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Happy Groundhog Day! Let's get right to our rodent weather correspondent, as apparently Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which is supposed to portend another six weeks of winter (or at least winter weather, the calendar remains static). This is in contrast to how mild the winter has been so far, but how could something as scientific as shadow spotting be wrong? Well, actually, according to that article, this is open to debate, as they note that while the official website of Punxsutawney Phil claims the forecaster is 100% accurate, AccuWeather says he is right about 80% of the time, while StormFax.com places his accuracy at 39%.

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18. Re: Out of the Blue Feb 2, 2012, 20:50 Jim
 
Cutter wrote on Feb 2, 2012, 12:05:

Wow, you must be a lot of fun at parties and a real hit with the ladies too! And why does anyone need to justify getting drunk? Arbitrary is arbitrary, so Xmas is more family orinted and popular than groundhog day, it's still entirely arbitrary supersistious nonsense and has just as much shenanigans and drunkeness going on if not more. February always has the highest rate of suicides in northern climes give the post-holiday blues/stress, SAD, etc. so yeah a silly reason to get drunk, blow off steam, have some laughs is actually a good thing. You sure sound like you could use a ton of that yourself.

Let's just say I have an overwhelming preference for quality over quantity, and when I gather with family and friends, getting drunk is generally not the order of the day (although I do enjoy more than my fair share of [good] beer). If it weren't for family gatherings, Christmas would be as meaningless to me as groundhog day.

If "partying" and getting drunk is what you need to get by, all the better for you I guess. I prefer not to follow that lifestyle and I do have enough things going on in life to sustain me, with zero stress and zero depression.
 
Jim
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