[Magdalen] Glue that Holds.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

My father (1880-1958) used to describe a number of phenomena
with the phrase (-----) is the glue that holds (-----) together.  He  would
apply it to the week or two this time of the year when temperatures  hover
at their lowest ebb.  That appears to be the case here in NE   Pennsylvania
USA right now and the week is thus the glue that holds the rest  of the year
together.  This weather has very little other merit.  It will be  around 
zero F.
here this evening.  I'm happy I don't have to get out in it.
 
I suppose there is one redeeming feature about the weather:  it's  always
colder somewhere else.  For example, the USDA Climate Zone 3b  north
of Minneapolis in Wisconsin and Minnesota - my ancestral home - 
usually has two weeks of 24 hour totally below zero F, during which  there
are often real temperatures of -30F or colder.
 
I don't miss that!
 
 
 
David Strang.