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Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> I've found that once the temps get below about 10 degrees, it all feels the 
> same to me. The difference between 20 and 30 degrees is like night and day 
> to me, but.10, 0, -10...I can't tell the difference. I just went out to give 
> hay to the animals and bring up a load of wood, and I put on too many 
> layers. It's 11 degrees, but I was sweating. Better than being cold, though; 
> it takes me longer to warm up as I get older. Here's where hot flashes came 
> in handy; last year I was walking around in a tee shirt saying "Is it hot in 
> here?"


I loaded the porch this morning when it was 33 and didn't wear a 
coat-just my sweats and my hoodie.  The humidity is about 30% and it did 
not even feel cold.  Had I not looked at the temp, I would have thought 
it was about 55 degrees as like you, I broke a sweat.
It's a beautiful day.

--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge