Feeling cold - how do you cope?

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• wooooooooooooop Posts: 647

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  30/11/10 - 10:37 #2

  Just imagine that I am not cold or failing that just put more clothes on when I go out sledging.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,229

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  30/11/10 - 10:37 #3

  Layers and plenty of them

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• Retrospective Posts: 3,133

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  30/11/10 - 10:37 #4

  I haven't felt warm since since Saturday when all the snow started. I have been putting extra layers of clothing on in the house and drinking a lot of hot drinks and there is plenty of heating on in the house but I seem to be permanently cold.:(

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• Star_Bright Posts: 11,341

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  30/11/10 - 10:37 #5

  I just put a hoodie on. My mum does sometimes put a throw over me, though. It's green

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• Bom Diddly Wo Posts: 14,094

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  30/11/10 - 10:40 #6

  I have a shed in which I tinker with bicycles. In that shed I have some magic metal that keeps me warm.

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• stud u like Posts: 42,100

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  30/11/10 - 10:41 #7

  I make more soups and cakes.
  
  I drink more tea.
  
  I wear more clothes.
  
  I warm my bottom on the radiator. I've always done that.

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• Picto Posts: 24,270

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  30/11/10 - 10:42 #8

  I am working on reversing evolution so i can grow fur.

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• Poppysocks Posts: 123

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  30/11/10 - 10:42 #9

  Two hotties, one for feet, one for back and the trusty Slanket ... works for me.

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• The Exiled Dub Posts: 8,358

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  30/11/10 - 10:43 #10

  If I am really cold (as I was on Saturday night) then I put the summer quilt over the winter one so that I am at least warm in bed (I certainly was on Saturday, very cosy). Other than that, I just put the heating on all day, and don't worry about the cost.

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• mathertron Posts: 30,083

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  30/11/10 - 10:44 #11

  Rub my hands together like a praying mantis

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• Hotgossip Posts: 22,385

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  30/11/10 - 10:45 #12

  Haven't been cold once.:)
  
  I go out most for a long walk wearing walking trousers with thermal long johns underneath. A thermal cami, long sleeved jumper and a windproof jacket.
  
  I wear handknitted socks which you cannot beat and walking boots. I also wear a handknitted cowl which is made from Icelandic Wool and is the warmest thing ever.
  
  My heat goes off at 9.30 am and comes on again at 4 pm and even yesterday I didn't need to switch the heating on in between. I was lovely and warm.
  
  Our house is double-glazed with cavity wall insulation and gets plenty of light and sun.
  
  I think the trick is to keep active if you can and wear natural fibres rather than acrylics etc.

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• RootsFran Posts: 510

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  30/11/10 - 10:45 #13

  Do the housework, hoovering always warms me up.

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• Graathus Posts: 3,116

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  30/11/10 - 10:46 #14

  Thermal underwear, preferably the Nowegian Army stuff.
  
  With that you only need worry about heatstroke.

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• Bom Diddly Wo Posts: 14,094

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  30/11/10 - 10:47 #15

  Rub two boy scouts together to make fire.

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• Hotgossip Posts: 22,385

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  30/11/10 - 10:48 #16

  stud u like wrote: »

  I make more soups and cakes.
  
  I drink more tea.
  
  I wear more clothes.
  
  I warm my bottom on the radiator. I've always done that.

  
  So do I. Just off to buy some parsnips as I fancy Curried Parsnip soup today. Ever tried that?
  
  Yesterday I did Minestrone and it was delish! I had a workman here and I offered him a bowl & he absolutely devoured it. He reckons he's only ever had tinned soup before.
  
  Soups are so easy to make, nutritious and satisfying that I don't know why more people don't make them.

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• Alt-F4 Posts: 10,960

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  30/11/10 - 10:49 #17

  Leave the thermo on 20, warm enough for shorts and t-shirt

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• nessyfencer Posts: 9,195

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  30/11/10 - 10:50 #18

  Apart from heating? I have no answer then - you have excluded my only answer.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 18,108

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  30/11/10 - 10:50 #19

  Do some excercise

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• mathertron Posts: 30,083

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  30/11/10 - 10:54 #20

  Bom Diddly Wo wrote: »

  Rub two boy scouts together to make fire.

  
  
  Careful, that's how my scout leader ended up in prison.

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• lemoncurd Posts: 57,778

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  30/11/10 - 11:17 #21

  Holiday in Mauritius.

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• edEx Posts: 13,460

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  30/11/10 - 11:21 #22

  Lasso the Sun and drag it closer.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 2,005

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  30/11/10 - 11:21 #23

  Currently burning some catholics in my front room. Seems to be doing the trick.

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• missloo Posts: 1,853

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  30/11/10 - 11:27 #24

  lots of layers - and i've been drinking hot chocolate like its going out of fashion
  
  oh and one of those big babygrow things from primark - looks stupid but it keeps me really warm

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• gmphmac Posts: 2,212

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  30/11/10 - 11:30 #25

  I wear a thick pair of socks over my normal ones. Keeps the heat in

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• garbage456 Posts: 8,225

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  30/11/10 - 11:31 #26

  do some work, clean out a room, clear out the loft, do some hoovering, even garden work can get you hot.

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