[digger48]

Dennis Miller put it best. Something to the effect....

A hundred years ago, people were still going outside to crap, just how much faith do you want to put into the weather record keeping of the time?

[LexBaird]

A hundred years ago, people were still going outside to crap, just how much faith do you want to put into the weather record keeping of the time?

"When I was a kid, we didn't have none of them fancy thermometers! We had to measure the overnight lows by putting out the brass monkey!"

[Straight Vermonter]

A hundred years ago, people were still going outside to crap, just how much faith do you want to put into the weather record keeping of the time?

It's not just the weather records of that time either. How accurate do you think this thing is?

I think the parking lot may skew the temps just a bit.

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