Weather and logic, people are strange

[bunyip]

"Feels" hot/cold. It all relative to individuals with humidity being a contributing factor. Nothing strange about it.

The point I was trying to make had nothing to do with humidity, simply people live in hot climates have the aircon on and say they hate the cold and people in cold climates have heaters on and say they hate the heat therefore contradicting the message they are trying to convey.

 

[ovrszd]

The point I was trying to make had nothing to do with humidity, simply people live in hot climates have the aircon on and say they hate the cold and people in cold climates have heaters on and say they hate the heat therefore contradicting the message they are trying to convey.

Totally. No one said we were smart.

 

[bunyip]

And having said that we have the heater on today and it is supposed to be a warm day, another couple of hours and it may just get there, at present the temp and my IQ feel about the same, I blame the red wine from last night.

 

[MossRoad]

That's me all day at work- all the [non-menopausal] women I work with are always cold.

I'm all like, 'I'd wear less clothes, but nobody wants to see that...- maybe you could put a sweater on...'

I already wear short sleeve shirts all summer, and scrubs whenever I can justify it.

Then they use space heaters under their desks, which makes the thermostat thinks it's hotter, and fires up the A/C even more.

Oh well, I'm happy. :dance1::cool2::thumbsup::laughing:

I worked in I.T.... spent about 25 years in a meat cooler server room. I didn't age in there. I'm 57 and only look 56.

 

[adkhunter1590]

Bingo! I can deal with the cold because I can dress for it. BUT, I do hate the snow and ice.

People from up Nawth complain about Southern drivers in the snow and ice. There might be some truth to it but I suspect it is the people from up Nawth that are the bad drivers. Most Southerner's try to just stay home when that mess is on the road. One year, for some reason, a local TV station was in New York state and I think they were in Buffalo. We had some bad snow and of course it was MUCH worse in Buffalo. The TV crew was live streaming with a park and road in the back ground. As the reader was talking about how people in New York where MUCH better drivers in the snow and ice, you could see an out of control car doing 360s in the background at a high rate so speed from the right side of the screen to the left. It was a flat road too. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: It was perfectly timed and was very funny. If it was in a movie it would have been a great scene.

Me thinks people with 4x4 or AWD do not realize that just because you can get the vehicle to go fast on snow and ice, it does not mean that one can stop, much less stay in control, when going fast....

With heat and humidity you just have to suffer through it all. :thumbdown: You can get acclimated to some extent, but at some point, you just have to suffer if one does not have AC.

Later,
Dan

As a native upstate NYer who’s lived in multiple southern states before coming back to NY, I can attest that your absolutely mistaken. The pile ups and wrecks I witnessed in NC and other southern states during snowfalls amounting to nothing more than a couple inches were incredible. I made gobs of money during every storm ripping southerners from ditches with my F250. You’ll see a wreck here and there up here in the north because well, stupid exists all over. But you’ll never see towns or entire counties literally shut right down over 6 inches of snow. When we first moved to NC my younger sister missed an entire week of school because of a freak 10 inch snowstorm in Mooresville. We don’t even shut down schools here for that, might get a 2hr delay to clear the roads a bit but that’s about it. Trust me, southerners are absolutely TERRIBLE drivers in the snow and have no business even attempting it. What you saw on TV was nothing but a .0001% of New England drivers. I’ve always said that southerners should be made to take winter driving classes before being allowed to drive in winter weather.

 

[Jstpssng]

As a native upstate NYer who’s lived in multiple southern states before coming back to NY, I can attest that your absolutely mistaken. The pile ups and wrecks I witnessed in NC and other southern states during snowfalls amounting to nothing more than a couple inches were incredible. I made gobs of money during every storm ripping southerners from ditches with my F250. You’ll see a wreck here and there up here in the north because well, stupid exists all over. But you’ll never see towns or entire counties literally shut right down over 6 inches of snow. When we first moved to NC my younger sister missed an entire week of school because of a freak 10 inch snowstorm in Mooresville. We don’t even shut down schools here for that, might get a 2hr delay to clear the roads a bit but that’s about it. Trust me, southerners are absolutely TERRIBLE drivers in the snow and have no business even attempting it. What you saw on TV was nothing but a .0001% of New England drivers. I’ve always said that southerners should be made to take winter driving classes before being allowed to drive in winter weather.

The best way to learn how to handle your car is to get onto a frozen field or lake and test it out. You wouldn't need TC or ABS to control your vehicle. I had to learn to drive all over again with my first ABS equipped vehicle, after destroying my front end in a washout because the truck wouldn't stop. There's something wrong with a "safety feature" that greatly lengthens your stopping time on lower traction conditions.

 

[Mendonsy]

Unfortunately there are idiot drivers on the road no matter where you go. Weather usually gets the blame, but it is the idiot behind the wheel that is the cause.

 

[adkhunter1590]

The best way to learn how to handle your car is to get onto a frozen field or lake and test it out. You wouldn't need TC or ABS to control your vehicle. I had to learn to drive all over again with my first ABS equipped vehicle, after destroying my front end in a washout because the truck wouldn't stop. There's something wrong with a "safety feature" that greatly lengthens your stopping time on lower traction conditions.

That’s how we grew up learning how to drive. I took my drivers test in the middle of a blizzard. 14 inches had already fallen while still getting 2 inches an hour. Temps were below zero that day as well. One week after my 16th birthday I was already on the road driving in early January and still haven’t wrecked anything to this day. Before I could legally drive I used to take my mother Ford Expedition onto the lake we lived on when it froze over and drive all around. It sure helped hone my ice driving skills. But besides that, I think the biggest problem is that a lot of people can’t read the road very well. Even if it looks sorta safe, there can easily be a coating of ice that’s hard to see. This leads to people thinking they can go a little faster than they should be. And don’t even get me started on the people that don’t realize what a couple inches of slushy snow will do when you hit it. That alone probably causes most accidents.

 

[Jstpssng]

That’s how we grew up learning how to drive. I took my drivers test in the middle of a blizzard. 14 inches had already fallen while still getting 2 inches an hour. Temps were below zero that day as well. One week after my 16th birthday I was already on the road driving in early January and still haven’t wrecked anything to this day. Before I could legally drive I used to take my mother Ford Expedition onto the lake we lived on when it froze over and drive all around. It sure helped hone my ice driving skills. But besides that, I think the biggest problem is that a lot of people can’t read the road very well. Even if it looks sorta safe, there can easily be a coating of ice that’s hard to see. This leads to people thinking they can go a little faster than they should be. And don’t even get me started on the people that don’t realize what a couple inches of slushy snow will do when you hit it. That alone probably causes most accidents.

You have to watch the road before you can read it. That slushy snow is compounded if you don't have decent tires. Not the same, but I was speeding up to pass a tractor trailer hauling chips when his gate opened- OOOPS! no time to stop so I gripped the wheel and hit it head on, that was a fun experience.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I leave our house set at 72. Winter, summer, spring and fall, 72. And all I hear from wife and kids is "It's hot in here'" No, it's 72. "It's cold in here." No, it's 72. Over and over.... :laughing:

We vary our HVAC setting as the season changes. For heat in winter, it is set to 68F. In the summer I raise it to 72F for cooling. 68f in winter seems really warm when you come inside from working out in the cold and same for the 72F which is freezing cold after being in the 90+ outside temps. This works well for comfort and saves a few bucks on electrical cost.
68F is a bit chilly when just setting around in winter, but a small throw blanket over the legs takes care of that. It also takes care of visiting neighbors who like it 90F heated so they don't stay long.