# Too Damn Hot or Not Hot Enough: July Minirants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516 "2011-07-01T15:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/261 "2011-07-14T18:58:51Z")
Yeah, see, my body is definitely not designed for the cold. I’m like a lizard. Maybe we should trade? > [@Bosstone](#): > > Even so, adding another layer is usually an option. During the winter, in the office I’m always wearing at least three layers on top. Sometimes four. Big fleecy socks. Still can’t feel my goddamn feet, often cold around other bits as well. Down booties and a pile of blankets are just not an option, which is what I’d need to actually be warm. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/262 "2011-07-14T19:11:02Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, see, my body is definitely not designed for the cold. I’m like a lizard. Maybe we should trade? > > During the winter, in the office I’m always wearing at least three layers on top. Sometimes four. Big fleecy socks. Still can’t feel my goddamn feet, often cold around other bits as well. Down booties and a pile of blankets are just not an option, which is what I’d need to actually be warm. This is me 100%. I wear jackets and sweaters in the office all summer because they have the AC so high. My ideal climate is 25 to 40 Celcius which is 77 to 105 F and in that climate I do not need AC. I’ve adapted to it for the sake of my husband and dogs by wearing fuzzy clothing in the summer, but I prefer to be hot. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/263 "2011-07-14T19:34:22Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > … when \*you’re \*home, you can walk around naked with the A/C on… \*\* starts looking around for the surveillance cameras \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/264 "2011-07-14T20:01:02Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > This seems to be a common misconception among people who don’t actually live in places where it gets really cold. Sure, if I’m _home_, I can crank up the heat, put on my [gay astronaut boots](http://www.rei.com/product/804541/rei-down-booties-womens), and wrap myself in layers of blankets. But when \*you’re \*home, you can walk around naked with the A/C on. > > No, during winter months, I pretty much just freeze. All the time. Everywhere. I can’t feel my toes about six months out of the year. I live in a 'burb of Minneapolis. I know cold (not freezing, like our Canadian bretheren). I would still rather have to bundle up to go outside than deal with heat. When I was in college I was offered a sweet deal - teach in southern Louisiana. They would pay a decent salary, pay rent, and toss in a car. I said no, due to the summer weather. I just cannot deal with heat. I had planned on doing my student teaching up in Churchill, Manitoba. Yeah, maybe I’m a little weird. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/265 "2011-07-14T20:13:19Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I had a bit of a TMI rant myself that I contemplated sharing, but it’s very TMI and also kind of sneak-braggy. 😃 Did anybody ask you to share this? I’d like you to share. I feel nosy. I have [del]two[/del] three complaints: 1. I was walking through the grocery store and fell in behind a teenybopper employee, with one of those baskets in her hand. As I watched, she swung it in her right hand, up high enough, I had to dodge to the left, and right away, switched hands and swung it in her left hand. I snapped, “Would you _please_ watch it?” in the snippiest tone I could manage. She immediately snapped her head around and gave me this look :eek: but was there an apology forthcoming? NOPE. 2. I think something is happening to our toilet. We keep checking for leaks but cannot find any. We even went down into the cellar, which looks exactly like the basement in Blair Witch Project, with flashlights and a broom to get rid of the GIANT cobwebs, but cannot find anything - but ocassionally we still smell…ickiness. I rent, so it isn’t my responsibility to pay for it, but it still won’t be a pleasant experience, especially since we only have the one bathroom. 3. My computer periodically freezes up. Like, every half hour or so. It only freezes up for about 3-10 seconds, but as you can imagine, that is a GIANT PITA to deal with every 30 minutes. It just did as I was typing the first line of this, which is why I changed it to three complaints. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/266 "2011-07-14T20:51:33Z")
Yeah, I think the temp thing really depends on your personal thermostat. I have before walked down the street in shorts, Tshirt, and flipflops with my SO who was in insulated coveralls, insulated boots, gloves, and balaclava. One of my current partners is a cold-blood. Hands & feet always cold. I think she recently discovered she actually has some syndrome or another that causes this. My feet don’t get cold as long as they don’t touch the ground. I can happily walk around in sandals down to sub-zero temps and stay toasty. People get a little freaked out, though. We’ve recently been discussing reorganizing our department by temperature rather than activity. Does it really help that much to put all of the X people together, when it causes never-ending battles over the thermostat setting? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/267 "2011-07-15T00:38:47Z")
I have every intention of getting the best of both worlds when I’m older - winters in Arizona, and summers in Calgary, where we have damned near the world’s most perfect summers (low humidity, not too much rain, not too hot, not too much extreme weather, not too many bugs, nice and sunny, and cool nights so you can sleep). ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/268 "2011-07-15T01:00:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have every intention of getting the best of both worlds when I’m older - winters in Arizona, and summers in Calgary, where we have damned near the world’s most perfect summers (low humidity, not too much rain, not too hot, not too much extreme weather, not too many bugs, nice and sunny, and cool nights so you can sleep). Damn snowbirds. _fistshake_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/269 "2011-07-15T02:21:07Z")
Just found out my brother-in-law is getting laid off, some of you might have seen my rant in the Workplace Griping thread about how my sister is getting stonewalled working from home while she’s on medical leave. So neither of them will be working, she’s getting some disability pay but it doesn’t go far. And one of my friends had a heart attack and isn’t likely to live through the weekend. This day sucked. I’m going to bed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/270 "2011-07-15T03:35:42Z")
I live in the northernmost north of my city. A month ago, I got a job in one of the southern suburbs. In a month or two, I plan on moving closer to work. For now, I get a ride to and from work. Today, my ride home was MIA. My cell was cancelled when I was unemployed and I haven’t reactivated it yet. Not that that would have done any good because my ride is an old Luddite who’s never had a mobile phone. No prob, I’ll take the bus. It’s supposedly a long two and a half ride. I can deal with that. That’s the price I agreed to pay when I chose not drive. It turned into a much looooooooooonger odyssey due to buses that didn’t show up, missed connections, etc. Four hours, fifteen minutes after my shift ended, I fucking finally got home. Turns out, my ride was running early, so he stopped at a park about three miles from my work. When he went back to his car, the battery was dead. It took AAA almost four hours to show up. He had his own little odyssey. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/271 "2011-07-15T03:57:44Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, see, my body is definitely not designed for the cold. I’m like a lizard. Maybe we should trade? > > During the winter, in the office I’m always wearing at least three layers on top. Sometimes four. Big fleecy socks. Still can’t feel my goddamn feet, often cold around other bits as well. Down booties and a pile of blankets are just not an option, which is what I’d need to actually be warm. I’d rather have too cold winters than too hot summers. Here, I get neither. What you need is someone to follow you around and snuggle you. Yes, I’m volunteering. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/272 "2011-07-15T10:36:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 1. I think something is happening to our toilet. We keep checking for leaks but cannot find any. We even went down into the cellar, which looks exactly like the basement in Blair Witch Project, with flashlights and a broom to get rid of the GIANT cobwebs, but cannot find anything - but ocassionally we still smell…ickiness. I rent, so it isn’t my responsibility to pay for it, but it still won’t be a pleasant experience, especially since we only have the one bathroom. Are you sure it’s the toilet? I don’t know a lot about plumbing, but I’ve heard you can occasionally get nasty smells from the “[trap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_%28plumbing%29),” which is supposed to keep sewer gases out. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/273 "2011-07-15T10:58:45Z")
Insidious is a bad, bad movie. Watched it after a couple of beers, and couldn’t sleep until 4 in the morning. The rest of the early morning was spent SDMBing. :\< ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/274 "2011-07-15T15:08:35Z")
Waiting for my date to show up last night, I was checking Facebook and happened to see that an old highschool friend was in a horrible car crash. Sounds like she’s currently sedated until she can undergo surgery to repair broken bones and things like that, and then maybe a few more days for rest and recovery. Attention, people I like: Please stop getting injured. Kthx. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > \*\* starts looking around for the surveillance cameras \*\* You should really have that mole checked out. > [@Anaamika](#): > > Did anybody ask you to share this? I’d like you to share. I feel nosy. I’ll PM it to you. Can’t say I didn’t warn you! > [@redtail23](#): > > I think she recently discovered she actually has some syndrome or another that causes this. [Reynaud’s phenomenon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynaud%E2%80%99s_phenomenon)? I have it rather mildly (my extremeties are often freezing and my nail beds might get a bit blue, but that’s it). > [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > And one of my friends had a heart attack and isn’t likely to live through the weekend. ☹ Positive thoughts going their way. > [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > What you need is someone to follow you around and snuggle you. Fortunately, I tend to date guys who are like furnaces, so I just hog all the blankets and then jam my cold feet on their legs. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/275 "2011-07-15T15:20:37Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have every intention of getting the best of both worlds when I’m older - winters in Arizona, and summers in Calgary, where we have damned near the world’s most perfect summers (low humidity, not too much rain, not too hot, not too much extreme weather, not too many bugs, nice and sunny, and cool nights so you can sleep). . . . [tornadoes](http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Amateur+video+clinches+tornado+classification/5106419/story.html) . . . [hailstorms](http://www.canadiandirect.com/Home/Safety/Hailstorm.aspx) of epic proportions . . . > [@](#): > > Hailstorm strikes Calgary - September 7, 1991. A storm lasting 30 minutes dropped 10-cm diameter hail in Calgary subdivisions, splitting trees, breaking windows and siding, and crushing birds. Homeowners filed a record 116,000 insurance claims, with property damage losses exceeding $342 million - the most destructive hailstorm ever and the second costliest storm in Canada. AKA my wedding day. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/276 "2011-07-15T15:45:49Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Fortunately, I tend to date guys who are like furnaces, so I just hog all the blankets and then jam my cold feet on their legs. When did my ex-wife move to Milwaukee? ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/277 "2011-07-15T15:46:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have every intention of getting the best of both worlds when I’m older - winters in Arizona, and summers in Calgary, where we have damned near the world’s most perfect summers (low humidity, not too much rain, not too hot, not too much extreme weather, not too many bugs, nice and sunny, and cool nights so you can sleep). Can I come live with you? Please? I hate Mid-Atlantic summers. Too damned hot and way too fricking humid. It’s like trying to breathe in soup. Plus, the bugs. This year and last we had an invasion of stinkbugs, and I think we’re due for the 13-year cicadas soon. Don’t get me started on the mosquitoes. I \*like \*cold weather. If you let me live with you during the summer, I’ll house sit for free while you’re in Arizona during the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/278 "2011-07-15T15:56:42Z")
> [@villa](#): > > When did my ex-wife move to Milwaukee? Sorry, I probably should have told you. I guess that explains why I haven’t been getting the alimony checks lately. It’s okay; you can just forward a lump sum for the missed payments. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/279 "2011-07-15T15:59:35Z")
I’ll add my very valuable two cents and say that too cold is better than too hot. I was about to start sweating during my short walk yesterday morning from my car to work, and it had barely reached 80° in the morning. I turn the a/c in my car on probably when it’s 55°. As a runner, the cold is so much easier to deal with. I can wear 2 or 3 layers if I must, and by the end of a run, that will feel like too much. But when it’s hot, it’s oppressive, and you simply can’t escape it. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/280 "2011-07-15T16:04:12Z")
I did run shirtless on Monday, when it was still all toasty after work. Even in a sportsbra that covers way more than a swimsuit, I felt like a skankyho until the second I stepped outside and knew I’d made the right decision. Important update: My toes and the tip of my nose are freezing _right now_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516.md?page=15)