Charlie Shub wrote:
> my outdoor thermometer says about 14 degrees. the 8 foot drift outside
> my family room is down to about 4.  my street still has packed snow
> and ruts. 

In NYC, "It's a GREAT day for hockey!!!!"   . . . very much like that 
day of the NCAA final in Columbus or any summer day in New York when 
discarded Christmas trees blow all over the streets. The temperature 
just grazed 70 in Central Park. 

I peddled past a cruise ship at the foot of 50th Street, probably 
delivering snowbirds to enjoy our First Annual New Year's Pear Blossom 
Festival.  (Festival theme: "Ablaze in January, Dead by March")  
Nonflowering trees have also been budding on my street all week.  Last 
winter, Central Park set a record for its heaviest snowfall within 24 
hours.  This winter, it's a tropical paradise.  All that, thanks to the 
generosity of Coloradoans who insisted on hosting winter.

Who's bidding to host next winter?

Bob G