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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: fletcher munson on July 10, 2009, 05:53:06 PM
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Here's one way to cool off this summer. Fill your local dumpster with water and dive in.
http://www.readymade.com/blogs/readymade/2009/07/07/dumpster-diving/
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When I was a kid in Arizona, me and my friend used to fill up this discarded bathtub with water and sit in it (it was fairly big).
Yeah, we were poor and weird. And in retrospect, I wonder if that thing wasn't rusted to shit.
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;D[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXYdoa34oK8[/youtube]
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I thought this was going to be a bragging thread.
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It is now!
Ssssssssssss!
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I'm not.
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air conditioning?
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Nah. I stick my head in the freezer periodically. It has the same effect.
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Careful, don't keep it in there too long
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And now you sound like you're looking for advice on how to be 8).
Perhaps "how do you cool off?"?
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And now you sound like you're looking for advice on how to be 8).
Perhaps "how do you cool off?"?
Don't misguide the poor thing, Sarah. Change the title to 'How Can I Be Cooler, Like You?', that way anyone who already IS fighting the summer heat will know that this is their place to step in and give some advice.
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Pay $950,000 for a one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn.
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And now you sound like you're looking for advice on how to be 8).
Perhaps "how do you cool off?"?
Don't misguide the poor thing, Sarah. Change the title to 'How Can I Be Cooler, Like You?'
I have two answers to that question: (1 [figurative]) Impossible--don't even try (thus sayeth one of the uncooler people you could ever encounter). (2 [literal]) Move here.
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Air conditioning is man's greatest achievement.
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when i think of air conditioning, i think of todd barry bit about people who hate air conditioning. listen, i dont dislike air conditioning, i merely prefer fresh air...when it's not so hot.
and in phoenix, there is no end to the heat. in fact, people leave their shades closed and the air conditioning on at all hours. everyone has pools but i never see them being used because its too hot outside. true story.
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So "dry heat" is basically a myth?
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i'll tell you what i think of dry heat v humidity: miserable is miserable, people.
some will say there's a difference and thats fine, but i know a number of people who are miserable in the desert while the rest of them are miserable in humidity. im a whiny mess in both, hence, i live wherever the hell i want based on other factors.
thats why memphis wins my heart.
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I'm sorry I mocked you in your time of need! Seriously, air conditioning is fine if you live in a non-stop climate of heat, but for actual weather-having environments where that would be a waste, I'd say just put a bowl of ice water in front of a fan, drink a lot more water and try not to die from heat exhaustion. You will pull through this!
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...I'd say just put a bowl of ice water in front of a fan...
this works. a bowl of ice in front of a fan does you no good, but strictly water (with ice in it, i suppose) works perfectly.
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So "dry heat" is basically a myth?
I lived in Phoenix for a while, and dry heat is not a myth for most parts of the country, when you're talking your pathetic 90-degree weather. Georgia and DC are definitely more miserable than Colorado in the summer.
But Phoenix gets up to 120. Find me a humid environment where it's regularly well in excess of 110 degrees and we'll talk.
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So "dry heat" is basically a myth?
I lived in Phoenix for a while, and dry heat is not a myth for most parts of the country, when you're talking your pathetic 90-degree weather. Georgia and DC are definitely more miserable than Colorado in the summer.
But Phoenix gets up to 120. Find me a humid environment where it's regularly well in excess of 110 degrees and we'll talk.
this past weekend alone it got to 115 degrees; right now, it's 104 but feels like 120. around here, they dismiss anything over 100 degrees.
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Dry heat vs humidity: when Sparkiepop visited me two weeks ago she couldn't believe how unbearable the heat was over here. "Isn't this supposed to be fucking SWEDEN?!" she pleaded. I tried to remind her that she's from LOS ANGELES where it's hot all the time, but she countered with the dry heat argument, and I'm buying it. We've had 70-80% humidity here combined with temps in the 80s (F), and it kills me. I can't stand much of any kind of heat, but when I was in Vegas, where it was at least in the 90s (F), I didn't complain once.
(That's why I kind of like the weather reports that says it's 85F, for instance, but it "feels like" 100F.)
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Try 90% humidity with temps in the 90s, and the occasional +90% day when it cracks 100.
We pay for pretty much great days from October to May with a hateful stretch from late June to August.
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i still think Phoenix takes the cake on miserable heat because although humidity may kill you, it lasts for the summer months. Phoenix cant give it up; it remains hot/very warm 6-9 months out of the year.
last year, we still had 100 degree days in october/november/december, though not as consecutive as the summer months, and summer begins in april with triple digits christening the new summer season. winter=fall weather for a few weeks, then its back to the heat.
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The difference between humid vs. dry heat is SHADE. Shade makes a difference in dry heat. Shade does NOTHING in humidity.
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I've spent summers in Savannah, and Phoenix still wins in terms of pure heat. Phoenix melts asphalt. It's "get blisters from touching a doorknob" hot. It's "will kill you on the way to your car" hot. It punches you in the face when you walk out the door. The advantage is, unlike the South, bugs won't eat you as soon as you die, so you'll leave a nice mummy for a few millennia.
Phoenix heat can be cured with AC, though. The misery of the Southern summer seeps through walls. (I see that todd just posted something similar.)
What's worse about Phoenix is actually being in Phoenix. It's the most soulless place I've ever lived. Denver is way smaller than Phoenix with way more to do. I'd rather live in Macon, Georgia, than Phoenix. It is also one of the most ecologically unsustainable places imaginable.
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I've spent summers in Savannah, and Phoenix still wins in terms of pure heat. Phoenix melts asphalt. It's "get blisters from touching a doorknob" hot. It's "will kill you on the way to your car" hot. It punches you in the face when you walk out the door. The advantage is, unlike the South, bugs won't eat you as soon as you die, so you'll leave a nice mummy for a few millennia.
Phoenix heat can be cured with AC, though. The misery of the Southern summer seeps through walls. (I see that todd just posted something similar.)
What's worse about Phoenix is actually being in Phoenix. It's the most soulless place I've ever lived. Denver is way smaller than Phoenix with way more to do. I'd rather live in Macon, Georgia, than Phoenix. It is also one of the most ecologically unsustainable places imaginable.
yesno, i thought no one else disliked phoenix for the same reasons as much as i do- everything you say is true. i could go on all day about everything i dont like in this city.
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I used to spend my weekends driving around the metro area to the various places I discovered, which were so spread out. I remember finding one good record store with the kind of techno I was into at the time, in Mesa or something. Plus Eastside and Stinkweeds and the various Zias in Tempe.
Tucson is actually a better city than anything near Phoenix.
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Pay $950,000 for a one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn.
Thanks, TRG. Great advice.
What are you all talking about the weather for?
Martin, a friend of mine just got released on a Swedish label called Hockey Rawk. Do you know them? If I come and visit your country, will I be hot? PS. I love your country's meatballs.
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The name rings a bell, but I can't place it. Nice going for your friend!
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If you really want to be cool you must nibble at American meatballs.
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I used to spend my weekends driving around the metro area to the various places I discovered, which were so spread out. I remember finding one good record store with the kind of techno I was into at the time, in Mesa or something. Plus Eastside and Stinkweeds and the various Zias in Tempe.
Tucson is actually a better city than anything near Phoenix.
this is true. in fact, last nite i took neil numberman and his lady to pita jungle right next door to the former stinkweeds record store in tempe, now relocated in phoenix proper. actually, i spent a lot of time complaining about phoenix; im such a terrible host. but i do remember mentioning that AZ is not a bad place, merely phoenix is a terrible place to live.
oh, i could go on all day about this. my apologies to everyone for all the hate.
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I was picturing something gross with the dumpster pool, but they are wonderful!
You could also have a refreshing Coor's Light at The Turkey's Nest.
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The difference between humid vs. dry heat is SHADE. Shade makes a difference in dry heat. Shade does NOTHING in humidity.
Yeah. Good point.
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The difference between humid vs. dry heat is SHADE. Shade makes a difference in dry heat. Shade does NOTHING in humidity.
unless its windy, then youre standing in the shade with an enormous blow dryer in your face.
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We've had such nice, mild weather here for June/July. And it's usually hitting 90 (with major humidity) way more often than it is... it's been mild, breezy, cool nights, a nice rainy spring that led to no drought this year. It's fantastic!
It can only mean one thing though....
I predict we'll have fabulous weather all summer and then on my wedding day this fall, we'll have windy, torrential downpours. It's the only way these things can work themselves out.
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We've had such nice, mild weather here for June/July. And it's usually hitting 90 (with major humidity) way more often than it is... it's been mild, breezy, cool nights, a nice rainy spring that led to no drought this year. It's fantastic!
It can only mean one thing though....
I predict we'll have fabulous weather all summer and then on my wedding day this fall, we'll have windy, torrential downpours. It's the only way these things can work themselves out.
this is usually true. i would plan ahead in the meantime (for "just in case") so you can have a smashing matrimonial service. im very excited for your big day.
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We've had such nice, mild weather here for June/July. And it's usually hitting 90 (with major humidity) way more often than it is... it's been mild, breezy, cool nights, a nice rainy spring that led to no drought this year. It's fantastic!
It can only mean one thing though....
I predict we'll have fabulous weather all summer and then on my wedding day this fall, we'll have windy, torrential downpours. It's the only way these things can work themselves out.
erika, you're cracking me up.
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Since this is now called "The Weather Thread," I will report that there's a fog alert here today.
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Since this is now called "The Weather Thread," I will report that there's a fog alert here today.
You don't need a weather thread to know which way the wind blows.
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I drink creepy iced tea to keep cool!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOj4MfxSWQg
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Since this is now called "The Weather Thread," I will report that there's a fog alert here today.
You don't need a weather thread to know which way the wind blows.
touche, fredericks.
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I'll admit it: I didn't get it.
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Since this is now called "The Weather Thread," I will report that there's a fog alert here today.
You don't need a weather thread to know which way the wind blows.
Isn't that a line from Subterranean Homesick Blues?
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Since this is now called "The Weather Thread," I will report that there's a fog alert here today.
You don't need a weather thread to know which way the wind blows.
Isn't that a line from Subterranean Homesick Blues Alien?
Fixed for the 90s kids.
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Sigh. I guess I'm just behind the times.
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85 degrees and hailing.
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We've had such nice, mild weather here for June/July. And it's usually hitting 90 (with major humidity) way more often than it is... it's been mild, breezy, cool nights, a nice rainy spring that led to no drought this year. It's fantastic!
It can only mean one thing though....
I predict we'll have fabulous weather all summer and then on my wedding day this fall, we'll have windy, torrential downpours. It's the only way these things can work themselves out.
this is usually true. i would plan ahead in the meantime (for "just in case") so you can have a smashing matrimonial service. im very excited for your big day.
Hey thanks, Baron! We're getting married indoors in the evening, so hopefully the weather won't matter. We did it late enough in the year to avoid the oppressive humidity. Woo!
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speaking of humidity, for all the dry heat v humidity arguments, i forgot about monsoon season. it has too humid for words this past week.