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: My collegue and I were chatting about Texan and Hawaiian weather today as it
: occurs during our most butt freezing winter days. We were standing out
: side talking...for a few minutes, I couldn't feel the -15 C temps or the
: snow falling on my face, I was back in Houston sitting on my friends lawn
: chair placed on her garden patio...why do I live here?

: Robert N(umb butt) Pruden

Hi Robert,
Longer life. It seems that people who live in Iceland have the longer life-spans than other European descent people. Colder climate.
Although a warmer climate can be handy, the beer doesn't freeze solid.

Mike Savage
South West Cork
11 degrees C and wet. And windy.
Oh yeah, pitch dark. About 7-8 hours of daylight.