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Would you rather hot or cold?

 
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Would you rather wear winter clothes on the hottest day of summer or summer clothes on the coldest day or winter?

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For me, this one is easy. I hate hot weather, so I would take the summer clothes on the coldest day of winter.

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i love hot, and half the time i'm wearing long pants and sleeves and a scarf in the summer anyway, so bring on the winter clothes in summer! put all that cold aside for Matt.
 
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I can’t count the number of times I have run outside less than fully dressed in below freezing weather to feed the livestock or get firewood.   But, I have never put on a winter coat in 90 degree weather to do those chores.

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Of course, I live in Sunny Texas which has mild winters.

I have always said I prefer winter because I can layer clothing to stay warm.

There is not much I can do when it is 110 degrees outside except sit in an air conditioned house.

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I love the heat. It's literally about 90 degrees to cold here. I don't mind sweating my behind off all day, as long as I have access to water it's no problem.
 
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I'll take wearing summer clothes in winter, I'll just stay inside that day and turn up the heater.

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Since hot on the coldest is at the very least limb loss and most likely suicide I would have to go with winter clothing is summer as it is miserable but survivable.  summer clothing at 40 below and 30 to 60 mph winds doesn't leave much survival time.

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It depends on whether I have to go outside or not. I’m fine going out into the cold for short periods, but if I try for an extended time, I easily start shivering and feeling sluggish. So maybe I’ll take winter clothes in summer. I don’t want to freeze. On hot summer days, I cope by moving slowly. That day I could find a cool corner, maybe a cave, a mountain, or a cool streamside, and stay mostly stationary until evening.
 
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This one is a little hard. If we assume it includes going out and doing any serious amount of outdoor work, I'm probably dead either way. And if I'm just forced to stay inside and regulate the house temp in weird ways, I can probably get by with either. But in the second case, Dressing for summer in the winter and just firing up extra sources of heat sounds more pleasant than bundling up mid-summer and having to lie down on the basement floor and hold still.
 
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I guess I have to go with wearing winter clothes in summer.
Often when moving in and out of air conditioned houses in summer the temperature difference is jarring to me. It wouldn't be too strange to be bundled up indoors on a hot day in that case. And I often find grocery stores to be chilly.

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Matt McSpadden wrote:Would you rather wear winter clothes on the hottest day of summer or summer clothes on the coldest day or winter?



Summer clothes, more comfy!

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Do we have to go outside wearing those clothes? If we stay inside, I'll wear hot clothes in summer.
 
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