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Re:How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America by lutorm on Sunday July 17, 2011 @10:13AM (#2773327)
it takes a few days for the body to reprogram itself for freezing ambient temperatures after spending months in roasting ambient temperatures

I noticed this empirically with myself whenever I traveled from California to Sweden in the winter. Coming to Sweden, I'd be cold all the time for the first couple of days, and then back in CA, I'd have hot flashes for a few days there. Nice to know that I wasn't imagining things. :)

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Re:How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America by chopsueyar on Sunday July 17, 2011 @10:59AM (#2773394)
I always assumed the heat-capacity of my bones took much longer to change temperature than the muscles and flesh of my body, but once it does, it lasts longer too.
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