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If I lived further north, it would be more of a factor. But being where I am, I just want opportunities every winter month and if the pack is wiped out in between...it’s somewhat the norm, so it’s not a big knock.

Same here. It’s needed.

It felt like early fall coc yesterday and last night. We have moved on.

Keep it far, very far away from us.

Yea and the kid’s parents who will make a huge stink about their freedoms and liberties being taken from the ‘commie bastards’ who control the schools.

I don’t know you can make it work, balancing healthy safety and education but I think districts have to try? Glad I’m not making the decisions though.

It’s not going well in the very early stages: Covid-19 infections among students have already caused some colleges to halt in-person classes: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

Nice. Almost there.

Yea but it’s also a case of recent big events and big winters this decade/century that has increased our perception of what think our climo is. A couple of good winters in a row with big KU’s makes it seem like that is the norm and not the exception. Most have been spoiled, especially EMA. Regarding rating average winters...how we get to average, matters. Two Nov snows and a couple Mar snows while DJF suck will skew the grade negatively while a typical winter of varied results but with snow events in the heart of winter is fine. I don’t expect nor care for sustained wire to wire pack winters here but I do expect a couple of snows in each of DJF. If those crap out, I don’t care what happens in March or April...sure, I’ll enjoy it if it snows but it’s not positively affecting my grade much, if at all. Winter already failed the test at that point, there are no retakes.

I only remember summers of prolonged high dews like 2018 and this year. One day of 86/75 is as forgettable as a 45F degree day in January but a 100/55 day is not.

Yea true. And those moments where a player makes a long putt or sticks a close approach shot but other than that...it’s not a game changer really.

I do as well. I like feeling like I’m on the course walking next to the players and can hear the convos with their caddies...and the occassional JT f-bomb lol. I don’t need the ‘get in the hole’ drunk fan yells after a tee shot.

I’ve tolerated it a tad more this summer but I still despise it.

Warm/dry summer, cool/wet fall...leads to a warm/dry winter. Just how we drew it up.

This is a good perspective as to why the wealth gap has increased while shrinking the middle class:

I know what you are doing but it doesn’t start there. It’s part of the problem, sure. But the income distribution is the key driver where other problems branch off from.

It will happen but the bite isn’t as big so onto late summer/early fall coc.

No country is utopian but they are consistently ranked high to live and raise a family...and that’s not by coincidence. America has fallen further and further down the ranks since the 90s. Maybe we need start examining what MAGA really means and how to achieve it?

Yea. I’ve been to Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium (and other Euro)...great countries to live and raise a family.

FedEx Cup playoffs plus majors in the fall...can’t beat it, even without fans.

Yea, it showered a tick here. But don’t worry drought downers...we’ll get plenty of rain in the winter.

Score please...and your form?

If only our Constitution did the same and actually lived up to its promise of ‘all men are created equal’: “Iceland achieved top-10 rankings in all categories and was number one in safety,” says Fergusson, who points out that Iceland is also a world leader in human rights. “No matter the origins of a child or who they turn out to be, Iceland’s constitution ensures they will be treated unequivocally as an equal.”

We just beat out Mexico for the worst OECD country to raise a family. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/07/29/best-worst-countries-raise-family/amp/ As if things couldn’t get worse. According to a new study from the travel website Asher & Lyric, the United States is the second worst place in the world to raise a family. The country came in at a shockingly low 34th place out of 35 countries, only beating out crime-ridden Mexico. Topping the list of best places to raise a family were countries like Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland (which was recently named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row).

Late summer warmth is fine. It typically doesn’t have the same chokehold as peak season... and nights are usually coolish. Let’s not waste Earth’s limited supply of cold outside of winter anyway.