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Ah very nice--thanks for sharing! Ya know, the opening chord progression sounds just like The Young and the Restless, lol There was a meme I saw where it was talking about not seeing his work on a Christmas program: "I can't believe it's not Rutter!" Ya know, John Rutter is as successful as a composer can be in this day and age--how his work is cemented in the choral repertoire is really quite something!

Man that is awesome--to be able to still feel his interpretation even after he had passed on! That's when you know it was a truly special gift. Haha Your dad sounds like he really knew music! Chuckling at the bit about him almost boycotting the orchestra because of that conductor, lol But hey, I kinda get it! And some conductors are better with some composers than others...I've heard some questionable Beethoven interpretations where I'm almost yelling at the radio/phone like it's a football game or something, lol (like when conductors interpret as if they took a bottle of Nyquil...but that's another rant) Dohnanyi and Szell...I'll have to sit down and compare the two! Beethoven's 9th is of such depth that you can get a variety of intperetations (some good some ehhhh...). That balancing act between the classical and romantic--that is the awesome challenge of interpreting Beethoven

One of THE best! I mean he is a gold standard and no one did it quite like he did. Impeccable is a word for it! Impeccable and inspired--to the point where he had his own unique sound that he produced from his choirs. Man I'm just learning how to really conduct a choir (been taking my bumps and bruises, but it's always worth it!)--always look to folks like that that really know their stuff and work the "magic"!

18z GFS tryin' to give us a little love with the clipper

Dang...wasn't quite expecting the downed trees! Just barely squeezed by one and had to detour around another, lol

By psu numbers that might save the winter

I feel ya man. And the fact that the cold is only gonna last a few days is even worse. We are in just some kind of snow drought right now that ya hope isn't our future. Even for here this is really bad. And this fail is just salt in the wound given just how close we appeared to be to having a white Christmas. I try not to rant on here as much, but days like today make it frickin' hard not to. Yes, there are more important things in life--it's just...this still SUCKS. It ain't right man...I wish I didn't care as much when things don't work out. But...a snowlover is a snowlover, lol

Go on and say it. If that's the case we are absolutely cooked (literally). Would that even get any better in a niño?

Alright--get that 1/2" to PSU's house and we won't completely suck this winter

Thought this was a relevant nugget

Hey my expectations for this year were low too (I did leave the door cracked open in case the hunga tunga eruption benefited us). My focus has been on next winter to see if that still works. Let's just get this dang triple nina outta here and start with a new deck. Meanwhile the break from tracking won't be such a bad thing for me anyway, lol (although I'd certainly love a surprise!)

This snow drought is worse than the 1970s? I mean, eyeballing those numbers for BWI...looks almost as bad, lol Eta: The BWI numbers between 70-71' and 76-77' are as follows: 13.0, 14.0, 1.2, 17.1, 12.2, 11.5, 11.1 Total: 80.1 inches

Last few Christmases all we've had is Fa la la la la la nina...

Same! Yeah sometimes I wish he wouldn't to keep things lighter at least for this time of year...BUT, a stat is still a stat and doesn't quite care how it makes ya feel, lol

Woke up to pingers about 15 mins ago...Temp 40

May as well post 'em now and get it out of the way, lol But it would he interesting if if worked out like that...numbers can't always see anomalies, BUT around here they ain't meaningless either. Btw I'm not insinuating your stats aren't pertinent...but dang man the late night doom!

Stats rivaling the herald of doom ++++AO speech of Dec 2019? Lol

Do you just...look up depressing snow stats late at night? I mean dang dude...Info is info, of course but...sending snow weenies to bed depressed? Lol

I mean you'd have to be an absolute goof not to ground and pound on Saturday!! I mean c'mon...I better not see any more than...10-15 passes, lol

Must be the cold front

Then who's gonna deliver the pepper?

Yeah I don't think we've seen one like this in at least 4-5 years...I think it was *another* nina year around Jan 17' or 18'.

"Hived"? (not familiar with thar slang, lol)

He'll play if he physically can. He's not gonna not play I'm protest...not who is he is, imo

Half our winters are like this though, lol If you look at our biggest storms...Most with the exception of 96 and Dec 09 came on or after mid Jan! And even the epic 2009-10 season we blanked most of January, lol Nothing is a guarantee, but just giving a bit of context.