its cold outside so.....

[Ryan Ross]

Awright...crabby old me is gonna pull this one out again:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...humanbehaviour

The heat loss through the head thing is a myth. Please don't think that a super duper hat is gonna make everything else immaterial.

Best

AA

Hey- Wether it's the power of suggestion, or more likely, that the tender skin of the ears forehead and scalp feel the cold more keenly, I feel one heck of a lot more comfortable with a hat than without. I also know that I am by no means alone in this.

Also, you'll note that the article does confirm that around 10% of lost body heat is lost from the neck up. That's a sizeable ammount, so far as I'm concerned, when you consider that the average man may weigh 160-180+ pounds, and the average head only 7-10 pounds. As I said, a LOT of heat is lost through the head.