# The "living in cold places" advice thread - share yours! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-living-in-cold-places-advice-thread-share-yours/928663 "2020-12-22T17:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-living-in-cold-places-advice-thread-share-yours/928663/38 "2020-12-23T00:32:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That’s a fair point. I’ve lived in Canada all my life and just take winter in stride. But it’s mostly not that big a deal unless you’re in the far north or in some extreme snow belt area, as long as you watch out for the basics, You weren’t quite so blasé about the cold that time you visited Saskatoon in winter ❄ ❄ ❄ > [@I hate waking up at 4 in the morning and realising I forgot to plug in the car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023/20): > > I remember flying in to Saskatoon once for a one-day business meeting with a jacket like that, and the temperature was something like that. The walk from the hotel to the meeting site was about two blocks, and I felt like I was going to freeze to death. When I walked in to the office I was just about turning blue and shivering in this pathetic spring overcoat. Without another word the receptionist picked up the phone and announced, “The gentleman from Toronto is here”. smiley (At l… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-living-in-cold-places-advice-thread-share-yours/928663)._