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Skriven 2008-03-05 22:45:04 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: ICY PERILS  80304
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->  -> Australia which have enough snow to attract skiers in Winter, but I
->  -> carefully avoid those Alpine regions, preferring to visit the
tropics
->  -> whenever the temperature here gets lower then 10C.
-> 
-> That is electric blankets, shoes and socks and jacket weather!
-> 
Shoes and socks maybe, but 10C is still shirtsleeves weather for me.  I
don't even have an electric blanked on my bed.  

->  RH> Poor baby.  That's the point where I start liking being outside. 
It
->  RH> never got above freezing here today.  I rather like it like that.
-> 
-> The inside of my nose hurts when it gets below 10C.

Mine doesn't like 10F much, but 10C isn't bad at all.
  
->  RH> You'd never survive in New England.
-> I fear so!  Give me the steamy, humid tropics any day.

On the other hand, you'd have more excuses to cuddle up to female
companionship.  It's a consideration.
  
->  RH> I wouldn't either.  But then, some of the nerves in my feet don't
go
->  RH> all the way to the top floor any more, and pressure nerves are
rather
->  RH> essential for climbing.  
-> 
-> Keeping balance would certainly be difficult then.

I've been known to trip over my own feet in my kitchen.  Who needs ice?
  
->  -> As for existing in Jim's sub-Polar regions, it is obvious he is not
->  -> human, but is really an alien from another planet, if he can live
and
->  -> thrive in such inter-galactic temperatures as -40C or lower.
-> 
->  RH> Either that, or he's a Caelocanth (sp) in human form, or a polar
bear
->  RH> with good typing skills. 
-> 
-> I prefer the latter explanation.
-> 
Maybe he's Knut with a better publicist.  
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