h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You do know I'm Deaf?

Considering what I have to listen to when watching the news I might envy you.

Gets boring Pit.

PH: people who post solely (or mostly) in this thread, thereby giving the impression that they're incorrigible whiners

Um, KB, just read your post there again. Has something traumatic happened since the middle of last week?

Not having my own fridge. But I don't like going across the hall to the kitchen! **stamps foot* How's everyone? We're shivering in -12 here. The UK needs to experience -21 then it'll really know what cold is!

Well the UK had around -20 about 10 years ago... I went for a long walk in it and it felt.... nothing special . But then again there was no wind.

i've been out in about -30°C and I was on exercise with the Army in temperatures of -13°C and to be honest my feeling is that once you get to about -10°C it's just flipping cold and that's about it.

I agree. I don't think most people would notice much difference between -10 and -20 unless the temperature suddenly dropped over a short time. Must googleScholar this actually and see if our temperature perceptions do have cut-off points.

Sho, if British exercises were like what I heard about ours - waiting for something scheduled for yesterday wasn´t exacty warming.

I would imagine there are certain thresholds where changes in temperature become essentially meaningless as far as your ability to feel them goes. I know that in the 18-25c area even half a degree is quite noticable but it makes sense that beyond certain points the temperature receptors are just basically going COLD or HOT without much subtlety.

Beyond -15 we stopped feeling it. And our hands, feet and faces too. After a week or so you get used to it.

Nowt wrong with an occasional whine, its good for the digestion, liken to a good BURP

My experience of a Scandinavian winter was that I very much felt varying levels of coldness. It didn't ever get above -5c, which felt comparatively temperate. At temperatures lower than that, I would notice various physical phenomenon on exposed skin, like the air instantly freezing in my nostrils when I breathed in, making me feel like I had a blocked nose. Even my eyes started to feel peculiarly frosted. Maybe I'm more sensitive than you lot?

>>PH: people who post solely (or mostly) in this thread, thereby giving the impression that they're incorrigible whiners

The paradox about this thread is that in many ways, it's very good-natured. You don't see anyone being condescending to anyone else, no sneering, nor in-fighting.

Thanks for not mentioning my posts.

That's not in the spirit of things Pit.
If you'd like to hang on while I review, we might be able to rectify that.

Hmmm...why did I know you wouldn´t miss a budding fight?

There's no need for any sneering or in-fighting here. Sharing a petty hate has a catharsis all of its own and thus is all rage cleansed from the psyche. Temporarily, anyway.

PH: wanting to put on a balaclava or ski mask to keep my face warm but knowing I'll end up looking like a terrorist.