[Magdalen] Snowing now

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

So all the more reason to do it my way, which is to take in it easy and in
small doses.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 27/11/2014 19:15, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> We got a few inches yesterday of really dense snow.  I was amazed how hard
>> it was to shovel.
>>
>
> I saw a report a week or so ago about the effect of shovelling snow,
> particularly on those of us who have seen a number of winters.  The
> explanation given was that there is a combination of factors, one being
> that we are not used to significant exercise using upper body strength.  A
> shovel full of snow weighs a fair few pounds. The other is that the cold
> restricts the blood flow near the extremities to concentrate on keeping the
> essential organs supplied.  This puts extra pressure on the cardio-vascular
> system which is why some suffer heart attacks while shovelling snow.
>
> Roger
>