Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> CL wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> That kind of thing does toughen you up. It still seems to me that snow
> prevents a place from being one of the two nicest places on earth to live.
> 
> Of course, I'm a bit spoiled by a place where a chilly day like today
> gets down to 24 at night.

A couple of years working at a job that required me to commute between
Tokyo and  Guam during the winter months pretty much cured me of
"having" to go home to live.  Returning on family business several times
during the winter has done the rest.


CL