Why is it that a large No. of people living here don’t wear proper shoes … when it is only a few degrees cold?
I keep on seeing people on scooters with gloves, thick thermo jackets, long pants … and nothing on their feed except the traditional blue flipflop. (Also to be found in foundries, factories and construction sites islandwide: the safety-flipflop…)
Does anybody have a theory about it ???
Yes, it was easier to just go out with the flip flops than to put on shoes 
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They are unsophisticated hayseeds.
By the way, 5C is 41F which is not all that cold. It’s not even freezing.
Asian Rednecks.
They don’t want to get their shoes wet and have wet feet all day. Many of these people have a decent pair of shoes and socks under the seat. Many of them don’t.
I think it’s fucking cold. Not outside, that I am used to, but at home. Why does nobody here have proper heating or at least thinker walls and better windows? I know, it’s all about money, but I just had to say this once…feeling better now…=)
They are unsophisticated hayseeds.
By the way, 5C is 41F which is not all that cold. It’s not even freezing.[/quote]
If it isn’t cold, why have I been in multiple layers of wool and leather shivering like a Hualien earthquake 
. I HATE being acclimatized . My house feels more like a cave, electric heaters don’t do squat with the concrete walls radiating cold…but, on the positive side, I’m doing a great job of caring for my rhinoviri 
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It really isn’t cold at all. For many years, I’ve swum in the creeks around Wulai day after day in weather like this, often in the pouring rain. And for all that I emerge from the water a lovely shade of blue and shivering so much that I can hardly get my clothes back on, it doesn’t half make me feel healthy once I’ve warmed up again.
I really don’t understand the lack of central heating in the north. Ok I can see how it’s not really necessary for places south of Taichung. The cold is only a little cold and bearable for the short winter. But, I spent a week in Yangmei for Chinese New Year and I absolutely froze. I couldn’t believe how cold it was. Why is central heating non-existent in the north?
Hans
[quote=“Hans Castorp”]I really don’t understand the lack of central heating in the north. Ok I can see how it’s not really necessary for places south of Taichung (Taizhong). The cold is only a little cold and bearable for the short winter. But, I spent a week in Yangmei for Chinese New Year and I absolutely froze. I couldn’t believe how cold it was. Why is central heating non-existent in the north?
Hans[/quote]
Cost and usefulness…this is unusually cold, and will only last a couple of weeks. I suppose I COULD replace my A/C only units with heat pumps that would be heaters in the winter, but the cost/bennefit isn’t there…besides, this really makes me appreciate the summer heat…until it arrives 
, then I’ll whine about it and pine for winter 
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i reccommend lying in a hot bath for a couple of hours every daY at this time of year…the after glow lasts all day if you wear enuff layers to give the michelin man a waddle for his money
…I wish I HAD a bathtub…might be worth a trip to the hot springs, though…hmmm…maybe tomorrow morning 
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Yes, of course, but you’re barking mad.
Close the doors to the kitchen and turn on all the burners to high for a couple of minutes. It will be toasty then.
I’m enjoying the cold weather this winter - or at least enjoying escaping it. I’ve got cats that sleep on my legs when I watch TV, a big dog that sleeps on my feet when I’m at my computer, and a wife that warms my bed and my heart.
And if that’s not enough to keep me warm, I can always visit the heated pool at Lotus Hill, the heated-even-warmer “Kurhaus Spa” with all kinds of bubble massager-jets and high-pressure showers, or the even-hotter jacuzzi. Then there’s always the sauna and the steam room. Yep, life can be pretty good - even in the winter!
<-----------is green with envy (which looks nice against the blue lips and fingers) .
[quote=“Maoman”]I’m enjoying the cold weather this winter - or at least enjoying escaping it. I’ve got cats that sleep on my legs when I watch TV, a big dog that sleeps on my feet when I’m at my computer, and a wife that warms my bed and my heart.
And if that’s not enough to keep me warm, I can always visit the heated pool at Lotus Hill, the heated-even-warmer “Kurhaus Spa” with all kinds of bubble massager-jets and high-pressure showers, or the even-hotter jacuzzi. Then there’s always the sauna and the steam room. Yep, life can be pretty good - even in the winter! [/quote]
I think the people who are just wearing flip-flops right now are out of their gourds. I’ve always found that, if my feet are cold, I feel colder.
Last winter I was amazed at the number of Taiwanese I’d see wearing heavy jackets, scarves, gloves, etc… as if they were living in the arctic. I never found it that cold… a few times I wore a scarf, 'cause my neck was cold, but I rarely ever found it cold enough for gloves. And, in fact, most of the winter I only wore my medium weight, late-fall/early-spring jacket.
This winter, though, the cold has seemed to seep into my bones. I just don’t understand it. I know many have said that this winter is colder than normal. However, the temperatures are still not as cold as I experienced growing up in the US. It must be the dampness. And, spending 6 days at the outlaws in a freezing cold house didn’t help, I suspect. Now I can’t seem to get warm. Even though the heater in the bedroom has the room at a toasty 24, I still find myself shivering from time to time.
Of course, right now I am dealing with a bout of insomnia. So, I find myself at 2:00 am sitting in front of the not-so-warm glow of the computer, wrapped in a comforter, 'cause the heater is in the bedroom keeping my bf warm as he saws wood and has pleasant dreams. :mrgreen:
I know all the “logical” reasons for not having heat in houses here – doesn’t get that cold, winter isn’t long enough, etc… to make it cost efficient. But, if you are going to go sans heat during the winter, why the concrete walls and tile floors? They just seem to make it colder. I’ve often found recently that it is colder in my apartment than outside. What is with THAT??? 
we have stinky feet so we need to air-dry them?! 
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If it isn’t cold, why have I been in multiple layers of wool and leather shivering like a Hualien (Hualian) earthquake 
. I HATE being acclimatized . My house feels more like a cave, electric heaters don’t do squat with the concrete walls radiating cold…but, on the positive side, I’m doing a great job of caring for my rhinoviri .[/quote]
[quote=“Hans Castorp”]I really don’t understand the lack of central heating in the north. Ok I can see how it’s not really necessary for places south of Taichung (Taizhong). The cold is only a little cold and bearable for the short winter. But, I spent a week in Yangmei for Chinese New Year and I absolutely froze. I couldn’t believe how cold it was. Why is central heating non-existent in the north?
Hans[/quote]
Sandman got so worried on my daughters behalf that he tried to confiscate them. However in the end he had to buy his own. 
Sandman might be able to post the details.
Then the poor guys with the electric heaters shivering of cold while sitting on their “heating” devices might try what it means to be cosy & warm.
… and they are cheap as well. When you have bought one, you are looking at NT$5/hr for being cosy and warm.