[Steely Tom]

I've walked around in Germany in January, the cold is something you wouldn't believe. They call it "Naskalt," which means "wet cold." Wearing a big down jacket on top of several layers, and it cut right through, my jaw was shaking uncontrollably after ten or fifteen minutes.

The soldiers who fought in The Bulge endured those conditions for months, without "down jackets" or anything like them. Some of them didn't even have boots.

I hope I'm never that cold again, this side of the grave.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Played golf in the late ‘60s on a 105° day with a fellow who conspicuously ignored our loud complaints about the heat. When I asked him why, he said, “I fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I was so cold that I swore I would never again complain about the heat.”