>>>... We just had our 3 snowstorms last week with 40-50 cm of snow ...
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>>That's weird, Nick. Here in the U.S. snow falls in inches, not cm. I wonder how it knows which to do where? <g>
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>Didn't you know - non-metric system compliant storms just cannot cross the border according to US-Canada agreement...
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LOL! It's probably a customs thing - "are you carrying any live plants? Cuban cigars? metric snowflakes?"