but then i'd miss all the fun of having every day feel perceptibly different from the previous one. it's not that i find 0C all that cold, anyway - it's felt so warm to me this winter that i keep wondering if i'm losing the plot. it's more the fact that as soon as you hit the freezing mark, you get that smell in the air that you can't find anywhere else unless you go down to the supermarket, stick your head in the deep-freeze and hyperventilate. society appears to Frown On making a habit of that.

. . . because as soon as christmas is under our belts, we'll be on our way back to BASEBALL SEASON.