frozen fingers

February 23, 2018 11:32am CST
I think my fingers are going to fall off. I only have myself to blame; my gloves are nestled safely in my bag, begging to be worn, but I had more important things to do than worry about my fingers whilst waiting for the bus. It is impossible to play games with gloves on, don't you know. It has been a beautiful spring day. Bright blue skies, fluffy cottonwool clouds, sunshine sending happiness down upon the earth ... lovely. Yellow daffodils flutter against the vibrant green of the grass and tiny buds are trying to blossom, fooled by a cheeky sun. Except for the temperature. It is colder than a very cold thing. It is not as cold as Russia, but colder than Iceland. I don't *get* vaping. There's a man outside vaping away to his heart's content. It looks silly. And the amount of smoke he releases from his mouth after each puff makes him look much like an industrial chimney at a sugar factory. Here in the middle of the city I can spy Old fighting with New, bicyclists cycling, young men drinking beer, dogs bounding, lovers arguing. The crane is unable to compete with the Catholic church for the title of I suit the skyline more. Mr and Mrs Homeless walk through the park, their worldly belongings strapped to their backs, their bodies wrapped in sleeping bags. I hope they find somewhere warm to rest their weary heads tonight. My fingers are now unfrozen. Blessed relief.
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@YrNemo (20272)
27 Feb 18
Don't you hate it when officially it is spring, but the weather turns out to be colder than the Antartica! Happened last year to our place here, summer, but with awful blasts of cold wind. Mid summer, and we were in thick coats for ski resort!
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28 Feb 18
That would suit me ... I'd rather be cold than hot!
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28 Feb 18
@YrNemo Precisely!
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@YrNemo (20272)
28 Feb 18
@Poppylicious one can only strip that far heh .
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
23 Feb 18
There are gloves, typically found in Debenhams, for some reason, that permit one to tap away to one's heart's content on one's mobile phone without having to lose all feeling in one's fingers or hands in the process...
Need gloves that work with your iPhone or Android smartphone or tablet? These special touchscreen gloves will keep your digits warm and digital devices working.
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26 Feb 18
Yes, but they fail in the pretty-ness stakes!
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Feb 18
@Poppylicious Ah, that old chestnut - form over function
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
23 Feb 18
I very seldom use my phone out there.No need to.Unless it is an emergency
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26 Feb 18
I mostly use mine for game-playing, checking emails and taking photos.
• United States
24 Feb 18
i've missed yer wonderful observations 'f all that goes 'round 'ja whilst waitin' fer the bus, durin' yer ride, etc. i doubt i'd forgone gloves to play a game? then 'gain i jest use my phone fer talkin' with folks 'n snappin' the odd pic here'n there. i hope those homeless folks also found 'em a place. 'tis so sad to hear 'f so many 'n not knowin' their needs makes such a situation that much more diff'cult to aide'n.
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26 Feb 18
It is sad. What makes it somewhat sadder is that the media keep running stories about how lots of our local homeless aren't really homeless and just begging to make a couple of hundred pounds a day.
@cintol (11278)
• United States
23 Feb 18
It might be important to play those games without gloves but if you get frostbite and lose your fingers, those games will be no more. Which is more important? hmmmm
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26 Feb 18
The games? ;)
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@cintol (11278)
• United States
26 Feb 18
@Poppylicious Oh, ok lol
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@Plethos (13618)
• United States
23 Feb 18
so how did you do on your game?
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26 Feb 18
Oh, I'm on level eight million seven hundred and thirty one now. Go me!
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• Preston, England
23 Feb 18
I find vapers look stupid too - it is extremely cold here as well just now
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@RasmaSandra (72527)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb 18
Well glad you warmed up your fingers. My fingers have no choice but to be a bit cold. I have only one really warm room in my drafty old house and that is where I stay now all day working on my PC. It is nighttime and I ma looking forward to my warm PJs and bed it is -9 C or 16 F and it does not get too much warmer during the day. It will warm up and go into the pluses by the second week of March talking about frozen fingers well mine are just a bit cold.
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26 Feb 18
Ooh, we get to be as cold as you this week. Allegedly. But I never believe the weatherman until it happens!
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Feb 18
It's seventy eight here.
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26 Feb 18
That's what you get for living in Florida!