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You can do what I did (last time too) and buy seats under the overhang. They are only $100. Last time I was 3 rows back from the rain that stopped just as things were starting.
Font too small for us older readers. Too few news stories at the top. Need about ten so I only have to look at the top, and go deeper only when I have time
Jothar –
I have a letter from the former chairman of IBM advising all salesmen that if they drink at lunch they should specifically NOT drink vodka, because he wanted the customers they visit in the afternoon to know they are drunk, rather than think they are stupid.
We have become the FRUM generation. Various poskim (Rav Moshe and the Minchas Chinuch among others) have said there is no problem. However, “there are those who want to be machmir.” The Vilna Gaon is reported to have said that “those who go beyond what they are obligated to do are fools.” Whether this is true or not, if one is not obligated to do something they are not “machmir,” they just have a minhag that perhaps nobody else has. For example, if you want to stand during davening when nobody else stands (nad it is not krias shema) go ahead. Just don’t tell anyone else they are doing something that may be wrong.
By the way, if you’ve ever had maple syrup, all maple syrup has bacon dipped into it while it is being boiled in large, shallow wooden pans. It is used as an anti-foaming agent. It is suspended by a string and dipped in when the syrup threatens to overflow, and then is pulled out when the danger is eliminated. Rav Moshe, as well as other poskim, have said it is fine. If you don’t think it is, never use any brand of maple syrup.