Surely does build character.  I thought I might get a rise out of you,
but I did not mean to offend, or to question your knowledge of cold.
And I do think you have a certain sophistication that I admire,
although, I was not directing that comment specifically at you.  Wet or
dry cold really does make an awful lot of difference, and your cold is
quite a bit damper than ours.

Growing up at about the same time, I remember girls always wearing
skirts.  I don't think I gave it much thought early on, and I'm sure my
thoughts had very little to do with weather.  (I'd not yet received my
sensitivity training from Ralph).  I remember was watching kids on TV
from far off places in the west, where boys wore blue-jeans to school!
That was not permitted in Connecticut!

Those skirts could explain a lot of the anger you females unleashed in
the 60's.  Frozen giblets!

-jc

On Jan 11, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Ruth Barton wrote:

> Builds character.

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