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Tell them it's a Democratic Republic.

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Chedder Rapids? That's funny, and tastes better than Cedar.

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Hell, I work as a receptionist, and some of the customers think they have a personal relationship with specific people here. There’s a lady in Accounts Receivable I occasionally have to claim isn’t in the office, because otherwise customers will insist on speaking to her face-to-face because they don’t like anybody else in her department.

I’m just glad none of them seem to have fixated on me, knock on wood.

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Yeah, it's just not right.

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27 years ago when we moved to Iowa, Pioneer Seed was touting their research into corn that had a shorter growing season. That way, when warming changed the growing season in Iowa (160 days) to match MS (205 days), it might be possible to get two harvests/year. But north-central Iowa has been under drought conditions for several years and corn needs a lot of water. Oops!

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It's Iowa - one should probably have both anyhow.

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My relatives in Iowa farm. Weather is crucial. They want accuracy, not sucking up to the science deniers.

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In Florida one wrong forecast could mean multiple deaths.

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My parents did the 'Ride Across Iowa' thing back when. They loved the friendly vibe they got from everybody (me, being cynical, thinking that yeah, you're spending your $$$ here) but this seems to be showing the true face of Iowuh.

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This is why I do NOT watch tv/cable news and listen to CBC and BBC and such instead.

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And... it's happening in floriduh right NOW.

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All I know is that all three have thought about eating me at one time or another.

(I was a wildlife biologist in AK)

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Hell, they don't even know what 'ambiguity' means....

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When we moved to our present location, located basically in the woods, our cats decided to bag a deer.

Said deer licked one of their noses.

But funnier than heck to see a cat crouch low and creep up on the "unsuspecting" prey!

Animal optimism. I LOVE it!

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Nailed it.

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