Hi Nancy,   
      
   On Mon 2011-Nov-21 20:07, Nancy Backus (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    RW> We're not too bad yet, I've dug out the heavy comforter for   
    RW> the bed, and I turn up the heat a bit at night, but days   
      
   NB> We've got the heat on (minimally) in the house, but haven't needed   
   NB> the big guns for the bed yet...    
      
   Keeps me running the heat less too actually, rather do it   
   with bedding than with burning fuel.  Also remember we've   
   one wall heater, we're in a part of the world where they   
   still get winter in actuality but folks don't grok how to   
   live with it .   
   Insulation, what's that? .  WHole house heating etc. is a rarityit seems.   
      
    RW> have been rather nice, a little chill with some rain earlier this   
    RW> week, but so far I can like this.  I've still got a couple of nice   
    RW> steaks I bought a couple months ago when that salesman came to the   
    RW> door selling them, he came close to getting the bum's rush, but he   
    RW> talked real fast, and i'd like to throw them on the charcoal grill once   
    RW> more before it gets too cold.  See what happens Thanksgiving day,   
    RW> since we're too broke for a turkey or a ham this year that'll be a   
    RW> thanksgiving day treat if the weather cooperates.    
      
   NB> Without any added expense, besides... :)  Don't know what your   
   NB> forecast is, but for here it's supposed to be sunny and warmer...   
   NB> quite pleasant.    
      
   Looking that way, rainy and overcast through tomorrow, in   
   fact I'm holding off on a couple of errands until tomorrow   
   to avoid the rain.  Had thunderstorms Sunday and Monday   
   morning about 5:00 a.m.   
      
    RW> I probably wouldn't either were I a driver, but having to   
    RW> walk here and there, or when I live in the city waiting for   
    RW> a bus in it gets real old, real quick.  THing is, I like the upper   
      
   NB> You probably wouldn't mind so much if the sidewalks were kept   
   NB> properly clear... but that's probably as much a fool's dream where   
   NB> you are as it is here...  A nice warm coat, scarf, hat and mittens   
   NB> helps with the bus wait, too... ;)   
      
   YEah even in the upper midwest where you get it, oftentimes   
   sidewalks aren't well cleared, and often the bus stop is a   
   snowdrift .  EVen the snow i don't mind wading through,   
   it's the ice underfoot I don't care for, that and the cold   
   .   
      
   But around here, no buses even, so a trip to the grocery   
   store with Kathy's down means throw a backpack on my back   
   and walk 2 miles, one way.   
      
    RW> midwest, Chicago, MInneapolis, etc.  That is, I like it fine between   
    RW> June and OCtober.  From about this time until June rolls around though   
    RW> I dearly detest it, so much so that I"ve told family members don't even   
    RW> bother to die or get married between OCtober and June, cause I won't   
    RW> be there .    
      
   NB> Not even May?  ;)  Surely it's better by then... :)    
      
   iT's starting to get toward acceptable, but i've seen some   
   good ones up north even in April.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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