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The bottom is falling out of Squish's world.
No, wait - I mean the world is falling out of his bottom. A reaction to yesterday's anaesthetic, apparently. Poor squitty lil' bugger.
Also, anyone who wants to tell me that the heat over here is nothing and I should be living where they are where the heat and humidity are such that it rains poached eggs every time there's a flight of pigeons and they have to wear Nomex gloves to touch their car and there are preserved dinosaurs floating in their asphalt driveway - don't. Just don't. I know most of you live in much hotter climates than I do. Why do you think I don't?
And yes, I will be bitching, whining, pissing and moaning about the heat till October. I'm British - or Cardassian, depending on which persona's nearest the top at any given moment - and I like complaining.
One of these days I really am going to move to the Falkland Islands. Or else, if I win the Lottery this week, spend the rest of my life travelling in a circuit round the world like a snowbird in reverse, arranging to arrive everywhere just as the climate is roughly equivalent to a southern English late October, and moving on the moment outdoor plants stop having to be frost hardy.
Here's a picture of the Falkland Islands. This is where I want to be.
No, wait - I mean the world is falling out of his bottom. A reaction to yesterday's anaesthetic, apparently. Poor squitty lil' bugger.
Also, anyone who wants to tell me that the heat over here is nothing and I should be living where they are where the heat and humidity are such that it rains poached eggs every time there's a flight of pigeons and they have to wear Nomex gloves to touch their car and there are preserved dinosaurs floating in their asphalt driveway - don't. Just don't. I know most of you live in much hotter climates than I do. Why do you think I don't?
And yes, I will be bitching, whining, pissing and moaning about the heat till October. I'm British - or Cardassian, depending on which persona's nearest the top at any given moment - and I like complaining.
One of these days I really am going to move to the Falkland Islands. Or else, if I win the Lottery this week, spend the rest of my life travelling in a circuit round the world like a snowbird in reverse, arranging to arrive everywhere just as the climate is roughly equivalent to a southern English late October, and moving on the moment outdoor plants stop having to be frost hardy.
Here's a picture of the Falkland Islands. This is where I want to be.
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The heat is quite literally stifling. It makes me snipe at people, and the lack of sleep because of it makes me even worse. I'll be keeping a very low profile until winter now, I think.
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A hot water bottle filled with cold water can be a big help at night, I've found.
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I caught the little biting bastards laying eggs in my sink today. EWWWWW!!!!
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**must try to avoid the BBS so I don't bite anyones head off**
The thing is it's not that hot, it's only in the 30s but the humidity is awful, give me dry heat over this any day of the week.
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*gasp, pant, sweat*
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Sorry, but we look forward to when our temps DROP to that level. It's like springtime and cool weather all over again.
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Stagnant air is far worse than the same temperature with a breeze and the same holds true indoors. Keep a window on each side of the house open for a cross breeze. It keeps the stagnant air out of the house.
You've mentioned it is humid too. If it is warm and NOT humid, you can also put a damp towel over the front of the fan. This cools a dry heat quickly. In the Southwestern US, this type of cooler, a swamp cooler, is most common.
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I bet Argos has some reasonably cheap fans. I'll have a look when I haul my sweaty arse over there later to get the new vacuum cleaner. I doubt I can afford both at once, though.
P.S. Robert says I have to ask your permission before I can call him my bitch boy... can I? :D
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Yay, Bitch Boy! Did you see that adorable little sulky faced pic he posted in the picture thread in Misc? :D
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*snigger*
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(any excuse to get out of the heat)
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;-D
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Now I feel guilty because for once, we're coolish ('cause it's pissing down....lovely tropical rain.) 25 here.
I'm never going to England during a heat wave. I'd get killed by sweaty annoyed Englishmen/women.
Hope it breaks soon.
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Another thing (besides being fikkin good at cooking dal and vindaloo) that makes me suspect I have been an Indian in a previous life. :P
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Something that might help you is what's called a swamp cooler. You can mock one up yourself very easily, as long as the boys don't make a mess of it. Find a large window without sun exposure near where you're going to be in a room. Place a large box fan (these things're only like $15-$20 US at most stores) in said window. Put a small table in front of the window and a LARGE pot or bowl of water in front of it. As the water evaporates, it produces a cooling effect & the fan carries it over the room. You can add ice to the water to enhance it.
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I do use fans, ceiling fans, oscillating fans, and directional fans, in addition to AC. It does let me cut back on the AC use however, thus helping keep my power bill a little lower.
You can pick up some fan relatively cheep. Even ceiling fans. I've seen some as low as thirty dollars. The are not the best but they make a hell of a difference. Easy to install too.
So in the meantime, bitch all you want. Just don't spank me when I do. We are all entitled.
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Oh, right - no, that blonde virgin pussy is just Spike's fully functional cat-bot. Never leave a Border Collie alone for the evening with a boxful of Meccano and spare computer parts...