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kayrharris
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Re: No School for me today

#51 Post by kayrharris » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:33 pm

They've revised our forecast to a low of 18, it was originally 11. High tomorrow of 38 with
pretty gusty winds means we'll be digging out winter coats we don't normally wear. I prefer my down
comforter to electric blankets or heavy layers. It'll be back up in the mid fifties by Sunday, so I think
we'll survive.
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Re: No School for me today

#52 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:10 pm

A 21st Century excuse for closing schools
Rick Kaufman, the district's spokesman, said elements in the biodiesel fuel that turn into a gel-like substance at temperatures below 10 degrees clogged about a dozen district buses Thursday morning. Some buses weren't able to operate at all and others experienced problems while picking up students, he said
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/ ... _Yyc:aUUsZ
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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