by Roddy Harris

Created on: August 24, 2008

My friend had been trying to sell his home for the last couple of years. He has a medical condition that requires him to leave the area in the winter for the dryer climate in the Southwest. We live in rural area in Western New York State and the housing industry was very bad. His wife had been lamenting about the cost of living out west in the winter and keeping their house in Western New York. They were really wondering what they could do to sell the house. Suddenly being such a great friend I sent him a series of Emails detailing a new marketing strategy.

Email March 10, 2007 7:30 AM

Subject: Warmer Weather

Dear Carl,

Well we finally got some warmer weather. It is currently around 45 degrees warmer than last weekend. It is supposed to be warm all week with temperatures in the 40's and 50's but then a change in the weather on Saturday. It is supposed to turn colder with rain turning to snow in the afternoon. What would WNY be without snow and cold on St. Patty's day? Buffalo is also hosting the NCAA basketball tournament first round games on the weekend so it is a busy time in the city. I worked all week this week and then have the weekend off so hopefully the forecast will not be right as Merrie wants to go to Syracuse to visit. It will be our last chance to get there before we go to North Carolina.

I might need the Ark or some type of floating vehicle just to get to work. With all this snow and several days of predicted rain it could be very tricky getting around as all the streams and creeks will be flooding. Even with the temperatures in the forties the snowmobiles are still out. They have groomed the trails and have a deep enough snow base to probably get by this weekend but then it will probably be too spotty to use a snowmobile. Merrie is just hoping it melts enough so I can get to the burn pile and get rid of all the trash. As of now we have about 3 to 4 feet of snow in the backyard from the drifting and there is no way I can get out there. The problem then shifts to mud when the snow goes and I have actually lost a boot in the mud trying to burn trash. Of course if you were here we could put all the trash in the back of your truck and drive it out back. I could burn the trash and we could play in the mud. What fun that would be. Of course there would still be a little snow around so we could put the beer in it to keep cold. Makes you want to rush back and have some fun. You know I was thinking that if we got a bigger four wheel drive vehicle we could tear

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