On Jan 28, 8:51 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
We (in the upper Midwest) are in the grips of some cold weather right
now. This is not surprising, since the last week of January is
statistically the coldest week of the year.

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It is to weep...

The "nanny attitude" is pervasive, isn't it? I get lots of snide
comments from co-workers because I routinely walk a short distance
from my car to the door of the office without a coat on (unless the
snow is blowing around). Every time I hear such as "where's your
coat?" or "you'll freeze to death" I wonder how humanity survived
thousands of years without any of what we consider "modern
necessities".

This reminded me of a PBS series from some years back called 1900
House

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/

in which a Brit family spent 3 months in a time warp. As I recall it
was hilarious to watch.

GrtArtiste