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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
Just curious...how did this thread go from "season off to a good start" to Canis' rant about obesity?
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Actually I was trying to offer some positive thoughts after posting my true opinion as an answer to the thread's original posting. Originally I just wrote my response which basically said "I don't think so," but then I felt bad for spreading gloom and doom since I had already begun the day by writing a less-than-cheery weather forecast elsewhere. So I went back, edited, and decided to include the positive thoughts on the economy which my friend and I discussed a few days ago.
To refine my answer about Memorial Day specifically- I think the "off to a good start" was more of a function of the fact that Memorial Day weekend's weather was about as good as it gets, and people probably decided to forget about the prices as a result. Had the weekend been rainy or even just cool & cloudy, I don't think many people would've sprung for the trip.
Regarding the economy and where it's headed, I don't see this thing suddenly blowing over because America ain't alone this time. Check out this
article from today's London Times. Recently the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia has been showing they're fighting rapidly-rising gas and grocery prices down under as well. The only industrialized places where it's not having an effect (yet) is where the governments are subsidizing fuel - something those governments are having a harder time doing than ever before. So my thinking is that if the worldwide problem is still worsening, then locally all we can do is hope Winni will manage to be a bubble from it all, like it sometimes does.
To leave you once again with something positive: My confidence is growing in the possibility that we might actually get up into the 80s for more than one day, starting late this week. Thinking about it makes me say "who cares about the economy?". If my confidence in this summery forecast grows enough, I'll post it in the weather section. Have a smiley for your Sunday.
