My grandmother's always cold. So I just give my parents' gloves to her.

Of course she's cold. She's old. And it rhymes. ^^

I wish it got cold in Australia =[

I get a fair amount of cold just over the ditch, but it's not too extreme. Just right, really. :)

For typing, I'd suggest some thin shooting gloves, they are designed to keep you fairly warm and retain some level of dexterity.

BBC NEWS | Health | Why more people die in the winter

Weird, according to that article a lot of people in the UK apparently die due to cold, despite their quite warm climate. I can see a few drunks falling asleep in a cold ditch and never waking up, but thousands of elderly people?
What gets to me is how they try to blame public transport for a part of it, people don't have to stand still in their summer clothes when waiting for the bus...

Still, I guess I am not that surprised after all those pictures of people there standing outside staring at the snow, without as much as a cap or gloves. Perhaps some people there just don't realize that cold really does kill, even if it is warmer than in their freezer. Badly built houses probably explain a lot, single glass windows and inferior insulation combined with poor or no central heating can't be good for you.

Pneumonia, secondary infections, the flu, colds, the minor things. They all add up.

a lot of it is that houses arnt insulated or that the old people cant actually afford to heat their home as most dont realise that they can get money of the govt for this. also a lot of it is down to the flu virus even though there are vacinnes that they give out now a lot of people dont bother

kinda sad realy plus the nhs has no money so they are cutting a lot of corners to save money another problem

Heh, the UK is still cold enough to kill if not properly protected. Poor circulation can exacerbate the problem.