GH>>  Had a headlight go out last night. Early this after noon I   
   GH>>  went out to the driveway to work on it. Jan 1, 2012,   
   GH>>  Toledo Ohio Area. Working on a car in the driveway in a   
   GH>>  short sleeve shirt.   
      
   GH>>  Isn't Global Warming a myth?   
      
   BK>>>   
      
   GH>>  The point being, in either case it was and is anecdotal   
   GH>>  evidence and cannot be referred to as proof of global   
   GH>>  climate change or global warming whichever you prefer to   
   GH>>  call it. :)   
      
   BK>>Actually, it was a chain yank for the right wingers. It was 40   
   BK>>Deg F here, and that ain't really warm. The point is, so many of   
   BK>>the right wingers are southerners that 40 is artic to them. For   
   BK>>us native northerners, in January 40F is warm enough to go out   
   BK>>in a short sleeve shirt for a bit. I was out there last week in   
   BK>>freezing weather, for a short time, in a short sleeve shirt.   
      
    TR> Actually, I was born and raised in upstate New York, right   
    TR> on the shores of Lake Ontario. 40 degree temperatures in   
    TR> January in that locale is probably something you'd wear a   
    TR> light jacket to school in. Going in and out of doors,   
    TR> knocking hanging ice from eaves, or sweeping snow from a   
    TR> walk or porch steps in a tee shirt or long-sleeved polo   
    TR> shirt wasn't unheard of.   
      
    I do believe I said something like that.   
      
    TR> One of my step-sister's owned a house right up on the shore   
    TR> of the Great Lake, and I used to spend weekends there with   
    TR> my nephew (he was the same age as I was) ice skating on the   
    TR> lake.   
      
    Ice skating keeps you warm.   
      
   BK>>As I asked them, how long does it take you to change a headlight   
   BK>>bulb. Note that access was relatively easy.   
      
    TR> Those who think they're talking to people who've never   
    TR> experienced cold weather, and are boasting about how long   
    TR> they stayed outdoors in 40 degree temperatures wearing a   
    TR> tee shirt, are put their own foot in their mouth. (again!)   
      
    Notice no mention of how long, lestwise boasting. The question   
    was how long does it take. Answer, not very long at all.   
      
    TR took the statement that many of the right wingers live in the   
    South and turned it into an implication that *ALL* of the right   
    wingers live in the South. Notice he didn't catch it the first   
    time around, but only after I gave my followup. He responded   
    with an extended, and meaningless, lecture on global climate   
    change, linking cycles that take from tens of thousands to   
    millions of years to current and short term temperature   
    increases.   
      
      
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