The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Why is Gary always talking about Gary as if he is standing next to him?

Gary is a Gemini ... or maybe bipolar ... wait, that's snowbear.

 

[tirediron]

..... or maybe bipolar ... wait, that's snowbear.

Ehhh... strictly speaking, wouldn't be Snowbear be monopolar? Given that his furry, white teddy-bear cousins only live in the north...

 

[table1349]

So, photo bucket sucks! Looks like every image I ever hotlinked from there will no longer show up. I've been here for many moons, and never had a broken link.

Annoying, but I won't be held hostage for $400. They can pound sand.

They're already seeing a lawsuit over their new "business model. "

Must we bring up old news???
Photobucket must have been hacked ?

It wasn't a PSA, dear. It was a complaint.

That's the way the "other" thread started.

 

[table1349]

ok it's raining and my dvr is empty! I need tv series recommendations so I can do a little binge watching tonight. Here are the parameters:

Despite my obsession with TWD, I don't like horror or creepy.
I've already been through a Sci Fi and a Masterpiece phase this year.
Nothing with Woody Allen, Holly Hunter, Nicholas Cage, Jennifer Morrison

Doc Martin on Netflix

 

[Gary A.]

Bi ... Mono ... what matters is that he is out of his closet.

 

[table1349]

needs high heat to be uncomfortable

Not necessarily 40 degree temperature with high humidity "feels" colder than 20 degrees with low humidity. For those with Asthma, temperatures at either end can cause flare ups, but cooler air is denser and the attack doesn't seem to last as long. Most of my ER visits have been in the heat of summer, only one that I can remember occurred during cooler weather.

To me high humidity is high humidity. It always no matter the temperature makes the air heavy when breathing. That is the big reason that St. Louis has never been one of my favorite places. It is always humid there, summer, winter, rain shine, doesn't matter it is always humid. It's like breathing a glass of water.

El Paso on the other hand is comfortable in July. Last time I was there in July the temps were in the mid 90's everyday, but the humidity was like 2%. You could wear a long sleeve shirt in the middle of the day and be comfortable because your perspiration wicked away so fast you it kept you cool. You didn't even fell like you were perspiring.

 

[Gary A.]

That kind of heat is deceptive. If you're not acclimatize to dry heat it will take you down. When I was with the Marines in the Middle East during the summer, in the field fresh, troops were required to drink water/liquids until they were urinating every 20 minutes for a few days, until they adapted and learned about dry heat. When I was working at Ft. Irwin, which butts up to Death Valley, and a training center for deployment to Afgahnistan/Iraqi, the uniform of the day for some of the troops included a Camelback.

 

[table1349]

Ahh summer time in Kansas and the algae blooms are in full swing. 5 lakes closed so far, two more under warnings at this point.

 

[table1349]

That find of heat is deceptive. If you're not acclimatize to dry heat it will take you down. When I was with the Marines in the Middle East during the summer, the fresh troops were required to drink water/liquids until they were urinating every 20 minutes for a few days until they adapted and learned about dry heat. When I was working at Ft. Irwin, which butts up to Death Valley, and a training center for deployment to Afgahnistan/Iraqi, the uniform of the day for some of the troops included a Camelback.

True, but then on the high plains it is a dry heat as well. Not quite that dry, but a dry heat none the less. That is why wheat harvest could go for 20 hours or more at a stretch. Sometimes we could cut 24/7 as humidity would stay low enough that the moisture content of the wheat would never rise high enough to cause you to stop.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary and an engineer were laying out the footprint for a new building and curbing at Ft. Irwin, in August, during the afternoon, on a blacktopped parking lot. Gary was wearing a safety vest, as this was a government project and rules are rules. The layout was intensive because we only had a tape and a string line, so it took longer than normal. At the end, Gary removed his vest and was totally surprised to find a foot wide wide band of white salt completely wrapping his midsection. Gary never noticed or felt that he was sweating the entire time. (Again, Ft. Irwin is in the middle of the Mojave Desert, about 30 miles northeast of Barstow.)

 

[JonA_CT]

Evaporative cooling is a beautiful thing. I've never had the pleasure of experiencing it work so efficiently. We don't ever get heat here in New England without humidity, and I've only spent small amounts of time in the desert. I remember getting on a flight on the tarmac in Phoenix at 10PM and it still being 100 degrees. But, my flight was to Flagstaff. 120 miles north and 6000 feet higher. It was in the 50s when I landed 40 minutes later.

It's Saturday, right? I'm awake ahead of my ladies (even the damn dog is still sleeping), and I'm enjoying the quiet time to get some reading done this morning. I'm on book #4 for the summer. I read an Englishman's accounts of staying with Sheriff Joe in Maricopa County Jail, and his trip to prison. I'm onto some quick hitting historical fiction from Ken Follett. I think I'm going to hit up some Tom Wolfe after that, as the prison memoir fellow referenced his work a lot.

 

[JonA_CT]

Shameless.

 

[smoke665]

Gary removed his vest and was totally surprised to find a foot wide wide band of white salt completely wrapping around his midsection.

Heat used to not bother me. I've worked jobs during college that at the end of the day the the clothes would stand up by themselves from all the salt. Over the years as a VFF the heat/humidity didn't seem to bother me until about 8-9 years ago. I had my first heat stroke at a fire. Kind of surprised me, because I'd just come out of the house, and in the process of shedding gear when I went down. Safety Officer kept me from falling on my face. In 2010 I had bad chest pains on July 4th after completing a canoe trip that sent me to the hospital. Asthma and severe sleep apnea were later discovered to be the problems, causing low blood oxygen levels

 

[smoke665]

Ahh summer time in Kansas and the algae blooms are in full swing. 5 lakes closed so far, two more under warnings at this point.

Same here. Plus with all the rain we've had this year the mold spores and allergens are really bad in the air.

 

[limr30 3]

Humidity is a problem in Northern Portugal in the winter time. It rains constantly - umbrellas essentially become an extension of your arm for those months. (The upside of this is that I've never seen so many people so adept at the skill of passing each other on crowded sidewalks with umbrellas. It's a dance, really.) It's so humid that the condensation gathers on walls and black mold is a problem. I lost a big chunk of my wardrobe and caught myself a nasty lung infection because of it.