crackle epitome of incomprehensibility THAT's the word for the sound the garbage bags near the bus stop were making when I walked past them earlier this evening. I tried to think of the right word as I walked on. "Rustle" didn't sound crackly enough. Anyway, I wondered why the garbage bags were making that noise (wind? trapped chittering animals?) until I realized the pavement was making a similar noise, just more muted. Rain? Close. But not crackly enough. I took off my glove, put out my hand, and saw and felt tiny intermittent ice pellets land or bounce off. 220330 what's it to you? who go blather from