Daryl Stout wrote in a message to Everett Hertenstein:

EH>I'm wondering what kind of winter we will have!

 DS>   I'm hoping for a cold winter to kill the abundance of insects. 

We've certainly had an abundance here, although we missed the predicted
hatching of the 17 year cicadas. They will probably show up next year. 
It's not unusual for them to stretch or shrink the 17 year cycle a bit.


    Everett 
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