It's hot today

[Bob Thompson]

For those of you lucky enough to live and work in the great wide open parts of this country, heres a visual. Imagine a dumpster with 100 people squeezed into it. At the next stop 10people get off and 25 more squeeze in. I probably couldnt pronounce the fat smelly ladys name because she comes from some foreign country where wearing a mu mu house coat is considered acceptable attire when riding public transportation.

When I lived in Seattle they had great public transit so I rode the bus rather than drive if I wasn't carrying a lot.
It never ceased to amaze me what attire people would wear in public.
I have ridden subways in a number of cities, With out doubt Tokyo has the worst rush hour. Their trains are packed nearly around the clock. If you are a conniseur of bad smells try the Paris Metro.
But as always the worst one is the one you happen to be riding at any given moment.

[712edf]

I am visiting family in utah this weekend and the heat is bad about 94 degress and there are fires in the surrounding areas, iam thankful for my air condtioning and at this time very mind full of all those who are fighting fires in are western states. Rick Walker.

My cousin's husband works on Hagerman Federal Wildlife Refuge here in Tx. He has been sent to Colorado to assist in the firefighting.

Bucky

[Rick Walker]

Temperature outside

I am visiting family in utah this weekend and the heat is bad about 94 degress and there are fires in the surrounding areas, iam thankful for my air condtioning and at this time very mind full of all those who are fighting fires in are western states. Rick Walker.

[Gordon Maney]

For those of you lucky enough to live and work in the great wide open parts of this country, heres a visual. Imagine a dumpster with 100 people squeezed into it. At the next stop 10people get off and 25 more squeeze in. I probably couldn't pronounce the fat smelly lady's name because she comes from some foreign country where wearing a mu mu house coat is considered acceptable attire when riding public transportation.

That gave me a visual I am trying desperately to un-see.

[74w300uteline]

Summer subway visual

For those of you lucky enough to live and work in the great wide open parts of this country, heres a visual. Imagine a dumpster with 100 people squeezed into it. At the next stop 10people get off and 25 more squeeze in. I probably couldnt pronounce the fat smelly ladys name because she comes from some foreign country where wearing a mu mu house coat is considered acceptable attire when riding public transportation.

[712edf]

That's interesting. You would need all terrain tires on the creeper.

Good point!
I don't think he ever owned a creeper. Plenty of ground clearance to crawl around under.

Bucky

[Clint Dixon]

That sounds like the beginning of a really bad novel.

I'm thinking Stephen King. Does the fat smelly lady have a name? Can you say Cujo? Oh no, that one was already used. ;^)

[Gordon Maney]

I work in data centers, 70 degrees constant air circulation. Wear a fleece vest all day long. Going home is a different story. Sweltering 100 degree smelly packed subways, the subway cars with AC are already packed so tight the conductor cant close the doors and all the cool air escapes,the only air circulating is hot tunnel air. Tempers are at their breaking point and the big fat smelly lady with the screaming kids always winds up right next to me. Close my eyes and mentally transport myself elsewhere. 10 minutes and my shirt is soaked with sweat.

That sounds like the beginning of a really bad novel.

[74w300uteline]

Data center

I work in data centers, 70 degrees constant air circulation. Wear a fleece vest all day long. Going home is a different story. Sweltering 100 degree smelly packed subways, the subway cars with AC are already packed so tight the conductor cant close the doors and all the cool air escapes,the only air circulating is hot tunnel air. Tempers are at their breaking point and the big fat smelly lady with the screaming kids always winds up right next to me. Close my eyes and mentally transport myself elsewhere. 10 minutes and my shirt is soaked with sweat.

[Gordon Maney]

While we are talking shop, my uncle (retired) was an owner/operator of heavy equip (dozers, scrapers, tractors, graders,etc). His shop (40' x 100') has a dirt floor. When I asked as to why he never concreted any of it, he replied that the dirt was easier on his feet & back (he suffered a gunshot wound to his hip area in Viet Nam). He uses large sheets of cardboard to lie on when working underneath the equipment to lessen getting messy.

And no, its not insulated or air conditioned. Does have a wood stove for heat.

Bucky

That's interesting. You would need all terrain tires on the creeper.

[712edf]

While we are talking shop, my uncle (retired) was an owner/operator of heavy equip (dozers, scrapers, tractors, graders,etc). His shop (40' x 100') has a dirt floor. When I asked as to why he never concreted any of it, he replied that the dirt was easier on his feet & back (he suffered a gunshot wound to his hip area in Viet Nam). He uses large sheets of cardboard to lie on when working underneath the equipment to lessen getting messy.

And no, its not insulated or air conditioned. Does have a wood stove for heat.

Bucky

[Gordon Maney]

Give me 76F and low humidity all Summer long. Being up between
two Great Lakes is brutal lots of the time with regards to humidity.
My new steel pole barn is too big for A/C [.... or is it that I'm too
cheap?...] so I try to do most of my work in my old stick built barn.
No A/C there either..... but not quite the "oven" the steel building
is. A fan makes it just a bit better than tolerable.....

I waged a years long battle with the wife over A/C in our house.
The British fared better at Gallipoli. I managed to "hold" some territory
in our family room and "gain" ground in the bedroom..... but fell far
short of my overall campaign goal, which was central air conditioning.
I even offered to pay for everything including the additional monthly
electricity to run it..... That proposal still went down quicker than the
Hindenburg.....

Like me...... our dogs "tolerate" the humidity...... I've been trying to
teach them how to use the remote control...... I thought our cat was
with the dogs & I ..... but she went Benedict Arnold on me....
John

I love air conditioning. When I am working on the magazine I have it somewhere between 68 and 70.

[Gordon Maney]

The weather gurus here in NC have issued an “excessive heat warning” for the weekend. Starting on Friday and ending on Monday, the daytime temperatures are expected to be in the range of 102-106 degrees.

My shop is an old building that was originally built as a single car garage with a tin roof. No insulation. One electrical outlet. One overhead light.

In the 71 years since it was built, no measures have ever been taken to make it a good workplace. In fact it has been neglected to the point that it is no longer even a good shelter for a car. The roof leaks, the soffits aren’t boxed, the door is broken, and the sill plate is rotted. It has no windows. It is hot.

A three-foot long black snake calls it home. For him it is a good place to find a meal. As snakes go, he is of the good variety…keeping the copperheads and rattlers away. I don’t mind having him around, but still, I think all good snakes should be outdoors. And he will be…eventually.

I will rebuild the sill plate and the broken doors. While I am at it, I will put in a window or two. Maybe even an air conditioner. But not today. It’s too hot.

Today I will do something along the same lines as Bob. I will sit on the porch with my guitar and my dogs and handle the heat with more dignity and grace and honor and such.

The dogs are good companions, both of them. Happy all the time. Even when it's beastly hot. They lie around the porch like it was a hospital but they are happy and I am glad to report they are in good health. They are, for the most part, masters of their own bladder and bowels, which is something I can’t say for myself.

As I study them, it occurs to me that they are happy because their expectations are low. I think it was Shakespeare, or somebody else, I can’t remember exactly who, but they said, “Desire is at the root of all suffering.” And I suppose whoever said it was right. If we expect too much, we’re bound to be let down in the end and suffer from it. It makes me think I would settle for no air conditioning as long as the snake takes his rightful place outdoors and I have a nice cool porch to sit on.

One year in my shop I had a medium size bull snake that lived in my shop. It would spend some time lying in one of the overhead door sections. I think it did that because the sun made it warm. When I would open the door it would slide out of the door section into a cluttered area on a shelf where I keep various pieces of structural steel. I suspect it lived off mice in my shop.

Insulation in the ceiling of your shop would make a huge difference in summer.

[Hobcobble]

Give me 76F and low humidity all Summer long. Being up between
two Great Lakes is brutal lots of the time with regards to humidity.
My new steel pole barn is too big for A/C [.... or is it that I'm too
cheap?...] so I try to do most of my work in my old stick built barn.
No A/C there either..... but not quite the "oven" the steel building
is. A fan makes it just a bit better than tolerable.....

I waged a years long battle with the wife over A/C in our house.
The British fared better at Gallipoli. I managed to "hold" some territory
in our family room and "gain" ground in the bedroom..... but fell far
short of my overall campaign goal, which was central air conditioning.
I even offered to pay for everything including the additional monthly
electricity to run it..... That proposal still went down quicker than the
Hindenburg.....

Like me...... our dogs "tolerate" the humidity...... I've been trying to
teach them how to use the remote control...... I thought our cat was
with the dogs & I ..... but she went Benedict Arnold on me....
John

[Kevin Mienke]

The weather gurus here in NC have issued an “excessive heat warning” for the weekend. Starting on Friday and ending on Monday, the daytime temperatures are expected to be in the range of 102-106 degrees.

My shop is an old building that was originally built as a single car garage with a tin roof. No insulation. One electrical outlet. One overhead light.

In the 71 years since it was built, no measures have ever been taken to make it a good workplace. In fact it has been neglected to the point that it is no longer even a good shelter for a car. The roof leaks, the soffits aren’t boxed, the door is broken, and the sill plate is rotted. It has no windows. It is hot.

A three-foot long black snake calls it home. For him it is a good place to find a meal. As snakes go, he is of the good variety…keeping the copperheads and rattlers away. I don’t mind having him around, but still, I think all good snakes should be outdoors. And he will be…eventually.

I will rebuild the sill plate and the broken doors. While I am at it, I will put in a window or two. Maybe even an air conditioner. But not today. It’s too hot.

Today I will do something along the same lines as Bob. I will sit on the porch with my guitar and my dogs and handle the heat with more dignity and grace and honor and such.

The dogs are good companions, both of them. Happy all the time. Even when it's beastly hot. They lie around the porch like it was a hospital but they are happy and I am glad to report they are in good health. They are, for the most part, masters of their own bladder and bowels, which is something I can’t say for myself.

As I study them, it occurs to me that they are happy because their expectations are low. I think it was Shakespeare, or somebody else, I can’t remember exactly who, but they said, “Desire is at the root of all suffering.” And I suppose whoever said it was right. If we expect too much, we’re bound to be let down in the end and suffer from it. It makes me think I would settle for no air conditioning as long as the snake takes his rightful place outdoors and I have a nice cool porch to sit on.