Two seasons: winter and construction (1986); OT: photo

[Patti J. Kurtz]

FWIW:  They say that here in north Dakota all the time, but I don't know
how old it is here, either...

Patti Kurtz

Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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>Subject:      Two seasons: winter and construction (1986); OT: photo
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>TWO SEASONS: WINTER AND ROAD REPAIR/CONSTRUCTION
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>TWO SEASONS + WINTER AND CONSTRUCTION--1,400 Google hits, 412 Google hits
>TWO SEASONS + WINTER AND ROAD--369 Google hits, 358 Google Groups hits
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>I was going through some Chicago weather stuff and this came up. Is it a Chicago phrase? A Minneapolis phrase? How old is it?
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>I don't know what Fred Shapiro or JL (not related to my ex-wife JLo) have for "two seasons." The digitized CHICAGO TRIBUNE (up to 1953) doesn't have it. Newspaperarchive has a few Chicago newspapers now.
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>A photo of me and someone who makes even less money (he works for the city for one dollar!):
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>http://www.barrypopik.com/article/2/about-the-site-editor
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Dr. Patti J. Kurtz

Assistant Professor, English

Director of the Writing Center

Minot State University

Minot, ND 58707



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