I remember the "My First Weather Station" thermometer we had
in the kitchen when the kids were little. It had an image of a boy in the
display that dressed according to the temperature. So when we first plugged it
in and it was 80° the little fellow was wearing a bathing suit and a smile
ready to dive in a swimming pool. As summer turned to fall the little guy moved
from shorts into long pants. In late fall the temperature in Michigan dropped
to 45° our little display was wearing a long coat, boots, scarf and wool cap.
At that point we lost all respect for our weather boy. In
Michigan we don’t pull out the hat and gloves until it is at least freezing.
And the long coat… at 45 degrees? The kids immediately changed his name to “wimp
boy” instead of weather boy and every morning they all got up to check to see
if he was overdressed. Poor kid, he just wasn’t used to our Michigan weather.
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