>>>>>I'm happy to help you experience a fine winter. Doing this will help you to appreciate summer more. :)
>>>> Uh, Grady....really, we appreciate it but there's no need to be this giving. I know, you want to 'give 'til it hurts' but there's no need. Really
>>>>
>>>>Trust me
>>>>
>>>>I wouldn't lie to you about a thing like this.
>>>>
>>>>Besides, in a place where 'summer' runs from about March through November, weather this cold doesn't not 'help us appreciate summer more'.
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>>>March through November? But but but summer is from June 14th to August 3rd??? Then the gleeful sledding begins.
>>Sledding?? What's that?
>>
>>heck, we were running the A/C on Christmas Day
>
>What is A/C?

It's an invention that, in areas of the world that are not ice-bound 10 months of the year, cools air and circulates it through the house. It's almost a requirement in a state that's often compared to Hell. (grin)