the effing heat

I gotta vent about the heat. it's like 85 F here, which may not sound like much to you in the US, but we have no AC of any kind, and a house that has a total glass front to the south. And the glass is the double-glazed type with a foil in it that locks in the heat. The water isn't even much of a cool-off at 75 or so. I'm melting. Soon I will cease to exist. I'm just not used to this. I'm literally sitting here wearing only shorts and sweating buckets. There are flies everywhere. and lets not forget the flying ants who LOVE the color white. Incidentally, things that are white: towels, curtains, sun umbrella thingie, and Rapture (horse).. poor Rapture.. :( Speaking of horses, there are horseflies everywhere, also. ha, i've only been stung once, and I killed it soon after. The usually active dog does nothing but lie around panting, looking like he might die of heat stroke if we stopped draping him in wet towels.
hands up all who hate the heat....

It's all what you are used to. Summer days where I live are often 110 degrees. However, I hate humidity worse than heat.

my hands are up!!!! its hot here too, and will continue to get hotter. Ugh why no ac?

yikes, vashti, I'd die in that heat. I assume you have AC though; we don't because it usually doesn't get this hot. Ireland has a very mild climate. Many winters it barely snows at all, the 'summer' consists of a few weeks of less-clouds-than-usual. We have a well that's only 4 metres deep- it has only ever dried out once, at least in my memory.
frankly, I don't like complaining about the weather, but my room is baking and.. the curtains are WHITE :annoyed: I don't deal well with heat. I get dizzy when I stand up, and maybe it's just my imagination but my dust allergy tends to act up.
on the other hand, skinny dipping at night is magical :)
yes.. I live in paradise :D except when it's too hot. edit; i'm having a really good summer holiday, it has to be said. in May/June I was in spain for two weeks, i'm going to germany for a week on the 20th, and in august my BF is visiting me (damn, still have to decide on what BC to get..) and we'll go to a hotel for part of that week, so I'm effectively having three separate vacations. I got like 73.8 % total on my first year of college, which means first class honours. I am one happy camper.

Mid summer is nice here. Around 2 in the afternoon, big thunderheads roll in, the temp cools off at least 10 degrees, and we get mild thunderstorms. The whole atmosphere is charged- it's pretty cool.

You could send Rapture over here, Tiay, but he wouldn't like the thunder.

thunderstorms! lovely! except if they hit the power. probably not such a good idea to be in the lake, either...
Rapture is scared to death of many, many things, including plastic bags, lightning, wind, tables, and in general, things moving on the ground- arabs are just so highly strung..

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yikes, vashti, I'd die in that heat. I assume you have AC though; we don't because it usually doesn't get this hot. Ireland has a very mild climate. Many winters it barely snows at all, the 'summer' consists of a few weeks of less-clouds-than-usual. We have a well that's only 4 metres deep- it has only ever dried out once, at least in my memory.
frankly, I don't like complaining about the weather, but my room is baking and.. the curtains are WHITE :annoyed: I don't deal well with heat. I get dizzy when I stand up, and maybe it's just my imagination but my dust allergy tends to act up..

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Yes, we have air conditioning, but due to energy shortages, we also have rolling blackouts during which time your neighborhood takes its turn having no electricity at all for a few hours during the hottest part of the day.

I don't even turn the air on until it gets to be 85 indoors (around 100 outside) unless we have company coming over.

Congrats on the high school marks. I don't know exactly what they mean since we have a different grading system here (70-79% is considered a "C" (or average) grade in America). Anyway, enjoy your remaining well-deserved vacations.

I feel sorry for you as I sit comfortable in my air conditioning.

Don't worry, I can relate though, I painted all day in the 95 degree heat and humidity.

hehe :) thanks Vash, Fras.
yeah, I don't really know what C means.. but what I got is pretty good, so I'm happy.

I was in NYC in august once and as soon as I stepped out of the JFK, the heat and humidity hit me and I said.. "Bloody hell!"

oh, btw, what is the difference between uploading to the "member galleries" and the "loveforum galleries"?
and what's this hot love pancakes thing..?

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oh, btw, what is the difference between uploading to the "member galleries" and the "loveforum galleries"?
and what's this hot love pancakes thing..?

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I really don't know...:nerd:

I don't think there's a difference between uploading to member or loveforum galleries.

The whole pancake thing is a sort of promotion for those who've stuck around and provided people with more or less good advice.

And I do give good advice.

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I don't think there's a difference between uploading to member or loveforum galleries.

The whole pancake thing is a sort of promotion for those who've stuck around and provided people with more or less good advice.

And I do give good advice.

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.. when you chose to :D

oh, that's a cool idea.

Well.. i'm kinda camera shy but i'll upload some photos of my surroundings and such.

Tiay, you're a total pancake in my book.

you bitches. i live in 115 degree temperatures, and there is a drought here, along with fires everywhere, started by just about anything. seriously there is about 3 fires a day, JUST WITHIN MY COUNTY. and these are big ****in fires. it looks like hell over here. the ground is like black and the sky is red.

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Tiay, you're a total pancake in my book.

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Thank you! You've been here longer than me (at least.. I think so?!) so you deserve the badge tho :)

lol, it sounds so silly out of context!

lilwing, wow, if I was you I'd move asap..

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you bitches. i live in 115 degree temperatures, and there is a drought here, along with fires everywhere, started by just about anything. seriously there is about 3 fires a day, JUST WITHIN MY COUNTY. and these are big ****in fires. it looks like hell over here. the ground is like black and the sky is red.

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I thought you lived in the midwest...

Anyway, cry me a river - it isn't much hotter wherever you are than it is here, and we also have huge fires, flooding AND earthquakes. ;)

sounds lovely. I hope you have a brick house...

No way - bricks are deadly in an earthquake! But actually, I LOVE California, and I don't believe there is a better place to live anywhere.

On a related matter, yesterday's newspaper said that the city I live in is number 18 on the list of the top 100 cities to live in in the U.S.

105 degrees farenheit in Texas is pretty cool when you have A/C. I'm in Paris, and apparently A/C isn't something they believe in, even though it's 90 degrees out. I'm burning.

vashti- that's just your puny american bricks!..kidding :) but why don't you build earthquake proof houses in earthquake zones though? well, maybe you do...

Zarathu- yeah, I heard about that when my parents were in paris. They were lucky to get a place with an AC. maybe you can get a fan or something?

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vashti- that's just your puny american bricks!..kidding :) but why don't you build earthquake proof houses in earthquake zones though? well, maybe you do...

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Yes, we do. That's why you don't hear about the same sort of devastation occurring in California as you hear in places like Mexico or India.

Are you covering your windows when it starts to warm up? That would help to keep the temps lower inside. Leave your windows open at night and close them up during the day. If asthetics are not a problem, you can cover your windows with aluminum foil which will repel the sun. That is what the people do in the areas that don't have air conditioning in downtown L.A.

hm. I guess I don't follow the news that closely.. but I do keep hearing of things involving forces of nature happening to wooden houses that wouldn't happen if they were built differently.
In case I come to California on vacation sometime, when's the best time, do you reckon?

we have light curtains, but that's it. Our house has floor-to-ceiling windows along the entire south side, and the sun comes in at an angle even in the summer, so it spares us a lot of heating usually. Thankfully, we are cutting the grass soon, so of course it's going to get colder and maybe even rain between when the grass is cut and the bailer comes- law of nature! of course, i'm going to Germany tomorrow where it's even hotter :P
the aluminium foil is a 'cool' idea- should do that for the car when it's in the sun.. haha it'd look weird...

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In case I come to California on vacation sometime, when's the best time, do you reckon?

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California is a very large state, so what time of year is "best" depends entirely on where you want to go. We have snowy mountains, barren deserts, and beautiful beaches. The best (big) city is San Fransisco, and the best weather (most temperate) year-round is in San Diego.

I think summers on the coast are fantastic, as are winters in the mountains. Yosemite is best in the spring when the water falls are running or in the fall when the colors are beginning to change. Death Valley should be avoided in the summer, although those crazy tourists like to go then to feel how hot it can get.

Basically, any time of year is a good time of year unless you are bound to a particular activity.

thanks! :) wow, yeah, I tend to forget Ireland is only the size of a small state really. My bf has been to LA, said it's beautiful, so, might go there some day. Personally I always wanted to see San Diego Zoo.. and San Fransisco. Odd, I never stopped to think those things are all in the same state...
and now I'd better go to bed.. (4 AM)
thanks again :)

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Zarathu- yeah, I heard about that when my parents were in paris. They were lucky to get a place with an AC. maybe you can get a fan or something?

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No. I prefer to not bitch--it helps me feel more masculin. :evil: