I'm Cold

[Audie]

Its really cold in here(my house).

I could turn up the thermostat, but I don't wanna, 'cause then my bill will go up. Its set at 66F right now.

What do you keep your thermostat at?

Moving from the tropics i was always cold in NYC!
In the winter anyway.
My greatest invention was an aluminum
water bottle with hot water. Hold it!
Also, drinking hot water is good.
Some people thimk snake soup
is a big help but i think thats dumb.
And mean.

 

[JustGeorge]

Wear a turtleneck or scarf. Keeping the neck warm, particularly at the base stem, seems to trick the brain into a more balmy mindset and things get instantaneously more comfortable.

I've kinda noticed that. I often wear a hoodie around the house, with a hood up. It does seem to make a difference whether that hoodie is up or own.

Moving from the tropics i was always cold in NYC!
In the winter anyway.
My greatest invention was an aluminum
water bottle with hot water. Hold it!
Also, drinking hot water is good.
Some people thimk snake soup
is a big help but i think thats dumb.
And mean.

That kinda reminds me of my old rice sock... fill an old(long) sock with rice, and you can microwave it to retain heat. Kinda like a hot water bottle... Those are nice in the winter.

 

[Wu Wei]

Thats bears for ya. This morning it was -4c (25f) when got up. When we went out it was warmer at just over zero (33f). And trust me on this i was clothed in 4 layers including a thermal vest, a sweat shirt, a cardigan and a heavy coat. Maybe im not as brave as you

25F is regular clothes a vest and my heavy winter coat...or possibly just my down jacket...brave has nothing to do with it, acclimatization has everything to do with it

 

[Wu Wei]

Do think thirty years old is considered old ?

Thirty years young might be more like it.... sixty degrees in the house while sitting on my arse for extended periods of time due to a number of ailments requires a flannel shirt.....

no, I do not think 30 is old......and I'm not 30...I said 30...for the second time....means 30x2=?...aka I was 30, 30 years ago.

And I have no problem with 60 degrees, even with the joint arthritis I have and the knee replacement I had 6 months ago.

But I have no idea where you live or what the climate is where you have spent the majority of your life.

I have spent my life in the northeast, never lived further south than Massachusetts. Acclimatization has a lot to do with it.

 

[Audie]

25F is regular clothes a vest and my heavy winter coat...or possibly just my down jacket...brave has nothing to do with it, acclimatization has everything to do with it

We know you just cheat with that fur coat

 

[crossfire]

Wear a turtleneck or scarf. Keeping the neck warm, particularly at the base stem, seems to trick the brain into a more balmy mindset and things get instantaneously more comfortable.

I concur. I have a rayon infinity scarf that greatly helps out on cold nights at work when I can't get up and move around.
Conversely, there are also "ice cube"necklaces you can put in the freezer to wear during extreme heat.

 

[SalixIncendium]

72

 

[Stonetree]

Moving from the tropics i was always cold in NYC!
In the winter anyway.
My greatest invention was an aluminum
water bottle with hot water. Hold it!
Also, drinking hot water is good.
Some people thimk snake soup
is a big help but i think thats dumb.
And mean.

I would prefer not to know the recipe for snake soup.

 

[Stonetree]

I've kinda noticed that. I often wear a hoodie around the house, with a hood up. It does seem to make a difference whether that hoodie is up or own.



That kinda reminds me of my old rice sock... fill an old(long) sock with rice, and you can microwave it to retain heat. Kinda like a hot water bottle... Those are nice in the winter.

We have 5 people here and everyone has a different hot/cold tolerance. They all think the others are daffy...

 

[JustGeorge]

We have 5 people here and everyone has a different hot/cold tolerance. They all think the others are daffy...

It does often seem that when one is sweltering, another is freezing...

 

[Onasander]

I was stationed in Alaska and had to sleep outside in the cold, once for a month straight. Last winter my heat consisted of just a 1500 watt heater pointed on my face and a electric blanket, with foil reflectors (bubble wrap foil meant for HVAC) around a Walmart leather couch. It kept me warm during a covid infection in December.

I strongly recommend people invest in electric blankets, if I had to go elsewhere in the house I'd have to unplug and plug in elsewhere when working.

My long term goal is to get a van and live in it. Winter months will be my sleeping bag on about 3-4 packing/moving blankets and a thermal blanket to keep the heat from getting sucked out beneath, with a buddy heater and propane tank for emergency backup. I'm not all that interested in living in a house anymore. Big waste of money.

I did just waste $200 on a jacket today. It fits under my rain jacket. I'm hoping it fits inside my rucksack in my sleeping bag, I haven't tested it out yet, about to. I'm hoping I can make everything work until spring and get a van, but if not I should survive anyway.

 

[Revoltingest]

Its really cold in here(my house).

I could turn up the thermostat, but I don't wanna, 'cause then my bill will go up. Its set at 66F right now.

What do you keep your thermostat at?

Not that high.
(I like to wear fleece.)

 

[Onasander]

Good news, it all fits! That's my 70 Liter ruck. It only can hold in half of a army 3 piece sleeping bag (the green and black thing) so I'd need to buy a additional sleeping bag from some Walmart if I'm suddenly homeless this winter.... you can see my solar panels and back up batteries to charge off them. I also have not in the picture a UV canteen that can sterilize water, but need to still buy a filter. Unfortunately when I lost my place in April I couldn't save my best gear. But this alone I could stay indoors in the North East without heat or electricity without problem. I also have a small spray bottle I can put in the sleeping bag, making it body temperature If I gotta mop up before heading out.

The point of doing this is a old Stoic practice of preparing yourself habitually for the worst, so it isn't too stressing when it comes. This bag guarantees I stay alive. I need a new lexada stove, they can fit in a pocket and burn alcohol or wood. Also a lighter. And a $30 water filter- a UV sterilizer doesn't do solid debris, and a filter doesn't sanitize water that precisely. Best used in combination. Having this stuff makes me very happy. If I went out and slept in the woods in the winter I'd have to lay down about a foot of sticks to keep the ground from sucking out all my body heat. It can do that even with the best winter gear. Something I learned in Alaska.

 

[Revoltingest]

I was stationed in Alaska and had to sleep outside in the cold, once for a month straight. Last winter my heat consisted of just a 1500 watt heater pointed on my face and a electric blanket, with foil reflectors (bubble wrap foil meant for HVAC) around a Walmart leather couch. It kept me warm during a covid infection in December.

I strongly recommend people invest in electric blankets, if I had to go elsewhere in the house I'd have to unplug and plug in elsewhere when working.

My long term goal is to get a van and live in it. Winter months will be my sleeping bag on about 3-4 packing/moving blankets and a thermal blanket to keep the heat from getting sucked out beneath, with a buddy heater and propane tank for emergency backup. I'm not all that interested in living in a house anymore. Big waste of money.

I did just waste $200 on a jacket today. It fits under my rain jacket. I'm hoping it fits inside my rucksack in my sleeping bag, I haven't tested it out yet, about to. I'm hoping I can make everything work until spring and get a van, but if not I should survive anyway.

I caution against open flame propane heat.
Any open flame heat. Aside from the risk of
carbon monoxide, the combustion products
are neasty to breathe. A small heater that
exhausts outside is safer.

 

[Onasander]

Buddy heater sold in the US have carbon monoxide detectors. I tested it in a uninsulated cargo van a few years back.

Because the van couldn't hold heat (I had a folding mat to sleep on) all it did was heat my chest area. I slept in a U with my chest facing it.

That buddy heater did explode a year later in the garage. Wasn't happy. So only on the coldest nights. I'm into stealth camping so prefer that vs having a pellet heater with a smoke stack in the roof. Pellet heaters are the smartest way to heat a house in the winter. Not the best if tying to avoid police attention in a van if tying to maintain employment.

 

[Revoltingest]

Buddy heater sold in the US have carbon monoxide detectors. I tested it in a uninsulated cargo van a few years back.

Because the van couldn't hold heat (I had a folding mat to sleep on) all it did was heat my chest area. I slept in a U with my chest facing it.

That buddy heater did explode a year later in the garage. Wasn't happy. So only on the coldest nights. I'm into stealth camping so prefer that vs having a pellet heater with a smoke stack in the roof. Pellet heaters are the smartest way to heat a house in the winter. Not the best if tying to avoid police attention in a van if tying to maintain employment.

I do moochdocking, & plug in an electric heater.
It raises Mr Van's temp by 15F. Radiant heaters
are best.

 

[Onasander]

I found in Alaska throwing a small hand warmer into the bottom of a sleeping bag before getting in naked works wonders. I gotta find where I put my hand warmer and my lexada propane adaptor. I'm worried now, won't sleep.

Oh.... I also packed in a large black tactical poncho in the top of that ruck- easy to pull out, pain to put back in. It's Teflon coated. I use it for sudden rainstorms.... put the ruck down, yank it out, then back into a tree and wait for the storm to pass. It's like a instant hut. But I can't ride the bus system with it because it causes people to stare so had to invest this year into a rain jacket. I might use it as a puss pad.

 

[Audie]

I was stationed in Alaska and had to sleep outside in the cold, once for a month straight. Last winter my heat consisted of just a 1500 watt heater pointed on my face and a electric blanket, with foil reflectors (bubble wrap foil meant for HVAC) around a Walmart leather couch. It kept me warm during a covid infection in December.

I strongly recommend people invest in electric blankets, if I had to go elsewhere in the house I'd have to unplug and plug in elsewhere when working.

My long term goal is to get a van and live in it. Winter months will be my sleeping bag on about 3-4 packing/moving blankets and a thermal blanket to keep the heat from getting sucked out beneath, with a buddy heater and propane tank for emergency backup. I'm not all that interested in living in a house anymore. Big waste of money.

I did just waste $200 on a jacket today. It fits under my rain jacket. I'm hoping it fits inside my rucksack in my sleeping bag, I haven't tested it out yet, about to. I'm hoping I can make everything work until spring and get a van, but if not I should survive anyway.

I could spare you some of the skull cracking
heat of Singapore noon.

 

[Audie]

I do moochdocking, & plug in an electric heater.
It raises Mr Van's temp by 15F. Radiant heaters
are best.

Have you considered possums.

 

[Revoltingest]

Have you considered possums.

Bity is otherwise occupied.