POST HERE: you know its hot when........

[commander bunnypants]

right now I have buckets of ice in front of fans trying to cool my office.


x( x( x(


CB

[Shine]

1. You're riding your bike and the water in your water bottle is like tea water

without the tea. :D

That happened recently on a long bike ride. Whew! It was broiling.

:hi: Keep cool, cb!

[AllegroRondo]

11. thats why I bought white reflective water bottles

I got sick of drinking hot tea from the blue ones.

[Shine]

13. the scary thing is, they were white reflective water bottles!

:scared: it was effing hot, trust me.

:D


:hi:

[AllegroRondo]

16. Damn. I used to ride in El Paso in the Summer with those

and no problems.

It must really be Effing hot there!

[Shine]

18. It was when I was doing the Death Ride a few weeks ago

we were up in the mountains, at altitude, at around mile 95 or so and the temp was easily in the upper 90's. Whew! The top tube of my bike was hot to touch! Weird.

Texas can get pretty hellish, too, from what I've heard.

[AllegroRondo]

19. It was regularly above 100 in the Summer

but it was a dry heat, maybe 20% humidity. So it felt like an oven but you didnt get sticky with sweat.

Of course, I didnt do any "death rides". The worst we would do is ride Trans-Mountain road, which was maybe a 1000 foot total climb to just above 5000 feet, and a total distance of 30 miles round trip. Nowhere near the hell you went through.

[Deja Q]

2. Cheaper than air conditioning... also look into 'evaporative coolers'

Definitely hot out. :(

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/KeepCoolWithoutPriceyAC.aspx

Green and groovy! :thumbsup: But not the best during deep humid summer months - adding in a dehumidifier may make up for it...

I might get one too; my electric bill has nearly doubled because of A/C.

[commander bunnypants]

4. I can handle heat but not humidity in the summer

and its friggin HUMID

exact opposite I have humidifiers going all winter long


CB

[begin_within]

5. Those are common in Arizona and the deserts of California

They only work well in dry climates, because they depend on evaporation and if the humidity is high it just doesn't work. But where they work, they are cheaper to run than air conditioners. My niece has one in San Bernardino.

[Deep13]

3. When the burn pattern on your ass looks like the seat of your car. nt

[Deep13]

6. When Cheney stops shooting people to drink some water. nt

[Deep13]

7. When your Arabian friend takes his coat off. nt

[Deep13]

8. You window air conditioner hangs itself by its own electrical cord. nt

[mikeytherat]

9. When the squirrels do backstrokes in the birdbath. Seriously.

I look out and see a squirrel, on it's back, in the birdbath, and I think, "Oh, great. A dead squirrel in the birdbath." Turns out he's jus' chillin' in his own little kiddie pool. Now he's sunbathing and drying on the deck.

mikey_the_rat

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Awwwww...

Can you get a pic?

[mikeytherat]

27. Best I could get (a little blurry):

Post-swim, chilling on a rail

mikey_the_rat

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. What a cutie!

I'll bet he felt better!

[Dragonbreathp9d]

10. the moment you step outside

schweat slaps you all over. Fuck you texas for sweating on me!

[SeattleGirl]

12. ....just walking across the room causes you to break out in a sweat.

x(

[texas1928]

14. When you walk outside and your eyeballs sweat.

Or, you see the robins pulling worms out of the ground with potholders.
you can use your cars seat belt tab as a branding iron(if you are from Texas you will know that one)I have had this happen to me.
When your choice of parking spot is dictated not by closeness to the door, but available shade.

[EstimatedProphet]

15. When you get splashed by boiling water and you don't notice.

[DS1]

17. You're at the office seriously considering going one step beyond 'commando'

[Kali]

20. you have to come back in by 7 AM

(starting out at 4:30 AM) ugh

[Deep13]

21. Water that is already a liquid somehow melts. nt

[FloridaJudy]

22. The unopened coke bottle in your back seat explodes

This happened to me. Really. I was driving at the time, and it scared the snot out of me. Fortunately, it wasn't glass so it didn't shatter, just sprayed a fountain of fizzy brown liquid all over everything. :nuke:

[Withywindle]

23. There's no point in showering really.

You get just as sweaty as you were before you went in in the time it takes to towel off.

You take three lukewarm showers a day anyhow.

[AllegroRondo]

24. your car's sun visor melts to the windshield

this one actually happened to me.

[azmouse]

26. It's so hot in Arizona that...

(this list makes the rounds every summer)

-the birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
-the potatoes cook underground, and all you have to do to have lunch is to pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
-farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
-the cows are giving evaporated milk.
-the trees are whistling for the dogs.
-you no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.
-you can say 113 degrees without fainting.
-you eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.
-you can make instant sun tea.
-you learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
-the temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.
-you've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
-you would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
-you can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
-The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
-you discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car.
-you discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
-you notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
-hot water now comes out of both taps.
-it's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is out on the streets.
-you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
-you break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
-no one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.
-your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
-you realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
-a sad Arizonan once prayed, "I wish it would rain - not so much for me, cuz I've seen it -- but for my 7-year-old."

[Nevernose]

30. The last few are realy eerie

I park nearest the shade, and damn the distance. People are like shut-ins here;

My friends and I are all on summer vacation, and we all invariably refuse to do ANYTHING until after sunset;

I don't step outside at 7:30, because then it's too hot;

The district court actually had to make a rule agaisnt shorts for lawyers here;

Asphalt DOES have a liquid state. Not for the people pouring it, but for the people driving on it;

My kid's 11, and she's seen thunder and lightening at a distance, and even encountered 10 or 15 minutes of rain, she's never been in a thunderstorm in which lightening bolts were hitting the roof and the power was out for a week. And I think she's missing out.

And yet, despite all of this, when my out of town friends and family come to visit, if we do ANYTHING outdoors, they act like I'm some kind of Navajo desert shaman -- a true desert rat.

Adaptation, baby, that's where it's at.

[Seashell Eyes]

29. you sit in the car and

the metal part of the seatbelt touches your bare back between your shirt and pants and you scream in excruciating pain. Fucking owww! :grr:

[NoPasaran]

31. You see a dog chasing a cat

And they're both walking.

[barb162]

32. you look forward to it beingbelow zero.

[Generic Brad]

33. When your blood boils despite the fact that you are not angry

[UrbScotty]

34. Your governor doesn't seem all that hot anymore

[krispos42]

35. You think "I should have put deodorant on my balls"

(Lewis Black)

<on edit: can't spell!!!!! :banghead: >

[SeattleGirl]

36. ROFL!

:rofl: