I am at an age now where I can take it or leave it.
Originally Posted by: Retron
Age has nothing to do with whether or not you like cold weather. Just because your tastes have changed doesn't mean everyone's will do.
My neighbour is in her mid 80s and yet she still loves snow and ice. She gets her shopping delivered via the local Age Concern (or whatever it's called these days), so doesn't have to go out in it.
I can't imagine I'll ever dislike snow and ice either, it's a magical thing that completely changes the look of the world. And even if I'm old and grey, I'll make sure I have supplies to last a week or more should serious snow be on the horizon. That would include a portable gas heater (you can get decent ones for £100 or so) and a stockpile of batteries for torches and portable radios - perhaps a small generator too. We've got a gas oven here (although no idea if I'll still be living here in 40 years time!) and when we had the bad snows in 1987 we ended up supplying hot food and drinks to the majority of the road, as we were the only ones in the street with a gas stove.
Mild weather in winter is such a waste in my view. It's 10C now, a temperature which can be recorded in any month of the year (albeit during night time during summer). On the other hand, there's only a limited window in which subzero temperatures can occur, not to mention snow that doesn't melt within a day...
Originally Posted by: Gusty