More Observations in the USA (Chicago Day Whatever)

more observations in the USA (Chicago):
* the situation with the meshulachim is not nearly as bad as I have heard it made out to be. I might be wrong, and maybe this is just a quiet season for them, maybe they don't travel now because people are on vacation, I don't know. but it does not seem so bad. Some days there are none in shul, some days there are a few. Either way, it is far less than what we get in Israel on a daily basis.
* people are extremely generous. They give to all the meshulachim no matter what they look like.
* as few as the meshulachim were, some of them really have no etiquette or manners. Some were fine - went through the shul collecting from whomever would give and walked out when they finished. Others were pests and stayed longer and asked repeatedly and followed other meshulachim around to ask from people giving them who might not have given him when he asked.
* squirrels, alleys, and water
* it rains, even pours, in the summer. and it is warm/hot at the same time
* family is great, as annoying as they can be to each other at times.
* I still think surprises are dumb, even when they work
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