Can you deal with the heat?

c_man · 17-07-2014 07:34PM

Yeah the heat is a real killer. The fan on my rig starts becoming just about audible, which interrupts my days on the internet. As least there's no sunshine to ruin my screen with glare.

LizzieJones · 17-07-2014 07:49PM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

It's not great for the testes though. It can kill a lot of the sperm.

So have a lot of blowjobs instead until your mini heatwave is over. :rolleyes:

TheMilkyPirate · 17-07-2014 07:50PM

I work in an industrial laundry so multiply what your feeling outside by about ten

LizzieJones · 17-07-2014 07:52PM

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

I work in an industrial laundry so multiply what your feeling outside by about ten

That would be considered a heatwave where I live. 30 celsius or more

--LOS-- · 17-07-2014 07:59PM

Sorta do and I don't, don't like anything too hot, early 20's is best. It was 27 here today, the thermostat in my apartment said 29, not so fun when you're trying to get work done. Have to have my fan heater on cold these days.

Fox_In_Socks · 17-07-2014 08:01PM

I change into shorts once I finish work and work is temperature controlled so no issues there.

Only thing is looking out the huge windows at blue skies.:mad:

Arthur Beesley · 17-07-2014 08:25PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

So have a lot of blowjobs instead until your mini heatwave is over. :rolleyes:

Sounds like you are offering. Classy.

Sand · 17-07-2014 08:56PM

I despise the heat when I'm working. Enjoy it when its a day off. "Dressing appropriately" has different meaning in an office than it seems to have in a heat wave, but cheers for the advice.

I walk to work every day and Dublin is an interesting city in that the Liffey runs from west to east, on a line with the sun, morning and afternoon so there is practically no shade on my normal route. Not an issue in most Irish weather, is an issue these days.

I literally end up altering my route to go north/south as best I can, trying to find some shade from the remorseless ball of flame that is slowly giving me skin cancer as I go to and from work. But there is "hot zones" where there is quite literally no shade and I fry as I race to the next piece of cover. After struggling through a couple kilometres of this I end up in work wishing I could just go home and take a shower.

Ditch · 17-07-2014 08:56PM

Heat?

Eighteen inch thick, stone walls. Tin over thatch roof. 71.6F as I type this.

What's not to like?

Oh, and I just stepped outside. Lovely!

Deank · 17-07-2014 09:00PM

The hotter the better, extremes are good

UCDVet · 17-07-2014 09:12PM

What really annoys me about the nice weather is how everyone feels the need to stand outside. I mean, okay, fair enough, that's a silly thing to be annoyed by; but I'm a shallow person I guess.

Every day, M-F, I ride my crappy bicycle into my crappy job. I sit at my crappy desk and I do crappy work. Except for about 45 minutes. I leave my crappy desk and I go and get lunch. Lunch isn't great, but it's not bad either.

When it's cold, I get lunch.
When it's raining, I get lunch.
When it's windy, I get lunch.

But then a sunny day comes along and, everywhere I look, it's people. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE! I mean, where did they all come from? They seem disorientated, perhaps by the light....staggering about in a zombie like state. Large groups of them just 'stop' and stand in places. Sometimes they sit down. Just standing there.

The restaurants that are normally empty are now overflowing with people. A lot of them don't seem to understand how restaurants work. 'How many?' is met with a blank stare, followed by 30 seconds of counting on fingers....often with a bit of a story, '......how many? OH, yes, how many are going to be eating. That's right - this is a restaurant. Well, let's see, it's me and Emma, and her boyfriend, that's three, but there are two more coming! So, three and two, that makes five. Yes, five of us!'.

Getting home from work isn't much better. When it's hot, everyone has to stand around outside. Preferably with alcohol, right? So every 3rd block, there is some pub with far too many people standing around outside, spilling out into the road.

I guess my life is pretty good if this is my biggest complaint, but really.....I don't get it. It's just sunlight.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 17-07-2014 09:18PM

One of the things I've noticed about sunshine is it seems to make people want to climb on things for some reason. Soon as it's sunny I start noticing people sitting on roofs, jumping off walls and stuff. That last patch of good weather I was sitting upstairs in the café at the corner of Eyre Square, nearly got a heart attack when I glanced outside and there were a rake of teenagers sitting on top of the public toilets opposite. There are trees overgrowing it so their faces were just appearing out of the branches

Daveysil15 · 17-07-2014 09:27PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

So have a lot of blowjobs instead until your mini heatwave is over. :rolleyes:

What?

CrazyRabbit · 17-07-2014 09:31PM

What heat? It's just slightly warm out.

Half the worlds population would consider our current weather to be a cold spell.

Dermighty · 17-07-2014 09:32PM

thelad95 wrote: »

I've just come from a shift at a café and I'm sitting here just about to hop in the shower in a pool of sweat. My uniform stinks and is drenched with sweat. I have a headache from dehydration and my arms and face feel like they're sunburnt. Basically, my message is I just can't deal with heat, my body is not equipped to do it. I'm off to have a shower and put my head in the fridge for a couple of hours.

People of AH, can you deal with the heat?

You're not trying to deal with the heat. Being dehydrated means you weren't drinking enough water. It takes little time to fill up a glass of water.

McChubbin · 17-07-2014 09:34PM

Just had a couple of beers out the back with the folks, listening to good music and getting a bit of a tan as the garden's a bit of a suntrap. It was lovely. Not too hot as the evening draws in.

Macavity. · 17-07-2014 09:36PM

In the uk atm and it's like a mediterranean country over here. I find this weather absolutely miserable. Much prefer a cool temperature with the odd shower.

jellyboy · 17-07-2014 09:38PM

Im glad to be alive to enjoy the weather whatever shape its in ..

Amboise · 17-07-2014 09:42PM

Reckon I'm just not made for heat either - can't go outside without factor 50, the heat rash is driving me mad and its so warm I can't sleep at night. Still prefer it to all the rain though.

El_Dangeroso · 17-07-2014 09:44PM

Will everyone with malfunctioning thyroids please feck off and live in Spain or somewhere so we can all us normal people can moan about the stifling heat in peace.

Madam · 17-07-2014 10:02PM

I can deal with it during the day but can't bear it at night - one leg out of the bed, turn over then the other out doesn't work for me(even with the window open). Can't wait for the storms forecast for Saturday- if you can believe them!

Tail Docker · 17-07-2014 10:08PM

I'm darkish skinned, so sunburn etc isn't a problem, but sitting in the jeep today waiting for a place to open after lunchtime(yeah, the feckers, in this day and age...) the dash readout temp gauge was at 31'c, it was pretty damn hot for Ireland.

awec · 17-07-2014 10:45PM

It's not even *that* hot - wouldn't say the heat at the moment is particularly remarkable.

Anyway - heat is great. Beats rain and cold every day. The more the sun shines the better it is.

awec · 17-07-2014 10:48PM

Tail Docker wrote: »

I'm darkish skinned, so sunburn etc isn't a problem, but sitting in the jeep today waiting for a place to open after lunchtime(yeah, the feckers, in this day and age...) the dash readout temp gauge was at 31'c, it was pretty damn hot for Ireland.

I really don't think it reached anywhere near 31 degrees today.

bobrawn20 · 17-07-2014 10:51PM

awec wrote: »

I really don't think it reached anywhere near 31 degrees today.

Car temps read 6 or 7 degrees over constantly

COYVB · 17-07-2014 10:51PM

I used to think I couldn't hack the heat. Moved to Canada 5 years ago and very quickly realised that the mid 20s isn't anything close to being hot. Now I'm fine with anything up to around 31-33, over that and it starts getting a bit much. Hit 42 for a few days one of my first summers here - that was tough

B.A._Baracus · 17-07-2014 10:53PM

You know what they say. if you can't stand the heat. Get out of the kitchen.

... i'll just grab my coat :pac:

COYVB · 17-07-2014 10:53PM

xxmeabhxx wrote: »

because there's no a/c, you have to open all your windows

opening your windows when it's hot outside just lets the hot air in

SimonTemplar · 17-07-2014 10:58PM

I really wish I could enjoy the weather like seemingly most other people can, but it just saps the energy from me.
My absolute favorite type of weather is when it is fresh and sunny, where you'd need a light jacket but it is still not too cold. You usually get those days at the end of spring or the beginning of autumn.

Can't wait for Autumn

Calibos · 17-07-2014 11:45PM

They said I was mad. They're not laughing now!! See image below:

Like to browse the internet in Bed. Don't like small laptop screens, crappy laptop keyboards, crappy laptop touchpads. Definitely don't like oven roasted balls from Laptop. So I constructed the 'Bed Station' early last Autumn. Too late for last years great Summer but I had the foresight to include a 200mm PC fan on a bendable gooseneck stalk which has paid massive dividends this Summer. I angle it such that part of the airstream catches my face and keeps the Pillow dry and cold. No more flipping pillows over every 2 minutes trying to find a cold spot!! The bulk of the airstream flows down my neck and along my back. Pure heaven the last few weeks and not one single night of muggy sweaty tossing and turning!!

Can you deal with the heat?

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