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Karl (Raschied)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Raschied
Post Number: 332
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 7:01 pm: |   |
Living in Sactown gets ya used to the heat - It was 104 over the weekend, and we didn't get the usual delta breezes, which can lower the valley temp by 40 degrees or so at night. Sometimes, after a high temp in the 100's, it's 60 degrees here by 11pm.
Ya'll swealtering Bay Folks are welcome to take the drive up here to beat the heat. *snicker*.
Seriously, I keep cool in a free-flowing semi-private swimming pool built in 1928. Water is about 70 degrees. Feels FANTASTIC when it's over a hundred. Since the water is free-flowing (a spring feeds it, and the water empties into a creek) there is very little chlorine. It's like swimming in a river. It's one of only 2 free-flowing pools west of the Rockies that I'm aware of.
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.
Pontiac - We build Excitement. |
Traineraz (Traineraz)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Traineraz
Post Number: 928
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 9:54 pm: | |
Over 90 . . . YAWN.
That's a cold front in the summer in Tucson.
Today we had an average relative humidity of 54. Three days of that or higher in a row, and the monsoon has officially begun. With the monsoon, it doesn't usually get over 100-103 (as opposed to the 112-117 it can hit in June), but of course it's wet and sticky and muggy and the swamp cooler doesn't work so well. Thank goodness for three ceiling fans in the living room.
He who would sacrifice liberty for security deserves neither.
 -- Thus Spake Zoboomafoo |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 694
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 8:33 pm: | |
Sticky Sunday Evening...We've got a huge storm on it's way out of the Gulf. Been raining for days. It's supposed to hit at the coast at 7am.
Some bastard stole the irreplaceable shutters right off my house (over 100 years old)...this aint gonna be fun.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Barsnake (Barsnake)
le Duc
Username: Barsnake
Post Number: 194
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 9:12 am: | |
It's going to be a pleasant, balmy 107 today in Bakersfield!
and the beat goes on... |
Pastor of Muppets (Emmy)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Emmy
Post Number: 196
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 2:46 am: | |
almost 3am and still in the 70s... guh... can't sleep... need fog... *twitch twitch* |
Mrs. Head (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1130
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 1:31 am: | |
1:30am and its 75 degrees in San Francisco.
unheard of.
set records today along two hundred miles of coast line. wooooo!
“A lady who has a secure seat is never prettier than when in the saddle, and she who cannot make her conquest there, may despair of the power of her charms elsewhere.” - THE MANNERS THAT WIN, 1880
http://www.feeverte.net |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 686
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 11:07 pm: | |
Tuesday night we had Mint Julips on the porch (daiquiri style) and they were pure liquid within 5 minutes. Didn't matter, the killer cigars kept us goin while we chipped ice.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 685
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 10:57 pm: | |
Yea, my ex has a place in SF for about 10 years now. No AC at all and rarely uses heat.
My New "old house" in Nawlins has a ceiling vent that you can open. You open a door in the house and all the air rushes out...talk about circulation.
Nice, I love the old Guillotine windows. Usually in the second story lofts over small businesses on Magazine, etc.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Jay & The Imp (Thegreenimp)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Thegreenimp
Post Number: 305
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 10:55 pm: | |
If I remember correctly, this swamp is the most airconditioned city in the country. |
Mrs. Head (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1127
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 10:42 pm: | |
we're totally spoiled here, two days of above 90 and we whine and complain like we're gonna die.
the only problem of living bayside is that nothing is airconditioned. no-ting.
and nola is brutal, 5 months of gooey hell. we had so much fun though, I only worked 3-4 days a week, so I'd nap alot, then about 7pm we'd hit the patio with pitchers of quickly melting margaritas and drink. alot.
the old houses, especially I noticed in new orleans, had built in cooling systems. most places had trasom's above the doors, and very high ceilings so the hot hair could move about. our place was on stilts so the air moved freely below the house as well. and HUGE guillotine windows. these things all promote awesome air circulation.
still, ain't nothin' beats a stiff ac breeze.
“A lady who has a secure seat is never prettier than when in the saddle, and she who cannot make her conquest there, may despair of the power of her charms elsewhere.” - THE MANNERS THAT WIN, 1880
http://www.feeverte.net |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 682
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 10:15 pm: | |
Well, My two window units can't cool down the place enough. I walk around in my underoos. "Do you know what it means, to live in Norleens"
The mail dude banged on the door to deliver a package and I thought he was going to die (not because I showed up in my Hulk Undies, but because of the EXTREME MUGGIES outside).
"I'm the firestarter" ...whatever the words are...
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
The Red Pigeon (Icarus)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Icarus
Post Number: 435
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 9:58 pm: | |
I choose the combination of several 12,000 BTU AC units. It keeps me springtime fresh for the short walk to the car.
Escapee from the drunk tank |
George Beatley (Lediablevert)
Mousquetaire
Username: Lediablevert
Post Number: 28
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 7:53 pm: | |
quote:Been stokin' here too. Jockeyin' fans around to get the place to cool down. How the hell did people live in these houses in the late 1800's w/no electricity or indoor plumbing?
staying drunk? |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2051
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 7:26 pm: | |
Been stokin' here too. Jockeyin' fans around to get the place to cool down. How the hell did people live in these houses in the late 1800's w/no electricity or indoor plumbing?
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
Jay & The Imp (Thegreenimp)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Thegreenimp
Post Number: 303
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 5:24 pm: | |
"Supposed to be 95 today. IT'S ARMAGEDDON!"
Sounds like everyday here......All the Humidity of NOLA, with out the fun. |
Marc Chevalier (Chevalier)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Chevalier
Post Number: 1285
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 5:21 pm: | |
Yes. Go rent BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL. The only film that is awful in every possible way. And get a long extension cord so you can watch it on the porch. |
Mrs. Head (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1125
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 3:57 pm: | |
alrighty, it's gonna be boiling by the time I get home.
anyone have a movie to recommend, cuz I ain't sittin' in the house.
The obvious choice is Matrix, any other ideas???
“A lady who has a secure seat is never prettier than when in the saddle, and she who cannot make her conquest there, may despair of the power of her charms elsewhere.” - THE MANNERS THAT WIN, 1880
http://www.feeverte.net |
Marc Chevalier (Chevalier)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Chevalier
Post Number: 1281
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 10:01 am: | |
It's about 37 degrees here at night. A deep, enter-your-bones kind of cold. The flies, tiny and otherwise, are hibernating. Days are grey and dull, choked by smog. South of the Equator, winter says hello. |
Mrs. Head (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1119
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 9:49 am: | |
Supposed to be 95 today. IT'S ARMAGEDDON!
“A lady who has a secure seat is never prettier than when in the saddle, and she who cannot make her conquest there, may despair of the power of her charms elsewhere.” - THE MANNERS THAT WIN, 1880
http://www.feeverte.net |
Jack Collins (_blackjack_)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: _blackjack_
Post Number: 1049
Registered: 11-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 9:15 am: | |
What's rare here is that it waited until June to start being over 90-degrees. It usually gets started around April... |
Pastor of Muppets (Emmy)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Emmy
Post Number: 195
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 1:39 am: | |
guh... 1:42am... still warm and muggy... restless... can't sleep... where's my fog? wtf did you do with my fog? grrrrrr |
The Red Pigeon (Icarus)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Icarus
Post Number: 430
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 11:47 pm: | |
Speaking of rare... 95 here today. It's almost 3am and it's still 72. I had to go out and buy another 10,000 btu AC today. Quite a change from the -20 all winter.
little flies? We get them all the time. Wait till they bite and leave red welts!
Escapee from the drunk tank |
Mrs. Head (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1114
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 9:54 pm: | |
its a rare hot night by the bay, 80 degrees at 10pm. and there are these tiny flies *everywhere*.
tried to go catch a breeze on creepy beach to get out of the house, but there were too many damn tiny flies, they kept gettin' up in my glasses. ew.
still, nice to be warm for a change.
“A lady who has a secure seat is never prettier than when in the saddle, and she who cannot make her conquest there, may despair of the power of her charms elsewhere.” - THE MANNERS THAT WIN, 1880
http://www.feeverte.net |
