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Congrats to all my Washington fan peeps. Trust me , as a long-suffering bengals fan who had a similar bolt of football genius arrive with Burrow and the breakthrough year of 2021 when they ended a 31-year playoff win drought and then made a run to the Super Bowl, I get it. Really really happy for you guys. This falls under iykyk territory among fan bases. And I know. Savor every good feeling. 

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We thought we were being treated to a rare mild winter in south central Texas.

No dice.

It is colder than expected. Already 28/10 with north gusts to 43 mph.

Just got handed a local Winter Storm Watch. Down here a couple inches is a winter storm. Heavy snow and sleet are expected Mon night and Tuesday morning. We are going to lose the fig tree. This stuff could start as freezing drizzle and even some light freezing rain. That is really BAD juju for the overpasses down here!

It was SUPPOSED to stay well east.

I jinxed us. I been laughing at people falling on ice on YouTube. Now, it is gonnabe my effing turn. I am not up to this anymore. Climate change don't care. I got a REALLY, REALLY BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS. It was supposed to be not as cold, and bad snow and ice in New Orleans. Naaaaah. Sure enough Austin has to have some too.

It's going to be BAD down here. DC is next. Reports of Winter is over were waaaaaaay premature. 

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3 minutes ago, RickinBaltimore said:

With the Commanders win, the longest NFC title game drought now belongs to...the Dallas Cowboys

You love to see it. The Cowboys are the only NFC team to NOT make the NFC title game in the 21st century.

Daniels made it before Prescott and it’s so delicious and amazing I’m giddy. 

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2 minutes ago, mappy said:

Daniels made it before Prescott and it’s so delicious and amazing I’m giddy. 

More fun facts!

The last time the Cowboys were in the NFC title game:

Bill Clinton was still serving his 1st term. Google was just created as "BackRub". Facebook, Twitter, etc weren't even a thing or a thought.

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Just now, RickinBaltimore said:

More fun facts!

The last time the Cowboys were in the NFC title game:

Bill Clinton was still serving his 1st term. Google was just created as "BackRub". Facebook, Twitter, etc weren't even a thing or a thought.

Hahahaha yassssss. It’s a good day to be a Washington fan

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3 minutes ago, mappy said:

Hahahaha yassssss. It’s a good day to be a Washington fan

Not that there's a real "choice" per se, but whom would you rather they face in the NFC championship?  I would think they would be better matched with the Rams, with the Eagles being tougher.  But then again, they dropped 45 on the (admittedly somewhat defenseless) Lions so you never know in a playoff game!

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Just now, aldie 22 said:

I never thought of Will as a troll but I do think he's naturally pessimistic and when he gets disappointed he wants to make sure everyone shares his misery. 

I admit I'm getting a bit tired of the hourly HRRR model postings and wringing hands at every single little change.

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4 minutes ago, Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Not that there's a real "choice" per se, but whom would you rather they face in the NFC championship?  I would think they would be better matched with the Rams, with the Eagles being tougher.  But then again, they dropped 45 on the (admittedly somewhat defenseless) Lions so you never know in a playoff game!

Doesn’t matter to me. We aren’t supposed to be in the Championship game. We weren’t supposed to win last night hahaha. I’ll take whoever, bring them on. LFG!

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7 minutes ago, mappy said:

Doesn’t matter to me. We aren’t supposed to be in the Championship game. We weren’t supposed to win last night hahaha. I’ll take whoever, bring them on. LFG!

I never bet but I opened a Draft King account a year or so ago for the free bets. They are like Joe Camel and give you $25 free or something like that. Anyway, I lost interest real quick but went in the app yesterday just to see the odds for a Washington Super Bowl win. I had the free money still there so put $20 on winning it all at 25:1. They’re now down to 6:1.

Go Commodes!!!

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3 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I never bet but I opened a Draft King account a year or so ago for the free bets. They are like Joe Camel and give you $25 free or something like that. Anyway, I lost interest real quick but went in the app yesterday just to see the odds for a Washington Super Bowl win. I had the free money still there so put $20 on winning it all at 25:1. They’re now down to 6:1.

Go Commodes!!!

I mean, maybe?!? I’m a one drive at a time type of fan. At halftime my better half and I didn’t even want to mention the possibility of winning out of fear to jinx it. Hell, those of us who’ve been lifetime fans were panicking last night when they didn’t get the field goal at the end, we needed that additional score to feel safe. We’ve been jaded for so long. 

It’s a great day 

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2 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I never bet but I opened a Draft King account a year or so ago for the free bets. They are like Joe Camel and give you $25 free or something like that. Anyway, I lost interest real quick but went in the app yesterday just to see the odds for a Washington Super Bowl win. I had the free money still there so put $20 on winning it all at 25:1. They’re now down to 6:1.

Go Commodes!!!

I won about 100 on the Commies last night!  Up about 1500 this season.  I'm not a big fan of legalized gambling but if they're gonna allow it I'm gonna take advantage.  If you are good with math and know enough there are some parleys you can make that are like taking candy from a baby and win like 70% of the time.  The best is when you find an inequity that allows you the hedge both sides and win almost no matter who wins by parleying some really obvious things each team needs in order to possibly win the game.  Bet both sides and as long as those things hit you win no matter wo wins!  

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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.  I think the radar looks good for the up upcoming 12-6 time period for snow.  Yes we are a degree or two warmer but this has always been a 2-4” storm for most outside the M/D line folks.

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1 hour ago, psuhoffman said:

The panic in the obs thread is funny... I could go in there and really blow it up by pointing out "we could really use those 2-3 degrees we've lost in the boundary layer due to warming right about now" 

While I oughta know better than to argue with ya on this, I'll bite: I still remain skeptical that EVERY close miss on temps would been different 40+ years ago (although I agree that in bad patterns warming dies indeed make things worse). So like...you can say with 100% certainty that the temperature spike last night would've only been to 37 degrees and not 40? I don't know man I guess for each example that happens now I'd like to see an identical setup that snowed and what the temp is...and I know you've provided many other examples from the past tho. I guess it just feels like a bit of a "blame every last meteorological event on warming" thing, even if it is generally true.

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@Maestrobjwa - Posting here just some additional thoughts. Didn't want to clog the main thread up. 

You've definitely come a long way since you joined us on the forums! You just have to remember - unlike getting a Christmas or birthday gift that sucks (where maybe you deserved better) - the weather and climate doesn't "owe" you anything. Literally not a penny, not a single snowflake. You flip a coin 10 times and you might easily get heads 8 times. You flip that coin a trillion times, and it's going to be closer to 50/50. 

But yeah - unfortunately, our location (perhaps worse for you) is in an urban corridor. The odds of us getting shellacked are lower now than in the 1800s for sure. But now we have UHI, etc. I know we throw around the "you'll just have to move" idea a lot jokingly (and sometimes seriously) on the forums - but unfortunately...if your well being is fused this closely to snow - you really will have no choice but to move to a place like Davis, WV!

Just remember - weather doesn't pay out like a slot machine that is "due" pays out. It's truly chaotic and "random" 

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