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Neither Rain Nor Sleet Not Snow

February 13, 2024 – 3:43 am

Boston. Snow from Feb. 6, 1978 to February 7, 1978. A world-class blizzard buried New England. Boston was buried by twenty-seven inches of snow in thirty-two hours. Manhattan was covered by a blanket of white. I was worried about my parents and called 109 Harborview Road to tell my father that I was coming home […]

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Neither Snow Nor Sleet

February 9, 2013 – 4:21 pm

[1] While the United States Postal Service has no official creed or motto the words ‘Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.’ are carved into Manhattan’s James Farley Post Office. According to Wikipedia the phrase was derived from a Herodutus translation […]

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