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This is one from Twitter, a picture of snow in Rycroft today. [Wherever
that is]

http://t.co/ZZ6T4SKAnQ

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they're open". -
Lord Dewar (1864-1930)

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On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 4:43:37 PM UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:
This is one from Twitter, a picture of snow in Rycroft today. [Wherever

that is]

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AB is Alberta: http://bit.ly/1ovolbF

Stephen.

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Stephen Davenport wrote:

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 4:43:37 PM UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:
This is one from Twitter, a picture of snow in Rycroft today. [Wherever

that is]

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AB is Alberta: http://bit.ly/1ovolbF

Stephen.


It's about 400 km NW of Edmonton, on the flat lands just east of the mountains.
Elevation about 600m so snow is probably unusual in June.

A couple of years ago we got snowed on in June on the Icefields Parkway between
Jasper and Banff but that was at 1500-2000m so not so unusual.

One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the E/W
roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th Avenue while
the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street to 55th Street.
Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a lot bigger in days gone
by?

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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In message , Norman
writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the
E/W roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th
Avenue while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd
Street to 55th Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the
place a lot bigger in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into
a much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in
future some negative numbers might be needed.
--
John Hall Weep not for little Leonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French. Harry Graham (1874-1936)

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"John Hall" wrote in message
.. .
In message , Norman
writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the E/W
roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th Avenue
while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street to 55th
Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a lot bigger
in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into a
much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in
future some negative numbers might be needed.

Or simply thought up some more imaginative street names.
We seem to manage it :)
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

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Col wrote:


"John Hall" wrote in message
.. . In message
, Norman writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the
E/W roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th
Avenue while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street
to 55th Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a
lot bigger in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into a
much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in
future some negative numbers might be needed.

Or simply thought up some more imaginative street names.
We seem to manage it :)


Visions of grandeur, I suspect!

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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John Hall wrote:

In message , Norman
writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the E/W
roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th Avenue
while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street to 55th
Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a lot bigger
in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into a
much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in future
some negative numbers might be needed.


Stockport Station has a Platform 0, for that very reason!

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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In message , Col
writes

"John Hall" wrote in message
. ..
In message , Norman
writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the E/W
roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th Avenue
while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street to 55th
Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a lot bigger
in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into a
much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in
future some negative numbers might be needed.

Or simply thought up some more imaginative street names.
We seem to manage it :)

Yes, but the grid system of numbered streets does make it very easy to
find your way around.
--
John Hall Weep not for little Leonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French. Harry Graham (1874-1936)

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"Norman" wrote in message
...
John Hall wrote:

In message , Norman
writes
One amusing feature of Rycroft, gleaned from Google Earth, is that the
E/W
roads in the town (all 4 of them) are named 45th Avenue to 48th Avenue
while the N/S Roads (there are more of them) are named 43rd Street to
55th
Street. Whatever happened to the lower numbers? Was the place a lot
bigger
in days gone by?

It would have had to be huge if the numbers counted up from 1.

Maybe the town developers harboured hopes that it was going to grow into
a
much bigger place, and chose those numbers to avoid the risk that in
future
some negative numbers might be needed.


Stockport Station has a Platform 0, for that very reason!


And Kings Cross has a Platform 9¾!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg