The cold doesn't bother me. 5 today -5 tonight. The colder it gets the more Bacardi 151 I drink. Natures anti-freeze.
I'm one of the lucky ones I guess. I can smoke inside any room. I have 10 of them. My girl has asthma, so I can't have plumes of smoke around her. She likes the "aroma". I mostly sit in the dining room, where the computer is or in the kitchen. I have a large wood stove that just about clears out the smoke in all the rooms.
It's great to sit in front of the fire and let the cares of the day melt away. Cut and split 2 cords of frozen wood last weekend, so the Bacardi let he stiffness melt away. Can't drink 151 in front of the fire, too dangerous. It's scary enough with a 60 ring gar!
My limit outside is about 10 degrees. I like to walk the beach. Now you can walk the harbour unless the icebrakers come by. When it gets that cold, it gets too uncomfortable. I tired of melting my gloves, so I have a patio out by the pool behind the garage, that's closed in on three sides. I just velcro some clear 7 mil drop cloth over the opening, turn on the propane heater and have friends over. What a life we have in New England.
Any of you N.E. boys get up by the North Shore some weekend, give me a holler on the board and we can get together with a couple of my friends and have a quick Herf.