For me it has been quite different, at first I was cold all the time, and I sat by a raging fire just to keep warm (close enough one time to get blisters on my legs), but just as many of you have commented that you have grown used to the very warm weather, I seem to have grown used to cold winters.
I certainly tolerate the cold more than I did the first five years, and although I still like it much warmer than my family who is busy moving around, im handlingthat better and better. As far as the pins and needles, they are ever present but as long as I can keep busy, dont let myself get depressed, they are tolerable (dont know what Id do without the ever present feeling J). The one that gets to me is my left elbow funny bone-never on the right -when it flares up it takes my breath away. Thank goodness it doesnt happen too often, nor last too long. It has been quite cold here in Reno, but we usually get at least some sunshine everyday. If we have a spell of three or more days of no sunshine I think I have moved back to Wales. My house was built and oriented so that in winter I have sunshine in my bedroom every possible minute, and with concrete floors my bedroom will heat up to 82°. The rest of the living space has sunshine from 11 or so on and the nice wood stove. In summer the sun is high enough that it does not shine directly into the house, so it helps keep it cool. I use a heater on the days I am by myself and have found that a small radiant heater from Harbor Freight is just the ticket to keep my upper body warm and radiant light fools my brain into thinking it is sunshine LOL Although I lived in Europe for 10 years, and appreciate all the green and lush vegetation, I will take my four seasons in Reno Nevada appreciating the different ever changing panorama behind my house. Yesterday the sun shone on 4 inches of new snow that look as though god had sprinkled the world with diamonds (note those important words, sun shone) when the temperature was only 27. We put a thermometer on my knee while Im sitting in the sun and it registered 86°. Heaven certainly comes in small doses. Happy new year to everybody and may all your days be warm. Joan From: bob quinn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:00 AM To: Bobbie Humphreys; greg; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cold to the Bone New Englander's Motto: "There's no such thing as bad weather, just inadequate clothing." Actually, I do have days like you had Greg, especially when it first starts getting chilly in October ...but then my body adapts. After that, as long as I dress appropriately, I'm good to go ...though I do still gravitate toward radiant heat sources (heaters and fire-places and sunshine in through the windows). At 03:22 AM 1/2/2011, Bobbie Humphreys wrote: Greg, I live in Northern New Jersey, 2 days after Christmas we got 20" of wonderful snow, we had wind chill's of 2 When I get up I put on a tight fitting tee shirt and/or a long sleeved insulated blouse then a long sleeved turtle neck and then to top it off a pull over sweater. On the bottom I wear leggings that go from my ankles to mid-thigh, then warm socks then a warm fleece skirt and warm slipper's. That's just for inside, if I'm going outside I have to put on hat, scarf, mittens and a heavy coat. At night I wear long sleeved PJ's and 3 to 4 blankets. Bobbie Sent from my iPad On Jan 2, 2011, at 11:04, greg <[email protected]> wrote: I just don't know how you north and east guys can do it, living in such cold places. Down in the Phx area we only get a few drops into freezing temps and it has been miserable. I had my house at 78, plus a space heater blasting me, while drinking hot drinks all day, and I just could not get warm. (Though I think it's better not to use the space heater because once I move away from the blowing hot air, I get even colder.) Once I get cold I tighten up into 1 clinched muscle and whenever I stretch out my fingers it causes excess tingling up my forearms. It's that tingling that is a burning, cold, ice-water, feeling. Northing I can do to get it to go away until I sleep for the night. I always have that tingling, but after stretching it get crazy bad. If I relax and lift my shirts a bit, I can feel the heat coming off my body, but I still am shaking. I know by evening time my shoulders are sore and that can make me feel cold too, so when it's cold out it multiplies things. Not being able to sit and relax my muscles in the sun is a big part of the problem, I usually spend hours outside. Good luck to you all who are freezing too! Greg
