Re: OT: to my friends

I was talking about real hypothermia dear, like when I got stranded in
the mountains. Not in the office. And I'd love 77, that would be a heat
wave in this meat locker....


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:33:51 +0000

>> As I recall getting sleepy is one of the first stages of
>> hypothermia.
>
>Now, come on! This woman in my office is not going to get hypothermia
>because I lowered the temp in her office from 78 to 77. And even those
>of us who lower our temps at home at night (mine is 61 night 67 day - up
>to 70 if I do feel cold) to perhaps 60 are not going to get hypothermia
>from it. Yes, you get sleepy with hypothermia, but I can't imagine
>getting sleepy DURING THE WORKDAY because you're chilly.
>
>
>Conversely, at night WHEN I WANT TO SLEEP, I'm more comfortable in a
>cool environment. If I get too warm it will wake me up. So, now that it
>is dark outside in the morning so the natural brightening of the room
>doesn't wake me up, the steady warming of the room does as the the
>programmed thermostat brings it up to 67 degrees.
>
>
>It's not my intention to argue.  How abbout a poll?
>During the workday, do you get sleepy if you are too warm or too cold?
>
>Kitty
>> 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>>______________________
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