After all the early media coverage of an impending snowfall that was originally publicized by the National Weather service as a ‘snowstorm’ on Tuesday, maybe people in the Forsyth area were perhaps a bit over primed for what was in reality going to be a very minor snowfall. Or, maybe it would be nothing at all…
After arising early, I made my way over to the local Country
Mart where breakfast is served from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM most every day. As I
ordered, one of the ladies in the Deli area asked me what I thought. She had
one eyebrow arched and was about to add a heaping pile of scrambled eggs to my
plate.
I answered, ‘About what?’
‘The weather, of course', she retorted. (It seems my
reputation for being a weather nut had preceded me).
I told the lady that I felt whatever snow did mange to fall
would more than likely melt once it came into contact with the road surfaces.
And, I couldn’t help adding, ‘And, gee lady, are ya scared of two measly inches?’
As those words left my mouth, I had reason to immediately
regret it as she gave me a much smaller portion of scrambled eggs than I was
used to….Hmm, I thought to myself, maybe sometimes brevity really is bliss.
After eating, I got up and did my shopping. It was just
after 8 AM and yes, I wanted to get it done early…just in case we got actually did get a boatload of snow.
As I exited the store, a short time later with a bag of
groceries in tow, the sun came out and it turned out to be a fine day after all.
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