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.

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From: [identity profile] kiss-kass.livejournal.com


I run one in my room every night (mostly for the white noise), but it also reduces the AC costs. Refreigerated air ia very expensive. I usually don't turn my air on until it hits about 80 degrees. Until then, open windows, ceiling fans and other fans are more than sufficient.

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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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com


Every window in the flat is permanently open, on account of I'm a chain-smoker and a fresh air nut - but there's no breeze outdoors today, bah.

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

From: [identity profile] kiss-kass.livejournal.com


Gee, I dunno... I guess you can call him your "bitch boy," but "needle slut" and "boi toy" are mine.
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com


Oh, you can definitely keep the needles. *shudders* That's not a thing I like to even think about these days - triggers some very bad associations.

Yay, Bitch Boy! Did you see that adorable little sulky faced pic he posted in the picture thread in Misc? :D

From: [identity profile] kiss-kass.livejournal.com


I'd have to like, acutally, you know, read Misc. to see that. And even when i did read Misc., I avoided the picture threads like the plague. I hated them. Bad memories from modding.
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com


Understandable. Same like me and needles, in fact. He did post the same pic in his LJ, though, so you probably have seen it. He looks like a grouchy baby koala, it's the cutest thing I ever saw...

*snigger*
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