Comments on: Fall and the Temperature Wars

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:23:27 +0000

What a great idea! I love the idea of a heated mattress pad. I now just need one for the ole sinus passages.

By: Adela

Adela — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:20:06 +0000

This is a familiar scenario in our household. My Husband is from Norway, he was born ABOVE the Arctic Circle! Talk about cold. I was born in Savannah where “winter” means temperatures in the 50′s. Husband walks around, in the dead of winter, in a t-shirt while I have on 3 layers of fleece. I also refuse to set the thermostat (ie pay for more gas heat) above 68 degrees. So it’s cool in our house in the winter and even cooler in the bedroom at the far end of the house. But, I have the perfect solution – Mattress Pad Warmer under my flannel sheets Some have dual settings. I turn it on about 1/2 hour before I climb into bed and when I do, it is warm and toasty. At first, Husband laughed and made fun of it, saying he’s a studly Viking from Norway and he doesn’t need any mattress pad warmer. Guess who likes to use it now, and year-round?! He has made me promise not to tell his parents for fear of being a disgrace to his country.

By: Christine Hohlbaum

Christine Hohlbaum — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:18:47 +0000

Yup, when you wake up with frozen lung, it’s time to nudge the thermostat into the positive realm. On a similar note, I just learned the origin of the word ‘anorak’. It comes from Greenland and means “heavy seal fur with portal to slip neck through.” I’m not so sure what it smells like, but by golly, a gal’s got to have priorities. Warmth over smell any day!

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:22 +0000

On the bright side…having someone to sleep with who allows you to put your cold feet on them, regardless of whether or not they, too, are cold, is a real blessing. Cohabitating at its finest