I'm Freezing. Why ?

i stay cold all the time also--- i do my work arround the house and when i sit to rest is when i get cold --i put on a heavy sweat shirt and leg warmers--the kids keep the house cold in summer also so i wear a sweat shirt all summer when i am in the house
 

How about sleeping temps? We like it quite cool. This morning it was 57 in the bedroom, not because the heat was turned that low but we have one of our windows open a bit and the ceiling fan on. I love the clear, cold air to breathe and just put on an extra blanket if cold. I'm in my mid eighties and haven't noticed any change in regards to tolerating cool weather. What I am miserable with is temps. that pass 75 and if it hits 90 it's a "near death" experience, at least for me!!!;)
 
DaveA said:
How about sleeping temps? We like it quite cool. This morning it was 57 in the bedroom, not because the heat was turned that low but we have one of our windows open a bit and the ceiling fan on. I love the clear, cold air to breathe and just put on an extra blanket if cold. I'm in my mid eighties and haven't noticed any change in regards to tolerating cool weather. What I am miserable with is temps. that pass 75 and if it hits 90 it's a "near death" experience, at least for me!!!;)
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We're with you. We're in the Midwest, and we do not run the heat overnight. The house will go down into the 50's if it's in the 20's, or lower, outside. And, we think it's too warm for anything over 68 degrees. We dislike temps higher than the 70's.
Maybe someone can relate to this. We have a friend, originally from the states, who emigrated to Australia decades ago. We see him every couple of years when he comes visiting the states. He is usually here during our winter. He has great difficulty visiting people here in winter as they keep their houses so terribly warm, which to him, is anything over the mid 60's. People in other countries have
very expensive fuel costs. So, they keep their thermostats down and dress up in colder weather. Our posters from the UK will be the same. It's only in the U.S. where people sit around their house in the winter, in a t-shirt, and simply put up the thermostat because it's so inexpensive to heat a house. Those wool sweaters you get overseas aren't just for outdoors, they're for sitting in the house too.
I wrote a letter to the gas company in Chicago years ago. They used to have an advertisement for natural gas that showed a baby, in a diaper and t-shirt, crawling around a kitchen floor where you could see the snow flying outside the window. They were advertising how efficient natural gas heating was. To us environmentalists, it was a slap in the face.
 
I have usually been pretty OK with the cold. But this current winter has been the worst for me. Not sure if it is the sub zero temps we had or what. My husband got me one of those electric heated lap blankets a couple years back, and I never used it until this year. And some days I have it up on high and still put another blanket on top,
 
CeeCee said:
Hats mess with my halo. :)
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I grew up in Chicago and wore a hat in that brutally cold city. I was almost the only male under 70 to wear a hat. Men and boys typically wore very heavy coats but no hats. Frost nip, a milder alternative to frostbite was common. I guess fashion and a sense of being part of the group often go before rational behavior.

Remember that Santa Claus always wears a hat.
 
I was born and raised in Tennessee, much colder than where I live now, in south Alabama. I'm cold all the time.... if I'm not cold I'm having a hot flash. Socks are the key for me I got to have socks on my feet plus house shoes..I can't stand electric heat, does nothing for me, we have a wood burning stove which gives off much more heat.
 
Seeker said:
I was born and raised in Tennessee, much colder than where I live now, in south Alabama. I'm cold all the time.... if I'm not cold I'm having a hot flash. Socks are the key for me I got to have socks on my feet plus house shoes..I can't stand electric heat, does nothing for me, we have a wood burning stove which gives off much more heat.
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I will say it again. Get a humidifier and get your humidity up to 40 to 50 percent and you will feel comfortable.
 

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