>Corollary: don't buy major appliances in winter.
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>Corollary 2: if you get enough snow, build an igloo. Works the same.

You got to be kidding me!
Snow in Cyprus - I wish :) Anybody here would 'settle' for lot of rain instead but that doesent happen eighter ...

Snow is strange white thing that happens from time to time on hiltop of Throdos mountaine, and then whole country is there to show it to their chilldren :)

Lowest temp. that got here, where I am this winter was +8c ...
... Brrrrr ....