A pertinent topic this time of year
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/27/the-subversive-joy-of-cold-water-swimming
The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming
Britons are skipping the heated pool and rediscovering the pleasures of lakes, rivers, and seas—even in winter.
Excerpt:
The cold was searing. I could feel the muscles of my upper back constricting; my clavicle and upper ribs seemed ready to shatter, and my toes and fingers started to numb, despite my high-tech gear. I swam a few lengths, trying to appreciate Deakin’s frog’s-eye view, though, to the extent that I could identify with a frog, it was with one placed—in the reverse of the fable—in a slowly chilling pot of water, to see if it notices when it starts to freeze to death.Despite the cold—and despite the two hours it took me to warm up afterward, stoking the wood-burning stove and drinking as much tea as I could handle—my brief swim in the moat was a starkly beautiful experience. I felt fantastic. Deakin swam in the moat nearly every day, except when it froze over, and it was easy to see how he’d got hooked.
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I see no need to verify that myself. I will take the authors word for it.
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
Like the people who ask you: Does this milk taste spoiled to you?
--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.
Now the Danes are at it: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200228-the-danish-trick-to-shock-your-body-into-happiness
Maybe if we had a boiling sauna at Van Pugh, my mood would improve?
Now that is sort of the opposite use of the sauna I learned about when I lived in Northern Minnesota. There they would sit in the sauna and after they were done they would run out and roll in snow. Saunas were quite common there. My apartment complex had one and I used it regularly. I later had one installed in my house when I lived in Roswell. Only problem there never any snow for me to roll around in. Later sold the house and sauna....
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.