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11-18-2008, 06:39 PM
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glove suggestions
I keep the thermostat at 60F and am mostly comfortable. Sometimes my hands get cold.
I have cotton and acrylic gloves, they are good but sometimes too bulky.
Can someone recommend washable gloves: silk or whatever?
Can any gloves be used on a touch pad?
Or is my best bet cotton with fingertips removed?
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11-18-2008, 06:41 PM
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I was just thinking that I wish my hands weren't so cold--it is hard to type. I think you'd need silk or thin cotton. I'm going to try to dig some up in my closet now.
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11-18-2008, 06:51 PM
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11-18-2008, 07:55 PM
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My IBM laptop runs hot and when my fingers get cold I warm them up by sticking them under the laptop for a bit.
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11-18-2008, 07:58 PM
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Grab a pair of cotton gloves. The ones people use to do hand care treatments with. Very thin and would work fine on a keyboard.
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11-18-2008, 08:23 PM
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Most of the body's heat loss is through the head. Try wearing a head cover, cap or scarf, or whatever feels good. You'll be surprised at how every other part will feel warmer.
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11-18-2008, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Khan
I keep the thermostat at 60F and am mostly comfortable. Sometimes my hands get cold.
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ummm....ummmmm...nah, i'll get kicked off the forum if i tell you how i keep MY hands warm in the winter.
ahem....back on topic...i would suggest synthetics, with no fingertips. touch pad usually requires direct fingertip contact.
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11-18-2008, 08:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ls99
Most of the body's heat loss is through the head. Try wearing a head cover, cap or scarf, or whatever feels good. You'll be surprised at how every other part will feel warmer.
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Hmmm, I'll have to try that....
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11-18-2008, 08:46 PM
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I keep warm by covering strategic body parts...
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11-18-2008, 09:28 PM
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Wow, HFWR...you finally showed us your toes!
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11-18-2008, 09:41 PM
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I like to wear really long sleeves and push them up as need be. I also bump the thermostat up to 64 during the day and even higher temporarily, but I have a $1K credit on our gas bill so I pretend it's "free."
I find mittens are warmer for my fingers but I guess they would be hard to type with. Or you could ask TromboneAl's crafty spouse to make you a pair of these open palm mittens to wear around the house
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11-18-2008, 10:29 PM
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Milionaires found frozen, too cheap to turn up thermostat. 
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11-18-2008, 11:13 PM
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...so you are a two-bagger? 
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11-18-2008, 11:39 PM
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Silk gloves are best I think. They are thin and keep you very warm. Synthetics might work too. I got a pair of "airline socks" (socks they give you when you fly business class on some airlines), they are made of a synthetic material (don't exactly what) which is both thin and warm.
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11-19-2008, 04:22 AM
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Quote:
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Most of the body's heat loss is through the head. Try wearing a head cover, cap or scarf, or whatever feels good. You'll be surprised at how every other part will feel warmer.
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This is true and a hat works petty well. Covers any bald spots too.
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11-19-2008, 06:19 AM
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Quote:
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Most of the body's heat loss is through the head. Try wearing a head cover, cap or scarf, or whatever feels good. You'll be surprised at how every other part will feel warmer.
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Wearing thick wool socks seems to help me in staying warm (not that it gets very cold in New Orleans, so what would I know? I don't even own a hat, cap, or scarf.) 
I hate having cold feet. My fingers don't get cold as easily as my feet.
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11-19-2008, 06:31 AM
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I hate having cold feet.
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Let me be the first to acquaint you with the "Missouri Winter Companion".
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11-19-2008, 06:49 AM
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ROFL!!! I haven't seen one of those since the 1950's when I lived in St. Louis. Guess I will need one when I move north.
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11-19-2008, 07:05 AM
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REW, that water bottle pic is awesome. When I went to New Zealand and stayed with an older couple for a week in Queenstown, the wife asked me if I wanted to take a "hottie" to bed with me that night! I was pretty excited (having seen some of the guys walking around town that day) until she produced one of those. sigh...
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11-19-2008, 07:25 AM
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term "poke sack"...
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REW, that water bottle pic is awesome. When I went to New Zealand and stayed with an older couple for a week in Queenstown, the wife asked me if I wanted to take a "hottie" to bed with me that night! I was pretty excited (having seen some of the guys walking around town that day) until she produced one of those. sigh...
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