Keeping in mind that I know how it is and spent 30 years in the cold wintry Midwest. I know most of this thread is regarding that weather, so whether or not you want to think I am "rubbing it in" is up to you, but......

Yesterday I called my sister during my lunch hour as I was in the sunshine and 80 degree temperature, walking along a mini mall. People had shorts on, convertibles driving by and that smell of "spring" in the air. As my sister told me how bad it was there, I told her, "hearing all this you just reminded me that "THIS is why I moved to California" \:p


TIS


"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK

"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon