Comments on: Polish The Golden Snowball. Here Comes Syracuse!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:31:31 +0000

Johnny that is hilarious. How could you and I work together for 20 years without me knowing that about the Great Blizzard! More importantly, how is your memory holding up better than mine when you’re more “mature” shall we say? Great story of the police escorting the plows to Syracuse, for the public benefit I’m sure. xo

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:29:39 +0000

Carol. WARNING. I repeat. WARNING. Do not remind us you are on a beach in Florida, even in a cold snap. HA just kidding. Please write in often so we can channel visions of sand, surf, oranges –frozen and otherwise– palm trees. So happy you are enjoying yourself and we’re very flattered you’re checking in on the snowy north! Yup. It snowed every day here since New Year, officially. Fulton was mentioned on ABC news tonight with Diane Sawyer!
You liked It’s Complicated? I want to know more. Perhaps I should see it and vow to meet you to discuss it and other ‘things’ over coffee one day when you’re back. I’d enjoy meeting you. Have fun down there. We’ll hold down the fort up here, once we dig it out.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:25:05 +0000

Fred what a tremendous compliment about the blog. As teens write, thank you SO, SO much. And you’re a contorted roof raker too? Welcome! How’s your spine? Mine is still semi-twisted like a piece of red licorice. Better straighten up. We’ve got big snows coming the weekend again. Arghhhh…. Thank you for reading the blog and sharing in the comments. It gets me through the day. That, and the coffee. M.

By: John E.

John E. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:51:21 +0000

Moey,
I can confirm Fred’s story about the hijacked plows. It sems that all these plows were coming up the thruway,to exit at Thompson Road. Syracuse police cars were sent to meet them and “escort” them to where they were supposed to go. They were a few days late getting to Oswego.
Johnny

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:58:12 +0000

Maureen, love the blog stories from the Blizzard of 66. Went to Binghamton with husband and 2 young boys to visit sick parents for an overnight on a Saturday. We were there until Wed. and I’m sure we were the first car to come up Rt. 11 to Syr. Driving through Tully was like a tunnel and also the Onondaga lake parkway. Got home to Bayberry in Liverpool and we had about 12 ft. of snow at bottom of drive. However grass was showing along the house in back. Winds had cleared an entrance. Kids were jumping off ranch roof on to piles of snow. Update, it’s freezing cold on the gulf so today we saw the very funny movie “It’s Complicated”. I could have written a good part of the story. Hope to be walking on the beach tomorrow but it ‘s suppose to stay very cold until next week. My grandson has e mailed and so excited about the snow. However he has basketball practice Fri. night and can’t do ski club. Now if I were home, I would drive them to Lab on Sat. Skiing and basketball kept me going for many years during Syracuse winters. C

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:40:15 +0000

Maureen, not all the equipment was hijacked, just some, right as they were coming off the Thruway. Re the Labor Day Storm, I have a great true story about that one which I’ll save for next September. ‘Tis quite a tale. Happy New Year, btw. This is the best blog I know.. I check it daily. Great topics, great writing. I advise not leaning out the window, snow or no snow. I did just what you did, and I lost my grip and the snow rake fell two stories and fortunately hit nobody. Only a miracle saved me from falling. I found strength I have never summoned since, and wrenched myself up and back into the room. I don’t wanna think about it. ‘Twas a miracle.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:26:25 +0000

Fred, what a great story! I’m sure that Long Island plow guy never came back here. We fixed him! Funny, I never heard how Oswego lost all the plows to us here in Syracuse. Of course, I wasn’t here back then. I arrived in 1980. My big Blizzard was the New England storm of ’78 that shut down the state of Rhode Island and canceled our college classes for nearly a week as you lost a week of work here. The Blizzard of ’66 is legend around here, along with the Labor Day Storm in ’98. Lots of memories. Thanks for sharing.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:22:31 +0000

Denny, yes, I like your ingredients of a wonderful Central New York winter. Thanks once again. Happy to know all is well in The Swamp.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:21:04 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion Ken. Hopefully I’ll have better luck than with a regular axe that cut off a chunk of the limestone steps. Talk about killing a fly with a sledgehammer.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:17:43 +0000

Johnny I still love your stories! Note to Readers: John was the Chief Photojournalist and Editor at WTVH-TV for many years. He shared his thoughts about the fate of all the videotape that had been stored at TV 5 when the newsroom ceased operations last March. On the home page of the blog, scroll down to the search bar and type “The Reluctant Historians” to read John’s guest blog. And thanks again John! Love to the family. M.