| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: What do you do against cold hands while typing or doing mouse work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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patyjs 
Mexico
Local time: 05:02
Spanish to English
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| Cut-off socks! | Oct 30, 2016 |
Living in the tropics, we only get a few days a year when it's cold enough to want to cover up. Having no way to heat the room, working at the computer can be uncomfortable. I make sure my feet and shoulders are covered and cut a pair of socks to wear over my hands, with a hole cut out for my thumb. Works like a charm.
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It is quite warm here in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is interesting to know this kind of thing can happen while translating. I never thought about it.
[Edited at 2016-10-30 20:11 GMT]
| | | | | It doesn't get cold here. | Oct 31, 2016 |
I live in Medellin, Colombia and it doesn't get cold here so I don't have to worry about this. Although when I lived in NYC this was a problem in the winter though so I would stick my hands between my thighs for a few minutes to warm them up. Glad I don't have to worry about cold hands anymore!
| | | | | Regular Nuissance... | Oct 31, 2016 |
Cold/stiff fingers (and cold nose) are an almost daily nuissance (even when the rest of me, including my feet, are comfy)...
My remedies:
- cup of hot coffee / tea / broth to wrap my hand around
- sitting on my hands for a couple of minutes while thinking about the next sentence(s)
- taking one of our cats up on my arms for a good cuddle (warming my fingers in their fur)
- getting up and away from my desk for 10 minutes, to do some housework and give my entir... See more Cold/stiff fingers (and cold nose) are an almost daily nuissance (even when the rest of me, including my feet, are comfy)...
My remedies:
- cup of hot coffee / tea / broth to wrap my hand around
- sitting on my hands for a couple of minutes while thinking about the next sentence(s)
- taking one of our cats up on my arms for a good cuddle (warming my fingers in their fur)
- getting up and away from my desk for 10 minutes, to do some housework and give my entire circulation a boost
So, I kind of had to laugh when I saw this poll - nice to know it's not "only me"... ▲ Collapse
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C. Mouton
France
Local time: 13:02
Member (2007)
English to French
| I have a cat! | Oct 31, 2016 |
My cat sleeps on the desk and he makes a lovely hot-water bottle. I put my fingers under his hot belly for a few seconds, it works! Or hands around a hot cup of tea, that works, too.
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 08:02
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Although it only gets cold around here to the point of interfering with my job for less than three months, I have a fan that blows hot air and gloves that don't cover the fingers from halfway up. Since I smoke, I cannot close the windows, so that's a good enough solution.
| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 13:02
French to English
| Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 08:02
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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People who live in really cold places are not so much affected by this issue as people who live in not-so-cold places. "This is a dumb thing to say" is likely the first reaction to this statement. However, the ambient temperature in cold places like Canadá, Europe and northern USA is usually regulated by heating devices. These devices are usually running full time, so you only feel really cold when you go out to the street. In the not-so-cold countries, however, we do not have heating devices a... See more People who live in really cold places are not so much affected by this issue as people who live in not-so-cold places. "This is a dumb thing to say" is likely the first reaction to this statement. However, the ambient temperature in cold places like Canadá, Europe and northern USA is usually regulated by heating devices. These devices are usually running full time, so you only feel really cold when you go out to the street. In the not-so-cold countries, however, we do not have heating devices at home. So, when the temperature drops below 20ºC, we start being affected by the cold-hands and cold-feet effects, and we don't have the heaters. So we have to find the solutions proposed by the colleagues below. ▲ Collapse
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 12:02
Member (2007)
English
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| There's some truth in that | Oct 31, 2016 |
Mario Freitas wrote:
the ambient temperature in cold places like Canadá, Europe and northern USA is usually regulated by heating devices. These devices are usually running full time, so you only feel really cold when you go out to the street. In the not-so-cold countries, however, we do not have heating devices at home.
I find that I often have to wear a cardigan indoors in the winter, although I don't think the room temperature (without heating) ever drops below about 19C. But I can normally take it off as soon as I go outside as it's normally sunny. Things are topsy-turvy here in the Canaries compared with northern Europe.
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