Beat the heat

[formality hater]

What do you do to beat the heat?
I literally creep out at the prospect of stepping outside in the blood boiling heat. My so called vacations are about to end and it's still so hot here. I am thinking about carrying a chilled lemonade with me to the college. Hopefully it will help.

[Delta40]

in Australia - air con, air con and more air con - oh and sweat while guzzling litres of water...

[dafydd manton]

Those little battery-operated electric fans you can shove in a pocket/bag might help.

[formality hater]

Those little battery-operated electric fans you can shove in a pocket/bag might help.

Well that's a good idea! I'll look for one.

[Lokasenna]

My room gets no direct sunlight, so it's nice and cool (if a little gloomy), and it means I can work.

I'm also planning to have a nice, refreshing 'summer' holiday in Iceland later on!

[papayahed]

Water, water, and more water. My guys work outside in the heat. We remind them to take frequent breaks and to make sure they are drinking water and gatorade.

[applepie]

Well that's a good idea! I'll look for one.

Get one of the ones with the little water bottle attached. It gives a mist with the air, and it works wonders. Other than that, lots and lots of cool water works for me. In the summer time I take a bottle everywhere.

[minstrelbard]

In the bad old days before I had a place with air conditioning, I would lie in a cold bath for about 45 minutes before I could go to bed. I couldn't sleep without draining all that excess heat out of me.

[Helga]

I can't stand heat, so I guess I live in the right place, but it even gets to hot for me here on the ice, the last few days and weeks it gets around 20°C , I can't stand that, I'm a winter type... but I just hide in my kitchen, it's dark and gloomy there. (I know 20°c ain't that hot but I'm a 5°c type and lower)

[Lokasenna]

I can't stand heat, so I guess I live in the right place, but it even gets to hot for me here on the ice, the last few days and weeks it gets around 20°C , I can't stand that, I'm a winter type... but I just hide in my kitchen, it's dark and gloomy there. (I know 20°c ain't that hot but I'm a 5°c type and lower)

I can empathise - much above 20, and my brain just shuts down...

[*Classic*Charm*]

I love the heat! I would prefer a dry heat to the humidity we get here, but I'll take what I can get.

It's 30 degrees today, feels like 40 degrees celcius, and I have yet to break a sweat! I also avoid air conditioning if I can help it. It feels so unnatural.

[JuniperWoolf]

I can empathise - much above 20, and my brain just shuts down...

Same here. I usually hide out in the basement, so luckily it doesn't get above 20 that often where I live or I'd miss the whole summer.

[formality hater]

I also avoid air conditioning if I can help it. It feels so unnatural.

I myself don't like the fake coolness. It almost feels like as if it's piercing your bones.

[The Comedian]

How do I beat the heat? I enjoy every last drop of it. I work outside, sweat like hell, drink some ice water, then go for a swim in the lake.

[Madame X]

What do you do to beat the heat?
I literally creep out at the prospect of stepping outside in the blood boiling heat. My so called vacations are about to end and it's still so hot here. I am thinking about carrying a chilled lemonade with me to the college. Hopefully it will help.

Exactly how hot are we talking here?

30C and I’m a happy camper. And no self-respecting private residence in Holland has air-conditioning…although I’m rather strangely seduced by the white noise it produces. :drool5:

[soundofmusic]

Everywhere I go, I carry a little "greenwise" cooler. I place a terry cloth at the bottom, some aluminum foil and place a big baggie with a cup of ice cubes, a soda, a cold bottle of water and a orange juice packet...it's great, I never feel drained anymore; though I come home drenched in perspiration.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

What do you do to beat the heat?Nothing... apart from enjoying it. My ability to cope with high temperatures seems to be unusually high. As long as I have something to drink it does not bother me in the least, and if it ever does all I need to do is to imagine an ordinary January morning. Problem solved. :biggrin5:

/Claes

[JuniperWoolf]

I currently find myself in my friend Steve's appartment in Edmonton. It is too hot. I think I'm going to die, there's no basement for me to crawl into and opening a window just makes it more hot.
:(

[Pensive]

40 C and above. Without Air Conditioning there's little I can do to beat it other than to just absorb myself in work (even if it means totally pointless jobs) so that I can keep my brain off the scorching weather.

[formality hater]

40 C and above. Without Air Conditioning there's little I can do to beat it other than to just absorb myself in work (even if it means totally pointless jobs) so that I can keep my brain off the scorching weather.

That is a good thing to do. It is, however, too hot to do anything because I start sweating like mad. To top it all, load-shedding is driving me crazy! Air conditioners seem like a distant dream.:-)

[applepie]

How do I beat the heat? I enjoy every last drop of it. I work outside, sweat like hell, drink some ice water, then go for a swim in the lake.

:lol: Sounds like how the kids and I handle it. We find water to play in and go there :D I would kill for a pool of my own, but it is no hardship to go visit with my grandparents for a day of swimming and good company.