[rescue] Re: SGI Fuel

[Robert Novak]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Robert Novak wrote:
> 
> > and if you were in sfbay.ca.us over the last week or so, you could walk
> > from the house to the car and get frostbite. It's apparently 38 out at
> > Moffett Field on the peninsula, clear skies and not much wind. (40.8
> > degrees on my porch, with widely scattered darkness).
> 
> Frostbite in 38-degree weather?  You've got to be kidding.  When it's 40
> out, I still wear sandals.  I barely wear a jacket at 38.

Well, believe it or not, even in California the temperature isn't constant
forever. It just happened to be 38 when I was typing that. We've had lows
in the 20s. If you want to wear sandals in that, it explains a lot. :)

> > To think I moved here to get AWAY from this weather. Well, that and to get
> > cheap computers. Don't ask why I'm probably picking up another 40 PCs
> > tomorrow. Sigh.
> 
> Wussies.  8-)

Everything is relative, as the Mormons say. 40 degrees in Key West was
making news. 40 degrees in Egegik would also, but for the opposite reason.
My last winter in the midwest, we had 38 days in a row below freezing.
Sure, you might walk uphill a hundred miles in the snow each way just to
get your White Castles, but that doesn't make those of us who choose where
to live any worse. :)

Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com * indyramp.com/~rnovak
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