Ok, yesterday I had it on my schedule to I would break out the shorts. I mean, it has been in the 70’s and 80’s for most of the past 10 days or so. Felt it was a necessary that I get into my shorts, as I really do hate long pants (being retired and all)… So we got up, milled around a bit and made it to church and when I got home I changed my clothes and put on my first pair of shorts for the season… Well, wait I need to back up to the point of , when I got up it was clear, sun shining and looked to be a great day headed our way… wonderful!…then the parts about church, etc… When we left for church it was almost 60… but the clouds were moving in… hum?… then once we get out it is cloudier…. hum? then by 1pm it was back down to 53 degrees and I am setting in shorts freezing my ass off… bad decision for the day? probably… so I had a lot of Goosebumps
These are some I stole from internet as I couldn’t hold the camera still and get the picture from shaking too much…
Goosebumps are a physiological phenomenon inherited from our animal ancestors, which was useful to them but are not of much help to us. Goosebumps are tiny elevations of the skin that resemble the skin of poultry after the feathers have been plucked. (Therefore we could as well call them "turkeybumps" or "duckbumps.") These bumps are caused by a contraction of miniature muscles that are attached to each hair. Each contracting muscle creates a shallow depression on the skin surface, which causes the surrounding area to protrude. The contraction also causes the hair to stand up whenever the body feels cold. In animals with a thick hair coat this rising of hair expands the layer of air that serves as insulation. The thicker the hair layer, the more heat is retained. In people this reaction is useless because we do not have a hair coat, but goosebumps persist nevertheless.
So as you can tell my reaction was useless the raised little hairs didn’t hold any heat and was a small irritant in places that don’t need raised hairs…
The rest of the day was a day for slackers… yep. I mostly read the paper, did little, and played on the radio… or doing little things in the shop. And it never did warm up much…
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