On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:20:54 -0500, thunder
wrote:

I suspect many Southerners spend close to as much
time indoors, in the summer, as Northerners spend indoors in the winter.

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Not really true. The summer here is for spending time outdoors at
night. It is wonderful to sit around your pool or on your boat in the
evening. We were rarely able to do that in the northeast, not even in
July or August.