I agree with all of this - I never understand why american restaurant stalls were so awfully constructed. Especially the male ones. At our restaurant there's a half-height wall between two urinals, and one of the urinals is literally right next to the sink and a giant mirror. Like what kinda cave people put together these bathrooms I have no idea.
I still have a newspaper article proclaiming a study showing beer is the healthiest of all beverages. I am an advocate of that to this day. I remember once when it was thought that distilled spirits needed to have nutritional labels. "They" decided it might make them look good for you, and dropped the idea.
I've ran out to street parking and rummaged through my car trunk with just shorts in -30/-35 weather, but there was sun and no wind. Wind can make a huge difference, as can standing around vs. walking. I can stand around at a slightly sheltered bus stop for half an hour in that weather, or walk for 30-60 minutes easily, but I simply don't have adequate clothing for hours in such weather.
I've known several people that worked a stint on projects at the South Pole. Even though the temperatures were "only" -20 something in the summer, they were explicitly told not to bring a coat on their first trip as they would be issued an appropriate one. The project really did not want to risk someone underestimating how difficult it would be standing outside in windy conditions doing non-physically intense activity.
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I've known several people that worked a stint on projects at the South Pole. Even though the temperatures were "only" -20 something in the summer, they were explicitly told not to bring a coat on their first trip as they would be issued an appropriate one. The project really did not want to risk someone underestimating how difficult it would be standing outside in windy conditions doing non-physically intense activity.