped me out. One gave me a ride to a gas station where I
> tromped around for a couple of hours until a lady drove in to fill up
> her SUV. She delivered 3 of us to our doorsteps! Somehow, I don't
> think a liberal weenie in a pushcart-sized alternative energy vehicle
> would have been much use.
> 
> It's really a blessing to be stranded in my own home instead of at the
> airport or on the side of the road.
> 
> I hope your Christmas or Hanukhah or whatever is Merry and Bright.
> 

Well, I was going to tell you how much I empathized with your struggles 
with the weather, until I got down to the remark about the liberal 
weenie.  So when gas in Denver is 6 bucks a gallon and you've run out of 
it at the side of the road in your 5 mpg SUV, I'm sure you won't feel 
too bad when this liberal weenie in his alternative energy vehicle blows 
past you and wishes you a Happy Winter Solstice!



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Tony Alfrey
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