I had just driven home, it was around midnight in the dead of Montreal winter, I had been visiting my friend, Jeff, across town, and the thermometer on the front porch read minus 40 degrees -- and don't bother asking if that's Celsius or Fahrenheit, minus 40 is where the two scales meet -- it was very cold.
Biju tikko pārradies mājās, tā ap pusnakti Monreālas ziemas spelgonī, no ciemošanās pie drauga Džefa pilsētas otrā malā, un termometrs uz lieveņa rādīja mīnus 40, – nejautājiet, vai tas ir pēc Celsija vai Fārenheita, jo pie mīnus 40 abas skalas satiekas, – bija ļoti auksts.