I'm with George. I was born and raised on a northern Iowa farm. Winter meant the work still got done, it was just colder. Now that I'm older my fingers seem to get colder but fortunately I've discovered a cure......Schnapps! :-) Happy New Years to all good friends on the list! Jim in Iowa 89 Westy GL 91 Passat Wagon GL 66 Beetle 53 Beetle On Dec 31, 2003, at 5:15 PM, George Goff wrote: > In a message dated 12/31/03 9:16:27 AM, GlmceN@NETSCAPE.NET writes: > > << in the North East it is a big deal to do almost any job that > requires > being outside in the cold! >> > > To me, this is like water off a duck's back. Among other things, I've > worked > on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in winter, I've been sailing on the > Chesapeake in February and I've had my cherry busted while still in > college when I > once spent a Christmas "Break" laying a half mile field run of intake > piping > from a water treatment station to the power plant on o wind swept > hilltop in > Western PA. You do what you have to do whenever you have to do it. > > George > > |
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