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-Bundle up and go out for a long walk.  It's amazing how warm a cold room feels after coming in from the real cold.

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Unfortunately, I think that's what has me still shivering after six hours indoors.  :-/

I was dressed warmly, and was actually starting to feel warm from all the layers, and exersize.  Then I took a bus (which had a broken heater)  and got stuck for an hour and a half when a water main broke.

My windows are a bit drafty, and my neighbor is going to help me tack some stuff over them tomorrow.

We have a commuter ferry across the harbor, that had to shut down today because the ocean is freezing over.  The Coast Guard can't break up the ice fast enough.  Now the people that normally take the ferry have to take the overland route which takes about an hour and a half, (compared to a twenty minute ferry ride).

Thanks for the other suggestions. If things don't warm up soon, I'll be trying them, too.

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Yes it does!  Thanks!!

I called my local DJ a little while ago, and told him of my woes.

He's been playing Jamaican and Caribbean music for the last half hour just for me.  ;D

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We are well into the second week of a major arctic freeze.  High temperatures are barely hitting zero at high noon in full sun.  It's a LOT colder at night.

Then there's the wind.  Not only does it make everything a lot colder, it's jangling phone and power lines making my lights flicker, and knocking me off the 'net.

I have my heat cranked up as high as it will go (about 80 degrees farrenheit), and I'm wrapped in a blanket sipping hot chocolate or hot coffee.  And I'm still cold.

I actually like the cold winter months normally.  But the cold has never creeped this far into the house before.  (and yes, the heat is working correctly.  The landlord sent someone to check everyone's furnace earlier this week.)

Would everyone please send warm thoughts to the northeast United States? :-/  :D  Thanks!
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Yeah, it has been cold where I live too, with wind chills making it worse. One thing I have done which works is to boil water. Why? Because water has a property called high specific heat. That property of water makes it very difficult to change the temprture of water without expending alot of energy. And I thought chemistry class was a waste of time. ;D

I also opened the door to my oven and turned it to 400 degrees, and in half an hour my place was nice and warm. Make sure if you turn the oven on you wait and listen for the click, for the flame to turn on. If the flame does not turn on, you could gas yourself.

Hope that helps a bit. Sending you warm wishes  :-*

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We are well into the second week of a major arctic freeze.  High temperatures are barely hitting zero at high noon in full sun.  It's a LOT colder at night.

Then there's the wind.  Not only does it make everything a lot colder, it's jangling phone and power lines making my lights flicker, and knocking me off the 'net.

I have my heat cranked up as high as it will go (about 80 degrees farrenheit), and I'm wrapped in a blanket sipping hot chocolate or hot coffee.  And I'm still cold.

I actually like the cold winter months normally.  But the cold has never creeped this far into the house before.  (and yes, the heat is working correctly.  The landlord sent someone to check everyone's furnace earlier this week.)

Would everyone please send warm thoughts to the northeast United States? :-/  :D  Thanks!
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 Perhaps the warm thoughts are working, X.  We have a heat wave coming for the Northeast.  They say perhaps 20 degrees.  As a fellow New Englander, I sure you have the same thoughts about the forcasts though.  I will believe it when I see it. Or in our case, when we feel it...BRRRR.  And Perhaps my car will want to start too.

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Unfortunately, I think that's what has me still shivering after six hours indoors.  :-/

I was dressed warmly, and was actually starting to feel warm from all the layers, and exersize.  Then I took a bus (which had a broken heater)  and got stuck for an hour and a half when a water main broke.

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I know what you're talking about.  I was in a semi-heated area at work, for about twenty minutes, on Wednesday.  I didn't bother to put my jacket on and the for the rest of the day I was a little core-cold.  
And of course you know Race was just kidding.  Alcohol makes you feel colder.

If you just can't get warm here's something friends of mine do.  Go to a health club (if you don't belong you can probably wrangle a free trial) and hit the sauna/hot tub.  A sauna, if you're unlike me and can stand it, will warm your core up in five or ten minutes.

 

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Yes, Steve, I did know that.  It give you the illusion of feeling warm while actually helping to lower your body temperature.  This is what causes many of the homeless to freeze to death in the winter.


Thanks to everyone for the warm thoughts. I got up and danced a bit to the Jamaican and Caribbean tunes the local station played for me, and that helped too.

I'm doing much better today, the house is warm and my daughter says it's too warm in the house today.  She wants to run around nakey.   :-/

They're predicting a "heat wave" for tomorrow -- 30 degrees!  ::) I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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They're predicting a "heat wave" for tomorrow -- 30 degrees!  ::) I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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If you venture outside while crossing them, be sure to put on some gloves ;)

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Not any better here in Dorothy/toto land, Xenacat. Even when the sun is out it isn't warm. It is actually a cruel trick, 'cause it looks like it would be nice to be outside, then you go outside and ARGGGGGH!  :( Think warm thoughts....I like that your DJ helped you out though ;D.
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Well if it's true that fronts usually travel from West to East...I'll be sending you warmer weather....it's 55 here at the moment :D

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Well if it's true that fronts usually travel from West to East...I'll be sending you warmer weather....it's 55 here at the moment :D
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Thank you! Yes, it is true, we usually get your weather about three days after you do...so maybe it will warm up here soon!  ;D

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I am not complaining about the cold here (Low 60's today) but the fact that we need moisture in this 5 year drought we've been going through. As for showers....I'll still enjoy a cool one in the Summer as opposed to a Hot one in the Winter....my old body cools down much easier then it warms up ::)
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I'm feeling about the same as you since I'm right below you (New Mexico).  And we sure could use some more moisture too.  It's actually been colder the past few days than it has been all winter.  We've only had a fire in the stove 4 or 5 times. That's always good to keep you toasty warm. :)

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Let me tell ya,It's so cold,It's like Nome Alaska here in New York.just got another dumping of 10 inches of snow after ice was just laying there for a few weeks of bitterly cold temperatures near 0.January seems to be dragging on with this artic cold.I wonder when Spring will arrive? I hate to be cooped up like a hermit. >:(

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Honestly I like reasonlably cold weather like that.
Right here it's only a lame 0 degrees C.  :(

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8)Well,right now it's about 70 degrees in san jose,so hope iut spreads to you.cheers!
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Can I have some 70 degrees? :D

Howard

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Can I have some 70 degrees? :D

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:D :D :DSure1Cheers!

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Hey Marian,where's the 70 degrees you promised in February?
I can't feel a thing.I want all this snow to melt! :'(


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8) 8)Well it was about that yesterday because it was sunny.It's cooler today because a storm is coming.cheers! 8) ;D

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8) 8)Well it was about that yesterday because it was sunny.It's cooler today because a storm is coming.cheers! 8) ;D
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Are you telling me you can't deliver the 70 degrees?
I'm still cold. :D


Howard

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8) 8)Well it's close to 60 here today,and not as rainy as yesterday.But if you're really cold,put on some nice warm wool socks,warm pants,a silk shirt and a scottish wool-mohair sweater on top,with a wool scarf.If you're still cold,put on one of those rain parkas you can get at Long's---that'll keep the heat in!Cheers!
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Hey marian sweetie,I was so cold today that I slipped backwards on wet,rainy slushy ice with everything so cold on me that I took a nice hot shower later. ;D


Howard