Bit nippy this morning...

Nick Kew

In article <1103561475.867866.91130@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"John_Kane" <John_Kane@tricolour.queensu.ca> writes:

> Must be nice living in the tropics Beautiful, bright sunny day here
> in Southern Canada and only -27 C, or -38 C with the windchill factor.

Being half-swedish I'm used to that kind of temperature, too.

I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
twenty below back home.

Today it turned milder again, back up to close to 10 this afternoon.
But it's pretty mixed. Yesterday was fearsomely windy for cycling, and
cold enough to benefit from my ample layer of fat and hirsute visage.

--
Nick Kew

Dave Kahn

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:41:22 +0000, nick@hugin.webthing.com (Nick Kew)
wrote:

>I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
>grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
>our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
>back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
>dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
>twenty below back home.

I remember when I lived in Stavanger how cold it seemed in the winter.
Once you got up into the nearby mountains, however, away from the
coast, the temperature felt much more comfortable although it was
actually several degrees colder - sharp and crisp rather than the
bone-chilling damp of the town.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

David Martin

On 21/12/04 1:33 am, in article a4ves01kt6jt5mjsr83ca53cus2jp52ev5@4ax.com,
"Dave Kahn" <dkahn400@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:41:22 +0000, nick@hugin.webthing.com (Nick Kew)
> wrote:
>
>> I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
>> grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
>> our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
>> back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
>> dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
>> twenty below back home.
>
> I remember when I lived in Stavanger how cold it seemed in the winter.
> Once you got up into the nearby mountains, however, away from the
> coast, the temperature felt much more comfortable although it was
> actually several degrees colder - sharp and crisp rather than the
> bone-chilling damp of the town.

I'd agree entirely. Much rather have a dry -10 than the up and down around
zero bone chilling damp we have here..

...d

Dave Larrington

nobody wrote:

> No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
> one extra sock this morning.

YA a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers AICMFP...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Al C-F

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:58:33 +0000, Not Responding <nowhere@dev.null>
wrote:

>Usual boring grey, damp and unseasonally mild weather here in the South.
> Also as usual, I'm hoping for some snow. There's something special
>about being out on a bike in the snow - particularly at night.

Hmm. In this bit of South, the frost on the cars was quite thick this
morning, so I walked the half mile to the station rather than riding
the eleven miles to t'other station.

Al C-F

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:24:54 +0000, nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
>one extra sock this morning.

Only one? Which foot?

Not Responding

Al C-F wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:24:54 +0000, nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
>>one extra sock this morning.
>
>
> Only one? Which foot?

I don't think it was his foot that was cold.

Eiron

Not Responding wrote:

>>> No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
>>> one extra sock this morning.
>>
>>
>>
>> Only one? Which foot?
>
>
> I don't think it was his foot that was cold.

Nor even his inch!

dkahn400

Eiron wrote:
> Not Responding wrote:
> >
> > I don't think it was his foot that was cold.
>
> Nor even his inch!
>
If it was that cold it might have been.

--
Dave...

John_Kane

Nick Kew wrote:
> In article <1103561475.867866.91130@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> "John_Kane" <John_Kane@tricolour.queensu.ca> writes:
>
> > Must be nice living in the tropics Beautiful, bright sunny day
here
> > in Southern Canada and only -27 C, or -38 C with the windchill
factor.
>
> Being half-swedish I'm used to that kind of temperature, too.
>
> I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My
swedish
> grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course,
being
> our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
> back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the
slightly-damp,
> dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
> twenty below back home.
>

That's often true. 0 c and humidity is sometimes worse than -20 C no
humidity. And I live beside Lake Ontario, which the last time I looked
was not frozen so we get a lot of humidity. We're up to -3 today but
cloudy.


> Today it turned milder again, back up to close to 10 this afternoon.
> But it's pretty mixed. Yesterday was fearsomely windy for cycling,
and
> cold enough to benefit from my ample layer of fat and hirsute visage.
>
> --
> Nick Kew