Saturday, January 26, 2013

Tough cookies

We hear a lot about how coddled and wimpy "kids these days" are, but that certainly wasn't the case with the hardy Girl Scouts who were selling cookies in subfreezing weather outside the Landhope in Willowdale this afternoon. I bought two boxes, Thin Mints and Shortbread. Stick with the classics!
Inside the store I said hi to a mechanic friend of mine who was just finishing up a Saturday at his garage. He was well wrapped up in thick cold-weather gear and a knit hat and said he vastly prefers working in the cold weather to the summer heat (he does work in a metal building). "This is like being in a cozy bed," he said of the cold snap.
I also spotted a woman wearing sandals, which looked very odd indeed -- but I suspect she had just had her toenails done and didn't want to smudge the silvery-green polish until it was fully dry.

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