Re: OT: to my friends

Me too Melody. As I recall getting sleepy is one of the first stages of
hypothermia. Got stranded in the mountains in PA (college days) in the
snow and did everything I could to stay awake. Knew if I succumbed to
sleep, I'd be a goner.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:03:49 -0500 (EST)

>Kitty: You get sleepy when you get hot??? That's how I get when I am
>cold...very sleepy...and it is so difficult to regulate the temperature
>in such a large hospital as the one I work in...freezing or
>boiling...nothing in between.
>
>
>
>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
>--Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Wed 12/17, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
>From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:54:02 -0500
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my friends
>
>> idiots here at work who like to run the air conditioner in
>December.<br><br>Well, Pam, you just described me, sort of. Our weather
>in neIN fluctuates<br>and althought today's high will only be the high
>20s with no sun, a week or<br>so ago it was low 50s and very sunny. When
>it is sunny and 50s our building<br>where I work absorbs that heat and
>the thermostat showed 78 degrees in the<br>front office where the only
>windows are. My office is in the center of the<br>building, no windows
>and I have 3 track lights bearing down on me with a hot<br>computer next
>to me, which all yields a temperature of about 82 degrees in<br>my
>office with no air circulation in the afternoon after
>lunch.<br><br>About 3pm I went to the front office and switched the air
>on for a few<br>minutes. As I walked away, the secretary got up and
>turned it back to<br>heat - which I knew she would, but didn't expect it
>that quickly. So I<br>turned back and switched it again. She started
>yelling that the heat<br>hadn't been running most of the day and I told
>her I had to have just a<br>little air circulation, just 5 minutes,
>please. She relented sullenly. I<br>did turn it off after 5 minutes. If
>the boss wants to pay me to sleep,<br>fine, cuz that's all he'll get
>from me in an 80+ degree office with no air<br>circulation.<br>-----
>Original Message ----- <br>From: "Pamela J. Evans"
><gardenqueen@gbronline.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
>Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:32 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my
>friends<br><br><br>> God love you child! I'm not anemic, my thermostat's
>just set a little<br>> higher than most. The joke here at work is they
>know it's over 80<br>> degrees when I take my jacket off. Anything under
>75 is uncomfortable<br>> and below 60 is sheer torture.<br>><br>> Most
>of the year, that works out just fine! It doesn't help that we have<br>>
>idiots here at work who like to run the air conditioner in
>December.<br>> Bunch of homesick Eskimos if you ask me!!<br>><br>> Break
>out the hot chocolate and peach brandy -
>
>they'll keep you warm from<br>the inside in a pinch - LOL.<br>><br>>
>back to work.....<br>><br>> ---------- Original Message
>----------------------------------<br>> From: "Melody"
><mhobertm@excite.com><br>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Wed,
>17 Dec 2003 02:16:00 -0500 (EST)<br>><br>> >Pam: Staying warm is not
>really an option for me at this time of<br>> >year...I get cold about
>mid-October and don't really warm up again until<br>> >July...that's the
>consequence of chronic anemia (it's a hereditary<br>> >thing, not an
>iron deficiency)...today it was in the low 20's but with<br>> >winds
>gusting in excess of 20 miles an hour, it brought the wind chill<br>>
>>factor down to single digits...tough driving on the interstate too
>with<br>> >winds like that...but the silver lining is that it freeze
>dried all the<br>> >roads in just a few hours...it has been very
>rainy/drizzling here for a<br>> >couple of days and things were very wet
>and icy slick...but bitterly<br>> >cold winds did the trick and though
>we are cold, we are dry! So it is<br>> >safe to drive once again! Thanks
>for the kind words, though...the<br>> >thought is appreciated! :-)<br>>
>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>> ><br>> >"The most
>beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."<br>> >--Albert
>Einstein<br>> ><br>> > --- On Tue 12/16, Pamela J. Evans <
>gardenqueen@gbronline.com > wrote:<br>> >From: Pamela J. Evans [mailto:
>gardenqueen@gbronline.com]<br>> >To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> >Date:
>Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:12:34 -0600<br>> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my
>friends<br>> ><br>> >Just read this again. It's so great!! Your
>friendship is a true jewel<br>> >in<br>my spiritual treasure chest. In
>that respect, I'm quite rich -<br>> >thanks to<br>friends like you!!
>Stay warm girl!<br><br><br>love ya -<br>> ><br><br>Pam<br><br>----------
>Original Message<br>> >----------------------------------<br>From:
>"Melody"<br>> ><mhobertm@excite.com><br>Reply-To:
>gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date: Mon, 15<br>> >Dec 2003 05:49:51 -0500
>(EST)<br><br>>Dear
>
>fr
>iends: This was sent to me<br>> >by my dearest friend in the whole world
>and I wanted to pass it on to<br>> >all of you...<br>><br>>Fwd: I think
>you will really like this, so make<br>> >sure you read all the way down
>to the last<br>> >sentence...enjoy<br>><br>>There once was a little girl
>who had a bad<br>> >temper. Her mother gave her a<br>>bag of nails and
>told her that every<br>> >time she lost her temper, she must<br>>hammer
>a nail into the back of<br>> >the fence. The first day the girl
>had<br>>driven 37 nails into the<br>> >fence. Over the next few weeks,
>as she learned<br>>to control her anger,<br>> >the number of nails
>hammered daily gradually<br>>dwindled down. She<br>> >discovered it was
>easier to hold her temper than to<br>>drive those<br>> >nails into the
>fence. Finally the day came when the girl<br>>didn't lose<br>> >her
>temper at all. She told her mother about it and the<br>>mother<br>>
>>suggested that the girl now pull out one nail for each day
>that<br>>she<br>> >was able to hold her temper. The days passed and the
>young girl<br>> >was<br>>finally able to tell her mother that all the
>nails were gone.<br>> >The mother<br>>took her daughter by the hand and
>led her to the fence.<br>> >She said, "You<br>>have done well, my
>daughter, but look at the holes in<br>> >the fence. The<br>>fence will
>never be the same. When you say things in<br>> >anger, they leave
>a<br>>scar just like this one. " You can put a knife<br>> >in a person
>and draw it<br>>out. It won't matter how many times you say<br>> >I'm
>sorry, the wound is<br>>still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a<br>>
>>physical one.<br>><br>><br>>Friends are very rare jewels, indeed.
>They<br>> >make you smile and encourage<br>>you to succeed. They lend an
>ear, they<br>> >shar<br>> ><br>> >e words of praise and they<br>>always
>want to open their hearts to<br>> >us.<br>><br>><br>>Show your friends
>how much you care. Send this to<br>> >everyone you consider<br>>a
>FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to<br>> >the person who sent it
>to<br>>you. If it co
>
>mes back to you, then you'll<br>> >know you have a circle
>of<br>>friends. Happy Friendship week! You are my<br>> >friend and I am
>honored. Now<br>>send this to every friend you have!!<br>> >And to your
>family. Please forgive<br>>me if I have ever left a hole in<br>>
>>your<br>><br>>fence.<br>><br>><br>><br>>Melody<br>><br>>_________________________________<br>______________<br>>Join<br>>
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