That cold black cloud is coming down (I wish)

[lizblackdog]

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.

Comments

[huntingdon.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm...pleasantly cool location...

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.

[orac-zen.livejournal.com]

Is this a good time to mention the maximum temp here today was about 10 degrees C? :D

[sjishere.livejournal.com]

As someone who is from a hot country, it's frickin humid here...oh man how I miss air conditioning. I have been so bitchy this weekend too lol!

**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.

[kiss-kass.livejournal.com]

Fan. for that temperature, a fan is more than sufficient to keep the air moving and cool you down.

Sorry, but we look forward to when our temps DROP to that level. It's like springtime and cool weather all over again.

[montymark.livejournal.com]

Oh, I want to be there too. Stepping outside at the moment is liking to trying to breath hot water. Not pleasant.

[wychwood]

If you win, can I travel with you? I'll look after luggage and logistics...

(any excuse to get out of the heat)

[luana-starwolf.livejournal.com]

I find a water bottle with a spray nozzle stuck in the fridge and used for misting can be WONDERFUL in the heat. Add in a nice fan and it's pretty nice. It gets pretty unbarable here too even though Ohio is supposedly cool. Bullshit. It's hot here and humid.

[manicitalian.livejournal.com]

My self. im glad my snow is over for the season. It does suck though when the thunderstorms roll in and beat me w/hail. Right now I'm like 85. I think I'm the coolest in my state. Its only like 75 or so where my dad is in CA in the mntns. What temp is it there anyway?

[romulantbonz.livejournal.com]

Heat with A.C. is teh suck. Heat without A.C. is Hell. No doubt about it.

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.

[zogblog.livejournal.com]

(Laughs) I'd get killed before Bonz would. I live in a desert, and it's 98F outside right now. Any wonder that every house in town has A/C?

[ulva.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who enjoyed yesterday? We have the same hot weather... and I love it! I was out in the sun all day!

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

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

This's why they don't build houses w/out A/C here. You could never live in this state.
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.

[csi1956.livejournal.com]

Bitch, bitch, bitch. If you can do it, so can I. Heat and humidity are a part of life here as with Bonz in Fla. Its all relevant to what you get used to. I don't like it when its 90+ and 50%+ humidity, but I can't change it. It is often in the 90s with 1005 humidity and not be raining. That SUCKS. But unless I want to move...
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.

[skyferret.livejournal.com]

Anubis is punishing you with this plague of heat for the sacriligious act of owning a cat. If the cat is a blonde virgin, you should sacrifice it immediately and buy a dog as a replacement, as dogs are infinitely cooler and less blasphemous. Just make sure it isn't a blonde virgin, or the other dogs will make fun of it and it'll grow up antisocial and stay in it's room all day eating pot noodles and playing Dungeons and Dragons wearing only soiled Y-fronts.