[Magdalen] Rain.

[Jay Weigel]

That is truly ridiculous. It is unsafe for the players in those conditions,
much more so than in snow, and especially if they are playing on artificial
turf which becomes unbelievably slippery in very wet conditions. But of
course the NFL has a history of not giving a damn about employee safety.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think I've heard that the NFL rules provide that games are not stopped
> for any weather except lightning in area.  I also found it unpleasant to
> watch, and stopped at the half.  I see from the score that the Colts came
> back to tie, but Carolina won in OT.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We watched a little bit of the Indianapolis-Carolina football game last
> > night. They were playing in a monsoon-type rain, and as I remarked to
> S/O,
> > it looked like a cross between bodysurfing and kids playing Capture the
> > Flag in a giant puddle. Both fumbles and injuries abounded. Seemed to me
> > that anyone with any sense would have canceled the game, but I suppose TV
> > money trumps everything.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 64 here, 20 miles NW of Houston and LOVELY cool after significant  rain
> > > over the weekend
> > > bedroom slider door (no windows) open slightly tonight!
> > >
> > > Lynn
> > >
> > > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> > >
> > > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> > not
> > > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> > me."
> > > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
> talk
> > > by Richard Rohr
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:20 PM
> > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > > Subject: [Magdalen] Rain.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, when it petered earlier, it was for good, even though the late
> > >> afternoon was dark and ominous.  Just to tease me, no doubt.  But, the
> > temp
> > >> has been low, such that I actually turned on the heat in the car after
> > >> coming out of the grocery store after work.  AND, I currently have the
> > >> apartment heater on, and have had for some hours.  Rather strange.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>