Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> John R. Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
>> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>>
>>> Places where it gets wet and colder then 0 degrees centigrade are
>>> uninhabitable.
>> There are a couple of thousand million people living in places that are
>> like that at least part of the year.
>>
>> Do you mean you personally wouldn't consider living in a place that has
>> a cold winter?
> 
> I have long held that such areas should be declared a nature reserve,
> and completely depopulated. I grant that my view is considered extreme
> by many.

My wife maintains that my home state has such a high longevity rate
because all of the weak people froze to death before having a chance to
reproduce -- and the one's that didn't, ran away.  I say it's because
you can skate across the lake into Canada (or walk across the bridge if
you're a woosie, eh?) for a hot chocolate and a Tim Horton's donut after
your Senior Hockey League game.

CL