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Bobcat wrote: The forecast says that here in Toronto it's hitting 97 F today, and again tomorrow. About Mooch, he gets a fresh container of cold water in this weather every few hours with ice cubes! Funny, though. Cats are descendents of desert creatures and don't drink much water - but apparently when they do they store it up, as does Mooch. Oh please - don't bring up the subject of hydro meter and the bill that's sure to follow! There's an incentive plan here in which you get a discount if you use less electricity. Do without our air conditioners these days? Har! I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in Ottawa. I kept my blinds drawn and the windows closed. That seems to be able to keep the cool air in as I did have the AC on last evening. Rusty doesn't seem to mind the heat. He went behind the blinds to sun himself. Winnie |
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:17:50 GMT, "Jo Firey"
wrote: "Pat" wrote in message . .. "Bobcat" wrote in wrote: I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! The Okanagan Valley can also get scorching hot. Do without our air conditioners these days? Har! The heat index here has been soaring into the hundreds for over a week, with no end in sight, high humidity too. Not much fun when you have no a/c. I grew up in Washington DC in the fifties when almost no one had central AC (or car AC). On the really hot nights mom would put sheets in the washer to get them wet and then to spin most of the water out. We would go to sleep on the floor in the basement covered with the damp sheets. Then as the upstairs would start to cool off we would wake up and wander upstairs to our beds. If you couldn't get heat stroke any other way, there was always summer church "camp meetings" and tent revivals. Now I wonder how we survived. But I know plenty of people still do. When my family moved back to Nashville, Tennessee in 1976, my father initially refused to have air conditioning in the house. He was skinny, and found most people's preferred level of air conditioning to be too cold. He changed his mind after a couple of years, but we still had air conditioning only downstairs, not in my attic bedroom. I used an electric fan in the attic, and, until my sister moved out to attend graduate school, I slept on the living room couch during the hottest part of summer. During the no-air-conditioning period, my father would sometimes go sit in the basement. I tried that at times; while it was cooler than upstairs, the humidity was literally at the 100% mark, with moisture condensing on the walls. I would usually go back up to ground level after only a few minutes. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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On 16 Jul 2006 14:39:20 -0700, "Winnie" wrote:
Jo Firey wrote: We are headed for 104 today, 106 tomorrow and 105 the next day. That should create enough of a pressure variant to drag in an ocean breeze by Wednesday. Not that I have any intention of going outdoors in the heat. I'm not normally a morning person but when you have to do anything you want to do by 10AM including wearing out a 9 month old Border Collie you get up early. Same here. I went out for groceries arount 9 am. yesterday. Stayed put at home after I got home. I skipped two free outdoor concerts at the Governor General's residence. I feel sorry for the ceremonial guards with their heavy hats. Winnie My company's annual picnic is this Saturday. I plan on going, but don't plan to over-exert in the heat. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in Ottawa. I kept my blinds drawn and the windows closed. That seems to be able to keep the cool air in as I did have the AC on last evening. Rusty doesn't seem to mind the heat. He went behind the blinds to sun himself. Winnie It's HOT here, but not as hot as it's been in the past. However, I'm not dealing with it very well at all. Maybe it's age, or maybe it's the asthma. I can't BREATHE this year! My inhalers are getting a workout. I miss being young. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita |
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"Ann" wrote in message
news:LLvug.160886$k%3.90361@dukeread12 Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity.//// The UK is due to hit 35 degrees Centigrade this week. Today it hit 32, tomorrow more of the same. I'm lucky as I'm used top the tropics. The cats are so hot, they don't know what to do with themselves apart from sleep in the flowerbeds in the shade. Helen M -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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"Jane" wrote in message ups.com... I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in Ottawa. I kept my blinds drawn and the windows closed. That seems to be able to keep the cool air in as I did have the AC on last evening. Rusty doesn't seem to mind the heat. He went behind the blinds to sun himself. Winnie It's HOT here, but not as hot as it's been in the past. However, I'm not dealing with it very well at all. Maybe it's age, or maybe it's the asthma. I can't BREATHE this year! My inhalers are getting a workout. I miss being young. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita The first half of the year was the warmest on record for the United States. The government reported Friday that the average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/14/D8IRSULOB.html Cheers & Beers (COLD beers) H. |
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loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring
on the heat. -- Christopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. .. "Ann" wrote in message news:LLvug.160886$k%3.90361@dukeread12... Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. Ann -- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos |
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"Sandy" wrote:
"Randy" wrote in message news wrote: Pat wrote: Have you ever seen those neckerchief things that have silicone stuff in them? You soak them in water, and the beads swell up and keep the thing wet. Some ladies' club was making them for the GI's in Iraq & selling them as fundraisers. They are *great* to keep cool. Something about keeping your neck cool & moist makes an amazing difference. Want me to send you one? Sherry Sherry, Any links where I can purchase one of these? Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com Do a search on "neck cooler". Some of the sites even tell you how to make them. Sandy Thanks Sandy. I'm checking them out now. Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com |
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Cheryl wrote:
On Sun 16 Jul 2006 03:47:56p, Randy wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news Any links where I can purchase one of these? I saw this nifty gadget on an infomercial this morning. Today this would be a welcome relief. But I think I'll just stay inside in the AC. http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/ca.../sku__SI758SL2 -- Cheryl Looks interesting. Thanks for the link. Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com |
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