[anarky321]

its 5* Fahrenheit

http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

fahrenheit<>celcius converter^^^

[RonMN]

Quote:
flat land + extreme cold = extreme windchill ...and i mean extreme

That's the way I like it! Ya can't handle it? Move away!

I dress warm inside my home...Usually jeans & a T-shirt & a sweat-shirt & (if i'm laying down...a blanket as well).

Ya can't handle the cold...Get OUT of Minnesota

But DAMN the fishing is AWESOME!!!

[Revi]

I have a sweater on, lined pants and warm socks. It's probably 60 degrees in the room I'm in, but downstairs by the woodstove it's around 75. We don't suffer.

I think a lot of the people around here crank the thermostat and end up using a lot of oil. We use the woodstove when we want to be really warm, but keep the thermostat around 60.

We only use about 300 gallons of oil a winter. That's only a little over a tank. We'll be able to do that for a couple of years more, even if oil hits over $5 a gallon, I hope.

I really don't want to cut over 2 cords of wood to heat the house. My back couldn't take it.

[Lumpy]

Layers, like so many of the people here have spoken to.

T-shirt, flannel shirt over the top, jeans or sweats, sox. (No shoes, except rubber boots when I have to go to feed the horses, or something.)

If I am going to be in the house all day working in my home office, I will throw on flannel nightgown and wear thermal long underwear bottoms under that, and a flannel shirt over it.

Try to keep a fire going in the wood stove, but it sometimes will go out at night. So first thing in the morning on a day I have to go out to one of the rural psych offices where I practice, I will run a little space heater in the bathroom, just long enough to take a shower and get dressed.

NEVER turn on the central heat -- which is oil powered! (Old farm house.)

Zone 6 here, but we do get a couple of really cold weeks in the winter.

By the way, it is true about dry winter air (made drier by running heaters) is a far worse set up for catching a cold than anything else. Makes the mucous membranes more vulnerable.
One of the best ways to counteract this is to run little vaporizers ($12.00 at Rite Aid) where you sleep, and in another room in the the house. In the bedroom, they will help keep you warmer while you sleep (especially if you can't stand sleeping without the window open at least a little crack for fresh air - like me!) and they just help out over all in the rest of the house with humidity. Cheap, healthy heat!

Lumpy

[WisJim]

Here in NW Wisconsin, the high temp today was about -5 F with 20 to 35mph winds (mesured by anemometer in the yard). In the house I wear sandles, wool socks, jeans, and a tee shirt. I put on a corduroy or flannel shirt if it gets cool. Usually pretty warm, as we are well insulated with good doors and windows, and heat with wood. Tonite we made pizza in the wood cook stove oven, so the house was plenty warm, 70F. Usually keep it 65 to 70F, any warmer than that I don't care for. I don't like it much in the summer when it is over 70.

The winter temps and wind help keep out the riff-raff, though.

[dooberheim]

It's about 60 F in this room right now (20 F outside). I'm in boxers and a bathrobe.

I think if people wear warm clothes inside, like I see a lot of people do at work, they feel more cold when they go outside. I find that if I wear the same clothes year round, that I get used to the temperature as it changes with the seasons. The temperature in my house swings over 30 degrees with the seasons. It's a lot of the reason I can dispense with gas heat (woodstove is sufficient) in the winter and A/C in the summer.

Acclimatization, in other words.

DK

[WildRose]

We keep our house at about 60 or 62 most of the time. Some days, it seems chillier than others, especially when the temperature outside is -20 (or colder) and there's a stiff windchill. I guess our family uniform for winter is just pants, T-shirts, hoodies. Our daughter wears her warm pajamas whenever she isn't going out. Each of us has a good pair of slippers. We keep fleece throws on the couches for inactive times. I prefer dressing in layers because when I'm busy around the house, which is often, I can peel down to where I'm comfortable.

[ACrisisAwaits]

What is more comfortable to wear in summer, a wicking polyester sports t-shirt, or a cotton t-shirt?

[overlever]

mostly sweat pants, a t-shirt or hoodie, and if it is really cold a pair of slippers. But I have quite some "personal insulation" and am therefore not as frostbite-prone as most.

[drew]

We hang out under tons of blankets. We have at least five or so in our living room. We keep the house around 66 to 68 deg f. Around the house I am usually wearing my work clothes since my job is surprisingly clean. I am almost always barefoot summer or winter, it's just a thing I do. I am often shirtless too, depending on the weather. Right now I am barefoot with pants and a bathrobe on. The robe is very comfy and warm, my son bought it for me for Christmas.

Drew

[WildRose]

The woman who orchestrated our recent trip to China (and who lived in China herself until just a few years ago) swears that silk is the best fabric for beating the heat. She told me it stands up to humidity very well, too.

[dooberheim]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'T')he woman who orchestrated our recent trip to China (and who lived in China herself until just a few years ago) swears that silk is the best fabric for beating the heat. She told me it stands up to humidity very well, too.

[Keith_McClary]

Amazing lack of naughty responses.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ACrisisAwaits', 'I') live in San Diego, so we don't really have a "winter" but we do have days when highs are in the mid 50s and lows in the high 30s.

My parents won't let me turn the heat below 68, but my room tends to hover around 62 due to poor insulation and 3 external walls.

I usually wear (cotton) underwear and a (cotton) t-shirt, followed by (80% cotton) thermal underwear and a (80% cotton) thermal shirt, a pair of acrylic socks, followed by a pear of (70% cotton)sweatpants and a (70% cotton) sweatshirt. This is usually very adequete to remain comfortable. Sometimes I wear another collared 100% polyester fleece sweatshirt over my other sweatshirt.

I know I should probably ditch all the cotton, but I've yet to find polyester underwear. Does anyone know of any?

My parents on the other hand, still dress pretty much like they did in India, which might explain they constant complaining that its cold.

[VMarcHart]

Kudos to your folks, from India or not, for not turning the heater above 68F. We live in Chicago and don't touch the heater until it's at least in the 50's outside. Same for the summer; it has to be in the low 80's before we turn on the A/C.

I'm sure our places have different insulations, and we live in an apartment building, where I'm sure the downstairs neighbor overheats his place (and mine too.)

But that's conservation and efficiency, at least in my book. We live in a society and era of "rich dads", where suffering and hardship is uncool. Most of us are rich dad's kids. God forbid we walk a mile to work and use up the whole peanut butter jar before buying a new one.

I'm proud of your parents, and so should you. I'm proud of you for being a humble person, and looking at conservation not as a sacrifice, but as the responsible thing to do.

Take care!

[BigTex]

I wear my old Jimmy Carter designer cardigan.

[Denny]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I') wear my old Jimmy Carter designer cardigan.

[Tanada]

Does anyone have a working link for Aerogel based fabric?

TIA!

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'D')oes anyone have a working link for Aerogel based fabric?

TIA!

[Fishman]

I've been most impressed with polypropylene underwear lately (yea I know, made from oil). Simple to use, able to keep the house at 60 with minimal discomfort. Still having a hard time of convencing the spouse of the thermal underwear idea or the 60 degree concept.