Comments on: Who Knew the Typical Tourist Was From Idaho?

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:23:32 +0000

In reply to Ginny.

Hi Ginny: I spent 2 years in MN and 14 in OH-small world. Those from MN are definitely a different breed – that’s the true definition of cold!

I can imagine those heating battles. 🙂 When I worked in the Corporate world, I never found a building that was just right when it cam to temperature. Of course, try pleasing a couple hundred people. 🙂

Thanks for sharing your story, Ginny.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:55:09 +0000

My husband grew up in Minnesota and Ohio so he acts like it is shorts weather all year long. We do live in the South but sometimes this leads to major temperature battles in our house.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:44:48 +0000

In reply to Gustavo | Frugal Science. Why, thank you, Gustavo. I appreciate that. :-) You come back any time -especially with such nice comments. :-D

By: Gustavo | Frugal Science

Gustavo | Frugal Science — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:53:36 +0000

Hey Cathy! That’s the most creative way of using bullet points I have seen. I am really a fan of your writing.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:06:52 +0000

In reply to Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.. Hey Roy-Sorry, I had to retrieve you from the spam folder. :-D At least you know where Idaho is. Most think it's Iowa - including the Wall Street Journal - see post for details ;-) And if California has the big one, Idaho just may get that oceanfront property.

By: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:51:55 +0000

Excuse me! I never wear a coat- and would NEVER be confused for an Idahoan. First of all, I detest potatoes (which moniker you stole from Long Island, I might add). Secondly, I don’t carry a gun. Finally, I would never have a Senator named Crapo (although, I must admit most of them add la to their capabilities).
Oh, and you still live blocks from the Pacific. it’s just that Idaho has really long ones….

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:37:07 +0000

In reply to David Leonhardt.

Isn’t it though, David? I was born in the Midwest, but actually spent more of my life on southern California beaches. Like Anne, I became a temperature wuss.

And why is it 50 in CA is so different from 50 in ID? 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, David.

By: David Leonhardt

David Leonhardt — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:31:47 +0000

It is funny how people view temperature. There is absolute temperature, of course, but there is relative temperature. We keep our house pretty much the same temperature all your around, but in summer I wear shorts around the house, whereas in winter I wear sweaters.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:43:43 +0000

In reply to Anne Wayman.

Hi Anne: When I lived in San Diego all those years, I was right there complaining with you when it got in the 50s. That’s when we dressed like Nanook.

We do acclimate, but I just haven’t reached the 10 degree acclimation. 🙂

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:39:23 +0000

Hmmm… I spent one winter in Colorado when the weather got that cold. Geeze. I’m such a weather wuss… it’s been dipping into low 50s, mid-to high 40s here in San Diego and I have the heat and a hat on. Barefoot though. 😉