[Rhodes22-list] Indian Winter

Mon Jan 14 17:34:27 EST 2008

Slim,

As a new-hire, I flew to Grand Forks every other week during 1985. They
didn't have ATIS (automatic terminal information service) so I called Ground
Control for the weather information and chatted a bit (they weren't busy).
"Will it snow tonight?"  "Ya, I'll get my usual six inches!"  I was young
and dumb, but not that dumb!  "Thank you, Mam!"

One of my favorite memories of Grand Forks was when my co-worker "Rubin the
Cuban" won a round of Bingo at a local Indian reservation.  I can still
remember my advice as if it were yesterday - "Rubin, they want a piece of
your ass and mine too because I'm with you.  You're too small to fight and
I'm too fast!  I say we get the f*^k outta here"!

The one thing I miss about Grand Forks is the indoor pool at the hotel.  All
winter long it was filled with MILF's who spent the weekend with their kids
just to warm-up.  I don't miss it enough to go back there. Damn, I feel old!

Brad

On Jan 14, 2008 4:13 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Funny that that would be in the Miami Herald and not a word in the Star
> Trib
> here.  I guess we just sort of shrug it off.  What's the big deal of a
> little subzero windchill?  Besides, from my experience I think the true
> "Ice
> box of the North" is Grand Forks, ND.
>
> There was a spoof of International Falls on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle
> cartoon.  They were always referring to Frostbite Falls, MN.  At one point
> the producers of the show decided to travel to northern MN, buy an island
> in
> the Lake of the Woods, name it Frostbite Falls and then secede it from the
> union making it its own sovereign nation.  They did their research, bought
> the island and were on a bus heading for Washington DC to file the
> necessary
> paperwork when the Cuban missile crisis broke out.  As it turned out
> President Kennedy was in no mood for such foolishness and denied their
> request.
>
> True story.
>
> Slim
>
> On Jan 14, 2008 4:51 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > Here's your Scandinavian for ya!  Brad
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Miami Herald
> >  Posted on Sun, Jan. 13, 2008
> > Two towns feud over icebox title A feud between Fraser and International
> > Falls, Minn., over who owns the trademark "Ice Box of the Nation" is
> > heating
> > up.
> >
> > Fraser Town Manager Jeff Durbin said the Minnesota town has replied to a
> > lawsuit filed by Fraser with a countersuit.
> >
> > Fraser officials say their town has used the phrase since 1956, and
> > officials in International Falls say they've used it since 1948. The
> > dueling
> > lawsuits ask city officials to prove it.
> >
> > The two chilly municipalities fought an earlier cold war over the motto
> > decades ago that ended in 1986 with Fraser giving up its "official"
> claim
> > to
> > the trademark in exchange for $2,000 from International Falls.
> >
> > But the Minnesota city last year acknowledged it had inadvertently
> failed
> > to
> > renew its federal trademark back in 1996, even while keeping a state
> > trademark up to date. That allowed Fraser to file its own application.
> >
> > To outsiders it might seem ridiculous, but Durbin said it's important to
> > Fraser's residents.
> >
> > "We ought to get something out of it after having to live through
> winters
> > here," resident Joan Christensen said.
> >
> > The Summit Daily News in Frisco, Colo. reported an attempt to settle it
> > with
> > a duel failed when Fraser wanted it to be a contest on snowshoes and the
> > Minnesota mayor wanted a snowball fight.
> >
> > On Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said, Fraser was two
> > degrees warmer than International Falls at a balmy 19. Overnight the
> wind
> > chill was expected to drop Fraser's temperature to minus 19.
> International
> > Falls was to drop to minus 4.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008 3:20 AM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Very funny, Elle, but I can speak for the Injuns in SD.  "White man
> > always
> > > make fire too big."
> > >
> > > Slim
> > >
> > > P.S.  No, I'm not part Indian (my wife is) but one thing I've learned
> > > about
> > > them is that they laugh easily and often.  They find humor in almost
> > > anything.  That's a cool trait to have when you're a dour Scandinavian
> > > like
> > > me.
> > >
> > > On Jan 13, 2008 11:09 PM, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > great. and keep watching for falling rock.
> > > >
> > > > elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:  INDIAN WINTER
> > > >
> > > > It was already late fall and the Indians on a remote
> > > > reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if
> > > > the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.
> > > > Since he was a chief in a modern society he had
> > > > never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at
> > > > the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going
> > > > to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he
> > > > told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to
> > > > be cold and that the members of the village should
> > > > collect firewood to be prepared.
> > > >
> > > > Being a practical leader, after several days he got
> > > > an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the
> > > > National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming
> > > > winter going to be cold?"
> > > >
> > > > "It looks like this winter is going to be quite
> > > > cold," the meteorologist at the weather service
> > > > responded. So the chief went back to his people and
> > > > told them to collect even more firewood in order to
> > > > be prepared.
> > > >
> > > > A week later he called the National Weather Service
> > > > again. "Does it sti ll look like it is going to be a
> > > > very cold winter?"
> > > >
> > > > "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again
> > > > replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." The
> > > > chief again went back to his people and ordered them
> > > > to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.
> > > >
> > > > Two weeks later the chief called the National
> > > > Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that
> > > > the winter is going to be very cold?"
> > > >
> > > > "Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more
> > > > and more like it is going to be one of the coldest
> > > > winters we've ever seen."
> > > >
> > > > "How can you be so sure?" the chief asked.
> > > >
> > > > The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting
> > > > firewood like crazy."
> > > >
> > > > Always remember this whenever you get advice from a
> > > > government official.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our
> sails.
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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