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...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

When there was a nasty blackout some years back that was middle of summer and several days, one of my Brit friends suggested taking a pair of socks, running them under cold water, wringing them out and putting them on damp.

It helped.

I swear loudly and kick fluffy animals and small children in the face.

...how do you deal with it?It's usually around eighty-100 degrees Fahrenheit with around 85-95% humidity here during the summer. It doesn't bother me.

i turn on the air conditioning.

dude, its like below zero round here tonight. you're just rubbing in, right? ;)

i cope pretty well with the heat in summer though. usually just having a fan on is enough... there aren't enough hot days in this country to bother getting air con lol.

i don't notice changes in temperature that much, really. when i was at school i'd wear my jumper all year round, summer and winter, just cos it really didn't make much difference to me. my g/f, on the other hand, really hates it when its too hot - say, over 23C

I swear loudly and kick fluffy animals and small children in the face.

How's that different from every other day?



I use Kat's wet sock trick. Swimming works during the day. Cold showers. ice pack under the armpits. Don't wear a hat or socks. Get a tshirt wet and put it on. Spritz your face and wrists with water. Cover yourself in chocolate pudding and run down the street with an alka-seltzer tablet in your mouth.

I like to take comfort in knowing that this will be cool compared to what we will have to deal with once Globull Warming comes and kills us all with its fiery might hahaha

It's like -20C right now(factor in windchill after that) so I don't really worry about the heat.

I swear loudly and kick fluffy animals and small children in the face.

Funny, I do that to keep warm when it's really cold.

When there was a nasty blackout some years back that was middle of summer and several days, one of my Brit friends suggested taking a pair of socks, running them under cold water, wringing them out and putting them on damp.

It helped.

This sounds like a very good idea as I get irritatingly dry feet, inherited from my mother, and I get irritatingly dry hands, inherited from my father.

It's usually around eighty-100 degrees Fahrenheit with around 85-95% humidity here during the summer. It doesn't bother me.

This only happens like 20 days a year, the bulk of the year it's a nice overcast 12-15 degrees Celcius.

i turn on the air conditioning.

^^ This

Get naked, lay out flat on a bed, make sure as much of your body is exposed (so as to release body heat) as possible while burning the fewest calories.
Or stick ice cubes in your underpants, that's fun.
Or just suck it up, pussy.

This only happens like 20 days a year, the bulk of the year it's a nice overcast 12-15 degrees Celcius.Hm.
It happens too much here for me to have any good advice.

Get naked, lay out flat on a bed, make sure as much of your body is exposed (so as to release body heat) as possible while burning the fewest calories.
Or stick ice cubes in your underpants, that's fun.
Or just suck it up, pussy.

I was going to say "I'm male".

Many animals roll around in mud to stay cool. So do Goofballs. :)

Go to a swimming pool or the sea if it's near by and have a swim.

Many animals roll around in mud to stay cool. So do Goofballs. :)

If only I had a mud pond:(

If only I had a mud pond:(

Get a shovel and some water.

I like to take comfort in knowing that this will be cool compared to what we will have to deal with once Globull Warming comes and kills us all with its fiery might hahaha
Wonderful first post.

Get a shovel and some water.

The ground's all clay around here.

I was going to say "I'm male".
I'm male, and I've done all three of those things.
Not for a measly 31 degrees Celsius (that's hardly even warm), but there are days when I've stripped down and flopped onto the bed at about 10 AM and watched movies while moving as little as possible until about 3 PM, when the heat started to subside.
Fortunately, I've gotten into a building with air conditioning these days, so I don't have to be so drastic.

Freezing in New York. When it is hot, stay in doors until after the sun is over it peak. You could also become nocturnal during the summer. It is always nice and quiet, no line ups at the all night grocery store. Oh and copious amount of beer.

I moved to a city that wasn't so fucking hot in the summer.

Before that, however, I spent the 110F summers jumping fences at hotels and apartment complexes and schools to use their pools because it was still 90F at two o'clock in the morning, soaking hats and t-shirts, freezing hats and t-shirts, laying on the floor most of the time, being near water since the Delta was full of runoff water so even though it was crazy hot the water was crazy cold, had a quality fan going pretty much all the time.

And bitched endlessly until I, again, moved to a better climate.

Yeah, it's quater to five now, but when I posted this I had just got home from having to deliver papers in the sun with no shade.

The socks thing really helped though, thanks Kat.

Yeah, it's quater to five now, but when I posted this I had just got home from having to deliver papers in the sun with no shade.

The socks thing really helped though, thanks Kat.

When I lived on what I 'lovingly' refer to as 'The Surface of the Fucking Sun' I was a children's performer, meaning I would dress up in a giant Ninja Turtle costume which was like wearing a quilt with a giant foam head with a little fabric covered slot to let more hot air in.

It's like the Devil caught you enjoying hell...(great job, heat SUCKED)

Here, it gets around 100-110+F (about 37.8-43 1/3+C) during the summer. Of course highs from 50-67F (10-19.4C) are normal for winter over here so the nice/not so nice weather evens out a bit. I don't know if I should be jealous of your 31C.

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

31C? Tell me when it hits 45C, that's when it gets hot. On a related note, fuck Kuwait and everything to do with it.

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

I go streaking.... Woo! Free spirits, ho!

I put on a pair of board shorts and then wait for the heat to get ridiculous.

Then I drive 5 minutes to the beach.

Why would you live in such a warm place anyway? Why not move to someplace colder?

I guess St. John's can be warm in late August though... I remember when I moved into my new apartment here in August it felt especially warm, and I opened the window, but the wind wouldn't flow through (probably because it didn't have a path to move through) so I opened the door and the air started flowing through, but then flies came in when I wasn't looking and ended up getting in my kitchen sink and stuff like that, and I found it hard to kill them, partly because I found myself approaching them very cautiously because I wasn't sure if they were bees or hornets or something like that which would escape and sting me if I tried to kill them.

If only there was some gaseous chemical that would kill flies and wouldn't harm human beings that could be sprayed over a city...

Why would you live in such a warm place anyway? Why not move to someplace colder?

Says the Newfie. Of course, I agree. For whatever reason, people will continue to move to hot, dry climates until they run out of water and then they'll beg for help.

I stay hydrated. I do wear a hat when I'm outside, with lots of sunscreen. I wear cotton because it breathes and I carry a little squirt bottle/battery driven fan with me - since the heat here is dry, it's like having my own little swamp cooler. Inside, I stay downstairs with fans going and lot's of cool drinks - I shower frequently and eat lots of salads. I also have one of those scarf things that has the gel stuff in it that soaks up water - I put it around my neck - it's remarkably effective.

Fortunately, the Front Range only has 1-2 uncomfortably warm days in the summer (90^ plus). In SoCal, it's much worse - 100^ plus for 4-6 months out of the year.

Other good advice: get a cross breeze going. Have fans at one end of the house blowing air in, and fans at the other end blowing out. The longer the distance, the better. Open lots of doors.

Mind you, during the heat of the day (11AM to 3 PM) you should keep the doors and windows closed, blinds down. Before and after, open the windows. If you can, crack the top and bottoms to get convection working in your favor. Build cross breezes. More air circulation leads to increased cooling.

And avoid cooking...particularly the oven.

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

No...intolerable is -26 degrees Celsius (-45 with wind chill) like we had in my area last week.

Tell you what...let's trade lives. I'll deal with the heat, you deal with the cold...sound good?

No...intolerable is -26 degrees Celsius (-45 with wind chill) like we had in my area last week.

Tell you what...let's trade lives. I'll deal with the heat, you deal with the cold...sound good?

*values temperate climate*

It's colder than a witch's tits here and everything is covered in ice. So don't complain, it could be worse.

It's colder than a witch's tits here and everything is covered in ice. So don't complain, it could be worse.

I usually prefer the cold. However, the middle f winter thing must suck.

I put on a pair of board shorts and then wait for the heat to get ridiculous.

Then I drive 5 minutes to the beach.

We're neighbours?

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

Take a cube of ice, put it in your mouth. Don't crunch, just let it melt in there.

Take a cube of ice, put it in your mouth. Don't crunch, just let it melt in there.

But, but, how else will I finely cut open my mouth soft tissues, so when I eat a tomato, all I feel is searing pain?

I live in the UK - it never gets too hot. Which makes we wonder why a Brit would have advice for Kat about putting on damp socks. I suspect they liked putting on wet socks for other reasons.

But, but, how else will I finely cut open my mouth soft tissues, so when I eat a tomato, all I feel is searing pain?

Try chewing on glass shards if that's what you want.

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

31°C ? Not very hot.
Anyway, use a fan, and drink a lot of water - eventually with a drop or two of vinegar in it.
If you're still suffering from the heat, put your feet in cold water.

31°C ? Not very hot.
Anyway, use a fan, and drink a lot of water - eventually with a drop or two of vinegar in it.
If you're still suffering from the heat, put your feet in cold water.

31°C is as pretty much as hot as it gets here, hence my body being acclimatized to less than that.

I go streaking.... Woo! Free spirits, ho!

Spirits aren't the only thing free in that instance.


To the OP: Cold Water

I put on a pair of board shorts
What in the world are "board shorts"? Two pieces of wood hanging front and back on a string?

I live in the UK - it never gets too hot. Which makes we wonder why a Brit would have advice for Kat about putting on damp socks. I suspect they liked putting on wet socks for other reasons.
Can't explain why he knew it -- but it saved my sanity.

What in the world are "board shorts"? Two pieces of wood hanging front and back on a string?
Board shorts. For surfing, dude.
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=board+shorts&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

sit or lie naked (or in underwear) on a couple of Towels with three fans going.

Edit: I meant towels not blankets

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

Look, kid, I know you're probably not used to hard work.

But work outside in the heat. That way you get used to it.

Look, kid, I know you're probably not used to hard work.

But work outside in the heat. That way you get used to it.

If you read the whole thread, you would've known that I was "working" in the hot sun. In that I walked 5 kilometres in the hot sun with a heavy pack on my back.

EDIT: And please, I invite you not to reply to my threads if all you have to say is superfluous crap.

Look, kid, I know you're probably not used to hard work.

But work outside in the heat. That way you get used to it.

yeah, cuz heat stroke is FUN! :rolleyes:

If you read the whole thread, you would've known that I was "working" in the hot sun. In that I walked 5 kilometres in the hot sun with a heavy pack on my back.

Yeah, that hardly qualifies as "work" in any meaningful sense of the word.

Ever done roofing? Or drum & bugle corps? Or blacktopped a parking lot?

Come back when you've grown up and know what real work is, kid.

Yeah, that hardly qualifies as "work" in any meaningful sense of the word.

Ever done roofing? Or drum & bugle corps? Or blacktopped a parking lot?

Come back when you've grown up and know what real work is, kid.

Well, aren't you just a big strong man showing the light to these wimpy young internet punks?

Yeah, that hardly qualifies as "work" in any meaningful sense of the word.

Ever done roofing? Or drum & bugle corps? Or blacktopped a parking lot?

Come back when you've grown up and know what real work is, kid.

I encourage you to reread my post, and then read JuNii's post.

Yeah, that hardly qualifies as "work" in any meaningful sense of the word.

Ever done roofing? Or drum & bugle corps? Or blacktopped a parking lot?

Come back when you've grown up and know what real work is, kid.

better yet bluth, why don't you LEAVE the thread. ;)

I just stay in the shade.

I encourage you to reread my post, and then read JuNii's post.

I did, and it's meaningless.

Water exists for a reason.

I did, and it's meaningless.

Water exists for a reason.
and some areas are in a drought...

Well, aren't you just a big strong man showing the light to these wimpy young internet punks?

Nothing is more asinine than angsty teens sitting in Mommy and Daddy's house using Mommy and Daddy's Internet connecting eating Mommy and Daddy's meatloaf off of Mommy and Daddy's plate and drinking Mommy and Daddy's Pepsi out of Mommy and Daddy's glass bitching about how their life is so hard.

I'm just giving the kid a reality check.

It'll be good for him.

It's below 0C here. :mad: I prefer heat over cold, so I'm miserable.

Your best bet: ventilate your house/flat/whatever as well as possible at night, and keep the windows covered and closed during the day.

31°C is as pretty much as hot as it gets here, hence my body being acclimatized to less than that.

I can understand that, I'm in the reverse situation from having lived in Florida for my whole life. I can handle the heat pretty well, I've worn long sleeves in 100 degree F weather (I guess about 37-38 degrees C?) and felt very comfortable, but everyone's different I guess, or I'm just cold-blooded :p. But we had a couple of days this winter where our temperatures went down to -1 degrees Celsius, or lower at night, which is very cold for Florida and threatened the local crops...so I guess it's relative. 31 degrees Celsius doesn't really seem hot to me, but if it's hot to you then you should drink plenty of cool water.

Cold water, light clothes, electric fans, good air conditioning, and sit in a bathful of icecubes! That'll sort it. :brr:

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

Get your forehead, hands, and feet cold

I don't know, it's been so long since I've been warm. :(
*shivers*

My husband would LOVE to be you right now. Poor guys freezing his parts off here where 33 F is a haet wave until around April.
Me being a yankee I can't take it hotter than about 80F so when I get really hot I take cold baths and lay in front of the fan or the AC.

Nothing is more asinine than angsty teens sitting in Mommy and Daddy's house using Mommy and Daddy's Internet connecting eating Mommy and Daddy's meatloaf off of Mommy and Daddy's plate and drinking Mommy and Daddy's Pepsi out of Mommy and Daddy's glass bitching about how their life is so hard.

I'm just giving the kid a reality check.

It'll be good for him.

Well, this thread was just a teen asking for tips for cooling down. I am sitting in Mummy and Daddy's house using Mummy and Daddy's Internet connection using the Laptop I bought, but I have no idea what this meatloaf crap you're talking about, I am heating a scone in Mummy and Daddy's oven, and my Mummy and Daddy don't provide soft drink, and I drank all the softdrink I had, however I am drinking water out of Mummy and Daddy's water pipes out of the bottle I bought, and I asking for tips for cooling because Mummy and Daddy don't have money for a heating/cooling system. I am a partially independent teenager. Thank you.

And please, don't talk as if I'm not in the forum, it's rude.

Nothing is more asinine than angsty teens sitting in Mommy and Daddy's house using Mommy and Daddy's Internet connecting eating Mommy and Daddy's meatloaf off of Mommy and Daddy's plate and drinking Mommy and Daddy's Pepsi out of Mommy and Daddy's glass bitching about how their life is so hard.

I'm just giving the kid a reality check.

It'll be good for him.

Wow. For all your professed worldliness and noble manliness, seems you forgot to learn just the one thing. How not to come across as a total asshat.

OR Bluth Corporation, you could stop flamebaiting him and being condescending....just a thought.

...how do you deal with it?

It's like 31 degrees Celsius here, and I'm overheated sitting my underwear in a dark room with a nice breeze. How do you deal with the heat? This is getting pretty damn intolerable.

When home, I'm naked. That helps with the heat and that's what I do.

We have freezer/cold packs that can be placed in the freezer--most use them for injuries and swelling, but I recommend that you keep several in the freezer and take them out as needed, placing them on the places one would take a temperature--wrists, ankles, forehead.

Short of freezer packs, you can get a frozen bag of peas (like $1.49 here), and put frozen peas into smaller plastic baggies and put the smaller baggies on the same areas. When they defrost too much, just refreeze.

When home, I'm naked. That helps with the heat and that's what I do.

Pics or it's all lies!

Pics or it's all lies!

I concur!

Nothing is more asinine than angsty teens sitting in Mommy and Daddy's house using Mommy and Daddy's Internet connecting eating Mommy and Daddy's meatloaf off of Mommy and Daddy's plate and drinking Mommy and Daddy's Pepsi out of Mommy and Daddy's glass bitching about how their life is so hard.
Life is hard. It is a continual struggle to find meaning, and some people find meaning by imagining themselves as accomplishing something worthwhile in the face of obstacles. Maybe their idea of an obstacle isn't equal to yours, maybe they've got it easier than you think they should have it, but it is them doing what them can do.
In the face of the existential mountain one must surmount everyday just to get out of bed, a bit of physical labor is nothing.
I'm just giving the kid a reality check.
No you're not. Why should he take an anonymous interneter seriously?

I try to think of days like today when it's hot out. The 27F-and-fog inversion layer that's been here since the snow stopped three weeks ago is giving way to zero or sub-zero for a couple of days. Mind over matter, to an extent.

Pics or it's all lies!

Sorry Hydey, you be unworthy of pics at the moment.

When home, I'm naked. That helps with the heat and that's what I do.

now this is the kind of image that gets me hot! :hail: