Surviving the winter

BobbyPropane

****ing love winter. That's all.

Local-womanizer

mikom wrote: »

Definitely.

An agreement in AH, sweet!

Capt'n Midnight

Deleted User wrote: »

You can get fleece lined tights these days FLEECE LINED :eek:.

Now that I did not know.

Columbia

Shryke wrote: »

It's rain and dirt and cold and damp and dreary with heavy pregnant clouds and bad roads. It's not weather you adapt to unless you want to turn into a bog monster.

Great effort, I'd have thanked it twice if I could.

Aidric

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I think I'll stick with the dog, he does what he is told

Doggy style?

FloatingVoter

This winter I shall be:

Fkucing up my education

Putting the finishing touches to my liver through alcohol poisoning

Regretting being stuck on this soggy rock that actually deludes itself into thinking it is a proper country

Playing the lotto.

If the last one works out, I'll be working on my tan in a third world country thats too warm. Knowing me, I'll buy a mansion on top of a volcano.

tmc86

We're barely surviving the winter at the moment. You can see your breath watching tv in the evenings in our apartment! All we have is a storage heater in a big living room with a high ceiling!

I like the cold most of the time though, especially days like today!

Bohemian1890

Staying in on a Saturday night watching the likes of Winning Streak

youreadthat

I live in a house. I've got a 100% winter survival record, apart from 1999 of course when I died.

poppyvally

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

How do people do it?

Feel like going up the road and stealing a pair of long johns from some old man's clothes line.

Dunnes sell Ladies long johns. Tuck them into a good pair of heavy woolie socks underneath pants. Finish off with a comfortable pair of boots. That's your bottom half taken care of!

Mr Keek

Buy yourself a warm fleece and a decent waterproof jacket to wear over it

Get a neck gaitor, much better then a scarf and you can wear it over your chin/mouth to stay warm.

Throw a warm hoodie in the car and leave it there.

Get a little flash light and keep it in you pocket for when walking on quiter roads, make sure cars see you.

Love winter, great time of year, great chance to take some great photos when out hiking.

Must invest in a cheapo snow shovel in the pound shop, wrecked my alloys when i curbed them when the footpath was covered in snow at home.

Miss Lockhart

I absolutely love winter and I hate the summer with a passion - even Irish summers are too warm for me.

At least winter-haters get some sympathy - it's not socially acceptable to hate summer. You hear all about how the cold affects old people when you say you love snow, yet nobody cares that my health suffers in even moderately warm weather.

So yeah, loving the cold at the moment!

Larianne

Lived in Chicago where it got to -20 degrees and snow up to your knees. That was grand. You can wrap up well and wear boots/wellies and they clear the roads properly.

Over here, it's the rain that makes it miserable.

Fúck off rain! :mad:

PandaX9

PandaX9 wrote: »

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN! Don't just say stuff like that and not give us details! The world was built on details! Where???? I was about to resort to stuffing cotton wool down my tights before you said that..

Penneys, dunned, M&S!
Penneys do boot tights aswell. Tights with a sock on the end!

Miss Lockhart

Deleted User wrote: »

Penneys, dunned, M&S!
Penneys do boot tights aswell. Tights with a sock on the end!

Oh I have to check these out ASAP!

Red Pepper

Jaded Jester wrote: »

I'm just pointing out how different life is for the suicidal...

Well lets cancel winter then for all the suicidal people!

Jaded Jester

Red Pepper wrote: »

Well lets cancel winter then for all the suicidal people!

If only that were possible, it might mean fewer of us cancel their lives.

Red Pepper

Jaded Jester wrote: »

If only that were possible, it might mean fewer of us cancel their lives.

You might make a more postive contribution in this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056795524

bodhrandude

Just hibernate for 3 or 4 months, ignore November, December, January, February and most of March and you will be fine, just stay indoors. Or else book a holiday in Australia their summer is just starting.

df1985

Onesies!

Irish Guitarist

I wear long johns and a thermal vest if it gets really cold. What I hate about that is I often end up getting too hot in them. I'm freezing when I go outside but after about half an hour I'm drenched in sweat.

BillyMitchel

Lived in -15 most days last winter and it was grand if you wrapped up warm but with Irish winter it's all rain and crapy wind that makes it a million times worse.

Wish I was rich enough so I could spend spring and summer in Ireland and autumn and winter somewhere else.

caste_in_exile

Used to make me miserable, til I grew some skin was a proper melancholy little bollix thought I was looking at the infinite SADness

PickledLime

Homemade soup, tonnes of it.

[-0-]

Winter is great craic. Turf fire, peated whiskey, and a good book.

david75

I have that seasonal affective disorder thing but I find it doesn't bother me November to February. It's too fold to rain generally them so it's mostly bright and sunny.

As for long johns, dunno about that bit if there's an R in the month, I wear my PJs onujder my trousers at all times. Toasty:)

Maximus Alexander

Winter? Sure 'tis 27 degrees here today.

holystungun9

Grayson wrote: »

Whatever you do, don't invade Russia.

What a load of bolsheviks.

twinytwo

the way people carry on about the cold in ireland..... travel a bit, ireland isnt cold.

fasttalkerchat

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Nothing better than taking a long walk up a hill in winter. If you wrap up warm then no problems.

I'd rather have diarrhoea in mass!

fasttalkerchat

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Winter is lovely, the nice crisp mornings, the sun glinting off the frost and snow, the warm fires and food.

Nothing better than taking a long walk up a hill in winter. If you wrap up warm then no problems.

Irish people are afraid to adapt to weather I think, we would be fecked if a hurricane hit us!

twinytwo wrote: »

the way people carry on about the cold in ireland..... travel a bit, ireland isnt cold.

It is cold! Its just less cold than other places. If you haven't eaten all day you're still hungry, just less hungry than an Ethiopian!

mfceiling

Electric and gas bills that are through the roof.

Christmas and the fortune that it entails.

About 20 fcuking nephews and nieces birthdays.

Cold, wet.

Dark in the morning going to work. Dark in the evening coming home from work.

Work generally starts to get quieter (self employed)

Traffic is cùntish.

Wet clothes.

Washing machine is never off.

X-factor shìte everywhere.



Yeah it's great to see the winter coming...:rolleyes:

imitation

The darkness is the only deal breaker for me really, I just hate having to wait until the weekend to see the sunlight !

Capt'n Midnight

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Winter? Sure 'tis 27 degrees here today.

Fahrenheit ?

Just made a beef and chorizo casserole, and a lamb and winter veg stew, and butternut squash soup for the week. Winter food is awesome.

4zn76tysfajdxp

mfceiling wrote: »

Electric and gas bills that are through the roof.

Christmas and the fortune that it entails.

About 20 fcuking nephews and nieces birthdays.

Cold, wet.

Dark in the morning going to work. Dark in the evening coming home from work.

Work generally starts to get quieter (self employed)

Traffic is cùntish.

Wet clothes.

Washing machine is never off.

X-factor shìte everywhere.



Yeah it's great to see the winter coming...:rolleyes:

Whinge, whinge, whinge.

mfceiling

Memphis Creamy Anger wrote: »

Whinge, whinge, whinge.

Winter, winter, winter....

Teyla Emmagan

imitation wrote: »

The darkness is the only deal breaker for me really, I just hate having to wait until the weekend to see the sunlight !

Me too, the only thing I really hate is the dark.

ElChe32

Lots of vitamins! Keep the body and mind in shape.

Bipolar Joe

An electric blanket. Put it on for five or so minutes before you get into bed, turn it off before you brush your teeth. When you get in it's wicked toasty.

Local-womanizer

whoopsadaisydoodles wrote: »

Just made a beef and chorizo casserole, and a lamb and winter veg stew, and butternut squash soup for the week. Winter food is awesome.

What time you want us over at?

I fcuking love chorizo!

Local-womanizer

Local-womanizer wrote: »

What time you want us over at?

I fcuking love chorizo!

Can you light a fire?

Local-womanizer

whoopsadaisydoodles wrote: »

Can you light a fire?

Yes, I'm unreal at it.

So we burn something down then dinner?

Local-womanizer

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Yes, I'm unreal at it.

So we burn something down then dinner?

See you at 6 :cool:

PandaX9

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

I hate the summer with a passion - even Irish summers are too warm for me.

.. Qué?

WoollyRedHat

PandaX9 wrote: »

.. Qué?

They probably live in an igloo.

poeticseraphim

Take long hot baths and long hot showers. Vit C,D and E. Wrap up..excercise eat healthily and don't get run down. If you feel you need to see your GP ..there is a lamp you can get for the SAD thing.

danslevent

Wear a nappy to bed so if nature calls during the night you won't have to endure the psychological and physical trauma of getting out if your warm bed and into the cold, unforgiving night.

caste_in_exile

I have a fine pelt, the cave is dry.. there is gorse bush with berries leave me be

ArnoldJRimmer

Living in a place where the winter is a helluva lot colder than Ireland. On the upside, had four or five months of wall to wall sunshine for the summer. Even though there'll be days when my snot will freeze as I'm walking, and the wind will cut through me for a shortcut, I still prefer it to the Irish cycle of Spring rain -April showers-Warm rain-Thunderstorms-Autumn rain-Hailstones-Sleet-Spring rain.

As for survival, nothing like sitting indoors with a bottle of wine and a good box-set, or having a few pints of Guinness by an open fire. And remember, there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes