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From: Joyce Ragels <>
Subject: Re: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Winter
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:47:47 -0700
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I do so appreciate the differences between people.

We could never share an apartment. There would be a bloody fight to the death over the thermostat. :)

My hubby could take the cold really well except for his last years. Then the weather roles almost reversed - at least a little.

I got a shiver, just thinking about putting my feet in cold water. :)

So, my wish for you is that you do not get too hot this year. :)

J

> Joyce, Truthfully, I don't ski and really detest the noisy darned
> snowmobiles. Those around here know not to come on our property and
> preferably not where I can hear them. I tried skiing a few times but am
> just not coordinated enough for that.

> However, when the temp gets up to 70 degrees I start complaining of the
> HEAT. I don't do hot weather well at all. I do a lot of gardening but
> only in the very early morning or in the evening. The rest of the time in
> hot weather I just sit with the fan blowing and an ice pack. I have found
> that sitting with my feet in a pan of cold water helps alot. Ruth



> At 4:00 AM -0700 1/7/09, Joyce Ragels wrote:
>>Ruth

>>Has anyone told you that you have a vivid imagination and a wild sense of
>>humor? :)

>>Actually, I have been snowmobiling. We cut through some virgin snow and
>>it was beautiful and wonderful except for the being cold part except for
>>not being able to walk to and from the machine part except for having to
>>watch out for fences whose tops were just barely showing part and most of
>>all except for the I'm going to die out here in the land of ice and snow
>>and never be warm again part. Had I not had a great companion and guide,
>>I might still be out there trying to find my way back to the house.

>>I am just too old and cautious to even think about skiing. At my age
>>bones don't heal as fast and running into a tree at God only knows how
>>fast is just not my idea of fun. And if that wasn't bad enough, you have
>>to be concerned about avalanches. No, there are some valid reasons I
>>prefer living in the hot desert sands. :)

>>Casey (my dog and love of my life) and I went for a walk in the park
>>yesterday. Unfortunately we did that in the late afternoon and it was
>>already starting to get too cold for me. By the time we finished, my nose
>>and hands were cold and home was looking PDF (pretty damn fine).

>>No, you can keep the cold, ice, and snow with my blessings and have all
>>the sports and games that go with it. :)

>>J

>>> Joyce, You need to take up skiing or snowmobiling! Ruth


>>> At 6:05 AM -0700 1/5/09, Joyce Ragels wrote:
>>>>Winter is my worst season. I detest it. I don't like cold. For me, cold
>>>>is anything below 60.




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