[fanfan]

Yes, I’d weigh less if all my skin burned off. Venus sounds too much like a hot flash. ;-)

[NicknamedBob]

"Yes, I’d weigh less if all my skin burned off. Venus sounds too much like a hot flash."

I see now I shall have to explain about Venus, and why it's the second most perfect place in the solar system to hang around.

But not tonight. Tonight we'll go see the Hobbit again, because somebody blinked or something, and missed a scene.

For now though, I want you to think about Kilimanjaro, which lies along the equator, a noted hot-spot, and yet has snow on its top.

[Silentgypsy]

Venus sounds too much like a hot flash

I remember those. A group of us surgically-induced peoples called ourselves "The Red Hot Mamas" and described them as power surges. It seemed a lot less wimpy that way.