In addition to writing the occasional feature article -- about getting into a frigid tank of water with a 1400-pound whale, for example -- it was my task to edit Army's copy.
The children cannot wait to get outside as they make sure to have their winter coats, hats and gloves on as it tends to get a bit frigid in Massachusetts this time of year.
I was in high school and it meant waking up even earlier than usual on frigid winter days and getting a ride to the parsonage.
John Rombeau was among the founders, and I remember, at his urging, attending one of its first meetings held during a frigid January, in Chicago (no trouble in getting a hotel room at the last minute!).
"From a layman's point of view, it seems that this case is getting cold, maybe frigid," said Bob Greenlee, a member of the City Council.
Well, what seems to happen is this Sudden Stratospheric Warming pushes cold air away from the pole, and we get a freight train of frigid air coming right at us.
So she took the bus at 7 on an atypically frigid morning to get a front row seat at the inauguration-watching event at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham.
We each got our view, she got to keep the temperature a frigid 67, I got to leave the dishes overnight.
If you and your spouse or friend each get a job that pays $25,000 a year, and you've got your house back in the frigid mainland rented to a happy family, you can easily pay for rent and utilities in paradise, take up surfing and camping and exploring your new home for a couple of years, and then decide what comes next.
If you got a boyfriend, you were a slut; if you had a boyfriend but didn't sleep with him, you were frigid, and if you didn't ever have a boyfriend you were a freak.
