IBM was the main employer in Duchess County, NY. It eliminated and reduced its production to the extent Dutchess County's economy was decimated. The mid-century prosperity was gone. Some time later NYC shuttered its vast network of psychiatric facilities and facilities for the developmentally disabled. The economy took a second nosedive. Public sector compensation was slashed around this time as well. Now where there used to be convenience stores, video rental store, and mom and pop restaurants, there are pay day loan outfits and pawn shops. The real estate hasn't crashed. My best guess is people from the City view it as a bargain especially because the Metro-North computer rail infrastructure still exists and remains fully operational.

41 feels like 36. Actually headed to 37. The wind advisory is over.

He got his hat back. [image: ap26032616849393.jpg] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liam-conejo-ramos-released-ice-custody/

Wambsganss? I'm not sure I could vote for someone whose name I can't comfortably pronounce. Of course, Rehmet isn't a great deal better.

Wonder how many tickets were sold vs how many people attended.....

Chris Christie on This Week, regarding MN: The administration is addressing the PR problem, not the actual problem. Trump is worried about the polls and doesn't care about what's really happening in MN. Homan is just an outwardly calmer but probably no different than Bovino, face to the public.

That's a great idea.

@AndyD said in Andrew's Mountbatten-Windsor's new house: Slumming it in a huge house worth, what, 2-3 million? With a private park around? A retirement all paid for. My heart bleeds. Truly.

It's only a few seconds/minutes of slow walking & waiting. Anyway, I prefer to go aboard last and spend the least amount of time in such an uncomfortable place.

I bought the pattern, but I don’t have time to knit it yet. Currently knitting one more Portland Frog Hat. They’ve raised $400,000 by those pattern sales so far, donated to good causes.

It's very cold here. I'm making white borscht to warm me up.

...guess that explains why I never heard from him....

What local authorities can and can't do. https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/local-state-leaders-share-what-they-can-and-cant-do-about-ice/article_b5f7d831-c867-49ea-ab72-697b6f649d49.html

The article wasn't about those kinds of technologies. The value of technology isn't an all-or-nothing proposition. Also, a desire to consider the impact of technology, good, bad, or just different, isn't a sign of being a Luddite!