Would you rather be cold or hot?

[pokerfan]

It's 45 outside right now (11:30 pm) and headed towards 41. It's about 60 inside the house and I'm wearing a sweatshirt.

I'm enjoying it because I know the hot days (90+) are just around the corner.

[fortyfeetunder]

1. Cold

I think I can put on enough clothes to be warm...though last winter's event of several days no power near freezing outside -- did put me to the test....

[Skittles]

2. cold

much easier to warm up than to cool down

[JVS]

3. Cold. I can do stuff for that

[Nicole]

4. Cold.

I can put on more clothes if I'm cold.

[fizzgig]

5. i'm with everyone else

i'd rather be cold

[nickgutierrez]

6. It depends on the season

If it's spring/summer, I tend to say that I prefer cold weather. If it's fall/winter, I say that warm weather is better. I think I just like complaining about the weather.

[u4ic]

7. If 45F constitutes 'cold',

then yeah, I'd rather it be that than 100!

If we're talking the temperatures in my area; where hot would be 35C/90ishF, or cold -30C/-25ishF, I'll take the heat. ;)

I generally wilt in too hot temperatures, but too cold - while I don't wilt in it - sucks any ounce of heat from me for days. It can often take me a few days to warm up after being in such cold weather - even being surrounded by heat.

Minus twenty and below are bearable.

[pokerfan]

11. Well, we haven't seen -20 or even -10 F

in several years, though it's not unheard of. At those temps internal combustion engines get cranky and my nose hairs freeze almost immediately.

That I can so without. But triple digits just drain the energy out of me. I once experienced 118 degrees in Jeddah, SA and it was even worse given that I had to wear long sleeves and pants in order to conform with their customs. And that town lies on the Red Sea. I can't imagine what it must be like in the interior where it frequently reaches 130. Closest to hell I've ever been.

But given a choice between 100 and say, zero, I will take zero any time.

[u4ic]

51. I can't do double digits, either

0 in my language is -17, and that's not a problem at all.

This winter we saw a lot of -30s, with the wind chills in the mid -40's (the latter would be -50's down south), and could do without that.

Either way, I don't like extreme temperatures. I do like having four seasons, though.

[UrbScotty]

8. Cold. Which is a good thing, considering I live in Michigan. (nt)

[Heidi]

9. Hot.

I live for spring and summer. :thumbsup:

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. cold...

there are only so many articles of clothing you can take off to cool down...and there is something to be said about being snuggled up in a blanket.

But in reality, I'd rather be comfortable because I complain about the weather quite often

[krispos42]

12. Cold, no contest

I can add layers until I'm the Michelin Man. Even have the Stupid Fur Hat With Earflaps that I can put on.

I can't go less than a tee shirt and shorts.

[Lord Helmet]

13. I'd rather have a V8.

[StarryNite]

14. That depends

When it's hot, I'd rather be cold. When it's cold, I'd rather be hot. One of those 'grass is always greener' things I guess.

[laheina]

15. Cold.

Too hot is uncomfy. :(

[tkmorris]

16. HOT

I almost froze to death once, and the memory remains strong. Cold actually frightens me in a "To Light a Fire" kind of way.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. I like it hot. I can find more ways to stay cool in the summer than

I can find to stay warm in the winter, not to mention you can do more things outside when it's warm. Basically, I'd rather sweat than shiver.

[BarenakedLady]

18. cold

I don't do well in heat

[cobalt1999]

19. HOT

I've never had to say "it's too hot to go swimming or boating".

I love opening up the house, turning the ceiling fans on high, having a tall glass of iced tea, watching the kids swim, and watching the birds.

[dropkickpa]

20. HOT

A fan will cool you down quick, it takes forever to get warmed up. I HATE being cold.

[philosophie_en_rose]

21. Cold.

You can put more clothes on. However, even nakedness wouldn't make this hellish heat more bearable.

[Drum]

22. I'd rather be hawt....

[supernova]

23. HOT

I can always figure out how to get cool. I can go swimming or wear less clothing.

But I can't always warm up and I dread winter days when I can't warm up, no matter what I do or how many layers I put on.

[RebelOne]

24. Definitely cold. I'm dreading summer.

[Left Is Write]

25. Cold. You can always put more clothes on and snuggle under a blanket.

When it's hot, you can only remove just so many layers.

[InvisibleTouch]

26. Hot, no question.

I know people say "Gee, if you're cold you can always put on more clothes," but that presupposes you have an endothermic metabolism to begin with. Doesn't matter how many layers I mummify myself in, nothing works. I'd much rather be "too hot," if there even is such a thing. During the daytime, I can't really get "too hot." I'll admit that there are times at night during the height of summer that I'm uncomfortably warm trying to sleep, but I'll still take that over the alternative.

[Shell Beau]

27. Hot!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

59. Yes you are!

:D Sorry, someone had to.

How you doing these days??

[Shell Beau]

60. Awww!!

;) Thanks! I have been great! How about you?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

61. Good, if not stressed out.

I'm getting married and I've got (another) shitty job that I'm trying to get out of, but other than that, all has been very well, thank you. :-) I'm glad to hear you've been great!

[Ariana Celeste]

28. cold

heat makes me sick as hell.

[Richard Steele]

29. Hot. Any day of the week- HOT. I've worked outside in both 15° and 105°...

I'll take the 105° anytime.

[Withywindle]

30. Cold, definitely.

Easier to treat (more layers, hot drinks, etc.) and can be invigorating.

Hot weather just makes me feel sick and wilty. Summer is my least favorite of the four, by far.

[Zywiec]

31. Hot - both ways!

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. Cold, definitely.

[Inchworm]

33. Normally cold

because you can wear clothes to fix it usually

but if I'm hot and by a pool, beach, lake... I don't mind skinny-dippin every time I get -too- hot

:)

[av8rdave]

34. Better to be cold - you can always add a layer of clothing

[crispini]

35. Hot

Cold makes me feel icky.

[Burma Jones]

36. Cold

I hate the heat

[azmouse]

37. Hot. I can't stand the cold.

[femmocrat]

38. Cold.

You can always add layers, but you can't take them all off!

[NewWaveChick1981]

39. I'd rather be cold.

:) I can put on sweaters or sleep with extra blankets if I'm cold, but I can't stand to be really hot without some relief, like AC. :yoiks:

[KitchenWitch]

40. cold!

[Shine]

41. HOT, definitely.

I'm a CA girl, afterall. :D

[Tikki]

42. HOT...

you can always pare down the clothes and roll around in the Ocean's surf....
Layers upon layers of clothes and hanging around a fire...not for me.

Tikki

[Deja Q]

43. Honey, I am so hot you'd need a ten foot pole!

:rofl:

Did I misread the question? O8)

I prefer the colder temps. It makes getting warm with somebody easier. :spray:

[pokerfan]

44. Not really

Did I misread the question?

I intentionally phrased it somewhat ambiguously. :)

[Deja Q]

45. Well, there goes my self-esteem.

:spray:

[Tektonik]

46. i'd rather be cool than warm

but if i had a choice between extreme cold or heat, i'd choose the heat (if it was dry heat, :puke: fuck humidity)

[Blue_Roses]

47. definitely cold

that's why I've wanted to move out of the south for the last ten years...

[chknltl]

48. TOO Hot sucks, but TOO COLD sucks worse

I remember that one winter in "Grafenwhore"-(Our slang and no I have no clue how to spell it properly),-Germany. I have never been a religious man but I was strongly moved to tell God: "Never EVER will you hear me complain about the heat of summer if you'll just get me through this!" My toes were in severe pain for the first week, my fingers could hardly grasp a thing for the thirty days we camped there. It would have been better if the Army let me pick out warmer clothes but of course that was not about to happen. Yes there are far colder places...you can have them. That winter was over thirty years ago and ya know what? I have not complained about the hot summers anywhere yet! (I hope my complaints against Global Warming aren't held against me)

[nytemare]

49. Ahh, I did Field exercises in "Freezeberg"

Aka Friedberg. I suppose after sweating my ass off in Iraq and having the beginnings of trench foot, Freezeburg didn't bug me as much as 115 degree heat in full gear, though both bothered me plenty.

:hi:

[chknltl]

50. I am no big fan of heat either but that winter...

...still haunts my dreams. Our maintenance tent, (big enough to park 4 tanks in) was not secured to the ice well enough and blew off in a storm one night taking a fellow mech with it!

I suppose I should not complain...The closest I got to the Middle East was when Nixon almost sent us to fight the Egyptians as the Viet Nam War was winding down. Fortunately things did not get worse there and Tricky Dick got forced from office. I hope history repeats itself here.

btw. I see you have a picture of Joe Lieberman...I did not know he was running for President. I wonder if he is pretending to be a Dem or a Repug. Well I hope he stays Independent and gets less votes than Nader with all those votes coming from disenfranchised kool-aid drinkers

[nytemare]

53. LOL, he does look like 'Ol Joe, doesn't he?

:D

[gemdem]

52. If I have someone with whom to snuggle

I'll take cold. Otherwise, I'll take hot. (Cold bothers my arthritis -- so no snuggle, no cold.)

[SmokingJacket]

54. Hot.

But maybe I'm just saying that because I've been cold since last October.

[Arugula Latte]

55. Hot.

I don't do well with cold.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

56. COLD.

Because while you can pile on the clothes to warm you up, there's only so naked you can get.

[bamacrat]

57. I would rather be cold.

I have lived my entire life in Alabama. its 10:40 am and about 78 degrees outside, not bad, comfy. But being hot sucks, temperature wise atleast, it is much easier to heat up than cool down. But down here it can be 85 and feel like 105 because of the soup we call air.

[ccinamon]

58. Hot -- it's easier to cool off with a fan and ice tea than get warm with

multiple layers...once my nose, fingers and toes get cold, nothing seems to warm them up (except a hot shower/bath, but ya can't spend the winter in hot water!!!)