My apologies to California

[striga]

I'm sitting alone in an office building large enough to accommodate 20-30 people. The place is freezing, and I don't know how to turn down the air-conditioning. I keep drinking hot tea just so I can wrap my fingers around the cup to keep them from stiffening with the cold. I know there's a heat wave and an energy crisis out there, but what is a

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[sweatyhurricane]

Oh! That is so horrible! I hate when someone's idea of 'climate control' is arctic! if there is any sort of air flow 80 degrees can be comfortable. Where is everyone else?

[lemurling]

I actually turned my heater on in my office for about half-an-hour this morning, and felt guilty, but I can't be miserably cold and work, can I?

[snakefeathers]

I'm keeping cool the natural, old fashioned way: sitting in a small concrete room with a giant liquid-helium cooled electromagnet and a half-full tank of liquid nitrogen.

(Now, where did I leave my sweater? I'm going to need it.)