Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Nonetheless, I took the Russian lady's comment as the compliment she meant, as from one who knows winter (but still doesn't like it).
We lived in Russia for two years and I was surprised at how wimpy Russians are about cold. It would be a nice cool fall day and we would have the windows open and our Russian friends would think we were crazy and going to die from "grip". Still, when its -30, people are still out walking to work and taking the subway like any other day.