On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:14:23 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:

On Friday, 31 October 2014 04:56:48 UTC, Bod wrote:
Uncle Peter made this incredible statement:

"This is a fact. -20C air does not make you cold, . You might shiver
if you were naked, but the shivering will stop you getting any colder".

To me, it sounds like he's talking absolute bull**** and he should be
sent to the funny farm, but is there an element of truth in what he
said?....Anyone know?

You could always get him to prove it, as in try it post a vid. to youtube.
They say that as you approach Hyperthermia you start to feel warm/hot and remove your cloths.
Of course -20C air doesn't make you cold unless you're actually exposed to it.

My comment to Bod which has been missed out completely in this thread was that air is nowhere near as cooling as water. The conversation was originally about dry air at -20C, which I said was nothing like even cool water for cooling you down.

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What's soft and warm when you go to bed, but hard and stiff when you wake up?
Vomit.