It was an ordinary day. Mid-way through January and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has had no measurable snowfall. I must admit that I can't remember a single year in my lifetime when we didn't have at least a sprinkling of snow by this time of year. Headline in the upper left-hand corner of page A3 of my morning newspaper read "SNOW A NO-SHOW." The story began by telling me, and all those reading the Lancaster LNP morning paper on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 that "Lack of snowfall this winter season could break record from 2007. So, what's the big deal? That's only 10 years ago! I thought that might have broken the record from the 1940s or maybe the 1950s when I was a child. Heavens! 2007 is only 15 years ago! I'm really not upset that we have no snow yet this winter. Are you? I can't remember a single winter in my lifetime that I didn't have to shovel snow! I was so sick of shoveling snow that my wife and I decided to sell our "Beach house" in Lancaster, PA and move into a retirement community where I won't have to pick up a shovel ever again. Last winter was a killer for me since we had a few snow days and my back is not capable of shoveling snow anymore. We made a decision to pack up the house that we thought looked like a house at the beach...and move into a retirement community where we no longer had to shovel show, rake leaves, mow the grass, etc., etc....I think you have the idea! And now the guy in charge of making it snow decides we don't need any snow this year! I'm going to have to get down on my knees once again and have a good talk with him soon so I can justify moving. The newspaper reported that the lack of snowfall this winter season could break the record from 2007. And, .....now wait a minute.....seems that my wife is telling me that the Millersville weatherman tweeted this past Sunday that this year would be a rough winter for snow lovers, as it looks like we may not have any measurable snowfalls this winter. A measurable snowfall is one that has above one-tenth of an inch. And, to top that off, we had a record-high 62 degrees on December 30. But wait....the article I am reading said we may have a huge blizzard near the end of February. Nah! That's another story on another page of a newspaper article from years ago. I must admit that I don't mind if we don't have any big snowfalls this winter...or in the next few winters. But, I'm sure that I might be one of the very few that feel that way. And...I guess that if I wanted warm weather all year I could move permanently to the Caribbean. Hey, wait a minute...I must find my wife and see what she thinks about my new idea! She just might love it!! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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