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Friday, February 26. 2010

This morning's proof of AGW

Is anything more inviting than a cozy Dunkin' Donuts early on a cold snowy morning? Hot chocolate or coffee? Or both?


The friendly and cheerful legal Hispanic gals there know what you like and they manage to get to work on time no matter what the weather or "climate" offers. I am usually game for a plain stick. And a medium milk no sugar.


Then to the shoveling as the wind whistles and moans through the trees. A good workout. That chest pain is just in your imagination...


 


Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:05 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Yes, there is something more cozy: staying inside one's own house and not braving the elements. Step it up a notch by lighting a fire in the fireplace, using Nantucket knots made on the spot. Warm yourself on the hearth. Coziest of all is to shovel the snow first, and reward yourself with the fire. Which also shows that the best way to adapt to cold weather is to get outside and move around. Just make sure that shoveling snow isn't the first exercise you've done in a year.

That Blizzard of '78 closed places down that had never been closed down before.
#1 Gringo on 2010-02-26 09:58 (Reply)
One of my brothers plows when there is snow and two weeks ago he was a very busy boy here in Maryland. At the height of each storm Dunkin Donuts was nearly the only place open!

I helped him during one storm a few years ago and Dunkin Donuts gave us the coffee on the house when the lady at the counter found out what we were doing.
#2 Retread on 2010-02-26 16:13 (Reply)
Change the signs and that could be any Tim Hortons in Canada.
#3 Bob Devine on 2010-02-26 18:14 (Reply)

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