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timark_uk
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Regardless if it's a myth or not, it feels better to be wearing a hat when it's cold.
So even if it's a psychological effect, it helps.
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davrosG5
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I'd suggest contacting your local councils housing department for advice. They will know how things stand in your area.
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forquare1
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Even in the winter I wear as little as possible to bed and I snuggle up to my dressing gown. I get warm enough eventually and when I get up in the morning and put my dressing gown on I feel warm, rather than horribly cold.
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Spreadie
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In the winter, I set the heating to come on, for an hour, 30 minutes before I'm due to get up. It goes off just as I am leaving for work and the kids are getting up for school, so they're getting out of bed to a warm house. My heating bill would be tiny if I lived alone - if I feel a bit cold, I'll put a sweatshirt on. My missus would rather walk round the house in shorts & T-shirt and just crank the heating up. Every time I walk by the thermostat, I turn it down. Every time she walks by, she turns it up. 
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EddArmitage
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Spreadie
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rustybucket
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saspro
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Let her turn it up as much as she likes then wander around naked. She'll soon stop (especially if you threaten to do it when her friends come round)
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oceanicitl
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She might do it more then for the thrill  _________________Still the official cheeky one
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saspro
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Either way win/win. Introduce naked Wednesdays as a policy
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Spreadie
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Or a damn good laugh!  
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Fogmeister
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Just got home and my room is ridiculously cold! The desk is so cold that I'm trying not to touch it as I type.
It feels as cold as a drink straight from a cold fridge. I'm guessing in the high single digit temperatures.
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JJW009
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It's not a myth at all. It's often simply taken out of context. Context is everything!! If you are wrapped up warm, say curled up in a duvet with only your head exposed, then it should be obvious that a large percentage of your heat loss occurs through your head because it's the only part exposed to the cold! On the other hand, if you're stark bollock naked and standing in a cold breeze, then your head only accounts for maybe 10% of your heat loss and your warmest option would be to put on a fluffy dinosaur play-suit. It's like insulating a house or anything else. There's no point adding extra loft insulation if all the windows are open... _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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timark_uk
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ProfessorF
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