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Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Rod
()
Date: January 16, 2009 02:29PM
I was out driving around and there was one guy just wearing just a t shirt as if oblivious to the cold. Occasionally I'll see Indians from India dressed in there native garb wearing just sandals. The native Americans were spoken of by John Smith as being naked most of the winter just wearing bear grease. Did any see that special about Amundsen or someone like that. He was a Norwegian explorer and was making a hard time of it and started studying the Eskimos.They are basically naked under thier parkas and sleeping naked in thier igloos. What gives? It's like another dimension or something.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: January 16, 2009 02:41PM
Rod Wrote:
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Did any see that special about
> Amundsen or someone like that. He was a Norwegian
> explorer and was making a hard time of it and
> started studying the Eskimos.They are basically
> naked under thier parkas and sleeping naked in
> thier igloos. What gives? It's like another
> dimension or something.
It's called acclimation. Would it be unusual if someone in NoVA slept naked in their home? The Inuits have spent their entire lives in sub-zero temperatures. I understand that the temperatures in an igloo are close to toasty when compared to the outside temperatures. Anything above freezing may seem like a heatwave to the Inuits.
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Did any see that special about
> Amundsen or someone like that. He was a Norwegian
> explorer and was making a hard time of it and
> started studying the Eskimos.They are basically
> naked under thier parkas and sleeping naked in
> thier igloos. What gives? It's like another
> dimension or something.
It's called acclimation. Would it be unusual if someone in NoVA slept naked in their home? The Inuits have spent their entire lives in sub-zero temperatures. I understand that the temperatures in an igloo are close to toasty when compared to the outside temperatures. Anything above freezing may seem like a heatwave to the Inuits.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
496
()
Date: January 16, 2009 03:05PM
Rod,please sleep outside tonite, naked.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Rod
()
Date: January 16, 2009 04:59PM
The Indians at least had bear grease
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Rod
()
Date: January 16, 2009 06:38PM
I went out and looked at the lake and it's skimming over as I knew it would but wanted to see it. The air was thick and some how bracingMen of the High North
by: Robert W. Service
Men of the High North, the wild sky is blazing;
Islands of opal float on silver seas;
Swift splendors kindle, barbaric, amazing;
Pale ports of amber, golden argosies.
Ringed all around us the proud peaks are glowing;
Fierce chiefs in council, their wigwam the sky;
Far, far below us the big Yukon flowing,
Like threaded quicksilver, gleams to the eye.
Men of the High North, you who have known it;
You in whose hearts its splendors have abode;
Can you renounce it, can you disown it?
Can you forget it, its glory and its goad?
Where is the hardship, where is the pain of it?
Lost in the limbo of things you've forgot;
Only remain the guerdon and gain of it;
Zest of the foray, and God, how you fought!
You who have made good, you foreign faring;
You money magic to far lands has whirled;
Can you forget those days of vast daring,
There with your soul on the Top o' the World?
Nights when no peril could keep you awake on
Spruce boughs you spread for your couch in the snow;
Taste all your feasts like the beans and the bacon
Fried at the camp-fire at forty below?
Can you remember your huskies all going,
Barking with joy and their brushes in air;
You in your parka, glad-eyed and glowing,
Monarch, your subjects the wolf and the bear?
Monarch, your kingdom unravisht and gleaming;
Mountains your throne, and a river your car;
Crash of a bull moose to rouse you from dreaming;
Forest your couch, and your candle a star.
You who this faint day the High North is luring
Unto her vastness, taintlessly sweet;
You who are steel-braced, straight-lipped, enduring,
Dreadless in danger and dire in defeat:
Honor the High North ever and ever,
Whether she crown you, or whether she slay;
Suffer her fury, cherish and love her--
He who would rule he must learn to obey.
Men of the High North, fierce mountains love you;
Proud rivers leap when you ride on their breast.
See, the austere sky, pensive above you,
Dons all her jewels to smile on your rest.
Children of Freedom, scornful of frontiers,
We who are weaklings honor your worth.
Lords of the wilderness, Princes of Pioneers,
Let's have a rouse that will ring round the earth
by: Robert W. Service
Men of the High North, the wild sky is blazing;
Islands of opal float on silver seas;
Swift splendors kindle, barbaric, amazing;
Pale ports of amber, golden argosies.
Ringed all around us the proud peaks are glowing;
Fierce chiefs in council, their wigwam the sky;
Far, far below us the big Yukon flowing,
Like threaded quicksilver, gleams to the eye.
Men of the High North, you who have known it;
You in whose hearts its splendors have abode;
Can you renounce it, can you disown it?
Can you forget it, its glory and its goad?
Where is the hardship, where is the pain of it?
Lost in the limbo of things you've forgot;
Only remain the guerdon and gain of it;
Zest of the foray, and God, how you fought!
You who have made good, you foreign faring;
You money magic to far lands has whirled;
Can you forget those days of vast daring,
There with your soul on the Top o' the World?
Nights when no peril could keep you awake on
Spruce boughs you spread for your couch in the snow;
Taste all your feasts like the beans and the bacon
Fried at the camp-fire at forty below?
Can you remember your huskies all going,
Barking with joy and their brushes in air;
You in your parka, glad-eyed and glowing,
Monarch, your subjects the wolf and the bear?
Monarch, your kingdom unravisht and gleaming;
Mountains your throne, and a river your car;
Crash of a bull moose to rouse you from dreaming;
Forest your couch, and your candle a star.
You who this faint day the High North is luring
Unto her vastness, taintlessly sweet;
You who are steel-braced, straight-lipped, enduring,
Dreadless in danger and dire in defeat:
Honor the High North ever and ever,
Whether she crown you, or whether she slay;
Suffer her fury, cherish and love her--
He who would rule he must learn to obey.
Men of the High North, fierce mountains love you;
Proud rivers leap when you ride on their breast.
See, the austere sky, pensive above you,
Dons all her jewels to smile on your rest.
Children of Freedom, scornful of frontiers,
We who are weaklings honor your worth.
Lords of the wilderness, Princes of Pioneers,
Let's have a rouse that will ring round the earth
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
mikumsmukim
()
Date: January 17, 2009 01:01PM
poetry is nice
but does not always make sense
catapult rat hair
but does not always make sense
catapult rat hair
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Hans
()
Date: January 17, 2009 01:30PM
Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers slept in our barracks
for a week while they were doing a construction project. I came in
at midnight one night and they were asleep in their bunks and had
turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was below zero outside
with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and turned the heat back on.
As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off the heat and opened
the windows again. I woke up freezing and the Germans were sound asleep.
This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to go and sleep in the
operations building storage room. Better them than me. If they want to
freeze, let'em.
for a week while they were doing a construction project. I came in
at midnight one night and they were asleep in their bunks and had
turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was below zero outside
with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and turned the heat back on.
As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off the heat and opened
the windows again. I woke up freezing and the Germans were sound asleep.
This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to go and sleep in the
operations building storage room. Better them than me. If they want to
freeze, let'em.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
ihatecold
()
Date: January 17, 2009 01:49PM
This weather is ridiculous. I hate the cold. They say we could say snow or rain showers tommorow. Yuck! I know that according to averages we are about 20 degrees below normal at least.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Rod
()
Date: January 17, 2009 06:29PM
Hans Wrote:
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> Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> slept in our barracks
> for a week while they were doing a construction
> project. I came in
> at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> their bunks and had
> turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was
> below zero outside
> with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> turned the heat back on.
> As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off
> the heat and opened
> the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> Germans were sound asleep.
> This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to
> go and sleep in the
> operations building storage room. Better them than
> me. If they want to
> freeze, let'em.
Every now and then I'll hear of someone that is into opening the windows in winter. Usally only one spouse in a couple is into it.
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> Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> slept in our barracks
> for a week while they were doing a construction
> project. I came in
> at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> their bunks and had
> turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was
> below zero outside
> with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> turned the heat back on.
> As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off
> the heat and opened
> the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> Germans were sound asleep.
> This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to
> go and sleep in the
> operations building storage room. Better them than
> me. If they want to
> freeze, let'em.
Every now and then I'll hear of someone that is into opening the windows in winter. Usally only one spouse in a couple is into it.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Jackie-O!
()
Date: January 17, 2009 09:12PM
If it's going to be cold might as well go ahead and snow. At least its not windy, that's what kills me.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Bob
()
Date: January 20, 2009 02:47AM
Hans Wrote:
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> Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> slept in our barracks
> for a week while they were doing a construction
> project. I came in
> at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> their bunks and had
> turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was
> below zero outside
> with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> turned the heat back on.
> As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off
> the heat and opened
> the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> Germans were sound asleep.
> This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to
> go and sleep in the
> operations building storage room. Better them than
> me. If they want to
> freeze, let'em.
My father told me about how at West Point a lot of people would turn off their heaters and open the windows to sleep. It was the plebes' job to come in at 5am and close the windows and turn the heat back on so it would be warm enough to get out of bed in the morning.
When I lived in an all-brick home in Bethesda with oil heat and radiators, I would open a window in my bedroom most winter nights, but I also had a korean roommate who liked to crank the heat, so it was sorta necessary. I can't sleep in a house that is 78 or 80 degrees, but apparently most koreans love really warm houses.
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> Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> slept in our barracks
> for a week while they were doing a construction
> project. I came in
> at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> their bunks and had
> turned off the heat and opened the windows. I was
> below zero outside
> with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> turned the heat back on.
> As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned off
> the heat and opened
> the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> Germans were sound asleep.
> This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided to
> go and sleep in the
> operations building storage room. Better them than
> me. If they want to
> freeze, let'em.
My father told me about how at West Point a lot of people would turn off their heaters and open the windows to sleep. It was the plebes' job to come in at 5am and close the windows and turn the heat back on so it would be warm enough to get out of bed in the morning.
When I lived in an all-brick home in Bethesda with oil heat and radiators, I would open a window in my bedroom most winter nights, but I also had a korean roommate who liked to crank the heat, so it was sorta necessary. I can't sleep in a house that is 78 or 80 degrees, but apparently most koreans love really warm houses.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
Getalife
()
Date: January 20, 2009 03:35AM
Bob Wrote:
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> Hans Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> > slept in our barracks
> > for a week while they were doing a construction
> > project. I came in
> > at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> > their bunks and had
> > turned off the heat and opened the windows. I
> was
> > below zero outside
> > with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> > turned the heat back on.
> > As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned
> off
> > the heat and opened
> > the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> > Germans were sound asleep.
> > This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided
> to
> > go and sleep in the
> > operations building storage room. Better them
> than
> > me. If they want to
> > freeze, let'em.
>
>
> My father told me about how at West Point a lot of
> people would turn off their heaters and open the
> windows to sleep. It was the plebes' job to come
> in at 5am and close the windows and turn the heat
> back on so it would be warm enough to get out of
> bed in the morning.
>
> When I lived in an all-brick home in Bethesda with
> oil heat and radiators, I would open a window in
> my bedroom most winter nights, but I also had a
> korean roommate who liked to crank the heat, so it
> was sorta necessary. I can't sleep in a house
> that is 78 or 80 degrees, but apparently most
> koreans love really warm houses.
Who gives a fuck about you and your faggot father's stories? You guys both SUCK dick.
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> Hans Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Once, in Germany, some Germany Army Engineers
> > slept in our barracks
> > for a week while they were doing a construction
> > project. I came in
> > at midnight one night and they were asleep in
> > their bunks and had
> > turned off the heat and opened the windows. I
> was
> > below zero outside
> > with a 20 mph wind. I closed the windows and
> > turned the heat back on.
> > As soon I went to sleep they got up and turned
> off
> > the heat and opened
> > the windows again. I woke up freezing and the
> > Germans were sound asleep.
> > This game went on until 3 a.m. when I decided
> to
> > go and sleep in the
> > operations building storage room. Better them
> than
> > me. If they want to
> > freeze, let'em.
>
>
> My father told me about how at West Point a lot of
> people would turn off their heaters and open the
> windows to sleep. It was the plebes' job to come
> in at 5am and close the windows and turn the heat
> back on so it would be warm enough to get out of
> bed in the morning.
>
> When I lived in an all-brick home in Bethesda with
> oil heat and radiators, I would open a window in
> my bedroom most winter nights, but I also had a
> korean roommate who liked to crank the heat, so it
> was sorta necessary. I can't sleep in a house
> that is 78 or 80 degrees, but apparently most
> koreans love really warm houses.
Who gives a fuck about you and your faggot father's stories? You guys both SUCK dick.
Re: Cold but some Oblivious to it.
Posted by:
RedBullBalls
()
Date: January 21, 2009 03:11PM
I drink a whole lotta beer and I am one those dudes that sleeps in shorts and a t - shirt with the window open and no heat. For me, this is actually comfortable. When I am out driving I roll down all the windows and no heat like it's summer time. I also like taking a cold-ass shower. Weird, huh? This is a nice change of pace from Iraq where I almost died of dehydration.