@Sacto Mitch posted:.
Bob, we need to be a little understanding of our less fortunate, climatically-challenged friends. They're especially vulnerable at this time of year.
The leaves are falling, the days are getting shorter, and then one day they wake up and there's frost on the windows. It's as if life itself is ending.
Soon, there will be no more driving.
It's a terrible thing to face that we on the more favored coast have never had to confront. They lash out at us in ways they may not fully understand themselves.
Please, show them some compassion.
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You're so diplomatic, Mitch! 
You've obviously have spent a fall/winter or 2 in a not so favorable climate. It's wet/cold here and most of the toys have been put away already.