[QUOTE=Barbarian]
…If I want to go the bathroom I’ve got to walk down 24 flights of stairs, because two of the elevators in my building have been taken over by maintenance crews and movers. Then walk back up. Or wait 20 minutes while the one elevator open to the people who actually LIVE in my building goes floor by floor by floor…
Forget about a shower. And I need one, since I went out early to mail a registered letter, and it was already 30 Celsius / 90 F in Manhattan. And I was looking forward to that second shower of the day. Counting on it. Except, you know, I got back to find out I had no water…
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Hmmph some Barbarian you are. Showering twice a day? Walking downstairs to pee? Just go in the corner. No water? Just find a nice house, slaughter the inhabitants with your axe and pillage all the water you need.
[QUOTE=matt_mcl]
There’s a high heat warning in effect for Montreal. It’s been ludicrous; I’ve been sweating so much that I’ve sometimes been changing my T-shirts and underwear twice or three times a day and showering that often too.
We bought an A/C yesterday. Best $500 I’ve spent recently. Ahhhhhh. And tonight there’s a thunderstorm, so that should help.
Thank god it was drizzling three weeks ago when we moved in.
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According to weather.com, the high temperatures in Montreal over the past week have been as foolows (F)
90
88
81
88
84
77
81
If I were you, I’d vacate this thread before someone who lives where it’s actually hot gets angry.
[QUOTE=wolfman]
Hmmph some Barbarian you are. Showering twice a day? Walking downstairs to pee? Just go in the corner. No water? Just find a nice house, slaughter the inhabitants with your axe and pillage all the water you need.
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He’d have to walk all the way to Greenwich for that.
Some years ago (about 20 years ago I’d guess) my doctor did some kind of tests on me and found out that I don’t have enough sweat glands to adequately cool myself off when it’s hot. I sweat, and sweat a lot, when it’s hot, but it’s just not enough. This has led to a lifetime of interesting conditions such as cholinergic urticaria, which means that when I get too hot, I get covered in hives. Not just a few hives in the warmy places, but everywhere hives. To make matters worse, I am allergic to the steroids that are used to get rid of hives, so no Prednisone for me.
Yesterday, I decided to go to the driving range to practice up for the annual coprorate golf outing (which I am participating in despite the fact that I am not a golfer nor do I have any innate golf ability - it’s for fun, so what the hell). I hit 30 balls before the hives came, and I got sick and dizzy. I went home and thirty minutes later (after being in an air conditioned car the whole way) my temp was 102F, so I had to take a cold shower and my Atarax and Pepcid (histamine blocker combinations, off label use totally encouraged by my doctors) and get rid of the hives.
I don’t think i’m goin to the driving range today. Yesterday was 90F and 40% humidity. Today will be much the same. Too fucking hot. I’ll have to watch it at the golf outing. I wouldn’t want to get hives and throw up on my teammates.
[QUOTE=DrDeth]
He’d have to walk all the way to Greenwich for that.
(wait for it)
Because you can only pillage a village.
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<Ahem>
Mi-mi-Miiiii…
<sings>
I’m in love
I’m in love
With
Atilla The Hun,
Atilla The Hun,
Atilla The Hun.
He can pillage
your village
and kill
everyone,
But I still love
Atilla The Hunnnnn!!!</sings>
Thank you.
Avoid AC.
The constant change between hot weather and 70F indoor or inside car will make the heat unbearable. As MelC said, embrace it.
Drink at least a gallon of water a day. Start the day with a quart. IF you’re getting thirsty, it’s too late, you need to stay ahead.
Shower as often as possible. You won’t need soap, just hose yourself down.
Stay in the shade.
Wear loose clothes and avoid exposing your skin direcly to the sun.
Me, I love this ssummer. Almost five straight weeks of 85F and no clouds. Liiving in one of the darkest and most wet and miserable climates in the world, I’m recharging and feeling great.
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan]
Avoid AC.
The constant change between hot weather and 70F indoor or inside car will make the heat unbearable. As MelC said, embrace it.
Drink at least a gallon of water a day. Start the day with a quart. IF you’re getting thirsty, it’s too late, you need to stay ahead.
Shower as often as possible. You won’t need soap, just hose yourself down.
Stay in the shade.
Wear loose clothes and avoid exposing your skin direcly to the sun.
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Wear a hat outdoors!
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That too.
Catix, I’ve lived in the south of Spain. And I’ve spent time in Fla. in August. I prefer not having AC. Of course, if I have to work wearing some kind of business attire, then I want AC.
So I don’t work during summer.
I don’t have the option of just not working for the summer. I also do not want to spend my life red, itchy and inflamed, so I’d really prefer to have AC. I’m far, far more tolerant of cold temperatures than hot temperatures, and have been this way all my life, even before I lived in a house with central AC.
During the summer months, when it is hot, I find it stifling to breathe and almost impossible to sleep when the temperature of my surroundings is higher than 80F.
[QUOTE=wolfman]
Hmmph some Barbarian you are. Showering twice a day? Walking downstairs to pee? Just go in the corner. No water? Just find a nice house, slaughter the inhabitants with your axe and pillage all the water you need.
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The 30,000 members of the NYPD tend to frown on that behaviour. I’m barbaric, but I’m not stupid.
[QUOTE=catsix]
I don’t have the option of just not working for the summer. I also do not want to spend my life red, itchy and inflamed, so I’d really prefer to have AC. I’m far, far more tolerant of cold temperatures than hot temperatures, and have been this way all my life, even before I lived in a house with central AC.
During the summer months, when it is hot, I find it stifling to breathe and almost impossible to sleep when the temperature of my surroundings is higher than 80F.
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I realize that, and understand that some people suffer in ways that aren’t just related to “gee, it’s fucking hot”. My grandma was one of those.
That said, I really don’t think AC is very healthy. To work, it circulates the same air over and over, some have been known to cause legionella, and in general, the cool air is also very dry, puting strain on the nose and throat.
I find that I’m more comfy if I stay en the hot weather and adjust to that. Constantly changing climate from 70F and dry to 90F and humid puts a bigger strain on my system.
Being a teacher gives me 7 weeks of summer vacation this year, so I’m very lucky.
105 freaking degrees in the lovely Heart of the Bay. Never before in my lifetime has it been this damn hot.
My stupid husband thinks (thought) he was gonna put a part of himself inside of me in this heat. I woke up yesterday thinking “goddamn that 190 pound person is gonna want to touch me in this heat, no fuckin’ way”. And he got pissed. Fool.
Oh, and can I mention that this heat makes me wanna barf? Yeah, that’s real romantic, hon. Fool. Thinks. With. His. Dick. Dumbass! I’m so sorry that it’s so hot that I have no choice other than to live in my swimsuit. It’s NOT sexy, I’m NOT cute and you’re NOT getting anywhere near me. Body heat transfers. Fool. Stay the fuck away from me. DON’T TOUCH ME! Yes, I love you. No, it doesn’t have anything to do with you per se. I just don’t want to be touched when it’s freakin’ 105 degrees. Too hard to figure out? Go take a cold shower.
