So, this is what I call the nose test; It has taken me several semesters to refine the technique, but now I think I have it. I see it only fitting to share my discoveries with everyone else.
In Rexburg, I often leave the apartment in the morning, often when it is the coldest and most miserable outside. I now willingly accept the pleasant greeting I receive when I walk out the front door; an attack of frigid stratosphere-chilled air. Whabam!!!
On the best mornings, it is not uncommon for the air to be so cold that your nose hairs will freeze as you inhale. It feels like your nose spontaneously fills with bogies. I have done a little homework, which has helped me complete my theory; in order for nose hairs to begin to freeze, it must be 0 degrees (+-3). Any warmer, and nose hairs will not freeze. So, to check the temperature when I walk outside, I have developed a technique of sniffing sharply through my nose, then waiting to see if my nose fills with snotsickles. Neat huh?
In Rexburg, I often leave the apartment in the morning, often when it is the coldest and most miserable outside. I now willingly accept the pleasant greeting I receive when I walk out the front door; an attack of frigid stratosphere-chilled air. Whabam!!!
On the best mornings, it is not uncommon for the air to be so cold that your nose hairs will freeze as you inhale. It feels like your nose spontaneously fills with bogies. I have done a little homework, which has helped me complete my theory; in order for nose hairs to begin to freeze, it must be 0 degrees (+-3). Any warmer, and nose hairs will not freeze. So, to check the temperature when I walk outside, I have developed a technique of sniffing sharply through my nose, then waiting to see if my nose fills with snotsickles. Neat huh?
