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Posted by: buddha_gazelle Original: 10/24/2006 10:35 PM Views: 5 Comments: 5 eProps: 4 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

To those condescending Yankees who claim that Florida has "no seasons:"

I invite you to spend a Florida "non-winter" in my wooden Cracker house with no heat.

Asked my neighbor how he made it through last winter. His answer?

"I froze my balls off."

Yes, summer fled on Sunday night and the bike ride to and from campus is now misery, misery, misery. Temperatures are dropping to near freezing. I'm sleeping under four blankets, and desperately need to find a hot-water bottle and some thermal underwear.

I may not sweat again until March, or April. This is upsetting.

Ugh. If ever I've whined about our vicious tropical summer, forgive me now.

August, dear August, come quickly.

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Mmmmm... the cold is good for the soul.

Posted 10/25/2006 12:45 AM by Saakara

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How about buying a space heater? (Just don't leave it on overnight ... risk of overheating/electrical failure and all.)

Posted 10/25/2006 6:56 AM by Laudemus - reply

yes, I fully intend to buy a space heater one of these days.

Posted 10/25/2006 12:54 PM by buddha_gazelle

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Silly southerner, complaining about the cold and then procrastinating the purchase of a space heater.

I can think of other options for you to stay warm, but they involve massive quantities of alcohol or hot tea. (Could you be arrested for DUI while on a bicycle, if you take shots of vodka before your ride to work? Hm.) Also, there is a type of thermal underwear you can find at department stores that is made of a synthetic fabric and very thin. They work marvelously and don't add too many layers... I can't remember their name right now.

-a Yankee whose toasty apartment has steam radiator heat

Posted 10/25/2006 9:25 PM by Laudemus - reply

ahh, well Russia taught me the thermal value of alcohol, hot tea, and steam radiators. I'm making good use of the former two (though not vodka in the morning; not yet).

Posted 10/25/2006 9:52 PM by buddha_gazelle

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