MG>>> Try three solid weeks of non-stop rain...

 BA>> beats 8 solid *years* of not-enough rain.  The ground is so dry and
 BA>> cracked I can put my thumb in some of the cracks.

 MG> Hey! Watch it, bub! This is a family echo .

Don't worri Bob, it's not your fault Michael hasn't gone to bed and in fact,
he shouldn't even have gone up after what he did yesterday.

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