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January 23, 2003
neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night...
It was dark, extremely cold (-3 ...worse with some nasty wind chill factor) and snowing when I got up a half hour ago. I really don't think I need to go out there today...I'm really hoping I don't need to go out there today. Who would go out there and why? ...and then I saw the paperboy coming up the driveway to delivery the Free Press to my tenant. Pul-eeze. I just don't think anyone should have to brave these elements to deliver those 4 whole pieces of newsprint...it's not even worth it on a balmy summer morning much less at 3 below in the driving windy snow in the dark!
I saw our mail carrier yesterday out there too...ha! She wasn't wearing her shorts then. Although... I'd seen her wearing shorts far past any reasonable weather conditions. I don't think I'd want to be a mail carrier in the winter either, even with a motor route.
I do check out the Burlington Free Press online though...at least I don't have to recyle it. Today's issue has a picture of one of the LakeChamplain Ferry workers waving Ba'bye to a departing passenger. OMG...no way would I want to even BE on the ferry in this weather much less work on it! Whenever I took the ferry in the winter, all I could think about was our sinking out in the middle of the lake and how cold the water would be.......eeeeewww....then I realized it would be fine...I'd have a heart attack immediately and wouldn't even hit the water alive.
Last night's news had piece on a fire at some car repair place. The owner had stoked up his wood stove for extra heat and went to his house for lunch. Later, he looked out to see his garage fully invloved in flames. Hhhhmmm...glad it wasn't MY car he was working on in there. Anyway....they showed footage of the firemen with the hoses and water and I thought to myself...I'm sure I wouldn't want to be doing that job in this weather. I figure the extremes in the heat and cold alone would tend to make me psychotic!
One of the women who staffs the Curves facility I attend is planning on participating in the Penquin Plunge Feb 15th. Now I'm all for raising money for charity and Special Olympics is certainly worthy of a donation BUT that water is COLD. Mind you, *I* have anxiety over getting into the bathtub so this plunge especially does not appeal to me...good cause or not. I'm thinking about giving her money NOT to do it.
I'm beginning to think the cold is effecting me .... I am beginning to wonder if I will ever be truely warm again. Hhhmmm I think these are the days where we are suppose to remember all the complaining we did last summer when it was unbearably hot and humid. What was it I said? I'd rather have it cold than hot since you can always put on more layers of clothes to keep warm. I have had on enough layers that I've been unable to move and I'm still chilled to the bone! I guess I will just have to remember these complaints next summer when I'm dying in the heat. Riiiiight.
Posted by frani at January 23, 2003 07:36 AM
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Ok...I liked the Plunge link...I cna see having the pre-Plunge night at the Irish bar...many drinks would be needed to convnce me to do that
Posted by: Risa at January 23, 2003 10:44 PM
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