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Going Out in the Cold

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gollum
 
Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 06:20 pm
Is it harmful to human health to go out in the cold (e.g., 20 degrees F.) for a few minutes?
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djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 06:23 pm
no, most people in the northern hemisphere do it often for about one quarter of the year
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 06:23 pm
@gollum,
naked?
djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 06:26 pm
@ehBeth,
thought of that, but didn't want to know
Mame
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 07:07 pm
@gollum,
gollum wrote:

Is it harmful to human health to go out in the cold (e.g., 20 degrees F.) for a few minutes?
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 07:21 pm
On the other hand, hypothermia is possible. Where are you, gollum?
ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 07:36 pm
@djjd62,
I was wondering if s/he was planning on going to Finland or Thunder Bay mebbe.

Nice sauna, then a quick run through the snow into a freezin' lake.
roger
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:03 pm
@ehBeth,
And to think, the USSR invaded a country full of people like that. What were they thinking?
ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:04 pm
@roger,
that there'd be nekkid women running into lakes?
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djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:08 pm
@ehBeth,
i went to high school with three sisters of norwegian descent, one day Jana explained how they would spend some time in the sauna and then jump naked into a snowbank, then back to the sauna

gave me lots to think about as a youngster

hell still does to this day

ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:13 pm
@djjd62,
Thunder Bay.

Kangas Sauna.

yup yup yup

A real party place. Room service to each little sauna unit, a bottle opener on each lockable door. Private sauna for you and your guests. Communal pool.
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:20 pm
@roger,
roger wrote:

And to think, the USSR invaded a country full of people like that. What were they thinking?


that it was ******* cold
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gollum
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:51 pm
@ehBeth,
No!
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gollum
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:53 pm
@ossobuco,
New York City.

I thought hypothermia took hours.
gollum
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:53 pm
@ehBeth,
No travel plans.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 08:56 pm
The weather boys and girls are saying that the temperature is going to dip to -24 tonight. I think i'll stay in.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 09:09 pm
@gollum,
So you already understood it wasn't dangerous to walk in the cold a bit when you asked the question?

I presume the timing on hypothermia and the circumstances surrounding it vary.

gollum
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 09:13 pm
@ossobuco,
No.

I thought it was only dangerous if you do it for a long duration of time.
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farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jan, 2009 10:56 am
Its 18 F here and I just took the doogies for a walk to the swamp . You dress in layers and try to stay dry and youll have a great time outside. GOLLUM, there are probably hundreds of people right now, skating over at the Center right now.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jan, 2009 10:59 am
@farmerman,
It was 1 F with the windchill in Central Park last night - the Road Runners were doing their annual run. Everyone looked pretty comfortable in the layers.
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