getting cold feet
In the depths of this chilly English winter, the wheelhouse of the Nutmeg of Consolation stays very toasty. At the higher altitudes, that is. But down at floor level, a draft whistles up through the old wooden floorboards, and after a few hours of relative stillness while I work at my desk, my feet turn to blocks of ice. On more than one occasion I have had go come back in the house and pour myself a bowl of hot water to douse them in, before venturing back out to the lifeboat.
Even a pair of thick woollen Scandanavian oversocks—knitted by the mother of a gent who gave them to me to a recent 50th birthday fan gathering—have not been warm enough to stave off the cold. Perhaps I am missing some vital ingredient (vodka?)
But help is at hand in the form of these fabulous USB POWERED HEATED SLIPPERS that I have just ordered from Amazon.co.uk. They have individual controls for each foot, in case you ever want to BBQ one foot while the other chills out. And because they will plug into USB ports on my computer which in turn is powered off the Nutmeg’s wind turbine and solar panels, my little extravagance will even have a zero carbon footprint! (no pun intended.)
Have you located the matching Firewire Silk Pyjamas to complete the outfit? What an amazing find. Dare I ask how you located them?
My current heating solution in the attic here is rather less elegant 2000 watt convection heater.
Cheers,
Andrew
Oh, dear God… I must have these! I have perpetually cold feet – you think they do them in a size 3?
–
Jennifer.
Deep heat for the feet?
What’s next? USB powered coffee maker? Wouldn’t think that enough power could be generated to warm some slippers…. maybe it’s just a placebo effect!
Beech
Hmmm, USB is 5V and max. 100mA. Do the math. Not much warmth there… If those things do try and drag any more current from the Mac your PSU stability could be compromised. That could ruin your day and by association, ours.
It’s surely the vodka that you are missing and get yourself a nice thick carpet! USB slippers… whatever next!
Cheers,
Jon
Dude! Have you never heard of Hot Water Bottles.
Scratch That. What you want is a faithfull Furry warm Dog at your feet.
May I recommend a Collie ( Rough ).
Holy crap – I want a pair of these right now. Scratch that – I want two pairs – one for work and one for home. Oooh – and another pair to keep in the car to take in to the coffee shop where I sit and write for hours on end. I wouldn’t even care if I get a reputation as “crazy slipper lady” (there’s a dude, Matthew Lesko – who would be familiar to U.S. TV viewers as the “get free government money guy” mocked perioidically on SNL – who frequents the same coffee shop as me, dressed in a suit covered in hand-sewn question marks, so I think “crazy slipper lady” would be okay.)
You soak your chilly tootsies in HOT water? Owch! What are you,
I’d think that you could accomplish the objective
a masochist?!
less painfully with warm water…be kind to yourself.
Peace and toasty slippers (you just watch, version 2.0 will be
wireless),
Kara in Winnipeg, where temperatures of -45 degrees Celsius
with windchill have been all too common lately–oh the HORROR!!
You go out in that, and your body just goes into complete *shock*.
But one must endure…only two more months of this… boo hoo…
Woollen oversocks + vodka. You described a January saturday night in Finland
I genuinely need a pair of these for the days I work at Ice Station Zebra.
However, I just *know* I’m going to get up and walk away while I’m still plugged in…
To my fellow frosty friends: May I suggest making up some
hot chocolate, and putting a shot of vodka in *that*?
Hee hee, Kara again…
I’m sure those will do in a pinch…just make sure you disconnect the cable before you jump up and yell ‘Science!!!’, hehe.
why not a heated floormat for the Nutmeg of Consolation? something like this: http://cozywinters.com/shop/tfw.html