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0|0|0|||1||Sane weather in Texas%21|sideways||04:10:00|10/05/2002|That%27s right%2C folks%21 Fall has come to the Redneck and myself%2C finallly and at last. For the next five weeks it will be either crisp and beautiful or wet and hideous. Yaaaay%21 For those of you foolish enough to live around here and gweepy enough to be awake at this hour%2C go outside for a moment and breathe the apple-crisp air. You won%27t get many more chances.%0D%0A%0D%0AMike Thedford%0D%0ADark Nation%0D%0ADictator at Large
1|1|0|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Sinapus||04:19:49|10/05/2002|%3EThat%27s right%2C folks%21 Fall has come to the Redneck and myself%2C finallly %0D%0A%3Eand at last. For the next five weeks it will be either crisp and %0D%0A%3Ebeautiful or wet and hideous. Yaaaay%21 For those of you foolish enough %0D%0A%3Eto live around here and gweepy enough to be awake at this hour%2C go %0D%0A%3Eoutside for a moment and breathe the apple-crisp air. You won%27t get %0D%0A%3Emany more chances. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell... still felt warm and humid outside. According to weather.com%27s local report it%27s 77deg F%2C but feels like 82deg F. Wake me when it gets into the 60s or so in December. %3B%29%0D%0A
2|1|0|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Redneck||12:55:41|10/05/2002|%3EThat%27s right%2C folks%21 Fall has come to the Redneck and myself%2C finallly %0D%0A%3Eand at last. %0D%0A%0D%0AFall%2C maybe%2C but not the New England definition%2C at least not here in southeastern Texas.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s noon Saturday as I type this%3B 80 degrees%2C 88%25 humidity. To me%2C that feels cool and pleasant%2C but...%0D%0A%0D%0ARedneck%0D%0A%0D%0A
3|2|2|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|sideways||14:03:15|10/05/2002|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-05-02 AT 02:03 PM (EDT)]%3EIt%27s noon Saturday as I type this%3B 80 degrees%2C 88%25 humidity. To me%2C %0D%0A%3Ethat feels cool and pleasant%2C but... %0D%0A%0D%0AOh right%2C I forgot that Denton is apparently in a different universe from the rest of Texas. Last night it was probably in the high 50s here%2C and even now in the heat of the day it isn%27t above 75. Hooray for the climate-inducing power of mass cognitive dissonance%21%0D%0A%0D%0AMike Thedford%0D%0ADark Nation%0D%0ADictator at Large%0D%0A%5Bi%5DWhat%21%3F This can%27t be right%21 Where I%27m from%2C Fall has started by now. That must be the case here%2C too.%5B%2Fi%5D
4|2|2|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|pfloyd||10:07:51|10/06/2002|%3E%3EThat%27s right%2C folks%21 Fall has come to the Redneck and myself%2C finallly %0D%0A%3E%3Eand at last. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EFall%2C maybe%2C but not the New England definition%2C at least not here in %0D%0A%3Esoutheastern Texas. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s noon Saturday as I type this%3B 80 degrees%2C 88%25 humidity. To me%2C %0D%0A%3Ethat feels cool and pleasant%2C but... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ERedneck %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd speaking as a New Englander%2C it%27s getting to be like fall here too. However%2C the foliage season is about a week or so behind schedule due to various factors%2C including a bit of a drought up here%2C which is actually shortening the color season as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%27re actually getting to one of my favorite times of the year... mid-October%2C through Samhain%2C to around Thanksgiving. The energy in the air is just something to be felt%2C especially here in central Massachusetts... oh%2C and the Pioneer Valley %28home to UMass Amherst%29... and perhaps the rest of New England too...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- pf%0D%0A
5|3|4|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Laudre||13:18:53|10/06/2002|%3EAnd speaking as a New Englander%2C it%27s getting to be like fall here %0D%0A%3Etoo. However%2C the foliage season is about a week or so behind schedule %0D%0A%3Edue to various factors%2C including a bit of a drought up here%2C which is %0D%0A%3Eactually shortening the color season as well. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWe%27re actually getting to one of my favorite times of the year... %0D%0A%3Emid-October%2C through Samhain%2C to around Thanksgiving. The energy in %0D%0A%3Ethe air is just something to be felt%2C especially here in central %0D%0A%3EMassachusetts... oh%2C and the Pioneer Valley %28home to UMass Amherst%29... %0D%0A%3Eand perhaps the rest of New England too... %0D%0A%0D%0ADammit%2C you%27re making me miss the Northeast again.%0D%0A%0D%0AI bitched in my blog about how it%27s still in the high 70s and low 80s down here%2C and one of my friends in Connecticut commented that it%27s also unseasonably warm up there.%0D%0A%0D%0AExcept that 79 degrees with 77%25 humidity %5Bem%5Disn%27t%5B%2Fem%5D unseasonably warm for North Carolina.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C at least it%27s only 70 degrees today%2C pleasantly warm-ish instead of downright hot.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A
6|4|5|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|sideways||19:53:50|10/06/2002|%3EWell%2C at least it%27s only 70 degrees today%2C pleasantly warm-ish instead %0D%0A%3Eof downright hot. %0D%0A%0D%0AHahahahaha%21 A-hahaha%21 Eheh. Heh. Oh%2C sorry. Climactic adaptation amuses me. I have almost as much fun with my Alaskan friend.%0D%0A%0D%0AMike Thedford%0D%0ADark Nation%0D%0ADictator at Large%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22Jeez%2C Mike%21 It must be eighty-five degrees out%21 How can you even move%3F%22%5B%2Fi%5D
7|1|0|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Xervis||08:58:25|10/07/2002|do you guys get snow down there%3F just wondering.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Rambling postings of a %0D%0ARandom idiot.%0D%0A%0D%0AXervis
8|2|7|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Ebony||19:32:37|10/07/2002|%3Edo you guys get snow down there%3F just wondering. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Dallas%2FFort Worth Metroplex %28which roughly includes all points in between and Denton%2C which is north of both%29 is rationed one day of snow per year by the National Weather Bureau.  Sometimes we save up our ration cards and cash them in to get two or three%2C but not often.  You see%2C everyone in the area suffers from a mental condition that makes them forget how to operate motor vehicles the minute that frozen precipitation of any sort happens to accumulate.  Either that%2C or they think that the Apocalypse has come and they decide to end it all and take as many people with them as possible.%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0Aaka Draco Draconis Ebenium%0D%0Aknown to the Texas DPS as Aaron F. Johnson%2C%0D%0ASenior Editor%2C Living Room Games%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrgames.com
9|3|8|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Wedge||20:05:59|10/07/2002|%3EYou see%2C everyone in the area suffers from a mental condition that %0D%0A%3Emakes them forget how to operate motor vehicles the minute that frozen %0D%0A%3Eprecipitation of any sort happens to accumulate.  Either that%2C or they %0D%0A%3Ethink that the Apocalypse has come and they decide to end it all and %0D%0A%3Etake as many people with them as possible. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s how people react in LA when the Demon Water Falls From The Sky.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf it ever snowed here I%27d definitly take a sick day instead of getting on the road.  An icy 405%3F%3F%3F  %3Cshudder%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fwedge%2Fstuff%2Fnall.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0AJ. Random Pixel Pusher%0D%0ADigital Domain%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DRCW %231138%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
10|3|8|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Laudre||01:10:55|10/08/2002|%3EYou see%2C everyone in the area suffers from a mental condition that %0D%0A%3Emakes them forget how to operate motor vehicles the minute that frozen %0D%0A%3Eprecipitation of any sort happens to accumulate.  Either that%2C or they %0D%0A%3Ethink that the Apocalypse has come and they decide to end it all and %0D%0A%3Etake as many people with them as possible. %0D%0A%0D%0APeople here in North Carolina suffer from a similar mental affliction%2C although it also has an effect where a single flake striking the ground causes 350%2C000 people to head to the grocery store %5Bem%5Dat the same time%5B%2Fem%5D%2C apparently believing that said flake is going to trap them in their homes for the next six months.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A
11|4|10|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|TRB||03:33:33|10/08/2002|Ah%2C but that%27s not all. In order to prepare to be trapped for 6 months%2C they buy vast amounts of PERISHABLE GOODS... namely milk and bread. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhiskey... Tango... Foxtrot%2C over%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ATRB%0D%0ANo%2C really. They don%27t get anywhere NEAR the canned%2Fdried food. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EPeople here in North Carolina suffer from a similar mental affliction%2C %0D%0A%3Ealthough it also has an effect where a single flake striking the %0D%0A%3Eground causes 350%2C000 people to head to the grocery store %5Bem%5Dat the %0D%0A%3Esame time%5B%2Fem%5D%2C apparently believing that said flake is going to trap %0D%0A%3Ethem in their homes for the next six months. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E-- Sean -- %0D%0A%3E%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%3E%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry %0D%0A%3EPratchett %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A
12|4|10|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|goldenfire||16:35:55|10/08/2002|%3EPeople here in North Carolina suffer from a similar mental affliction%2C %0D%0A%3Ealthough it also has an effect where a single flake striking the %0D%0A%3Eground causes 350%2C000 people to head to the grocery store %5Bem%5Dat the %0D%0A%3Esame time%5B%2Fem%5D%2C apparently believing that said flake is going to trap %0D%0A%3Ethem in their homes for the next six months. %0D%0A%0D%0Aoddly enough%2C we get a mixture of the effects%2C in DC... added to the normal insanity of The Beltway %28if you%27ve driven it in rush hour%2C you %5Bi%5Dknow%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C it gets...messy.%0D%0A%0D%0ALike the time about 2 years ago now%2C when my 1-2 hour commute %28depending on traffic%29 took %5Bb%5D6.5%5B%2Fb%5D hours...because of an eighth inch of snow.%0D%0A%0D%0AFeh%21 bother and Feh%21  Makes me want to move back to Ann Arbor...at least there%2C they KNOW how to deal with snow...
13|5|12|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Laudre||23:07:47|10/08/2002|%3EFeh%21 bother and Feh%21  Makes me want to move back to Ann Arbor...at %0D%0A%3Eleast there%2C they KNOW how to deal with snow... %0D%0A%0D%0AI grew up and learned to drive in New England.  %28Though Fairfield County seems to be regarded as a part of New York by at least some New Englanders%2C and some inhabitants of Greenwich%2C while New Yorkers%2C especially those from the City%2C tend to see Connecticut as a strange%2C foreign land of trees and odd idioms.%29  Thus%2C I am not in the least bit disturbed by snow %28though I%27ll allow that it might make the first mile or so of my commute a bit more interesting for the day it might stay on the ground%2C since I don%27t think the City of Greensboro is going to be plowing the street I live on%2C especially as we%27re not actually in the city limits%29%2C it%27s a foreign beast to people who live here.  The snowfall that gets school cancelled here is not even considered snowfall in the Northeast.  %28I can only imagine how people from the northern Midwest must mock Southerners%2C if I%2C from the mild and temperate Northeast%2C find them panicky and irrational.  What a Carolinian considers %22snowfall%22 is probably %22morning frost%22 to someone from%2C say%2C Michigan.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A
14|6|13|||||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|goldenfire||00:10:19|10/09/2002|%3E%28I can only imagine how people %0D%0A%3Efrom the northern Midwest must mock Southerners%2C if I%2C from the mild %0D%0A%3Eand temperate Northeast%2C find them panicky and irrational.  What a %0D%0A%3ECarolinian considers %22snowfall%22 is probably %22morning frost%22 to someone %0D%0A%3Efrom%2C say%2C Michigan.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0Awell%2C I%27m not a UPer %28pronounced%2C for those unfamiliar with the term%2C %22you-per%22%29%2C so I didn%27t grow up with Truly Ridiculous Snowfalls %28tm%29.  However%2C even the LP gets reasonable %28to my mind%29 amounts of snow...let%27s hear it for white halloween%21%0D%0A%0D%0AGods%2C I miss growing up in Michigan...%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C and yes...anything less than 1%2F4 inch isn%27t really snow...and 1%2F4 inch is just enough snow to be depressed about%2C because it%27ll melt in less than half a day.
15|5|12|||1||RE%3A Sane weather in Texas%21|Xervis||08:53:08|10/09/2002|%3E%3EPeople here in North Carolina suffer from a similar mental affliction%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Ealthough it also has an effect where a single flake striking the %0D%0A%3E%3Eground causes 350%2C000 people to head to the grocery store %5Bem%5Dat the %0D%0A%3E%3Esame time%5B%2Fem%5D%2C apparently believing that said flake is going to trap %0D%0A%3E%3Ethem in their homes for the next six months. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sorry%2C but I can help but laugh at that. its just too funny. never underestimate the predictability of human stupidity.%28if that makes any sence what-so-ever%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eoddly enough%2C we get a mixture of the effects%2C in DC... added to the %0D%0A%3Enormal insanity of The Beltway %28if you%27ve driven it in rush hour%2C you %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dknow%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C it gets...messy. %0D%0A%0D%0AI used to live in DC%2C back when i was%2C like 2 or 3%2C but I remember the loony drivers on the highway.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ELike the time about 2 years ago now%2C when my 1-2 hour commute %0D%0A%3E%28depending on traffic%29 took %5Bb%5D6.5%5B%2Fb%5D hours...because of an eighth %0D%0A%3Einch of snow. %0D%0A%0D%0Aouch%2C but it take about 3 hours to drive a couple KM on the Qweensway in a couple feet of snow. the snow plows start working %5Bi%5Dduring%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5Din the middle of%5B%2Fi%5D%2C drum-roll....%5Bb%5DRUSH HOUR%5B%2Fb%5D%2C this is both mornng%28between 7-10am%29 and afternoon%28between 4-7pm%29. the people at the at the snow plow business dont think like the rest of us.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EFeh%21 bother and Feh%21  Makes me want to move back to Ann Arbor...at %0D%0A%3Eleast there%2C they KNOW how to deal with snow... %0D%0A%0D%0Asee above comment on the snowplow.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Rambling postings of a %0D%0ARandom idiot.%0D%0A%0D%0AXervis