"Pride feels no cold"

[Dan Goncharoff]

But has the writer ever tried it?
DanG

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > A "hoop-gallant" is a woman who shows off in a hoop skirt, and the
> > writer thinks wearing hoop skirts is sinful.)
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> The connection of cold to feminine fashion reminds of a female
> classmate who, back in the day, made manifest that mid-winter weather
> in Massachusetts is in no way a deterrent to the wearing of the
> micro-miniskirt, the mere addition of pantyhose thereunder providing
> warmth sufficient unto the style. It goes without saying that the
> writer does not think that wearing micro-miniskirts is sinful.
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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