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    AC on until October in this house.
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    We’ve got a dog who likes to whizz on the grass rather than on bushes or our fence, so we’ve got those dead spots, as well. I plan to get at the lawn during the second or third weekend of September. It’ll be the first time I’ve really done anything to it in quite a few years, so we’ll see what happens.
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    That makes sense. I agree that sod scratches that need for satisfaction, but I’d like to try to make it work with seeding it. Just need to keep the dog off of it!
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    Strange to have a Friday game to kick off the season, but I’ll take it. Spurs fan here…can’t be any worse than last year!
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    As for lawns, I’ve got a huge bare spot in my backyard where we’ve had a 14’ diameter trampoline since Christmas. Trying to figure out if I want to try to fix it with seeding or go the sod route. The rest of the back lawn is a bit of a mess, so I’ll be aerating, laying down topsoil in spots, and overseeding to try to tidy it up.
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    Have done some reading about this, and it seems that they like trees of heaven, which smell like shit and apparently make the lanternflies taste like shit. If an area doesn’t have too many of those trees, then the bugs are more readily predated upon. Sounds plausible to this non-entomologist.
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    2.13" yesterday at the closest CoCoRaHs. We've missed out quite a bit recently, so that was a very welcome win. Nice little downpour, as well, with that line a couple hours ago.
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    Damn...just realized that I hadn't created this thread like I normally do from year to year. Garden is OK this year. L:eafy vegetables and herbs are doing great and my jalapenos are killer. Tomatoes are less than good. I got them started late and planted them a little later than ideal when they were smaller than I would normally plant them. I'm also noticeably not getting quite as much sun as in years past with neighbors' trees growing really tall and wide at this point, so that certainly can't help.
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    Perfect-track, mild Nor'easters followed by cold shots after the storms pull away. I guess.
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    Looks like MBY will end up with 0.00”. Congrats to the rest of you!
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    Yeah…no.
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    Pretty much our only hope. I don’t even care if we get storms - I just want rain.
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    Definite split potential IMBY...
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    Some pretty decent damage a couple miles from me in Burke. Looks like tornado damage to me, but I’m curious to see what the official reports say. Been dry as hell, so it’s been a great afternoon despite our swim meet being cancelled.
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    11/30: Mix of sleet and light rain for a couple hours before switching to light cold rain. 12/2: Mix early in the morning before flipping to hard, cold rain. 12/5: 2.25”. 2” in the man event and 0.25” later that evening/overnight. 12/13: 1.25” 1/17-18: T - An hour or so of sleet/flurries on the 17th and very light snow on the 18th 1/25: 9.25" - 5" of snow overnight followed by all-day pounding sleet 2/7: 0.25” - Clipper? Frontal passage? 2/22-2/23: 3.25" Rain flipped to a decent snow 3/2: 1.00" 3/12: 1.50" Really impressive flip to heavy snow after cold front bombed through (40-degree drop in 24 hours) Running Total: 18.75”
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    Still haven’t gotten touched here in Burke. The line is moving NNE and not quite glancing us, though that little “bow” to the south should do the trick.
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    I’ve been talking about trying out yoga for quite a while now. I’ve never been particularly flexible (though athletic), and I’m thinking it can help my golf game. My wife (who is obviously a very good listener ) just got me a three-week trial at a local studio for my birthday, so I’m going to give it a whirl.
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    Drove by the closest gas station to my house today. A gallon of gas has gone up exactly $1.00 in the past 10 days. That sucks.
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    Let me ask you a question. If you’re an administrator in a local school district, would you keep the kids in school or would you send them home early? Think long and hard about what the outcomes of these decisions could be and the risk in making one decision or the other, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of both.
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    We were supposed to take off from DCA 45 minutes ago, but we’ve had to wait to be de-iced due to the less than an inch they got here. Meanwhile, my family is spamming me with reports and videos about the storm in South Jersey. Yay!
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    I go by the closest weather underground reporting station, which is less than a mile away and always seems pretty reliable. We piled up early on but it’s just not accumulating much right now.
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    What’s funny is that it’s still coming down pretty good here, but it’s melting almost as fast as it’s falling because it’s 33 degrees.
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    It’s a little frustrating to get texts from my family in South Jersey hearing about how they’re already getting clobbered, but the fact that I need to get out on a 7:00 am flight tomorrow eases that pain a little bit. If I didn’t have that flight out, I might have been on tilt by now.
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