Man I don't know how I used to do it as a teenager.

I'd wander around Chicago all night long in these subzero temperatures just like we're having now, when I was like 16, wearing leather boots, jeans with holes in them, a t-shirt, and a thin faux leather jacket that I wouldn't even zip up, no hat, no gloves, no scarf. I'm still a crazy mf these days but I marvel at myself when I think back on how mental I used to be.

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

I did the same when I was a kid. Walked to school or around town in unbelievably cold temperatures wearing a t shirt and some sort of bullshit light jacket. And it gets fucking COLD here, and was codler back then.

I mean... you still out-maniac me, but I feel ya on underdressing in the cold.

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@CountScrofula I think perhaps it's because I used to have an overactive thyroid, which leads to unusually low body temperature. And that means you radiate much less heat in the cold and feel more comfortable.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@BlueMetalChick That makes sense. You become one with the cold, rather than just resist it. I'm just a big hairy Canadian, heh.

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@CountScrofula Another side effect was my uncanny ability to eat amazing amounts of food and never gain weight.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@BlueMetalChick Ahhhhh my sister is like that, so you must be super skinny all the time. Do you need to eat regularly or get woozy?

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@CountScrofula Yes! Going without food for more than eight hours makes me feel nauseated and dizzy. Twelve hours and I start vomiting or even lose consciousness.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@BlueMetalChick Yep that's familiar! So extensive city exploration requires snacks. Man that makes me miss living in a city. Just walk for hours finding cool shit and getting into trouble.