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Ours is a council house from the early 80s and we have all of these problems. We had our double glazing done last year and they popped the old wooden frames out with their hands more or less, they were so flimsy and degraded.
As japan said there was absolutely zero consideration given to air flow management at the time. I tend to close everything up at night to retain what heat we can and open the windows about midday to let out some of the humidity. I've given up trying to use the storage heaters for any meaningful temperature regulation
i used it like twice over the 10 day trip and one of those times was when we went on a whale watching cruise by some glaciers
i've used it a couple of times over the last few days but honestly i've found myself sweating in sub-freezing temps with it on
north face aren't fucking around
Need to make sure it's not cotton, though, since that's just a variation on the theme of denim
In practice my usual tactic is to give up on staying dry and use next to skin layers that still insulate when wet. I do walk the dog in jeans but I'll wear 3/4 length insulated running tights under them
But we ain't at that part of winter yet.
Yeah it was super cool, I sure haven’t seen that before.
The tunnel is 6 feet in length.
When does the train leave the tunnel?
same
or, like
we are at that part of winter - it's not unreasonably hot to wear. It's comfy. I can always just lose a jacket.
But we haven't been at that part of winter long enough. I'm not ready to admit to myself and god that okay it really is winter.
when I will be wearing regular clothes and not like Winter Gear because it is a normal day
but also yes I second what Japan is saying - it was drilled into me from a very, very young age that for snow and cold, cotton is satan
That website hasn't changed a bit since I used it around 2010ish, hah.
~6:26:22am
Looks like the train is on time.
that doesn't make any sense thermodynamically speaking
e. https://www.buffalosystems.co.uk/advice/how-works/ a bit vague but you get the gist
Looking at it, I think in practice it's a set of integrated layers assembled as one garment
No reason it shouldn't work, but the idea of your "jacket" being a next to skin layer would take some getting used to
I rely on my internal warmth and insulation in this weather
the way it was phrased made it sound like it was meant to make you be too warm and thus too damp but that not being a problem, somehow
but that will still chill you and it all being one layer does make it a bit hard to regulate so, hm
I dunno I'm giving the whole thing the narrowed eye look
This stuff, under more or less anything else you wear, will keep you super warm.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I still swear by wool but like, that class of garment, sure
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/brynje-wool-mesh-long-underwear.html
an exception to the wool only rule but for real this stuff is brilliant
how we dressed in the army was this undernearth, the gore tex uniform as the outer layer, add stuff in between depending on temp and activity level
(with the wool thermal underwear being on the thicker side - this stuff being much better at being a lighter layer than thinner thermal underwear is)
Y'all had some delightful snowy photos and discussions about relationships while I was away, and I enjoyed reading it.
Here's Day 2 of "AH Christmas Decorations" our tree topper
Long term relationships (like, decades, or a lifetime) with a single person and never banging anyone else: they’re difficult
People cheat for a wide variety of reasons. Happy people do, unhappy do as well. Many people do it because they’re partner doesn’t want an open relationship and they don’t have much sex at home anymore, but they don’t want a divorce. Some people have a healthy and fun sex life and decide to smash other people anyway, for a wide variety of reasons
It’s complicated! People change over the decades and people are often hostile to the idea that sexual desire changes, so they don’t talk about it. And it’s difficult for 2 people to fulfill the breadth and width of sexual desire for each other for 40-60 years or what have you. It’s not impossible by any means, but it requires a lot communication and honesty, something married people are often very bad at
I also think cheating being an automatic extinction level event for a marriage is not a good idea. I don’t think it’s even in the top 5 of the worst things you can do to a married partner (long term secret affairs can be really bad though), but our culture is obsessed with how bad infidelity is, while also encouraging it at every turn. I would much rather find out my husband had sex with someone on a business trip than realize he’s spent all our money due to a gambling addiction, or secretly took out credit cards in my name and maxed them out, or has been poisoning me or something
Our discourse as a society on the subject is really bad. When it was revealed that jay-z had affairs, people were like “imagine cheating on someone as hot as beyonce” and that seems to willfully misunderstand the reasons someone would cheat!
Turns out I was just trying to effect a change through the wrong internal process, so it's fixed by me sending a different form
Whee, what a roller coaster
Yeah it wasn't meant to make you too warm - it had zip vents in a few places for thermoregulation. The pile lining stuff that kept you warm also very effectively wicked moisture away whatever the source, and so it didn't need to be properly waterproof.
As a concept it did work, and I know some people who love it. You and Japan have both touched on why it is a bit niche, and why I got rid in the end - it was irritating to regulate as I was constantly fiddling with the zips, and I never got used to the next-to-body aspect.
That mesh stuff looks interesting, should I ever have to kit myself out again.
The wool blanket dried before nightfall, so I slept VERY well (it's an old (I think) wool blanket from somewhere in the middle east, based off the tag, and it's just the standard OD military green.) I've had it like 10 years now and it's lived outdoors with me at times.
The overalls desperately needed a wash and still have some caked on mud I'm gonna have to dig out.
Kinda over this broken sleep schedule
oh
this is bullshit
is it broar
is it
I gotta say something.
But also new Waifu gatcha just dropped this one is an auto chess game. These bastards can’t keep doing this to me.