Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Colder as You Get Older?

This^^^^

Yep. This is me too.

what Rocky said

When its cold, and damp is our problem...

seems that dampness just cuts right thru you regardless...

finding what I need to cover is my head when outside... that is where I am losing body heat from...

Oregon's a good place to catch pneumonia...

At age 74 I can still tolerate heat or cold as good as I ever could but now I don't see any reason to tolerate it. I wear whatever is appropriate for the weather conditions.

I just turned 40, I notice I'm getting more sensitive to cold the past year or so. I also find myself bitching about the behavior of young folks and worrying about retirement.

I have all of this too, I find it funny that we are are dealing with this at only 40 years old.

Yup. Lopressor does not help.

As my physician explained it, as we get older the idle screw on our carburetor sets itself lower and lower.

Just don't stall. You'll get real cold then.

Wife and I are 59. I'm no different than ever. My wife went through a stage where she was either hot or freezing. Never comfortable. Now it seems as if she is more sensitive to cold.

My dad died 4 years ago at 89, mom just turned 87. Once in their 80's both of them froze year round. They pretty much stopped going outside during winter unless it was a warmer than normal day.

if you keep your house at 70plus you'll always freeze outside in winter.

at 55 i don't feel much of a difference in temperature. i can still handle the cold.

I've heard those mentioned on here several times. I want to get some.

I am old. I have no issues with getting colder though.

I have my suspicions that being born and raised in Minnesota and living here my whole life but for four years gives me a different perspective of what cold is. Maybe next year I'll get cold if global warming doesn't cook me.

Many women are especially so cursed.

At age 73 I don't feel much, if any, colder. Many folks who feel my hands do say they feel cold though. Temps up to about 95 degrees are great as far as I am concerned. Zero or sub zero is not quite as fun as it used to be although if there is no wind it is still tolerable.

I have inherited my mother's type II diabetes and my dad's heart problems but I honestly can't really say that the meds connected with them have made me less tolerant to heat or cold.

wabigoon
I feel your pain sitting on an open station tractor while seeding. It seemed like it was almost always chilly sitting on my M Farmall while seeding wheat or oats. I often threatened to use the tractor with the cab on it but thought it might look a mite silly seeding with such a big tractor with duals on it.

I love the reactions I get when I refer to this as 'girl metabolism'.

Me too. And it get's more difficult to lose the weight....

Women don't have a thermostat. Period.

I come inside in winter and the heater is set on 375*...