>>>>Neil, thanks for the informative dissertation. It bolsters my opinion, which is merely based on common sense and observation. One of your points about the air rising hits home. Doesn't it cool at a rate of something like 2 degrees farenheit per 1000 ft above sea level? I've seen this when travelling to the mountains and my airplane pilot buddies have told me about that for years.
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>>>2 degrees C per 1000' (approx 3.5 degrees F)
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>>I sit corrected. I guess you would know from all your dreaming about how you wish you were 10,000 feet (35 degrees cooler) higher!<vbg>
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>Nah, that'd be too cold today. It's only about 105 so that's about perfect! 70 would be chilly, I might freeze to death. < EG >

Five more degrees and you can make jerky by holding strips of raw steak in your hands for a couple of hours.<g> I guess that's why they make 31derful flavors - some like it hot. . . . When the temp goes north of 80, it's too hot for me.