Comments on: Will the Weather Make a Difference? http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: politics » Will the Weather Make a Difference? http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-110966 politics » Will the Weather Make a Difference? Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:23:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-110966 [...] Another fellow blogger added an interesting post on Will the Weather Make a Difference? [...] [...] Another fellow blogger added an interesting post on Will the Weather Make a Difference? [...]

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-151503 DLS Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-151503 "It's all what you're accustomed to, I suppose."<br><br>Plenty of people in California, where I grew up, will never leave. It's not so much that they have roots the way people do here in Iowa or in Upstate NY where I've seen this "staying put" behavior, but because they're simply spoiled by the California climate or simply afraid to face living through a winter. It doesn't hurt to try something new, and I've found living back East for several years, in the world's greatest deciduous forest (though currently I'm on the prairie), to be fascinating. The younger people who talk to me about their dreams of visiting places such as California or even trying to live there, I say, do it! There's no substitute for being there and you may find it more fascinating or rewarding than you could imagine. “It's all what you're accustomed to, I suppose.”

Plenty of people in California, where I grew up, will never leave. It's not so much that they have roots the way people do here in Iowa or in Upstate NY where I've seen this “staying put” behavior, but because they're simply spoiled by the California climate or simply afraid to face living through a winter. It doesn't hurt to try something new, and I've found living back East for several years, in the world's greatest deciduous forest (though currently I'm on the prairie), to be fascinating. The younger people who talk to me about their dreams of visiting places such as California or even trying to live there, I say, do it! There's no substitute for being there and you may find it more fascinating or rewarding than you could imagine.

]]> By: pabel http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-151502 pabel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:46:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-151502 DLS -- reminds me of high school when I had a long-distance romance of sorts with a young woman from Canada (Winnipeg). I asked her about snow days during the school year, and she responded with incessant laughter. Took me awhile to recover from that one. It's all what you're accustomed to, I suppose. DLS — reminds me of high school when I had a long-distance romance of sorts with a young woman from Canada (Winnipeg). I asked her about snow days during the school year, and she responded with incessant laughter. Took me awhile to recover from that one. It's all what you're accustomed to, I suppose.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-151501 DLS Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:10:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-151501 Plenty of us in Iowa weren't held back by weather like you describe, that has been the norm since Thanksgiving. (The icicles on the buildings here last week were as much as three to four feet long; roads and parking lots covered with ice; a good deal of snow everywhere -- and we have had more of it this week, clear today but cold, and we may hit subzero by the end of the week -- we voted in stuff like that.) Plenty of us in Iowa weren't held back by weather like you describe, that has been the norm since Thanksgiving. (The icicles on the buildings here last week were as much as three to four feet long; roads and parking lots covered with ice; a good deal of snow everywhere — and we have had more of it this week, clear today but cold, and we may hit subzero by the end of the week — we voted in stuff like that.)

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-151499 DLS Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:03:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-151499 Did the gusts blow away your Clinton campaign sign(s)? Food for thought. Did the gusts blow away your Clinton campaign sign(s)? Food for thought.

]]> By: Holly_in_Cincinnati http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-151498 Holly_in_Cincinnati Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:33:15 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-151498 Cincinnati Weather: 35 degrees F, light rain, wind gusts which blew my hat off 4-5 times. Cincinnati Weather: 35 degrees F, light rain, wind gusts which blew my hat off 4-5 times.

]]> By: Will the Weather Make a Difference? · SmokeSignalz http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-110941 Will the Weather Make a Difference? · SmokeSignalz Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:48:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-110941 [...] Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...] [...] Daily Intelligencer – New York Magazine wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> By: Will the Weather Make a Difference? · The Spin Doctor http://themoderatevoice.com/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-110938 Will the Weather Make a Difference? · The Spin Doctor Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:43:33 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18185/will-the-weather-make-a-difference/#comment-110938 [...] Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWill the Weather Make a Difference? March 4th, 2008 by PETE ABEL The weather certainly did not matter in Missouri on Feb. 5, when our primaries were held. Then again, if we’d had on Feb. 5 the weather we’re having today, who knows? Right now, as I look out my office window in West St. Louis County, the blizzard that started around 7 a.m. this morning shows no signs of letting up. Those who were charged with plowing our parking lot have apparently either given up or gone elsewhere. I expect [...] [...] Daily Intelligencer – New York Magazine wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWill the Weather Make a Difference? March 4th, 2008 by PETE ABEL The weather certainly did not matter in Missouri on Feb. 5, when our primaries were held. Then again, if we’d had on Feb. 5 the weather we’re having today, who knows? Right now, as I look out my office window in West St. Louis County, the blizzard that started around 7 a.m. this morning shows no signs of letting up. Those who were charged with plowing our parking lot have apparently either given up or gone elsewhere. I expect [...]

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