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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Chilly? Perhaps. Newsworthy? No. Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2002 5:00 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	A faulty boiler and other problems at a District middle school forced teachers and students to wear coats, hats and gloves yesterday as they braved temperatures that dipped to the fifties inside some classrooms. (Washington Post)<p>***Temperatures in the 50s do not require "braving." This looks like a situation that demanded a note to parents, not a news story.***
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Chilly? Perhaps. Newsworthy? No. Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2002 6:11 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I decided to test this out. It is 16 degrees here in New York's Capital Region right now, and I turned my heat off this morning to see just what brave is.<p>Right now, it is 52 degrees in our humble home. I don't feel one bit brave. The only thing I notice is that I have a 12-pack of Saranac out in the dining room, and it's quite a drinkable temperature, if not a tad too chilled for microbrew.<p>I guess this is gonzo copy editing. Whenever I read something ridiculous, I'll try to live it.<p>Or maybe I have spent too many days in the slot lately.
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