Cold Weather

[Yorkshire Andy]

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the great coat is ace think Matrix leather jacket long....... 5 years ago when it was -15 i wore this into work..... Oh how the fashion police laughed and took the piss..... fast forward 4 hours later or so when the factory heater run out of oil. as "no one" had checked it (guess why i took the coat with me that day )


lets put it like this i was warm and comfy with my normal winter work clothes and themals and this over the top only issue is the buttons like to drop off but some decent thread solved that

[diamond lil]

He is moaning now that he doesn't want to wear any thermals, he just wants me to keep the house hot. Argghh

[Arzosah]

Oh Lil! That is arrrrgggggghhhhhh! Hope you can make him see sense if anyone can, you can

[Deeps]

He is moaning now that he doesn't want to wear any thermals, he just wants me to keep the house hot. Argghh

When I'm loafing about the house (in t shirt and shorts as standard) I find the fairly cheap fleecy blankets are quite handy, I usually have one on the sofa's to reduce dog debris and its not unknown for me to crawl under if I'm feeling chill or fancy a wee siesta.

[Brambles]

He is moaning now that he doesn't want to wear any thermals, he just wants me to keep the house hot. Argghh

Thing is, can you afford to keep the house hot? If you can, what the hey, if not.... give hm the bills and tell him!

[munchh]

Have a good look at the Millets website, they always have sales on. I bought Gelert thermals last year, long sleeve top top and bottom for £5 each, they are very warm.

[diamond lil]

Millets is good, yes. Brambles we run a coal fired stove that stays on 24/7 for most of the year. The living room is hot, the hall and front bedroom are warm, and the back of the house -north facing- varies from cool to baltic. He sits in the livingroom, gets used to the warmth then the minute I open a door he starts moaning that he's freezing To be honest I'm not sure if thermals would really solve this but some fabrics adjust to the ambient temp don't they. It's windy and snowing today and the minute he moves out of the room he is going to feel cold - maybe if he had a good thermal tshirt on then he wouldnt?
Or maybe it would be easier to go on amazon and get a more hot-blooded man... decisions decisions

[Mortblanc]

I had a heart attack 12 years ago and the blood thinners really do a number on your ability to maintain temp. It is just one of the side effects of staying alive after a cardiac event and no good excuse to boil the rest of the world around you.

Time for him to grow up, man up, and put on a sweater!

That is why they invented cardigans and jerseys.

[Arzosah]

I had a heart attack 12 years ago and the blood thinners really do a number on your ability to maintain temp. It is just one of the side effects of staying alive after a cardiac event ...

Ouch! I'm glad you're still here, but I didn't know about that effect ... something else to take into account. Thanks!

[jansman]

He is moaning now that he doesn't want to wear any thermals, he just wants me to keep the house hot. Argghh

Interesting one this. Although we have central heating, we only use it when the cold is extreme. Neither of us like being too hot. We heat with two multi fuel stoves, and there is portable electric upstairs, but it is rarely used. It may sound Spartan but the stoves keep the place quite comfy.

And we wear layered clothing. When it gets really cold I wear thermals too. No sense in suffering when I walk over to the West Wing

But seriously, our ancestors wore far more clothing than us. I have photos of tenants who lived in our house in 1899. Looking at the trees in the picture it looks like Spring, and they still looked as if they were dressed for Winter.

This wandering round the house half naked is very recent. It never happened when I was a kid. Anyhow, get him some thermals for Christmas. You may be surprised, and he wears them.