[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

What's astonishing is that there are fish in Lake Erie again.    
Remember those days in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s when nothing could  
live in that water?

The other thought that comes to my mind, Herb, is, "Were the fish  
flash frozen when the cold air hit them?"

I've been using the miracle of the internet to listen to beautiful  
music from Minnesota Public Radio.  Periodically they break in with  
the weather report.
In St. Paul today ... 5 below zero with a wind chill of minus 20.    
Tomorrow should be the same.    Bill Middleton's wife grew up in the  
Du'lut (spelled Duluth) area ... Dorothy grew up over a drug  
store ... probably a good place because warm air rose from downstairs  
to the second floor.   Bill talked about the last snow melting in June.

I have a cousin who grew up in Oswego, New York ... south side of  
Lake Ontario.   To them a normal winter week was two feet of new  
snow.   They simply picked it up and dumped in into the lake from  
whence it came.   His parents used to send snap shots of them  
shoveling the snow off the roof to keep the house from collapsing.    
They used to drive around with red flags on the car antennas so you  
see approaching autos at the intersections over the snow drifts.   I  
only remember once when Tom said they closed the schools because of  
snow.  That was in 1965 when they had 108 inches in one week and 96  
inches in the first storm.   The newspaper shut down for one day and  
the next day published on their front page a picture of the tunnel  
through the snow they dug to get into the office to go back to work.

Am I suitable describing the North Coast, Herb?

We do want to make those two guys in Florida and that chap in the  
Nevada desert feel comfortable.

Fred Schneider


On Jan 26, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> All Cleveland area Giant Eagle stores and Get-Go stations began  
> selling all
> types of Steeler stuff today. I frequent the Giant Eagle store at  
> W. 140 &
> Detroit. The Steeler display there is 20 feet long x 4 shelves high. I
> haven't seen that many "Terrible Towels" since 1978. All manner of  
> sweats,
> tees, hoodies, and Jerseys too. This is something not usually seen in
> Cleveland stores. I think I will take them a photo of the "Terrible
> Trolley".
> Not related to anything "Pittsburgh" whatsoever, however nonetheless
> interesting, is a news story being shown right now on FOX 8 Cleveland
> evening news. A large (60 inch) water main broke on Superior Avenue  
> at East
> 74 Street today. The pipe carries raw water from Lake Erie to a  
> treatment
> plant on East Blvd. Superior Avenue became flooded from East 61  
> Street all
> the way to East 85 Street. Just shown was taped footage of quite of  
> number
> of both Yellow and White Perch swimming in the area between East 71  
> and East
> 75 in the normal traffic lanes of Superior Avenue. This is the  
> first time
> this has been know to happen here. I'm sure a lot of them will end  
> up on
> dinner tables tonight.
>
> -- 
> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
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