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Feb 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: dainthomas
Heat FTL.

You can always layer up in the cold, but when it's hot you're screwed. 103 in pdx today, and it sucks ASS. :|

Agreed. Rain may suck, cold may suck too, but at least you don't sweat till your balls stick to your boxers ><.

I'm sitting in an ACed room but I'm still sweating. Maybe the walk here was just too intense =(. This is why I hate how my class starts at noon.
 

eelw

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Doesn't matter. I can bear with high 30s C or low -30s C temperature swings.
 

lokiju

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I'm hot by nature, always trying to cool down and it's a constant struggle between my fiancee who is always cold and me always being hot.


I always say to her that I can only take off so many clothes to cool down where she can put on layers to warm up as much as she needs.

 

Amused

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Heat.

I can effectively bundle up for just about any cold weather I face, but I can only get so naked before they haul me off to jail.
 

DainBramaged

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During the winter, I am never warm enough. No matter how many clothes I put on, I'm always uncomfortable. I'd rather sweat my balls off than have to get in a car in 10 degree weather.
 

iamwiz82

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Originally posted by: DainBramaged
During the winter, I am never warm enough. No matter how many clothes I put on, I'm always uncomfortable. I'd rather sweat my balls off than have to get in a car in 10 degree weather.

Yep, I'm chilled to the bone from November-March. :(
 

ZetaEpyon

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I much, much prefer the cold. Can always put on more layers, and I like wintery clothes (sweatshirts, etc.) anyway.

Although, being cheap this summer has been teaching me to tolerate the heat, as I've been running my window a/c as little as I can stand.
 

dawks

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Originally posted by: LoKe
I prefer the cold. Easier to put more clothes on, than to be sticky, sweaty and naked and still feel like crap. However, if there's no humidity...

QFT
 

Thraxen

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Originally posted by: LoKe
I prefer the cold. Easier to put more clothes on, than to be sticky, sweaty and naked and still feel like crap. However, if there's no humidity...

Yup. Easier to warm up than cool down (normally). I can't sleep if I'm too hot. But when it's cold it's easy to pile on some covers and sleep.
 

ruffilb

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Originally posted by: LoKe
I prefer the cold. Easier to put more clothes on, than to be sticky, sweaty and naked and still feel like crap. However, if there's no humidity...

 

Beige

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I like DRY HEAT! Since i come from a tropical Island. Puerto Rico.
This humid heat is murder and the cold. I think it is easier to deal with the cold than the heat.

While with heat your only opption at home is really good fan or AC and waste energy but in the cold you do not necessarily need to blast your heaters all the way, just get a couple of quilts and some cozy clothes and enjoy the warmth.
 

herkulease

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Hot.

especially right now. Its 107 outside. have had the AC running since 10am this morning when it was already 90.

But when its hot out you can't do much besides stay in doors.

when its could cold outside you can put on as many layers as necessary. if it gets too hot, you can take a few layers until its just right.
 

SilverThief

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I prefer the cold. Though we dont see too much of it down here in South Texas.
Winter usually lasts about a week.
 

cavemanmoron

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if its muggy and 85f+ I go waaah;

If the dewpoint is above 70f I go Waaah.

If its below 20f I go BRRRR, darn heat bill.

When its below 0f I go waaah too,LOL.

It costs more to heat my house, than to cool my bedroom.
 

MrPickins

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Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
During the winter, I am never warm enough. No matter how many clothes I put on, I'm always uncomfortable. I'd rather sweat my balls off than have to get in a car in 10 degree weather.

Yep, I'm chilled to the bone from November-March. :(

This describes me perfectly, but my wife likes it cold, so the temperature is a source of contention. Frugality wins out, and actually makes for a good compromise: in the summer it stays 78 in the day, and in the winter it stays around 65. All winter I weear sweatpants/sweathirt at home, and usually have a quilt around my shoulders at my pc. :)
 

MX2

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I loathe being hot and sweaty. Well, except when its the heat of passion:p
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: Thraxen
Originally posted by: LoKe
I prefer the cold. Easier to put more clothes on, than to be sticky, sweaty and naked and still feel like crap. However, if there's no humidity...

Yup. Easier to warm up than cool down (normally). I can't sleep if I'm too hot. But when it's cold it's easy to pile on some covers and sleep.

Most definitely.
 

nageov3t

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if it's hot out, I get uncomfortable, but generally speaking, I can deal.

I find extreme colds to be a lot more painful than uncomfortable, not to mention the other nasty friends that cold weather brings with it -- snow storms, roads covered in ice, having to dig out your car under 6' of snow, etc.

besides... summertime = women in tank-tops, shorts. winter = big, bulky coats, sweatpants.