Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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My mum and my granalways told me never to put my coat on until just before going outside, "as you'll not feel the good of it when you go out into the cold".
I disproved this theory by experimental means when I was still a child. Putting my coat on indoors meant I got all nice and warm and so when I went out the cold air was no hardship - in fact quite pleasant.
Whereas leaving it until the last minute meant your body heat had to warm up the coat too, thus on exiting the house, the drop in temperature was much less pleasant.
My gran put more store in old sayings than science though, so she didn't believe me.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 15:05,
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