So... (part 2?)

[orphans]

The first part was me digging out my car from a mound of snow at work (yay), and so now, making another one. No more snow but... yeah...

The weather is getting hotter and I don't really like hot weather too much. I know depending on where you're from, "hot" weather is different from person to person, but I was wondering...

How do you plan to keep yourself at an operating temperature?

I have a fan that sounds like it's trying to make my room take off. No AC though, as I actually get dizzy from AC in small areas/rooms. AC in large areas are fine (such as offices/malls/museums).

[Yari Rafanas]

I live in a desert. We're hitting triple digits next week. I'm going to deal with the heat by paying hundreds of dollars each month to my power company.

[Knave]

I live in Florida, so hot from person to person was for most what would also include my Christmas... How will I manage? Its called a birthday suit, we are all equipped with one on the day of our arrival into the world. With supplements of creme and oil, we have defeated the major draw backs lesser men face when they stand against the sun. Baring that, I intend to dress like I live in both an oven and retirement home, tanktop, shorts, wide brimmed Boss of the Plains cowboy hat, and sunglasses so I don't have to make eye contact while dressed like this. =P

Also, it gives me a chance to fawn over hats and sunglasses on Amazon, its nothing too weird though. They're just cool to me, and I feel I must have them.

Like the sun helm: Sun helm, Safari Hat, anything is better than its official name. The pith helmet. (http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Safari-Pith-Helmet-Quality/dp/B002YC12S6/ref=pd_sbs_a_1)

[MetalDrago]

"Pith" helmet? Sounds like someone with a lisp trying to say "piss" helmet.

At any rate, I will deal with the heat like I always do, by sleeping through it. I'm a reverse grizzly bear. It's too hot! Screw this, I'm going to bed!

[Jasmine]

tanktop, shorts, wide brimmed Boss of the Plains cowboy hat, and sunglasses so I don't have to make eye contact while dressed like this.

Good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth when I read this. Love your reasoning there ;)


As for me, I live Alaska. "hot" here is 75*F. I deal with it by wearing shorts and t-shirts, or just opening the window. No AC for me.

[Amen]

So I live in Michigan, and have all my life. Except a year ago I moved to just outside of LA (I have since moved back).

Before LA, my response to excessive heat was to lay around and wonder if I was dying. After being forced to work in a place where it gets hotter in your car when you roll down the windows and drive as fast as you can, I have now decided that the heat will not kill me, and I just have to muscle through it.

And complain. A lot.

[The International]

I've lived in inner land North Carolina for quite some time now.

Here the air is stale and doesn't move, the high humidity makes it feel hotter than it already is, and that moisture renders sweat useless. Most people like myself moved here from somewhere else and love to complain about the heat to the native as if they can do something about it... Assholes.

I just take stock in the fact that I don't have to endure a below 0 winter.

[Hysteria]

Its just getting to winter here, although it never gets below freezing so its not too bad. In summer we have a few days that get over 40C, but because of our location it rare to get more than two days like that in a row. Although for the last few weeks in summer there was large flooding in the north that caused quite a lot of humidity. But of course its hard to complain about it when lots of people lost their houses...

[SirArtemis]

So I live in Michigan, and have all my life. Except a year ago I moved to just outside of LA (I have since moved back).

Before LA, my response to excessive heat was to lay around and wonder if I was dying. After being forced to work in a place where it gets hotter in your car when you roll down the windows and drive as fast as you can, I have now decided that the heat will not kill me, and I just have to muscle through it.

And complain. A lot.

Funniest thing ever.

I'm dealing with it by popping the window open at nights and keeping it shut during the days. The AC is being put off as long as possible due to bills. Cold showers will do to satiate the temporary heat, but I sometimes contemplate whether switching it to hot afterward and increasing my body temperature might make stepping out of the shower and into the "heat" feel like it's actually colder than it really is. Self-deception has a funny way of working at times.

Otherwise, I will deal with the heat as I normally do: insulate myself in a single room with AC and sleep until early afternoon, and then live through only a few hours of actual daylight before dealing with the rest of my wakefulness in the night and cooler air.

EDIT: Hence the time of this post.

[Letho]

It is currently the best time of the year here in Croatia. Well, more or less. It's no longer cold enough to turn on the heating, but also not hot enough for the AC (which I don't have at home anyways). The downside is that my allergies kick off at this time of the year, but I figure it's a nice trade off for the extreme heat/cold. Once the summer gets going, I plan to cool myself by doing as little as possible during the day. At work, it's not that much of a problem since I have the AC and I'm not paying the bill for it. At home... Well, given the fact that I spend most my free time on gaming and reading and watching an odd movie here or there which isn't all that physically taxing (unless you're playing with the shitty move controllers or whatever), I plan to keep doing it. And also cold drinks. I'm not a big fan of fans (no pun intended). They just circulate the same dirty air and make my neck stiff if they blow directly at me. And if they're not blowing directly at me, there's not much use for them. So yeah, just keep the windows and blinds shut, sweat it out and wait for it to blow over.

[Duffy]

You Europeans and Americans are weak.

What's this 'air conditioning' you speak of?

If it's hot, drink cold liquids and take clothes off.

If it's cold, drink hot liquids and put clothes on.

^ The UK way.

[Letho]

I thought the UK way was just going outside when you're hot. The rain takes care of the problem like nine out of twelve months in the year.

[Hysteria]

If not rain, then the fog.

[Elrundir]

Finally starting to see some warmth up here in Toronto. We hit a high of 21 yesterday (which is about 70 for those of you who still use Fahrenheit), so I didn't even have to wear a hoodie when I went grocery shopping. It's been extremely rainy, but I'll take it, especially since it's not nearly as bad as it was predicted to be. The only trouble is that the clinic where I work has no apparent understanding of central air, so it's always freezing in the winter and broiling in the spring/summer. I swear they had the heaters turned on yesterday.