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Good to know. I don’t grow cilantro anymore because it bolted so fast. Maybe I’ll give those seeds a try.

Just a few miles from ground zero and felt nothing. My gf concurs, but she says that a lot.

Oh, God. Let’s not! We do wind, heat and sports talk well, but we suck at cold, snow, and controversial issues.

I was a vendor at RFK in the early 90’s before that RalJon catastrophe was built, and I loved it. Passionate fans and I rarely saw the kind of stuff you see now. Then a Camden Yards vendor for 25 years and it was just a great way to spend a summer. That was back when the team was competitive, the Yard was packed, and the money flowed. One off-season, I figured I’d work a few games at the Ravens stadium and promptly changed my mind when I saw a Baltimore fan deck a Buffalo fan as he was walking down the steps just because he had on a Bills’ jersey. As noted by the other posts, the minority of asshats ruin the football game experience for many.

Nah. Everyone has an opinion, and having played the game at a high level like you did, you’re allowed to be turned off by it.

I’m with @H2O on this one. Football games and the negative atmosphere from some fan behavior has turned me off from going to games (not to mention the cost). But I love getting a good seat and watching baseball. For me, football is fine on tv, but baseball is way better in person. I just wish the O’s would make an effort to be more fan-friendly. As bad as their record is, and as hopeless as this season is, I’d still go to games if it was affordable. No outside food or drink and ridiculous ticket costs keep me from being a regular.

Beautiful day along the Potomac.

Good for you. I wish I could say that but I still waste a lot of time watching.

I was hoping for this post.

Scroll down the tweet to see my favorite part. It’s where Girardi gets tossed and one of the Nats coaches is laughing and yelling, “Hold me back.” eta Look for the video “Scherzer wants all the smoke…”

I’m counting on the front.

Higher mowing should definitely help. I might be reaching for optimism, but the stretch next week looks to me like scattered afternoon thunderstorms will be possible each day.

Not enough likes for a morning like this. .25” yesterday over .80” for the two days. Oops. Over .60” for two days.

It’s a shame that there isn’t something that can regulate itself and turn off (or on) when the temperature reaches a set point. We should work on inventing something like that.

Mostly, yes, but I distinctly remember a particularly bad PA driver!

Slow lane is meh. Yesterday we saw people doing it in all lanes and even changing lanes without turn signals. Even worse we’re the folks that had their emergency flashers on but not their headlights or taillights.

.41” from the evening storm and light showers now. Good day for a book.

No kids, but I remember being a paperboy and riding my bike by the community pool early weekend mornings in the summer thinking, “What the heck is everyone doing there so early?”

When did it become in vogue to put on your flashers in a thunderstorm or heavy rain? If you don’t want to or can’t drive in the rain, get off the road. But putting your flashers on and driving in the left lane super slow is idiotic.

Got this shot in the car driving up 340 towards Frederick.

Drunks hunkering down. Well, all but one. and pouring!

Rolling in…

So right! But could care less. Outflow is here and cooling down fast. And a cold Lazy River beer to drink.

A perfect day for tubing on the Shenandoah River and now hearing thunder at Harpers Ferry Brewery.

I think that some hydrangeas don’t need to be cut back, but every once in a while they should be split in the fall. I never cut mine back (endless summer variety). Also, you can change the color from blue to pink by changing the pH. Blue is acidic soil and pink is neutral to alkaline.