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Shopping in my slippers (and why I miss the snow) January 26, 2004 ~ 8:17 p.m. Jeez, I hafta say � I love living in a neighborhood where the convenience store is so close, I can walk there in my slippers. It�s a surreal experience to walk around the local shop in nighttime foot wear, but hell�am I seriously expected to tie up my sneakers for a trip and a transaction that will take less than five minutes? Well, bugger that. I also love living where it�s so warm in January that I can perform outdoor errands in shorts without freezing my legs off. Now, it�s not warm. The temperature right now, at 8:15 p.m., is a brisk 41� F (5� C). But I know of folks in New England and the Midwest who would probably kill for temperatures like that right about now. And to these folks I would like to say: neener-neener! It�s brisk here, but at least it�s not subarctic. I found it quite amusing yesterday afternoon when I compared the Boston temperature to the conditions in London. The temperature in Boston: 12� F; in London: 52� F. In Celsius? -11� vs. 11�. Yep, science can be a source of humor. I tell you what sucks about winter here, though�a distinct lack of snow. The storm we had last year was phenomenal. We get the cold, the damp, the wind, the clouds (yesterday was the first time I�d seen the sun for, I believe, a whole week), and quite a bit of rain. Almost never any snow. Not even a damned flurry. Winter to me used to mean snow. But then I came to England and found out that there�s such a thing as only just winter. � M.E.M.
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