> > I would have thought the opposite. I would
> > think that a low body temperature would make
> > cold water less noticable to your senses, not
> > more.
>
> Ah, but there's something you've not thought of. I don't think there is any difference in when people start to feel cold. You have some sort of "comfort zone", a temperature range you feel comfortable in. If people claim they have low body temperature, their temperature is probably more in the lower parts of that comfort zone. Still within it, though, so they don't feel cold.
>
> The trouble comes when these people jump into cold water, because it takes much shorter time for them to drop below comfort level.
>
> I've tried this often, like this: When you wake up in the morning, your body temp is lower than normal. How many of you haven't been lying in bed, refusing to get out from under the warm cover and enter the cruel, cold world? Especially during winter, when going outside in the morning can be literally like torture. But my secret trick is to jump in the shower and sit (yup, sit!) under HOT running water for about 15 minutes. Eventually I'm nice and warm and can brave the outside without any cold shivers running down my spine.
>
> Trav"fortunately, electricity is included in rent"holt.

Again, this makes no sense to me, since your body temperature rises when you sleep. It would seem, therefore, that the reason it SEEMS colder when you wake up is because your body temperature is higher than when you went to sleep. Call me nutty. Does anyone know the real answer?