[AT] test

[Mattias Kessén]

Most people in southern Europe wear as much clothes during winter as I do.

Mattias

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Den 8 feb 2014 14:20 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> Ralph, from your videos you  dress about like folks do here when
> they have to work out in the cold on our few really cold days but
> some of these retired folks bundle up like you do to go to the grocery
> store when it's 45 F outside.  I guess it's just the way they have always
> done it where ever they came from.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 1:11 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
> On 2/7/2014 6:51 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> > John,  I get a kick out of the retired northern folks around here.  On
> > a day that it's maybe in the low 40's I'll be walking around in a tee
> > shirt
> > covered by a heavy cotton long sleeve pull over or a sweat shirt or light
> > sweater
> > and I'm comfortable as long as I'm not out for a long time.  (my daddy
> > always said
> > 40 degs was shirtsleeve weather)
> >
> > Charlie
> Charlie, surprisingly I have a low tolerance for cold. I can be cold
> sitting in the house at 70 degrees with three layers on if I am not
> active. I am actually warmer outside when I am working enough to get the
> blood circulating. But yes, layers are what I use. 3 layers for just
> sitting around the house, might get down to two if I am working.
> Outdoors I will add two more. Insulated coveralls and a parka on top of
> that. Minimum two layers on the legs, more often three if I want to be
> comfortable. I have no fat for insulation and my arms never see the sun
> even in the hottest days of summer. And the last thing I would ever need
> is air conditioning for the house. A furnace, well that is a necessity
> of life. Kind of like a block heater on an engine. Hey, it has warmed up
> here. Got up near 0 farenheit today with no wind and if felt positively
> warm in the sunshine.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> >
>
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