Vee, I have recently joined this list and am enjoying the cold weather stories. I live in sunny southern Vermont so I know the cold too. It has been really cold here for about a week but I think we have been spoiled by a winter that has been warmer than normal up to now. We have not had snow to contend with however, just a dusting now and again. One cold weather tip, to keep your fingers warm wear mittens instead of gloves. Those fingers need each other to keep warm. Ruth At 10:22 PM -0500 1/15/04, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, > >I've lived Western New York for many, many years and every one of those >years had six seasons--Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Winter and WINTER!!! >I know that at my age I tend to forget some of the small details of the >past but I SWEAR this winter is one of the most bitterly cold ones we've >ever had. If any one of you can refresh my memory of a winter that was >colder than this one, let me know the details. I'd appreciate it. (OK, I >do admit that in February 1979 the temperature dipped down to the unheard >of minus 21 degrees!) >I got the chance to warm up in B-Kwik and then managed to load all of my >groceries in my car. In spite of wearing gloves, my fingers were freezing >to death by the time I got behind the wheel and it was only when I got >close to home that my car started blowing warm air into the interior. > >It was an agonizing job for me to carry all the groceries into the house, >get the car back in the garage and plow my feet through the snow to get to >my side door. Note: my driveway has already been plowed out four times >during the past week. > >It wasn't until a number of hours later that my chilled bones finally >warmed up. In the meantime the three most predominant sounds I continued >to hear were (1) my almost nonstop furnace running, (2) the snowplows >going by and (3) the wind howling through the bare branches. > >Although I'd like to apologize for this dismal message, I won't. Hey, if >I have to go through the misery of winter around here, I'm gonna spread >the gloom around among all of you equally. :-) >vee -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT