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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 05:57 PM Nov 2016

Who else hates cold weather?

By cold, I mean anything under 53 degrees.

I'm from the South and have never lived north of Georgia. My blood is way too thin to handle cold weather. Also I have a condition where my brain feels anything cool and sends the message to my body that I'm about to freeze to death and it redirects all my blood into my core. My hands turn white then purple and my feet turn the blueish color of a corpse that's been found three days post mortem. (It's called Raynauds and I have a severe form)

So who else hates the cold?

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Who else hates cold weather? (Original Post) NightWatcher Nov 2016 OP
sorry, no, I LOVE IT Skittles Nov 2016 #1
I'm with you! Texasgal Nov 2016 #10
you know it, Texasgal Skittles Nov 2016 #11
We had a cold front come through Alabama today. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #2
I'm feeling that front in Atlanta NightWatcher Nov 2016 #4
Only in small easily managed doses. trof Nov 2016 #3
I love it. femmocrat Nov 2016 #5
Here in Ohio RazBerryBeret Nov 2016 #6
I'd much rather have cold weather than hot weather. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #7
got to agree with you rurallib Nov 2016 #8
I love cold weather. LWolf Nov 2016 #9
Me! I'm still comfortable riding the trike at 53 but below that it gets a wee bit uncomfortable. In_The_Wind Nov 2016 #12

Texasgal

(17,045 posts)
10. I'm with you!
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 10:05 PM
Nov 2016

I love it when our first "cold" front comes in!

Under a freeze warning tonight which is perfectly fine for me. I'll just get comfy with a few blankies and my dogs!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. We had a cold front come through Alabama today.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 06:31 PM
Nov 2016

It's already 60 and falling like a rock - and the sun is still up!

Can't wait for March to get here!

You know why birds fly south in the winter?

'Cause they're smarter than Yankees, damn it!

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
4. I'm feeling that front in Atlanta
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 06:34 PM
Nov 2016

And I've been in my car since 9am sitting on a job.

It's getting nippy out.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
5. I love it.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 07:43 PM
Nov 2016

I hate heat and humidity. It was in the 70s here yesterday.... too hot for late November. I was digging out my shorts and tank tops!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,721 posts)
7. I'd much rather have cold weather than hot weather.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 08:47 PM
Nov 2016

When it gets cold you just wear more clothes - no big deal (of course, having Reynaud's is a different matter). When it's hot, especially when it's humid, I'm absolutely miserable and can barely function at all. Fortunately I live in Minnesota. I don't think I could stand to live any farther south than the Iowa border.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
9. I love cold weather.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 09:45 PM
Nov 2016

I don't like anything warmer than the 70s, and above 80s is hell.

AND I also don't like humidity.

Dry and cool...50s - 60s during the day, 20s - 30s at night; that's my ideal.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
12. Me! I'm still comfortable riding the trike at 53 but below that it gets a wee bit uncomfortable.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 05:59 AM
Nov 2016

The snow started falling around 3:30 AM. Now, every old ouch is screaming at me.

Sorry you can't catch one snowflake on your tongue.

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