I'm starting to understand why my brother moved to NY and loves it. Me? Take me to a dry warm climate please! (I've conjectured for years that the males who love the cold/ice/snow/jumping in freezing waters are primarily operating an a hormone-induced macho-complex; man against nature.) Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Is it just me? (Ain't we got fun) Date: 1/18/2007 3:50:03 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: >>It's about -7 C here today. Nice and crisp. I start to have fun when it gets below 12 F with a string wind. Nothing like hiking along a mountain ridge in that weather, the numb face, frosty breath condensing to ice on one's hood, the cold leaking through one's boots. Some genetic switch gets tripped in me, and the mind becomes clearer and the metabolism goes into overdrive. Absolutely love it! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html