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How's your weather today, where you live?

The past few days have been quite typical for this time of year. Cloudy, mid 20's for highs, and a little snow each day (<1").
 
Very interesting weather today. Heavy rain showers alternating with sunshine. That's what you'd expect in April, not in February.
Also we had a short thunderstorm. We rarely get thunderstorms in winter. Now we had two of them within a week.
 
Claudya said:
Very interesting weather today. Heavy rain showers alternating with sunshine. That's what you'd expect in April, not in February.
Also we had a short thunderstorm. We rarely get thunderstorms in winter. Now we had two of them within a week.
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Claudya:

Hmm...reminds me of Beethoven...
 
thisnumbersdisconnected said:
Yes, but he died (quite likely) of lead poisoning.
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Yeah the thunderstorm was raging outside, but didn't kill him.
As for the cause of his death there are many legends and theories. Some say his doctor accidentially overdosed him, some say it was murder, some say he died from syphilis....
A few years back, I think it was around 2000, some doctors examined fragments of Beethoven's skull and couldn't find above normal lead concentration.
 
Claudya said:
Yeah the thunderstorm was raging outside, but didn't kill him.igh d
As for the cause of his death there are many legends and theories. Some say his doctor accidentially overdosed him, some say it was murder, some say he died from syphilis....
A few years back, I think it was around 2000, some doctors examined fragments of Beethoven's skull and couldn't find above normal lead concentration.
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Actually, they found high levels of lead in his remains.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120501937.html
By focusing the most powerful X-ray beam in the Western Hemisphere on six of Ludwig van Beethoven's hairs and a few pieces of his skull, scientists have gathered what they say is conclusive evidence that the famous composer died of lead poisoning.

The work, done at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago, confirms earlier hints that lead may have caused Beethoven's decades of poor health, which culminated in a long and painful death in 1827 at age 56.
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