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Yesterday morning, Irish had the local morning news on and I was watching it while eating breakfast. I heard two separate statements that just made me drop my jaw. Really, do people on tv pay no attention at all to what they're saying/how they're saying it? (Of course it's easy for me to criticize; I'm not on tv!) Anyway, South Bend's mayor (SB is the next town over from me) was on the news talking about the new nanotech park (?) and a contest the city is having to determine the name. It's in an area currently known as The Studebaker Corridor. If you know South Bend and/or classic cars, you know this area is famous for the Studebaker. I figured they want some new name, modern and highlighting technology. Not so; the mayor told the reporter just what kind of name they're looking for - basically, concise - three words or less - and having something to do with local history. Hello! That's exactly what you have now! What's the deal? (It turns out that whoever owns the rights to "Studebaker" will no longer permit the city to use the name, so they have to rename the area. But you'd think he'd make that clear before telling everyone they're looking for a name that conveys pretty much exactly what the current name does.)
But the one that really made me laugh was the weatherman. We've had some cold days recently - hovering around freezing and even dipping below. We've seen snow in the air and had a lot of cold rain. Today it started to warm up a bit and will continue to stay warm ("warm" being a relative term, in this case meaning mid-40s to low-50s F) through the weekend. His lead-in to yesterday's weather story? "When will this cold weather end?" All I could think was, "Dude, it's the 11th of freakin' November in northern Indiana! It is way too soon to start asking that question!" At this time of year, that's the kind of question that'll earn you a funny look and the response, "You're not from around here, are you?" (Seriously, we're less than 10 miles from the Michigan state line and 45 minutes from Lake Michigan - lake effect blizzards are definitely not unknown here and neither is snow in April. Last year, the last day of snow, as I recall, was April 14.)
But the one that really made me laugh was the weatherman. We've had some cold days recently - hovering around freezing and even dipping below. We've seen snow in the air and had a lot of cold rain. Today it started to warm up a bit and will continue to stay warm ("warm" being a relative term, in this case meaning mid-40s to low-50s F) through the weekend. His lead-in to yesterday's weather story? "When will this cold weather end?" All I could think was, "Dude, it's the 11th of freakin' November in northern Indiana! It is way too soon to start asking that question!" At this time of year, that's the kind of question that'll earn you a funny look and the response, "You're not from around here, are you?" (Seriously, we're less than 10 miles from the Michigan state line and 45 minutes from Lake Michigan - lake effect blizzards are definitely not unknown here and neither is snow in April. Last year, the last day of snow, as I recall, was April 14.)