They drove south one winter until they
could stand outside with no coats on &
we never saw them again.
They'll have to go further south than south Louisiana if they don't want to wear coats, because it's cold here - or what passes for cold in my territory.
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Aye --but Grandmere --it's not gotten above freezing here today, with snow on the ground all around, and more expected...!! 50 or even 40 degrees sounds GREAT!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I know. It's all relative. We keep our thermostats set low, and I'm cold all the time.
ReplyDeleteThey'll have to go further south than south Louisiana if they don't want to wear coats
ReplyDeleteHow far south is that - just out of interest? Is there such a place? ...
Round about the equator.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what I was about to say! In other words, Brazil, Columbia or Ecuador?... I just looked up a map :-)
ReplyDeleteSo much depends on whether you're used to the cold and whether you're moving around or standing still. Here in Massachusetts it was around freezing today. I went for a walk in my winter jacket, hat, and gloves and came back feeling invigorated, to my cozy little apartment. Being in the center of the building, I'm plenty warm even when the heat is on low.
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Last winter I was in Florida when the weather was cold, visiting my folks. We were all miserable in the stucco house with the terrazzo floors. We sat around wrapped in blankets.
And last July-August I was in São Paulo, Curitiba, and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- their winter. The weather was very changeable in SP and Curitiba - warm one day, then cold and rainy the next. In RS it was just cold. Not as cold as our winter in MA, but damp and drafty with no heat. There is always a draft because people like to keep the air circulating (otherwise things get a little smelly because of the dampness). It's OK when you are moving around, but worse when you are sitting still. In fact, it's mostly colder inside houses and buildings than it is outside.
I never scoff at people in warmer regions feeling cold - it all depends on how you experience it and what the resources are.
Mary Cauliflower, thank you! Like Brazil, the weather here is changeable - one day in the 70s or warmer, and the next day freezing - which makes it difficult to adjust.
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