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Scott-- I checked the Syracuse forecast for Saturday. Sunny and in the mid-40's sounds downright balmy for the St. Patrick's Day parade! Hope you have a wonderful time--miss you guys!

Best wishes for a full & speedy recovery, Bruce!

Personally, I'm waiting for the addition of a "wind correction factor" like they have at track competitions. Something like: Pi divided by (# of guard members on the field x average wind speed)

Thanks for posting, Christine! As much as I've been in awe of Genevieve in the past...WOW!!! (and are we allowed to call her Mama now?)

I don't think Dale was involved. I've always blamed it on the lack of sprinkles on my pink cookie at lunch...

Uh, oh...I didn't start a batch yet. It takes at least a month to get to the white stem stage...

Looking forward to seeing y'all later this month!

BUMP for all my Statesmen friends...

Just when I thought I was almost over it, you HAD to bring up the HoneyDew wedge incident!

Tom, I saw this article & thought of you. At least your trip ended better than this... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25928867/

My Opinion only: The Bucs can be beaten this season. Possibly by another northeast corps. Will this happen? I dunno. It is possible for Bucs to come in second in several captions this year & still capture the overall championship. Will this happen? I dunno. I've marched in a corps that had a 50+ point gain over the course of a two month season to surge into 9th place. I've marched in a corps that lost the first show of the season & won all remaining shows. I've marched in a corps that lost for the first time the week before championships. My point: it's not quite August. Anything can happen.

For me, the definition of "Upstate" changes with my location. If I'm in NYS, I can tell people I'm from Central New York. Outside of NYS, it's easier to say I'm from Upstate New York to distinguish the difference between Syracuse and New York City. Ah, well...tomato, to-mah-to... Back on topic: it is shaping up to be an interesting season.

Are you still allowed to do that, Tom??? I thought there was some regulation limiting the number of Allen brothers that could congregate in one place... :smile:

Not quite as far as Christine's trips, but I drove from Rochester to Syracuse for 2.5 seasons & Philly area to Syracuse for 8.5 seasons. (I also drove as a Syracuse "local" for 3 years.) Over the course of 14 seasons, I managed to "retire" two cars with 110,000 to 140,000 miles--and add the first 20,000 on a third. The longest show 'weekend' drive for me was a little over 900 miles round trip.

I'll add. I am a Packaging Engineer (mostly pharma/healthcare products). Without going into too many details, some of my responsibilities include: finding solutions to make sure things get safely from A to B (e.g. you actually get a bottle of tablets instead of a bottle of powder) & ensuring packages are child resistant (but still easy enough to open that my Mom won't complain). BTW--One of the things that I've enjoyed most about marching in DCA is finding the variety of careers folks have. I've marched with teachers, students, police officers, lawyers, pilots, salespeople, nurses, postal workers, social workers, info tech specialists, real estate agents, travel agents...all of whom I would not have met through any other activity.