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9fingers wrote:Get your circulation checked. Might just be diabetes.
Your gp surgery will have an ultrasonic tester with which to listen to the blood flow in your feet. They check mine each year for my diabetic review.
Bob
Lurker wrote:9fingers wrote:Get your circulation checked. Might just be diabetes.
Your gp surgery will have an ultrasonic tester with which to listen to the blood flow in your feet. They check mine each year for my diabetic review.
Bob
I don’t think it’s that, but will consult DiL who is a GP
Just4fun wrote: ... I can't say I ever felt them being warm, but I never felt I had cold feet so I guess the heaters did what was needed and nothing more.
Pete Maddex wrote:If your feet are cold put a hat on, they used to say...
Vann wrote:Pete Maddex wrote:If your feet are cold put a hat on, they used to say...
And the saying is still valid. You loose a high percentage of your body heat through your head. It's also very cost effective to try.
Cheers, Vann.
Woodbloke wrote:Vann wrote:Pete Maddex wrote:If your feet are cold put a hat on, they used to say...
And the saying is still valid. You loose a high percentage of your body heat through your head. It's also very cost effective to try.
Cheers, Vann.
I'd agree; as long as me bonce is covered I can generally stay warm, so the 'to go' outdoor gear is a thick hoodie (beloved of a certain ex PM) as well as a full set of thermals - Rob
RogerS wrote:The science seems to disagree ! Only 7-10% of heat is lost thriugh the head. Proportiional to the skin area.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... nbehaviour
Lurker wrote:Thanks chaps,
I bought some new walking boots a few weeks ago so I will relegate my old pair for workshop duties.
I’m toying with replacing the laces with elastic (thin Bungy ) so that I can slip them on and off at the house threshold.
droogs wrote:Lurker wrote:Thanks chaps,
I bought some new walking boots a few weeks ago so I will relegate my old pair for workshop duties.
I’m toying with replacing the laces with elastic (thin Bungy ) so that I can slip them on and off at the house threshold.
I used these on my in the field (deployment) boots for around 17 years - brilliant things
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnum-Unisex- ... B00Y2JSR96
The science seems to disagree ! Only 7-10% of heat is lost thriugh the head. Proportiional to the skin area.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... nbehaviour
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