spacemanspiff
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transplants like WA use hardcore gear and whine loudly about how bad the weather is.
us natives simply keep firewater in our blood.
us natives simply keep firewater in our blood.
I know Spiff's kidding (or I hope he is, for his sake), but alcohol more than doubles your chances of suffering hypothermia. Along with the illusion of being warm, it shuts down the body's shiver reflex. Shivering is the body's way of generating heat through rapidly contracting muscles when the core temperature becomes dangerously low. If you're only going to be exposed to low temperatures for a short time, a shot of brandy does make you feel cozy warm, but for longer periods, like when you're out hunting (no booze with guns anyhow), it's a dangerous practice.The Firewater/antifreeze solution just makes you "think" you're warmer... Course that is most people's problem anyway!
Man, a day without considering W.A.'s undies is not a day poorly spent