Winters here in Chicago can get darn cold. It's the humidity that gets to me. Lake Michigan keeps our winters damp as it rarely freezes over. In fact, it's winter evaporation that has caused historic low lake levels in recent years as our relatively mild winters has prevented significant ice caps from forming. Anyway, I spent a year in Stevens Point, Wisconsin where I remember experiencing below zero Fahrenheit weather without any real discomfort. But here in Chicago, a damp 32 degrees (zero Celsius ) creeps into your bones and makes life miserable for those of us with aching joints. <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Geez! Now I'm starting to feel lousy already just talking about it and it's only November! <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> It's going to be a long winter.