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I was licensed by the board of Ed for common branches and high school, Social Studies. I taught 4 years in a private school, early 70’s. No jobs with the city near bankrupt and a soon to be family I decided to get benefits and go to work for my uncle. Sam was good to me in me for almost 45 years in the USPS. I spent over three decades in the Industrial Engineering department as a support specialist. My love for the weather was solidified when, early on, as a carrier, I delivered two routes in during a 1978 snowstorm in downtown Brooklyn. I left the Service to care for my wife and never regretted that decision. Now, even though the warm season is approaching, Franks words resonate loudly “ and the days grow short, I’m in the Autumn of the year. For that and this forum, a wonderful outlet, I remain grateful. As always ...

I appreciate the updated info on the trawlers. I remember over 50 years ago renting a small boat and motor and going out on the bay and inlet. Youngsters fishing off the party boat piers, my friend actually got engaged on the walk bridge that crosses a portion of the bay. “Those were the days my friend, wed thought they’d never......” oh well, as always .......

As I sit watching the mid winter sun shine through barred windows facing my beloved postage stamp yard, I wonder. The plants I brought in, late fall, are still bravely remaining green. The incongruity of the in pot orchid sitting next to the small, still blooming and perky white poinsettia, that refuses to believe that it’s time is over. Surrounded by dependent house cats, a legacy of my wife’s love I look longingly at the muted browns and concrete grey of the back. The sunlight growing stronger, I think of a line from a difficult read I have just finished: “There’s nothing left to surrender.” As always ......

I was in the 7th grade in Saint Ephrems . I lived on 75th just off 11th. School was open but my parents kept me home. Spent the entire day outside., wonderful memory. As always. ..

Sad but so true. I remember the sheep's head which the bay was named for and party boating for whiting and Ling during the cold season. My father used to pull up good sized porgies, flounder and blue claw crab off the narrows, shore road sea wall between the 4th and 14th avenues. Times long gone. No need for restrictions. Heaven help you if you get caught today with a short sized fluke, even though you can find even smaller specimens at the local markets after the trawlers drop their ill gotten loads. ( the trawlers, that I feel are responsible, still have no size restrictions.) As always .....

I not worried, S19. I have faith that you will be back by the next legitimate NYC frozen precipitation. threat. Then again, stay calm and get comfortable, it may be awhile. As always ....

Only when there is a crackling blaze on the hearth. As always ......

Soulmates and the best day/date for it. Now that’s heartwarming. As always.......

“Poking”? Wiz may have inadvertent omitted a critical letter from the word. As always ....

That surely would add a sense of drama to that contest in Coney Island on July 4th. As always .....

And what remains will be our eulogy. As always .....

Sadly, Don, the one lyric that could remain unchanged is “But you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction” As always ...

Almost 55 years ago PF Sloans “Eve Of Destruction” was recorded and released. Today, with an appropriate retooling of the lyrics, it could well serve as the background for the report Don kindly posted. As always .....

This cold season only (I hope) a revamped definition of the term Blizzard. A brief flurry with a stiff breeze, salt drifts optional. As always.....

Anthony you have just provided a weather models definition of Murphy’s Law. As always ......

Since the current cold season is so full of wintry weather excitement we could have a suggest a new name for Anthony exercise. I suggest ( with a nod to the bottom of Unc’s posts) ...... SWPRO...... As always .....

An attitude that will lead to a long, happy and healthy life. As always ....

The four most frightening words out of the over four hundred you wrote were “nature is about balancing” . Billy S. Said it best “What Fools These Mortals Be” .... as we end up in a never ending midsummers nightmare. As always ....

When such an event is forecast for Bermuda it will be time for me to take that long walk on a very short pier. As always .....

Forky please bring back the older lady avatars. As always .........

I guess, in response, S19 will be changing his name to MJO345. I still miss the little snowman avatar. As always .....

A natural beauty that we, thankfully, still cannot control. Viewing this pictorial has made a difficult morning much easier. Thank you, as always .....

They should be renamed after the major weather models. As always ....

If they are able,, I pray they make it home. As always .....

The way this years cold season is going we could have A Rainy Night In Georgia as a NYC metro theme song and be climatologically accurate. As always ....