I also lived in Wisconsin for three years in the early 1960's. It was an experience, but I kind of enjoyed it. Being from Arizona, I loved the rain. The snow was fun for about the first fifteen minutes.
I learned to ice fish, but haven't had a chance to do that since then.
Gold is now at $1,509.90. Speculators must be making real fortunes with the weird price swings.
I wasn't intending on derailing the thread from the original intent. My point about Illinois was the "Used to live in" part. Moved after 43 years and have never ever looked back.
On the original thread note.
The heirloom seeds are sprouting nicely. There will be a lot of green beans going into mason jars this summer.
Had a storm roll through overnight and lost power. It seems that it was a sign to take some money out of savings and invest it into a small solar power system.