>>>>>>>P.S. - http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03151002/H1N1_Swine_MN_IL_IA.html
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>>>>>>FWIW, our winter has been the coldest since 1996.
>>>>>Ours was very cold too. Certainly colder than any other time since I have been here. However, despice the temperature, the season is getting shorter.
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>>>>Shortening + seasoning... are you cooking something? But don't de-spice it... spicy keeps you warmer.
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>>>>Back to the subject - although it's, by all signs, springtime, we had light frost this morning.
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>>>It's that durn global warming, foisted upon us by AlBore.
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>>What we need in this warmer weather is for the mosquitos to hatch and then have a cold spell freeze them intp fertilizer. Include the black flies in that too, please.
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>Hmmm, wouldn't the birds be upset?

The small birds left a couple of years ago. There are just a couple of nut hatches that show up every now and then.