>>>>Wow, crazy crazy day here! Huge hail and thunder and lightening and wind gusts to 60mph....
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>>>Have you noticed that hailstones are invariably described as the size of golf balls? David Letterman was reputedly fired from his first media job, as a weatherman at a TV station in Indianapolis, for saying on the air that hailstones the size of canned hams had hit the city.
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>>>I hope you had no damage to your house or car.
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>>When I was a mid-teen working at Maple Leaf Stadium putting up scores and lighting fireworks for the home-team, we had a major hail storm one afternoon that only lasted about 10 minutes. When it was over, Eddie and I left the scoreboard while the infield crew was cleaning up, and played catch with the hailstones.
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>Did a few of them bonk you on the head, Alan?

What the hell kind of thing is that to say!!

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>It's nice to be talking to someone I know will take that humorlessly. I swear I have been dealing with humorless people all day (not here).

Hmmm... I guess you were right. How'd you know I'd take that humourlessly? ;)