This heat is why I suffer from seasonal affective disorder in the summer... it's so damn hot!!! AAAAHHHHHH!

Not a war, just commiserating and informing so when you see people doing the jobs described, you can appreciate they're earning their money.
I've always maintained that people that work outside or even semi-outside like you do are only to be envied about 5 days a year. :biggrin:

can't really complain, since i'm a paper pusher in an air conditioned office right now. although, when i was working my way through college i worked at a power plant as summer help. they had us do all of the crap work (surprisingly) and one of the jobs was cleaning out the seventh floor of the power station........which was the boiler room floor where the coal dust conveyors came in. you had to wear every type of personal protection available, goggles, respirator, ear plugs (it was LOUD) hard hat, paper suit, gloves, you name it. all in 110-115 degree temperatures. was fun, especially when you blew your nose at the end of the day and black stuff came out.

right now, i'm loathing leaving work because i have my muay thai class tonight and the weather report says its 110 with humidity here in pa. we practice in an upstairs room with, of course, no ac or fans.

Oooow, power plants. That sucks big time. :dead:

According to local news, we're supposed to have a front come through central illinois sometime tuesday night, wednesday... bringing much cooler temps for the rest of the week.


all i can say is - BRING IT ON!

I saw my cousin baling hay for his dairy the day before we left for Costa Rica (I kept a safe distance). Our last night in CR we stayed at a dairy farm outside San Jose at 6,000 ft. The cattle graze year round at temperatures that are mid-Spring here in PA. That's right, dairy farming without making hay. What will those crazy Ticos think of next?

Better milk year round too. :thumb:

We're in a code red emergency at least through tomorrow.

mowed the overgrown lawn today, wasn't too bad. only had to stop twice but it was way to damn hot to mow NBN's also......(yeah, i'm his "lawn boy") :help:

oh, here's a fun thing. it seems seems I have gotten behind on my electricity bill, to the tune of 59.21 so a couple of days ago the fucking westar enegry guy has started coming around wanting to shut off my electricity.. well... seeing as how it's been an average of 108 or more.. means of course I've been running my A/C.. (not so much for me.. I mean I work in an enviroment that is that hot or hotter, so it doesn't bother me that much..I do have a 16 year old cat though and I don't think he would survive.. ANYWAY! ) I call them and try to work out a deal.. I mean I get paid of friday.. one week from when they started this bullshit (yes I know.. I was/am later on my bill..but not even 60$!?!?!) so. not that it ought to cause any of you any distress, If you don't hear from me for about a week.. well.. I'll be slumming it at the library. I know there are laws against shutting of peoples power in this kind of heat.. but damn.. what the fuck.. the guy is I dunno... angry at me for not being able to have my power shut off... it's weird. (heh, the fun thing is that I talked to an old friend of mine who used to work for them, it seems the trick is to go to the 'fuse box' and pull out the little peice of plastic they put between the connections... and walla! power! the only thing about that... is that they drive by to make sure you have no power... fucking weird...

The saved max temp on my thermometer is 112 degrees F. I'm not sure if that was today or yesterday. It is now 69 degrees and dropping. The front was noisy and wet but I'll take it.

That wasn't the front, just a line of T-storms! Front comes for us tomorrow late afternoon-night.

It came through here about 6:45, 7:00 tonight. We even had to go into the basement as the tornado alarms were going off. I haven't had to do that in ages.

Bakeries in the summer.

Always the contrarian. Well here we are in my kind of weather (no -that's not satin; its pronounced satan). Been doing quite a few bike rides routinely beyond what I originally planned for - because it is so nice. I love this weather. Has not yet gotten hot enough (for me or the computers) to power any air conditioners. (BTW this is also the best weather to test your computers so that hardware problems can be identified and eliminated before problems cause data loss).

To justify a bike ride, first an objective is defined. One place has great chilli. Right there is ten miles one way. Two days ago, I rode a long circular route that probably turned a 16 mile trip into something like 30 for some diner coffee.

We ran a roofing company in my high school and college days. 100 degrees? No problem. We moved to the less sunny side of that building and just kept working. Walking on a roof when hot tends to do more damage to the roof.

While drinking that cup of coffee, someone desperately asked the waitress for something liquid and replenishing. Apparently he had suffered heat dehydration two days ago; so bad that he still had the headache today. All that gatorade, ice tea, orange juice, etc had done nothing. Of course. Long before gatorade was sold in bottles, we were buying it in powdered form - $1 per 1 gallon packets. And yet on the roof, gatorade was about as useful as coke for quenching a thirst.

I would come home bloated in fluids and yet still be thirsty. One gets that thirsty not due to insufficient water. The need is for salts and minerals; and not sodium. The only fluid that replenishes those salts is milk. Skim milk. At least one quart - usually two. Within half hour of drinking lots of milk, that headache is gone.

When doing house framing in this weather, I also drink a whole quart of milk for lunch. They wonder where I get the energy? I keep telling them. Don't believe the propaganda from gatorade and bottle water companies. Water is important. As much as one pint every hour the way I would work. But especially so are the salts and minerals. There are little in gatorade, Mountain Dew, and all those other hyped drinks. The guy has a headache for days because he was still short of whatthings that milk provides.

Another important fluid is orange juice or things that also provide those necessary minerals - ie bananas, or peaches.

Tonight is so pleasant that I may take the bike out for a near midnight ride. Good time because roads that I normally avoid due to heavy traffic are all mine this time of night. We just don't get enough days and nights like this. As usual, the contrarian. It implies what my real religion was. But then I learned how easy this weather is air conditioning is completely avoided in April, May, and June. Drink the right things such as a couple of tall cold glasses of milk. Avoid fluids hyped by commercial propaganda.