I used to tell people that my weight problem was down to my putting on the fatty acids for Winter and just not shedding it when Summer arrived. I had a cat who could do that, man, was I envious.
But yes, this Winter has been abnormally cold, even comparing it to the past couple of Winters. The Saturday morning, a couple of weeks ago, where it dropped below zero in Elizabeth, the ice build-up on our car was so bad it took two cups of warm water and lots of scrubbing to clear the windshield so we could get home from a friend's place.... You know you're in trouble when the windscreen wipers, with fresh blades, runs over the ice without removing anything....