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Skriven 2013-03-18 22:17:52 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 34959 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> I don't know how I'd do in
 RH> weather that's that cold for so long.
 ML> Get used to it, and rapidly at that.
 RH> I guess so--long johns, layering, making sure my face is well covered,

 ML> Yep, and your underlying tolerances will change. When I
 ML> spent a winter in Anchorage, I was taking the garbage
 ML> out a long driveway in pajamas, bare feet, and subzero
 ML> temperatures without thinking much of it. If I tried that
 ML> cold, as it were, in my current state, my feet would feel
 ML> like they were freezing off.

This winter has been a cold one for me. It's been definately colder than
the last few, plus my losing weight has made my "extra insulation"
disappear. I've been layering more, just to keep warm and not taking the
trash out. (G) Back when I was in college, the cold we've had this year
would have been warm to me but I've gone beyond that now.

 RH> I've had venison, elk and buffalo but no moose that I can recall.
 RH> Sounds like I've not missed anything.

 ML> Not particularly, although Vilhjalmur Steffanson
 ML> claimed that one of the greatest of all delicacies
 ML> was jellied moose nose (which I haven't had).

I can think of lots of other things that would probably rank a lot
higher in the delicacy department.

 ML> in New England. Caribou is occasionally available (had that
 ML> too), and I did see freezer-burned muskox at the butcher
 ML> shop in Yellowknife for $47.90 a kilo.
 RH> IOW, they need to reduce the price to move it.

 ML> On the other hand, they can claim to have it and not
 ML> bother restocking.

Bragging rights!

 ML> I get a bargain (relatively speaking), and others
 ML> get the shaft.
 RH> AKA higher fares.

 ML> Not usually, despite the perception that Southwest
 ML> tries to perpetuate. The shaft that the ordinary
 ML> traveler gets is grudging and bad service for the
 ML> same price or sometimes less than the so-called
 ML> low-cost carriers, but if you pay a premium via
 ML> loyalty or dollars you can get more than the
 ML> no-frills providers provide. All the companies try
 ML> to pull various kinds of wool over the eyes of
 ML> various classes of customer - that's what
 ML> advertising and publicity are all about.

And now we can preboard early without paying for priority boarding. I
just have to show my cane and ask for a handicapped boarding pass. It
helps, and since Steve insists I travel with the cane...........

 ML> More sensible than my line of thinking.
 RH> Tho you admit, it does sound Irish but sugar cane raised in Ireland
 RH> sounds like a non sequitur.

 ML> Sugar beets used to be grown in Ireland, though
 ML> I understand no longer.


They beet feet? (G)

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Ruth
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