Wow...lol! You say it was a bit "chilly" at 25F. We read our temperature in Celcius and that will be almost -4C!
If our minimum temperature in winter reaches 14C (which will be about 58F for you), we think it's freezing and we look like Eskimo's...lol!
Johannesburg has cold weather compared to us. They might go down to below 0C sometimes, maybe -3C to -4C. But we have much warmer (more tropical-like) weather here in Durban. We think it's "dooms-day" when it gets that cold...lol!
its all a matter of perspective, where i grew up in NZ the worst we got was down to 0C over night sometimes and a frost, no snow or sub freezing temps, the first time I experiences a real Winter in Bosnia Herzegovina my body was in shock and yes indeed I felt like an Eskimo LOL
One option when we retired was to move somewhere warmer like Florida or Arizona, but then we would not see the grandkids much at all so we put up with the winters
I can totally understand that your body went into shock. But it is true what you say about perspective...we do "climatize" when we spend some time in a certain area.
I remember when we moved down from Johannesburg to Durban, it was in the middle of winter. I walked around with a T-shirt on and I thought there is something wrong with the other guys wearing thick jackets. By the next winter, I was also wearing thick jackets, same as the other guys...lol.
One option when we retired was to move somewhere warmer like Florida or Arizona, but then we would not see the grandkids much at all so we put up with the winters
That makes perfect sense. I can associate with that. We would also do anything to be close to our kids and grandkids!
It was a bit chilly when I took this walk but was the nicest day of the week so I went for it
Wow...lol! You say it was a bit "chilly" at 25F. We read our temperature in Celcius and that will be almost -4C!
If our minimum temperature in winter reaches 14C (which will be about 58F for you), we think it's freezing and we look like Eskimo's...lol!
Johannesburg has cold weather compared to us. They might go down to below 0C sometimes, maybe -3C to -4C. But we have much warmer (more tropical-like) weather here in Durban. We think it's "dooms-day" when it gets that cold...lol!
its all a matter of perspective, where i grew up in NZ the worst we got was down to 0C over night sometimes and a frost, no snow or sub freezing temps, the first time I experiences a real Winter in Bosnia Herzegovina my body was in shock and yes indeed I felt like an Eskimo LOL
One option when we retired was to move somewhere warmer like Florida or Arizona, but then we would not see the grandkids much at all so we put up with the winters
I can totally understand that your body went into shock. But it is true what you say about perspective...we do "climatize" when we spend some time in a certain area.
I remember when we moved down from Johannesburg to Durban, it was in the middle of winter. I walked around with a T-shirt on and I thought there is something wrong with the other guys wearing thick jackets. By the next winter, I was also wearing thick jackets, same as the other guys...lol.
That makes perfect sense. I can associate with that. We would also do anything to be close to our kids and grandkids!
Indeed
And it’s funny I said yesterday to someone at the start of winter 45F seems so cold
Now it seems quite nice lol
Hahaha...I hear you!
Glad it’s not just me lol 😂