On 02/01/02 16:31, "Zachery Bir" <zbir_at_urbanape.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 2, 2002, at 04:17 , Dustin Long wrote:
>
>> I've been silent so far, but I gotta say a couple things along this:
>>
>> I'm not sure how cold "really cold" is. I'm near Houston, TX (USA) and
>> we had a cold snap this week. Temps in the 20's (F) last night and
>> supposed to be around 15 (F) tonight. (I think that's pretty
>> cold, being
>> from Southern California!)
>
> Yeah, it wasn't all _that_ cold. I'm from Northern Indiana ( which
> I know isn't even _that_ cold for our Great White North friends ).
> That was one of the weirdest things moving to Richmond, VA with
> that kind of background. Here people go absolutely ape if they hear
> the word "snow". It's really funny.
Absolutely! You start seeing people with furs on their coat in October, when
the temperature drops in the 50s!!!! It's really hilarious!
-Laurent.
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