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Seems likely that graduation will be inside

We contribute 6.65% and the State contributes some as well but that varies. We also pay into SS, as does the State

Same with me. Deferred compensation and pension.

It’s funny, I flew out of ORD Saturday and noticed the signs designating the bathrooms as severe weather shelters.

Would be a brilliant day for my son's outdoor graduation

Damn you Moon, let us have these soft, lingering evenings. As some say, seasons in season!

Glad I left Dubuque today. Wouldn’t have wanted to deal with that crap.

Looks a lot like that Iowa ski area I was at yesterday!

The whole time we were there I kept thinking about how you’d be geeking out over it. Lol.

@powderfreakand all the other skiers in our NE group. I’m out in Dubuque, IA for a snowmobile conference. We had some free time this afternoon and went out to the Field of Dreams site. Not really my cup of tea. On the way back, as we were driving through a hilly (for Iowa) area, I spotted what looked like ski slopes in the distance. Everyone in the car thought I was crazy but sure enough we were soon at a place called Sundown. We pulled in to the lodge parking area, which was at the summit of the slopes, got out and started looking around. Pretty soon a guy came out and asked us if we needed anything. We told him we were there from VT and were surprised to see a ski area in Iowa. He invited us into the lodge for a beer with the summer maintenance crew and gave us the scoop on the area. He was the son of one of the founders. Sundown is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year and is still owned by the local families that built it. They have 77 acres and 475’ of vertical. The season usually lasts from Thanksgiving through mid-March. They have a junior ski program with 100 kids. It was great talking to him. He had us stick pins in the VT Mts that our group had skied. This was one of those small, unexpected things that make traveling to new places so fun.

I think you’re forgetting about ineedsnow and Mitch. Sounds like it was the stuff their dreams are made of. Meanwhile, I’m out in Iowa at a conference and it couldn’t have been nicer today. I think it touched 80° briefly with blue skies.

Pollendex>Windex?

Low of 45° here

We didn’t get much rain, .06 in my pws, but the clouds were really dark at times. Once in a while we would get a sunny break.

Man, seemed cloudier than that here.

I can just see him, Mitch and I Need Snow hanging out together cursing the sun

Crushing me, we've dropped down to 49.4°

On the flip side, we have today. 49° and rain. Happy met summer!

Thanks. I’ll never sleep tonight with that image seared into my brain.

Man I love nights like this. Lingering sunlight, comfortable temps. These are my favorite evenings. Now, if the ****ing black flies would lay off, it would be perfect.

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For the tree guys. Interesting article from National Geographic. There is a piece about genetically modified chestnut trees for blight resistance. 4 solutions for trees and forests threatened by a hotter world

Like a rain storm on the 360 hour GFS in December.