[LMB] AKICOT:L - Needed items for MSP area?

[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

On Sun, 25 May 2008, M. Haller Yamada wrote:
> And this isn't clothing related, but humidity is a big thing in winter -- or rather the lack of it. A humidifier works wonder in the bedroom at night. I often wear a surgical mask to bed when I'm getting/having/recovering from a cold. A personal mister with lavender water is also something I use quite often, but the effect may be more placebo than anything else.. 

All your clothing tips were so familiar from growing up on the prairies, 
and now living in Ottawa, Canada...

I also agree about the humidifier. If you have a forced-air furnace, you 
may have a humidifier as an add-on. If not, running a humidifier makes a 
big difference. We run ours from mid-November to end of February/ 
mid-March. I'd recommend a warm-mist one, though: the cool-mist ones have 
been shown to spread bacteria especially if you don't change the water 
every day. Boiling the water is much healthier.

> Micki (in Hokkaido Japan, if you were wondering)

Isn't it cool that we can live on either sides of the world and have 
things in common!

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Alayne McGregor
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