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Started by Sweetdeath, July 22, 2011, 07:24:43 PM

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The Magic Pudding

#15
July 23, 2011, 03:47:14 AM
Spraying water on yourself in front of a fan works.

Rizuidad

#16
July 23, 2011, 05:58:08 AM
109 degrees fahrenheit down here in San Antonio.

I don't really feel the heat as much as I do the cold. But 109 down here is just cake for me. I was mowing the lawn around close to noon with no shirt on. Sweat dripping off of my brown, 21 year old muscled body. The cold shower felt good too.

ThinkAnarchy

#17
July 23, 2011, 08:56:17 AM
I really don't want to hear complaining from a city where most people don't bother to buy A/C because it isn't needed. I drip sweat as soon as I step outside 8 months out the year and i'm completely drenched if I need to get in my car at 2pm.  ;D
"He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed." -Ben Franklin

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The Magic Pudding

#18
July 23, 2011, 09:25:25 AM
Quote from: Rizuidad on July 23, 2011, 05:58:08 AM
109 degrees fahrenheit down here in San Antonio.
Sweat dripping off of my brown, 21 year old muscled body. The cold shower felt good too.

The imagery is almost working for me.
Can you do it again with thong, lots of lipstick and heels?

Sweetdeath

#19
July 23, 2011, 10:59:28 AM

Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 23, 2011, 09:25:25 AM
Quote from: Rizuidad on July 23, 2011, 05:58:08 AM
109 degrees fahrenheit down here in San Antonio.
Sweat dripping off of my brown, 21 year old muscled body. The cold shower felt good too.

The imagery is almost working for me.
Can you do it again with thong, lots of lipstick and heels?

Oh bb!  ;D
I bet that sweat glistened over your biceps, muscles visibly flexing. XD
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

Gawen

#20
July 24, 2011, 01:47:29 PM
We had 7 consecutive days of temps over 100F in June. This month we have had (non consecutively) 22 days of temps over 100F with the lowest tempt at 98F/36.6C and highest at 104F/40C. And August is supposed to be the hottest month. I can hardly frakin wait *extreme sarcasm here*.

Honestly, I was ready for winter 7 weeks ago.

So how do I cope? In the house before 10am on days I'm not at work. At work, by Wednesday I'm feeling drained. On Friday, I'm a zombie and straining to be somewhat amicable with my coworkers. But I have found a way to cope recently.

I work inside a van crammed with electronics and a laptop. The engine is partially poking into the interior of the van (of course it's covered) and I have a 3000 watt gasoline electrical generator in the back. There's a thin wall separating me from the generator. With the A/C running full blast and the tire iron pushing down the accelerator to make the engine run at around 1500 rpms (gets the A/C compressor running fast) AND a 5 gallon bucket of ice sitting on the passenger side floor, I can keep the interior down to around 88-89F/31.6C. Tomorrow I'm going to try two 5 gallon buckets of ice.

The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Sweetdeath

#21
July 24, 2011, 02:15:53 PM
Ugh,electronics make everything so hot!!
I think I laid in the dark all weekend, just sweating. D:
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

Abletony

#22
July 24, 2011, 05:05:34 PM
I'm dealing with the heatwave quite well.

Gawen

#23
July 24, 2011, 05:07:00 PM Last Edit: July 25, 2011, 12:05:45 PM by Gawen
That was just plain stupid...so I got rid of it.

The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Tank

#24
July 24, 2011, 05:15:10 PM Last Edit: July 25, 2011, 12:56:11 PM by Tank
See above. Quotation deleted.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Gawen

#25
July 24, 2011, 11:50:16 PM
Quote from: Tank
Read this in a 'detective narrative' style and it's very funny :D
Read it at all and you've wasted your time...*chucklin*
The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Gawen

#26
August 19, 2011, 12:08:17 AM
Temps above 100F

August (so far): 15 (9 days 105+)
July:30 (3 days 105+)
June: 7

I am so sick and tired of everything outside I touch...even in the shade...is hot. Really starting to get on my nerves.
The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Tank

#27
August 19, 2011, 07:02:35 AM
Quote from: Gawen on August 19, 2011, 12:08:17 AM
Temps above 100F

August (so far): 15 (9 days 105+)
July:30 (3 days 105+)
June: 7

I am so sick and tired of everything outside I touch...even in the shade...is hot. Really starting to get on my nerves.

I don't like never-ending heat either. At least if it gets cold I can add clothes and it's easier to heat a room than cool it.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Too Few Lions

#28
August 19, 2011, 04:22:07 PM
Quote from: Gawen on August 19, 2011, 12:08:17 AM
Temps above 100F

August (so far): 15 (9 days 105+)
July:30 (3 days 105+)
June: 7

I am so sick and tired of everything outside I touch...even in the shade...is hot. Really starting to get on my nerves.


Living in south-west England I can only imagine how that must feel. Yesterday it was cold grey and drizzly with a mighty high temperature of 13 degrees (55 degrees in old money). I would kill for some lovely warm sunshine, we only get one or two days a year above 25 degrees (77F), and that's in a good summer!

OldGit

#29
August 19, 2011, 04:29:11 PM Last Edit: August 19, 2011, 04:31:05 PM by OldGit
TFL, you can't be very far from me - I'm near Hereford.  The sod-factor is, although the summer's been pretty poor here, there's been very little rain.  My lawns are pretty much browned off and we water the flowers every day.  We always seem to be getting little showers to spoil things, but they don't add up to much.
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