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Rep Retirement Lodge 197: Hot! Hot! Hot!

Rep Retirement Lodge 197: Hot! Hot! Hot!

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Mornin', Lodge. Hitting up Church today; it's been a couple weeks. I *know*! Otherwise just a lazy holiday here, chilling after a busy weekend.
 
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Boy, is it sticky out today. Also an amazing amount of traffic on the 2 or 3 miles of winding, hilly road between Paeonian Springs and Waterford, VA.
 
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Took a nap for the first time in a long while today.

Still awake at 12:18 for the first time in a long while today.
 
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Good Morning Lodge!

Back from the lake where it was hot and sticky but the house is shaded and when you are hot you go in the lake. As we drove home last night the temp just kept on climbing. YUCK, YUCK, YUCK! It is dam nasty.

Time to vote, go to the library and to the market. All places where there is AC. Planning is key.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Hit up the Fair today with my parents, got there at about 8:30. Got a little lucky and were either indoors or under the overhangs of buildings whenever it decided to really rain. It was pretty dead until about 1, when the rain stopped overall, and the clouds started clearing. It was wonderful to not wait in line for anything. Left at about 2, sun was out, and people were POURING into the Fairgrounds. Streets were packed, etc. Definitely left at the right time.
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I was there from about 8:15-4:30 on Sunday. My wife had to attend Mass, and it's held at the kiddie band shell near Machinery Hill, just across the street from the 4-H building. The Mass was at 9:15, right when the misting was turning into a sprinkle. Then by 930, the downpour started. The priest was oblivious, kept the full band and music for the mass going. There were a lot of upset faces in the crowd because the priest was literally high and dry while the rest of us were refusing to sit on wet benches, and enduring it all in our raincoats or under umbrellas. The rain was coming down so hard at times that people had mud splashed up from the ground that made it almost to their knees.

After about 11:00, the weather was great. My wife bought a hammock to hang inside the house, and we got a bucket of Sweet Martha's (I know the secret to getting them quickly even on a busy day).

Also, they only needed something like 104,000 people on Monday to set a new attendance record, and another 3,000 beyond that to break 2 million.
 
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St. Clown said:
I was there from about 8:15-4:30 on Sunday. My wife had to attend Mass, and it's held at the kiddie band shell near Machinery Hill, just across the street from the 4-H building. The Mass was at 9:15, right when the misting was turning into a sprinkle. Then by 930, the downpour started. The priest was oblivious, kept the full band and music for the mass going. There were a lot of upset faces in the crowd because the priest was literally high and dry while the rest of us were refusing to sit on wet benches, and enduring it all in our raincoats or under umbrellas. The rain was coming down so hard at times that people had mud splashed up from the ground that made it almost to their knees.

After about 11:00, the weather was great. My wife bought a hammock to hang inside the house, and we got a bucket of Sweet Martha's (I know the secret to getting them quickly even on a busy day).

Also, they only needed something like 104,000 people on Monday to set a new attendance record, and another 3,000 beyond that to break 2 million.
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The fact that there is a Catholic Mass at the fair might be the first thing I legitimately hate about the fair.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
The fact that there is a Catholic Mass at the fair might be the first thing I legitimately hate about the fair.
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Why? They rent out space prior to when the kid shows start performing, and have Mass for the people who want to attend. It's not like they're imposing it on anybody else.

The fun part of the thing, though, was simply hearing someone on a bullhorn shouting out "Ponchos for sale - five bucks!" He was overpowering that crappy band they had for mass.
 
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St. Clown said:
Why? They rent out space prior to when the kid shows start performing, and have Mass for the people who want to attend. It's not like they're imposing it on anybody else.

The fun part of the thing, though, was simply hearing someone on a bullhorn shouting out "Ponchos for sale - five bucks!" He was overpowering that crappy band they had for mass.
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Because I am not a fan of the most successful cult in history. And I just don't think there is a need for any religious groups to be at the fair. It is an event for all people, and even though they are renting out space, there is a time and a place for everything, and that is not the right place. I'd have that stance for any religion that wanted to do the same at the fair.

I've become very jaded on all religion as I've grown older.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Because I am not a fan of the most successful cult in history. And I just don't think there is a need for any religious groups to be at the fair. It is an event for all people, and even though they are renting out space, there is a time and a place for everything, and that is not the right place. I'd have that stance for any religion that wanted to do the same at the fair.

I've become very jaded on all religion as I've grown older.
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The little local fair up where we go has a whole road dedicated to the local churches in the area. There must be 15 of them which says a lot considering the fair maybe gets a few thousand people tops. They all have a little kiosk, many have food, a few have stuff to 'save' you. I thought all fairs had that
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Because I am not a fan of the most successful cult in history. And I just don't think there is a need for any religious groups to be at the fair. It is an event for all people, and even though they are renting out space, there is a time and a place for everything, and that is not the right place. I'd have that stance for any religion that wanted to do the same at the fair.

I've become very jaded on all religion as I've grown older.
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So what about the longstanding staple at the fair, the Hamline Church Diner?
 
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leswp1 said:
The little local fair up where we go has a whole road dedicated to the local churches in the area. There must be 15 of them which says a lot considering the fair maybe gets a few thousand people tops. They all have a little kiosk, many have food, a few have stuff to 'save' you. I thought all fairs had that
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No, there's not much of that at the MN State Fair. The anti-abortion crowd has a booth or two, but they only engage with you if you first engage with them. Beyond those few examples, it's pretty much a secular setting at the MN state fair.
 
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St. Clown said:
So what about the longstanding staple at the fair, the Hamline Church Diner?
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If they're just serving food, fine. But if there is any kind of preaching or shaming or any of that other **** religions like to do, no thanks. I've personally never set foot inside their booth.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
If they're just serving food, fine. But if there is any kind of preaching or shaming or any of that other **** religions like to do, no thanks. I've personally never set foot inside their booth.
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I think they just serve food, and I've never been in that building either. They did have bananas foster French toast, which sounds amazing to me, but the line to get in was too long, so they're saved for another year.
 
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