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I love cuddling with Coralee, but can someone tell me where the Body Temperature Thermostat (BTT) is kept?

We've all heard the physics question about two vehicles (similar in size and weight) traveling towards each other, each at a speed of 40 mph....what would be the speed of impact? It has been a long time since I've taken math and/or physics, but isn't the answer 80 mph?

Well, my point is...if this is correct, then two bodies cuddled next to each other at equal temperatures of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, wouldn't the temperature of impact (cuddling) be 197.2 degrees Fahrenheit? Wouldn't long periods of time exposed to such high temperatures eventually lead to death?

I'm surprised we haven't heard more stories in the news of married couples found dead in their beds from heat exhaustion or stroke. I guess we must all have enough sense to push away one another before we slip into comas.

On some nights, unbeknownst to my dear companion, I encourage her to eat ice cream or drink chilled drinks....perhaps make snow angels with no clothes on. You must understand that these types of activities drop her body temperature a few degrees so the cuddling can last 3.5 seconds longer than an ordinary night. -- "Hey Baby! You can put those cold feet on me anytime!"

On the nights she drinks hot chocolate....forget about it! Those are the nights I am clinging to the edge of the mattress. -- "I really do love you Honey, but I'm concerned that if I sleep in the same spot too many nights, the mattress will take a shape that is not aesthetically pleasing."

There was a time when I thought the BTT was kept under the bed, but the only thermostat there was to our 'dual controlled' electric blanket. That is a great invention as long as the two temperature controllers aren't crossed. I never turn my side on, but Cora can go through nights with it on the highest setting of a 10.

If you accidentally heat up the wrong side of the bed, your frozen companion cuddles up next to you trying to figure out why her side of the blanket isn't working. You then increase the body temperature another 70 degrees above the 197.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Those are the nights I go out to my hot tub to cool down.

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