Minustip of the day : when waiting still outside (like for the bus) do NOT stand directly on the ground, grab one of those lovely free newspapers and step on it, that will keep your bodytemp for longer, otherwise you will be like an antenna for the cold in the ground to just zip up along your legs and spine strait up to your important brain:-)
Minus 17 Celsius this morning maid me wonder shall I force my children out in this dangerously cold weather, Will that make me a bad mother? Then I remembered the Eskimos and the year we went out sledging for several ours when the kids were miniature big that was in minus 20 so I kicked them Out of bed, gave them long john's, thick padded trousers, socks, t shirt, jumper and fed them some porridge before they got the rest of the gear on: termos, down jacket , 2 pairs of gloves, a woolly hat and Really good winter boots on. ready steady go and winter cold was a piece of cake. the only thing I had forgotten : our faces. So on with thick oil and cream tomorrow. better get them balaclavas.
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