A Tangent: There Was A Time

[dogscoff]

Raging Deadstar said:
It's going to be cold work so I'm debating about buying one of those large woolen russian hats with ear flaps

Yes, I have one. Thoroughly recmomended. Be sure to wear it properly though (ie with the ear flaps sticking out, so that you have the look of a permanently perplexed spaniel. )

For cool ear-flap-hattage, download the video for Groove Armada's "Superstylin'". A truly excellent song and video and hat.

[Iron Giant]

I suffer some horrible winter depression. Took some years to figure out why my mood went south each winter.

In addition to the good advice from others, I also found this device:

http://www.sleepwellbaby.com/index.a...PROD&ProdID=47

Can't get out of bed without it in the winter time.

I also recommend heavy cardio exercise. Like 20 - 25 miles a week of jogging.

[Wolfman77]

I used to love winter for the snow and the darkness as well. That was when I worked nights, and the sun was a cursed thing.

I still enjoy the snow, except when I have to dig my car out of the plowed up snowbank. But since last spring when I moved to working day shift, I find I enjoy the sunlight alot more. This will be my first winter working days, so it will be rather odd for a bit I'n sure.

I just thought my changes in attitude about winter were me getting older, so I try to find anything I can to enjoy about it, and ignore the rest (like the three month christmas season, 1 month = good, that's enough).

[El_Phil]

In this case I can advise AT to never visit Finland in Autumn. I did like the nights drawing in, not so much I wished away summers, but I liked the change. Then I spent September/November just outside Helsinki. That was depressingly bleak. After that I understood the high suicide rates and chronic alcohol problems in Scandanavia. It was so bad it made British weather seem cheerful.