[Rhodes22-list] Indian Winter

[john Belanger]

great. and keep watching for falling rock.

elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:  INDIAN WINTER 

It was already late fall and the Indians on a remote 
reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if 
the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. 
Since he was a chief in a modern society he had 
never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at 
the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going 
to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he 
told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to 
be cold and that the members of the village should 
collect firewood to be prepared. 

Being a practical leader, after several days he got 
an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the 
National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming 
winter going to be cold?" 

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite 
cold," the meteorologist at the weather service 
responded. So the chief went back to his people and 
told them to collect even more firewood in order to 
be prepared. 

A week later he called the National Weather Service 
again. "Does it sti ll look like it is going to be a 
very cold winter?" 

"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again 
replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." The 
chief again went back to his people and ordered them 
to collect every scrap of firewood they could find. 

Two weeks later the chief called the National 
Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that 
the winter is going to be very cold?" 

"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more 
and more like it is going to be one of the coldest 
winters we've ever seen." 

"How can you be so sure?" the chief asked. 

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting 
firewood like crazy." 

Always remember this whenever you get advice from a 
government official.


We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)


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