> It's funny what a big difference a few hundred miles can make. Here in eastern-central Ohio, almost all the leaves are already down and either raked up or blown away. The trees all look like dead skeletal things, so it must be winter. It got cold this week, cold enough to start thinking about pulling out the winter coat. But I'm brave, so I'll keep wearing my jacket for a few more weeks.
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> Gri"not so brave, however, that I like grabbing a cold steering wheel...the cozy came out yesterday"shny

It's even funnier what a difference a few thousand miles can make. I got my first sunburn of the season, this weekend while finishing off the third coat of antifouling paint on the boat hull. The water's changed from greeny winter colour to glorious sparkling sapphire blue in the last month or so, and the boat's going back into it this Thursday with a reconditioned engine and a *lot* more repairs, tweaks, adjustments and upgrades, all ready for summer.

Brunnen-"Christmas in *winter*? You people are crazy"G