Heh! A wee bit a cheeky tweeking from staunch hardcore NE Yankees:
It’s a bit different for me now – I used to really love the colder weather and I generally had no problems in going outside in a T-Shirt and shorts to do something active (as long as the wind was no more than a gentle breeze). Hey, born here, raised here, working here – if you’re a Yankee, BE a Yankee and ACT like a Yankee. No sniveling allowed when it comes to “weather”.
As I think I’ve written before, back when I was working for Digital Equipment Corp (“DEC”), I was transferred to Honolulu for a 3 month stint. I remember a couple of days after arriving that the morning was around 65 degrees F when I got up for work. Coming from a few weeks of 10-28 degrees, this was SPRING TIME! Just a polo shirt and khaki pants.
The locals were walking about in puffy down jackets. Quite the contrast.
Anyways, that was a few decades ago and now my metabolism is really slowing down. I still wait all summer for February but I do have to admit that I LOVE my electrically heated gloves that TMEW gave me for Christmas…
…and no, no more “just a T-Shirt and shorts” anymore.
Sucks getting older, at least physically; I’m still trying to uphold that line “when I grow up, I never want to grow up” as Life is more fun that way!
(H/T: GeekPress)
