Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

In my previous entry, I mentioned walking a couple of miles partly because "it was too cold and windy to stand around at a bus stop." It occurs to me to wonder whether that statement makes sense to other people or not.

Is that a universal -- that walking doesn't feel as cold in freezing weather with wind as standing around does -- or is it just me? (Well, in theory it should be at least a little bit warmer because one burns more calories walking, but this is really a question of perception more than physics.)

I do remember thinking, in high school, that the coldest place in the world had to be the sideline of a soccer field in freezing rain while waiting for the coach to send me into the game. The moment I set foot in-bounds, the chill seemed much less noticable. But that's probably yet another phenomenon entirely.