Cold - how do you stand it?

[RWebb]

Tb = internal body temperature

Tlc = T at which metabolic rate has to increase to keep the body warm

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Damn Rob, you're making me jealous. I've never gone snowmobiling but I'm dying to try. I love the winter and the snow, you can always put on more clothes. I have a nice set of overalls and a my old work coat, that will handle anything KS has to throw at me. 18 and snow today and I was good and cozy.

I've never done that either & would love too.. But I guess that I would have to get some long pants & socks....

[911Rob]

Ha! Got that covered too Sniper.....

[911Rob]

Rob dipping the elbow.....

[Hugh R]

I live in LA, low 40's right now.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by 911Rob

Ha! Got that covered too Sniper.....

So i guess i'll be there this summer then.

[LakeCleElum]

Well, you snowmobile, plow snow, out drink your ice-maker and then GROW YOUR OWN ICE:

[GWN7]

Ha.......-33 here the other day....that was -43 with the windchill and the coldest part of winter is yet to start

[Tobra]

Bruce, that is just wrong man, but I bet it is sweet in the summertime.

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Keep your core warm.

and keep moving, your muscles generate heat

If you dress appropriately, the cold won't bother you, wear a good hat that covers your ears, turtleneck sweater, maybe a scarf. If it is really cold, you had best cover your nose with something, mucous membranes don't dig freezing temperatures.

Something to that tempering thing Robert.

I turned into a straight up p*ssy about cold after living in Tejas for a decade. It was rarely all that cold there. Got so the heat did not bother me a bit, even hot and wet. I recall sitting on my parent's patio, having a beer with my wife's parents, talking about how fast those sticks my Dad brought back from Nebraska in his golf bag turned into cherry trees. My father-in-law had just been talking about how pleasant it was, temperature wise, compared to Cut'n'Shoot, TX. Warm, but comfortable for August, it was 98* with pretty low humidity, compared to the high 90s humidity you get on the gulf coast. Right after he said that, my Dad sticks his head out, trying to get us to "come in out of the heat."

It was actually pretty funny at the time

[GWN7]

The summer time does have it's advantages....

[on2wheels52]

Cash crop farming?
Jim

[flatbutt]

Brfore acquiring a handicap I was an all season man. Surfing summers, cross country skiiing and backpacking winter and fall. Cold weather activity is definitly about conditioning, equipment and attitude.

I've backpacked as low as -30F in the Adirondacks many times. It is stunningly beautiful.

Now, old and decrepit I barely get out to do a little snow shoeing but make the most of it when I can.. I admit that I must often hide from strong winds. Those just cut right thru me.

[masraum]

It's completely different when you're in an environment that gradually changes temps throughout the seasons than when you're in an environment that's warm most of the time with occasional fits of sort of cold.

Here in Houston, when it's in the 60s and 70s throughout most of the winter (for the last several years), and then you get a day in the 30s, it's horrible. This winter is the coldest that we've seen in several years. I've already seen temps much colder than I've seen in years and it's not the coldest part of the winter yet.

When I lived in northern Japan, the weather gradually changed from warm to cool to cold to cool and back to warm. You could go outside in light cloths or even short sleeves in Japan with 3' of snow on the ground and the sun out and feel pretty good. We'd usually get the first snow of the year around Halloween and have snow on the ground until April. It didn't seem as cold there as it does here when the temps dip into the 30s.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Brfore acquiring a handicap I was an all season man. Surfing summers, cross country skiiing and backpacking winter and fall. Cold weather activity is definitly about conditioning, equipment and attitude.

I've backpacked as low as -30F in the Adirondacks many times. It is stunningly beautiful.

Now, old and decrepit I barely get out to do a little snow shoeing but make the most of it when I can.. I admit that I must often hide from strong winds. Those just cut right thru me.

At first I thought you meant you got married but then,

[island911]

From random pix

Originally Posted by johnco

HUNDREDS GATHER TO PROTEST GLOBAL WARMING

[Dueller]

Well up north in Oxford...pics of stepson's new pup enjoying the snow








And The Grove at Ole Miss...everything shut down because of the treacherous conditions

[rattlsnak]

911ROB, whats the temp of that lake in the summer? Geez, it looks freezing in the pics...

I HATE the cold now... I have to wear a long sleeve Tshirt or jacket in anything below 65ish now..

[ODDJOB UNO]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

75 and sunny here today. Gawd, I love it in AZ. I never want to see snow again and I certainly will never live somewhere that I can't wear shorts every day.

yepper...........when yer beer freezes.............well life just aint worth living!


rough isnt rick? i hope this cold front doesnt last long................hahahahahaha

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

At first I thought you meant you got married but then,

THAT handicap was divested in 1988!!

[daepp]

This morning...



Sorry - couldn't resist