So I guess that makes us “paisonos” lol! That’s too funny - I don’t remember my relatives playing “PIG” but they did have some heated card games that always got somebody mad at another! I miss those old timers, that whole generation is gone for me for many years now, can’t wait to sit down at the card table with them in the kingdom! As far as the Winter/Summer thing - I can’t claim to be the authority on that, but I do believe that they pretty much lump everything into those two seasons over there. I think it’s based because Biblically only two seasons are described as: ““While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”” Although I am sure they have some transitions in Spring and Fall. Here lately even where I live in Tennessee there seems to be less and less Spring and Fall, it seems like lately its cold and then the “switch” flips and it gets hot and summer is here, then the same in the fall, one day its warm and then the “switch” flips again and winter sets in. Maybe I just remember it differently as a kid, but it seems like Spring and Fall were more of a gradual transition and decidedly longer years ago. The weather has been just getting downright weird the past few years - not so much climate change or global warming, but probably birth pains from my perspective. I live in Tennessee Are you a Vol? Is it true Israel only has 2 seasons – summer and winter? Southern California only has two seasons, Summer and fire season, also known as winter ? Yohanon, I have been been living for the past 12 years in the heart of Vandy country here in the middle, but I will always be big orange through and through lol. My younger brother who has lived in Florida since the mid 90s also is a big Vol fan and goes to all the Fla Gator games dressed in his big orange - you can imagine what a popular guy that makes him! LOLOL I think Israel and California have similar climates, both Mediterranean. I saw a lot of the same plants growing in Israel like olive trees, oleander, various flowers, etc. CA mostly does have just summer (fire season) and winter (when we get all of our rain). It normally does not rain a drop from May through October. The grass all dries out on the hills. So, we have a lot of droughts. The Israelis desalinize water which CA should do but, of course, it's expensive so we just have to keep cutting back on water usage. This year has been windier than any time I remember previously. And, high wind is a recipe for fires. The winds bring down the electric lines and result in raging blazes. Our utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, is being sued for several infernos last year. It would be better in my opinion to bury the lines, but again, that would cost a fortune. Meanwhile, it is springtime here--allergy season. But, it could be worse; I saw on the news that where my family lives in Pennsylvania, they are getting six to ten inches of snow. ugggh! I just noticed I spelled your name wrong again! When I wrote this post I noticed my auto correct was trying to default to “Yochanon” so I took the “C” out, but just now noticed that I have to take the “o” out between the two “n”s and put an “a” in there - I’ll get it right one of these days brother, sorry, auto correct has not been making it easy on me lol!
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