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I remember a story from when I was one years old. We were in Bangladesh and the locals we worked with always would make fun of use for saying it was hot. Well at one point my parents had to go do something at some government or UN place and a few of the local people came along. When they left the air conditioned building, they were completely shocked by how hot they felt.

Correct grammars only, please.

he nailed the generic crappy song vibe.

also when it gets really humid here, not that common in the summer, the beach is right down the street.

Just the title reminds me of this old song: Spoiler

The lyrics and song itself pretty much reminded me of this song, though: Spoiler


Edited, Jul 9th 2013 10:19am by lolgaxe

I'm more likely to camp in winter. And by camp, I mean hang out in a cabin and drink warm beverages.

And by "more likely" I mean "3% above 0."

Generally lab safety stuff requires long pants and closed toe shoes, it makes summer miserable. I'll buck the trend if it gets over 100 though. The climate control in the building is moody at best, and sweating it out isn't much fun. Warm makes the joints not ache though, so that's a plus.

I think when people say "you can always put on more clothes", they're referring to the act of replacing your shorts with longer pants and such. Anyone who's spent a decent amount of time in cold climate knows it's all about layering. You don't need more than three layers, but the combination makes all the difference:

1st layer - Thermal underwear (breathable) (optional)
2nd layer - Fleece jacket
3rd layer - Windbreaker

That should keep you warm down to crazy levels of cold while also preventing you from overheating if the weather clears up. I've been using that combination in -30ºC and +10ºC weather, and my body temperature was perfect in both cases.

Preaching to the choir here, probably, but the way this combination works is the same way penguins prevent hypothermia while swimming around in ice cold water. The fleece jacket itself is not really warm, but it excels at trapping air around it because of the fabric. The windbreaker acts as a sealant that prevents the cold wind from swiping away this layer of air around the fleece jacket. The thermal underwear (only really needed if you reach arctic temperatures, or if you're not moving much) creates a second layer of air closer to your skin. These layers of air are kept warm by your body heat and act as insulation.

If you're cold in the winter, you're doing it wrong.
If you're hot in the summer, you're **** out of luck.

Could take a cold shower, but the effect is temporary (and often counterproductive).

You can't always put on more clothes if you're not close to those clothes. You can always take off your shirt, or tear/rip off the sleeves and such in hotter weather, regardless of actual location. Just to note, our brilliant military gives us these wonderfully thick artic weather outfits when we go to Iraq/Afghanistan, tested in Antarctica no less. No joke, I took the jacket on break back home, when it snowed like three feet almost instantly, and I was warm and snuggly the entire time. Granted, I've yet to get an explanation of why such a great cold weather jacket is issued to us to go to a desert, but learning the art of improvising is always a plus.

I read all of Mazra's post after the word penguins in Morgan Freeman's voice.

You'd think so. Honestly the first question into my mind was "is that allowed?" Because while full-contact biking sounds exciting, I can't imagine anyone would last long in that sport.

Genius.

My distaste for the cold went up a lot after I lost weight. At my heaviest I was 80 pounds heavier than I am now. I still prefer it to being hot, but the zone of temperatures I'm comfortable in has definitely transitioned to warmer climates...

You must be forgetting something, so here is a training reminder. Labwork is coolwork.

I'll have to remember to ask Maz for cold weather dressing advice once it gets cold again. Although, if I graduate on time at the end of fall term, I won't be needing to walk all over campus in the cold. It'll just be a matter of driving to and from work, until I find a better job anyways. If I find a better job...