Temperature Extremes: Hot or Cold?

[bluedogok]

To my surprise, the older I get, the less the heat bothers me. So long as I can get some shade, I'm good. Hot is uncomfortable but cold HURTS.

And then there's the old, "you don't have to shovel sunshine."

Love a low in the high fifties, high in the mid 80's/90. Two months of highs in the mid nineties beats two months of highs in the upper thirties, in my book. Love the growing season.

There are differences in cold just like there is with heat, 30 degrees in OKC feels a whole lot colder than 20 in Denver just like 100 in Austin is miserable where as 100 here in Denver isn't too bad (50% vs. 15% humidity). The humidity and wind make a big, big difference, my wife found that out the first winter up here when she could go outside with a regular fleece jacket and it was 16 degrees and she is cold natured.

The only time that is has been real frigid the three winters here was when we were on the fringe of the "polar vortex" around New Year's and we were getting down to around -15 and highs were below zero, it was still nothing compared to what the Upper Midwest was going through. As long as the wind wasn't blowing I could go out and get the paper in just a sweatshirt and jeans during that spell.

[Plutonic Panda]

Easy extreme cold. I love an excuse to stay, have a bowl of chili and go to bed early.

I can't argue with that. Sometimes it is nice to snuggle with a loved one by a fire with the lights dimmed with a blizzard outside. That seems pretty cool...

[Plutonic Panda]

Love the growing season.

This is my thing. If isn't snowing out, I really just don't like the looks of all the trees without leaves and such. Plus, I have tons of plants I have to bring inside and everything just looks dead to me during the winter. :/

[Plutonic Panda]

When I was a child of the 50's, (now in my 60's), I wondered what I would have to complain about/compare relative hardships of the past to.
Now I know. I think ylouder nailed it: (paraphrase): Give Thanks For Today and Be Glad In It.

There Are No "Temperature Extremes":
There is Only The Balance that You Create
Between Perception and Reality.
By the Grace of God.

Amen to that!

[Plutonic Panda]

I am cold until the temperature reaches 85-90. I can garden all day in the 100 degree heat if I am in the shade.

I am kind of the same way here. As long as I am in the shade, bring the heat ooooon! Nighttime temperatures though I prefer in the 60s though; it's also better for the plants(less stress on them) if the temps get down to the upper 50s and don't get above 60 at night.

[Prunepicker]

...On top of that, some little scofflaw might have opened a bag of
peanuts and caused 70% of the class to either go into peanut induced
allergy shock or become autistic.

Man, I never thought about that. I can vividly see, as we write, all the
students that never, ever had an aversion to peanuts. Besides none
there must have been far less than imagined.

Here's a list of all the autistic children in our neighborhood and classes...

I hope this list is sufficient. I know that having none may be a great
disappointment to those who want things to be worse than they are.

Of course, this was before the NEA (no education allowed) was
enacted.

[Prunepicker]

I am kind of the same way here...

Huh? You ain't the same as anybody. At least not the same as anybody
we know about. I know. I've met you.

Whoa, that means you've met me! Never mind! All is swell...

Welcome to Burger King... would you like trombones with that?

[Mel]

I am looking forward to the cool Monday,but, I am taking my Grandson to the Dentist that afternoon.

[Plutonic Panda]

Huh? You ain't the same as anybody. At least not the same as anybody
we know about. I know. I've met you.

Whoa, that means you've met me! Never mind! All is swell...

Welcome to Burger King... would you like trombones with that?

Drinking some late night coffee are we? lol...... haha

You calling me weird????? just kidding.

[Prunepicker]

Drinking some late night coffee are we? lol... haha...

I drink coffee at all hours of the night er, day, er, twilight, er...
I just drink it all of the time.

The best thing to come out of the Summer of Love was the music
and not getting haircuts.

You calling me weird? just kidding.

Yes. I'm calling you weird. In fact I'm calling you VERY WEIRD!
Hey, you're the one who came out to Ingrid's! I was already there!

For the record, exactly how much did you tip the band?

I don't like hair cuts. But not as much as I can't stand cheapskates
that don't tip irrationally large amounts of $$$

Later,
Prunie

[PennyQuilts]

That ain't coffee talking. Get some
sleep.

[Prunepicker]

Plutonic Panda,
That's the way I feel. I don't even wear a coat unless the wind chill is
really bad. I won't drive with a bulky coat on but I do keep a heavy coat
and gloves hanging in the back in case of emergency or the wind chill factor.
C. T.

I'm almost the same way. I like coats because they hold my keys and
wallet. That's the the best thing bout cool weather. I also keep a coat,
gloves and a toboggan cap in the truck at all times. Even during the
summer.

[PennyQuilts]

I wish they've put more pockets in ladies' clothing. It would not kill anyone to have a chest pocket although I'd never use it for a pencil. I have some sense of style, after all. I think it's a plot to force women to have to carry a handbag. It's the American version of foot binding. I use a small backpack when I can just to free up my hands. It is almost enough to prompt you into wearing overalls. I sometimes wear light vests just for the deep pockets on the inside but that only works in certain seasons.

Sorry - big deal, to me. I can sew - I should design a better product and stop complaining. Just feeling held down by the man.

[Prunepicker]

I wish they've put more pockets in ladies' clothing. It would not kill
anyone to have a chest pocket although I'd never use it for a pencil. I
have some sense of style, after all. I think it's a plot to force women to
have to carry a handbag. It's the American version of foot binding. I use
a small backpack when I can just to free up my hands. It is almost enough
to prompt you into wearing overalls. I sometimes wear light vests just for
the deep pockets on the inside but that only works in certain seasons.

Sorry - big deal, to me. I can sew - I should design a better product and
stop complaining. Just feeling held down by the man.

I carry a small backpack called the Osprey. It's really a shoulder bag
and I carry it as such.

Almost anyone who has met me knows I carry that bag.