{"id":171,"date":"2006-07-15T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T19:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=171"},"modified":"2006-07-15T14:58:25","modified_gmt":"2006-07-15T19:58:25","slug":"not-thinking-about-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/not-thinking-about-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Thinking About Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I literally read this Selling Power article &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingpower.com\/html_newsletter\/meetings\/article.asp?id=2514&#038;nDate=July+12%2C+2006\" target=\"_blank\">Twin Cities Bring Twice the Fun<\/a> &#8211; this morning while the temperature skyrocketed up into the 90s. The Twin Cities are a wonderful area and the winter does get a bad rap. It&#8217;s cold, but people know how to handle it well.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are heading towards 100 degrees in the Twin Cities. 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