-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 09-23-12  10:43 <=-   
      
    MR>> I know what You mean. I had to drive down to Elmira after being east   
    MR>> of Rochester. Went down 14 on some beautiful country roads, but it was   
     (snip)   
    NB>> Got some extra sight-seeing in along the way, eh...?  :)  What you   
    NB>> could see through the drops, anyway...   :)   
      
    MR> I love our Southern tier. Every chance I get to go down, I love it.   
    MR> Shame it is during work, but I *do* keep the old peepers open enjoying   
    MR> it when I can. Never been down to Elmira that way, and it was pretty   
    MR> neat seeing all the vineyards and such. The countryside, even in the   
    MR> rain is majestic.   
      
   Definitely scenic routes.  :)  Whenever I'm driving through there, it's   
   enroute to somewhere else, usually on some sort of a timetable, but I   
   also enjoy the sight as I drive through.  :)   
      
    NB>> I don't think it's all that early for the early leaves to be turning.   
    NB>> It just always seems too early to me, every year... and then I realize   
    NB>> we really are just about to fall after all... :)   
    MR>    
    MR> Yesterday as of 10 something I believe...   
      
   Yup.  We're there now.  :)   
       
    MR>> after the long winter?   
    NB>> They both are temperate seasons, and a relief after the extremes of   
    NB>> winter and summer...  :)  And both beautiful, each in its own way,   
    NB>> whether the riotous colors of the spring flowers or the riotous colors   
    NB>> of the turning leaves...  :)   
      
    MR> Gotta luv it. As age crept up, Winter is not as fun, but I actually do   
    MR> like my seasons.   
       
   So do I like the seasons..  winter and summer make fall and spring that   
   much more enjoyable in contrast... and there are aspects of both the   
   former that I do enjoy as well... but, yes, as the years go, winter just   
   isn't as much fun as it was, nor is summer...   
      
    NB>> As for getting up in the dark... I don't like that either... which is   
    NB>> why I argue for standard time to be all year round rather than having   
    NB>> to deal with Daylight Stealing Time...  I keep hearing proposals to   
    NB>> have DST all year round, but I'd MUCH prefer Standard Time year round   
    NB>> instead.  We'll need to use lights at one end of the day or the other   
    NB>> anyway, and I need the natural light to get moving in the morning.    
      
    MR> I know.. it is so stupid. there is no benefit from it, in fact I   
    MR> believe last year they proved it even costs more money. For a supposed   
    MR> energy concious regime in Washington, that does not seem to matter. I   
    MR> don't know anyone who likes it, and I don't see the need for it any   
    MR> more.    
      
   Apparently politicians like it...  and there is always someone that   
   seems to think that DST is a good idea.  But, most I talk to now agree   
   with us that it's just not necessary...    
      
   ttyl         neb   
      
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