"Gloria P" > wrote in message
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> Good news: It's raining here for the first time in weeks and the garden
> really needs it even though we water 3x a week.
>
> Bad news: The rain has turned to hail, starting pea-sized and now almost
> dime-sized, and it will rip the garden to shreds.
>
> I'd like to give Mother Nature a swift kick in the a$$.
>

heh! My sympathies, but you do have a way with words!