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[rensong]

Okay, so, I've never fully understood the whole Groundhogs Day thing. I mean, I get that the tradition is - see shadow, 6 more weeks of winter; don't see shadow, early spring! What I don't get is... on February 2, it will *always* be six more weeks of winter because spring doesn't start until March 20. That's just how it works, people - it's

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[wowomom]

I think the groundhog has more climatal (oo! that is fun!) pull south of the Mason-Dixon line.
For instance, having lived in the North for 89% of my life I keep forgetting that Next Baby showing up at the end of March won't have to deal with any real cold weather until December.

[rensong]

That would make sense, except among my friends who tend to threaten a groundhog roast if he doesn't promise an early spring, one lives in Long Island and the other in Main.

[wowomom]

Well yea, they're north of said line and therefor have higher hopes of an early spring. Dunno if you'll know this or not, but when was the last time he predicted an early spring? Before this year I mean. Neither Joe or I could remember when the last one was, not since we got back to the states at anyrate.

[rensong]

I was having trouble remembering the last time he predicted an early spring, too. Of course, as I said, I never put much stock into the groundhogs day thing, so I didn't really try that hard cause I never paid enough attention to his predictions in the past. However, I do recall that there was a contradiction between two of the main groundhogs within the last few years - one saw his shadow, the other did not. I don't actually remember which was which, though, and what actually happened that year.