Double post.
With regard to the body adapting to changes in temperature.
As I was writing the above post, my wife came in and said ‘god its cold today’. I check the sensor and it’s 22 degrees in the house. It’s been up around 25 to 27 over the last two weeks or so.
Now I was was to wake up in December, where our house is set to turn the heating off when the house is at 16 degrees, and it was 22 degrees, we would be roasting. But now cos of 2 weeks of 25 degrees, the body thinks it’s cold at 22.
I recall on April it being 19 one day, the kids had colds and was off school so I took them to anglesea and we built sandcastles and got burnt. I had to explain to thd kids to not tell the teachers where they was while ligit of school Ill.
It always amazes me how fast our body adapts to temperature changes.
Spent a few weeks in Norway as a kid, up north in dec/January of 98/99. Seriously cold place. There is no acclimatising to that. But spend hours in minus 16 to 20, skiing, getting sweaty, then cold in cycles is horrific, but when you dig a snow hole, as the sun goes down, as temps then drop bast minus 30, your snow hole is a toasty zero degrees (give or take). It’s amazing as your body lies to you and tells you your now warm.
Again another example of how much the human body can acclimatise very quickly.
Personally I like it outside to be about 25, 27 max. Once youre hitting 30, it’s not nice to work in, weather that be labouring, or just Sat at a desk thinking, your body (well mine) just doesn’t think the same. What I do like about the heat is, it helps me sleep. And any assistance is welcome.
I have close friend that works as a steal fixer, done it from school, now he runs gangs. He is hating he weather, as health and safety rules are baking them alive. Hear hats, jackets, jeans, cloves, face masks, goggles etc… It could be worse, he doesn’t need body armor and patrol packs. But still not fun.
In about 1995/6 when I went eqypt, there was a new hotel in the close distance being built. I Sat and watched a group of guys in shorts and jesus sandals, laying flat bitchumen roof at lunch time, furness, flame throwers and liquid tar. It was in the 40s.
Seen something similar in turkey to a few years later.
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