You are deprived from enjoying naturism outside because of the adverse weather as you live nearby south pole. Whereas I am deprived from enjoying naturism outside just because of adverse legal laws. Just as you don't have control over weather, I don't have over lawmakers.
You are correct. There are many people for whom naturism carries severe and legal consequences. It saddens me to see people deprived of such simple joys.
I’m definitely not a fan of the cold. My family and I have lived all over and always threw ourselves into the local culture and area, no matter the weather. So when you mention sideways rain, I’m familiar. Add in things like freezing rain, hail, sleet, snow, and blizzards...been there too! But I grew up in a warm climate and have settled in a warm climate. A naturist friendly climate is an obvious benefit. But more or less, I just complain about the weather a lot less, which undoubtedly makes Mrs Naturist4life happier.
I’ll leave the naked in the snow and polar bear plunge events to others. I’ll stick with wearing shorts, or less, year round.
Apart from the patch of snow, Paul Simon's lyrics are certainly seen in the skies over the water in the photo! And it was indeed nippy! Although I advertised the event far and wide in all our local community noticeboards on social media and on a couple of local radio stations, I wasn't really that surprised that only seven of us were crazy enough to partake. Even the threat of more rain would have put most people off. But it was the first time we'd used the event as a charity fundraiser (for youth mental health) so it was certainly worthwhile.
I don't really do cold weather either, but if it's a clear and sunny winter day the radiant heat from the sun is usually enough to stay warm enough for a few hikes, which we've managed to do. But it's heartening to know that we're now over the solstice "hump" and back on the way to summer - like another of Paul Simon's songs:
"Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
Degrees F is a better range for human experience. 0 is winter cold. 100 is summer heat. We live our lives between 0 and 100. Centigrade, not so much human experience. Much of the range of Centigrade is outside of the range of human experience. .Sure, someone can become familiar between 10, 20, and 30, but they are just random numbers and will always be just some random number to memorize. .
I guess for where I live in NZ, to use your human experience example, we live our lives between 50 and 100F, or 10 and 35C. Much of every temperature range is outside human experience. I am sure F reaches below 0 and above 100.
Or 0 and 120 as is the case here in Arizona. Lol! I liked the way you explained it as a more human scale. I've often thought that Fahrenheit is a more accurate scale, there are almost three f° to each c°.
Paul, I guess it comes down to familiarity - you get used to the number associated with a certain temperature and that then becomes what is easiest to understand. You know that 85 is getting pretty summery and that 50 is getting a bit too nippy to be outside naked for very long. For us, we're used to the numbers 30 and 10 in those scenarios. But we use a decimal system in pretty much all situations now - distance, weight, money, temperature, etc etc.
Fair comment. Centigrade I always perceived as easier, water freezes at 0 and boils at 100. I guess if you grew up using F then the metric system must seem alien. I included F scale in my blog because even though I don't understand it, I know it is the default scale for many of my readers.
You are deprived from enjoying naturism outside because of the adverse weather as you live nearby south pole. Whereas I am deprived from enjoying naturism outside just because of adverse legal laws. Just as you don't have control over weather, I don't have over lawmakers.
You are correct. There are many people for whom naturism carries severe and legal consequences. It saddens me to see people deprived of such simple joys.
Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere natural people are enjoying summer. As an outdoor naturist I don't much enjoy winter either.
I’m definitely not a fan of the cold. My family and I have lived all over and always threw ourselves into the local culture and area, no matter the weather. So when you mention sideways rain, I’m familiar. Add in things like freezing rain, hail, sleet, snow, and blizzards...been there too! But I grew up in a warm climate and have settled in a warm climate. A naturist friendly climate is an obvious benefit. But more or less, I just complain about the weather a lot less, which undoubtedly makes Mrs Naturist4life happier.
I’ll leave the naked in the snow and polar bear plunge events to others. I’ll stick with wearing shorts, or less, year round.
"Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground"
Apart from the patch of snow, Paul Simon's lyrics are certainly seen in the skies over the water in the photo! And it was indeed nippy! Although I advertised the event far and wide in all our local community noticeboards on social media and on a couple of local radio stations, I wasn't really that surprised that only seven of us were crazy enough to partake. Even the threat of more rain would have put most people off. But it was the first time we'd used the event as a charity fundraiser (for youth mental health) so it was certainly worthwhile.
I don't really do cold weather either, but if it's a clear and sunny winter day the radiant heat from the sun is usually enough to stay warm enough for a few hikes, which we've managed to do. But it's heartening to know that we're now over the solstice "hump" and back on the way to summer - like another of Paul Simon's songs:
"Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away"
Aa reader from the United States centigrade is a scale I don’t understand and makes no sense to me. Thank you for including Fahrenheit.
Degrees F is a better range for human experience. 0 is winter cold. 100 is summer heat. We live our lives between 0 and 100. Centigrade, not so much human experience. Much of the range of Centigrade is outside of the range of human experience. .Sure, someone can become familiar between 10, 20, and 30, but they are just random numbers and will always be just some random number to memorize. .
I guess for where I live in NZ, to use your human experience example, we live our lives between 50 and 100F, or 10 and 35C. Much of every temperature range is outside human experience. I am sure F reaches below 0 and above 100.
Or 0 and 120 as is the case here in Arizona. Lol! I liked the way you explained it as a more human scale. I've often thought that Fahrenheit is a more accurate scale, there are almost three f° to each c°.
Paul, I guess it comes down to familiarity - you get used to the number associated with a certain temperature and that then becomes what is easiest to understand. You know that 85 is getting pretty summery and that 50 is getting a bit too nippy to be outside naked for very long. For us, we're used to the numbers 30 and 10 in those scenarios. But we use a decimal system in pretty much all situations now - distance, weight, money, temperature, etc etc.
Fair comment. Centigrade I always perceived as easier, water freezes at 0 and boils at 100. I guess if you grew up using F then the metric system must seem alien. I included F scale in my blog because even though I don't understand it, I know it is the default scale for many of my readers.